Is Casey Putsch RACE CAR shopping? Where do you buy IndyCars?

Casey Putsch shows where to buy Indy racing cars and give some tips to enjoying untouchable cars that most people think are impossible speed machines. Tour Can Am Cars in St Louis.
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[@Seargentmyself]

Just when I was looking for a new daily driver Casey puts out the perfect video for me

[@davidkyle5017]

Casey that's a hell of a set of collection of racers for sale for, as you say, reasonable prices. Can't wait to see your next episode.

[@Dentistresponds]

Awesome vid. With so much content on KZbin of people buying and/or working on street cars, this is definitely an underrepresented niche that you could get lots of interest in. Would love to see a series of step by step buying, upfitting/restoring, and finally racing or tracking one of these

[@kevincorbat7084]

3:41, judging off of the nose cone and wing shape, the livery and series logos, that there is a Dallara IR-03 chassis with the short oval configuration aerodynamically. given from the "Indy Racing League" logo above the air box, and that the Dallara got a hefty facelift in 2005 (known as the IR-05, with slight revision in 2007 known as IR-07) which made the front nose cone much more sleek rather than the more bulbous look of IR-03 and earlier variants its definitely from either the 2003 or 2004 seasons (possibly both) ran at tracks such as Richmond, Nazareth, Gateway. Youre exactly right on how the $100k price point for that is EXTREMELY reasonable and if i had the cash that baby would be mine and id bring it out every weekend to hear that methanol powered Chevrolet scream. Great content!

[@NotSosigRamsey]

Nascar < Indy car < FE < F2 < F1

[@xav05mac81]

americans be like

[@NotSosigRamsey]

@@xav05mac81it's the otherway around 1

[@xav05mac81]

@@NotSosigRamsey sorry i had an American maths moment

[@marquesdeportago1596]

FE...

[@NotSosigRamsey]

@@marquesdeportago1596 sue me

[@RBMD2A]

Casey, another excellent video explaining the purpose of Genius Garage

[@jebediahgentry7029]

I'm a big fan! It's amazing to see something unique like genius garage in today's world and to give young people a mentor and an outlet to chase their automotive dreams where otherwise it would've only stayed a dream.

[@ScottOmatic]

The Champcar with the Goldwing engine it is a PacWest car. I heard the owner Bruce McCaw used to put small engines in his old chassis and drive them to other owners shops, even delivering xmas gifts with it, so I wouldn't be surprised if that engine swap was done by the PacWest team themselves, back in the day.

[@ddearing]

That Kyle Petty Mello Yello car is literally my favorite race car livery of all time. Such a beautiful car. The green pops perfectly. Funny to see it on a late-90's Grand Prix, though 😂

[@peternorton188]

My fav episode of yours so far! 👍

[@turdferguson9190]

Great video, I had no idea the Offenhauser engine was raced for that long time.

[@robbchastain3036]

Thanks, Casey, this is quite a tour down memory lane and into victory circle. And it would be filthy to get behind the wheel of any of those nasty cars. And in my dreams, I got dibs on the Eagle. And I used to race the Hot Wheel wheel-to-wheel with the Fleetside.

[@nocturnalmayhem0]

i waited till after new year to watch this so i could make sure my year started off perfect. what a collection of cars

[@TheRealJoshN]

those 4x 48 ida webers on the green 62 car

[@theFerraridkid]

So Cool! Thanks for showing us that race cars are possible to be obtained. I think im going to set a goal of getting a race car rather than a sports car now.

[@seantaylor6194]

Great Video! I'm glad I stumbled** upon your channel. Love Racing and race cars. You got a new Subscriber! Looking forward to the next video.

[@lucasclift3196]

Oh my Lord, 996 Turbo was exciting but I would love to have anyone of those! Thanks and please more old race car’s Casey!!

[@nitrous36]

Here I am watching you about how to find and buy race cars for 6 figures. Meanwhile Id struggle to buy something like an S2000 or S15 Silvia because of their sudden and recent increase in values lol. I love it. Nevermind a cheap Gallardo. But if I ever hit the lotto, your advice wont go unheeded lol.

[@IndependenceCityMotoring]

Do most tracks allow you to bring these to open track days? And is it feasible compared to a road car?

[@Emilthehun]

That orange no7 looked really nice!! This place is heaven for any car guy

[@tombrewsaugh1399]

I know a few guys who have old NASCARs set up for road racing and run them here in Florida with the SCCA. Depending on set up they run in GTA, SPO, or GT-1. They have a great time and say for the money they're a good bargain.

[@EmptyPocketsXotics]

I'd like to see some more info on that 996 GT3 RS, F430, and MP4-12C they had tucked in the corner 🤔

[@ScottsSynthStuff]

Love these cars. I'd love to see a bit more detail on the engineering done to hook a Gold Wing engine up to that drivetrain. That id a 1800cc GL1800 engine, so about 125 HP, with lots of low-end torque (130 ft-lb).

[@thomashamilton9046]

gsmac1969 sounds kinda dumb to me

[@littlechicago7482]

Good one Casey! But still most won't jump into this level of racing without previous experience wrenching and racing. Why not do a formula ford promotion?

[@CaseyPutsch]

I don't have access to that level of car much. Great idea for 2020 though!

[@WideAwakeViking]

Casey, actually, campaigning a Club Formula Ford would probably be a good program for Genius Garage. Those are pre / mid 80's Formula Fords, and parts are still ready available for them. Still all mechanical and straight forward, and more designed as a fun / budget minded class by SCCA. A good way to teach mechanical grip and single seater basics before getting into aero-grip (other than Karting). Most modern race car engineers still over-emphasis areo everything (almost as much as computer controlled everything) before getting the basics correct.

[@dannyruble5488]

WideAwakeViking If it is good enough to train multiple wins Formula 1 drivers, the lower classes are amazingly fun. Get involved in a 40 horse power Formula Vee and you can learn how to conserve cornering speeds and braking just like Nikki Lauda did. Anytime you’re racing anyone in any thing you can learn and have a great time.

[@nitrous36]

MOAR!!!

[@heimburger4]

I had left a comment for you to do a video exactly like this on one of your other videos. Not sure if you listened to the comment or if this is just luck. Anyways, thanks for the killer video!

[@YoSuey]

Nicee, didn't know this place was in my backyard. Public tours?

[@doubleutubefan5]

Race cars/ race engines from the 1970s 1980s and 1990s were just absolutely insane because there was no fear of trying something new. Everybody wanted to go faster and they were looking for anything from 3 axles to 70 mm turbos and even all wheel drive

[@bluevette1978]

How did I NOT know this existed?! I was born, raised, and still live less than 10 miles from there! Been working on street cars and race cars since the early 90's and had never heard of this before this video. I think I am going to be making some new friends...lol.

[@killercurl1]

im more concerned about where you go shopping to get some of these clothes i see you wearing...... todays over coat is simply intriguing. may you have a good day today casey, i dont know the behind the scenes inner workings, but id like to think 2020 will be great for genius garage. your a hard worker and you share knowledge with us making everyone around you wiser.

[@austinthrowsstuff]

ive been saying that since day 1... his sweaters are so fucking sick. i think he said he got many of the cool clothes from amsterdam or some trip to europe and they arent just online to buy unfortunately

[@KosmicHRTRacingTeam]

Great episode and good shout out for Karting (people have no idea how good of driver they are until they really get on a track, and 99.9% of the time the super car owners never come back because they can’t drive worth AF and realize that racing true competition on similar race craft is much more difficult than blowing a soccer mom away in her mini van when in your Lambo).

[@ishaqmo7200]

Hey Casey can you do a review on the trailer of Rapid Response. I think it would be interesting, especially since you did a video on safety in racing

[@sporkybutterz]

Learnt something new...had no idea about the honda goldwing engine being used in an open wheel chassis

[@stevenplace6514]

I love your channel....thankyou

[@thestoiccarguy]

Love that Marlboro livery Indy Chevy💯

[@curvs4me]

Dude! Was that Rowdy Burns/Dick Trickles Mello Yello car with the Depends sponsorship?!?

[@colemcmeans7809]

are you accepting applications for a protégé currently?

[@sgttombailes3380]

Back in the day when Road Atlanta opened, I was one of the first employees. OH!! How I Loved those ground shaking Can-Am cars! !Never ever missed a Race~~BTW, I did get to meet all the well known names in auto racing~!Too many to list~~!

[@mech0p]

i hope to one day own something like this. hell id be happy to own a kart or miata to race i just wanna get on the track and compete.

[@daytonwintle6051]

GULLARDO I’m just playin Casey. I think you’re awesome

[@Gamerboy-gy1rl]

Please help I am 14 my dream is f1 or Indi car or lmp1 anything big and i live in Georgia USA and there aren't many cheap karting places in Georgia ive been to k1 speed but that wont get me noticed and the karts aren't really real any advice? \

[@Bearditwas]

I've been offered a Diasio D962 that is road legal and titled. Thinking about having a "daily driven" racecar. On a budget.

[@AdamJohnson-di7co]

Cole Trickle’s Days of Thunder car is the Mellow Yellow car.

[@tomkelley1100]

Need to buy the #95 lola?

[@chriseaston233]

I love the collection but is there collection like that you can buy more F1 europian formula cars i think that they would be amazing to work on

[@jmooch59]

Casey, this video was awesome. I cannot agree more with the comparison of the price of a sports car for street use compared to a race car. There is so much value in race cars and track cars. I think there is a budget for everyone out there. Can we all afford a former Indy car? No. Maybe if we make it a priority. To the nay sayers I say look up the price of a used spec miata. I am sure if you drove it to its full potential you would have an absolute blast! If I had the money to buy a used Ferrari or race car I would pick the race car all day. You could never have the same fun in the Ferrari....Unless its a Ferrari race car.

[@9HighFlyer9]

I feel like every car museum I've ever been to has at least one "Andretti car." I guess that's what happens after decades of racing. In a parallel universe there are "Berend cars" at every museum.

[@ryanschaff123]

Well if using math, the chances of you being right is right around the 100% mark.

[@Abtpfil07]

The street-legal IndyCars use the Goldwing motors...The drive your own single seaters on the track use to use Goldwing motors as well. I use to work for them. The 2 seater track cars run regular race engines.

[@oh.Em1ly]

LOL, i wanted you to give me the history of that Porsche Cup car because that's more my style, and you blew right past it, but also what was the purpose of the tennis balls in that green car in the front?

[@erichakanson7010]

Casey, sorry this is a bit off the subject but I assume you've seen the latest news on the class action suit involving MB's HVAC systems? It says one of the cars covered is 08-19 C-class cars. Any idea if that includes AMG models? Have you ever experienced the HVAC issues?

[@CaseyPutsch]

No idea friend.

[@abbasbulushi11]

I really do believe that people who in the US are lucky in terms car culture and racing. My country doesn't even allow race stripes on a road car without a permit, and the only legal racing you can do is go karting which is not bad, but I want more racing in my life.

[@hexgraphica]

These are the best kind of formulas ever made in the best era motorsport has ever known. It's a shame that they only lacked safety, but I think that building these cars with design slightly upgraded to today's construction methods would be super cheap, so having them designed in a safer way wouldn't make their price rise too much.

[@markrooks2358]

AWESOME

[@AZAce1064]

kart racing or CART racing?

[@TheOzarkWizard]

But what about the pinball game?

[@opieg7333]

IF money were no object, I would definitely keep a 80's-90's race car, but to me you need a track in the "back yard" to make it worthwhile. I have had the opportunity to get maybe a few hours total of seat time in down powered versions as Sears and Laguna during industry junkets over the years and have to say there is nothing remotely close to that driving experience in a street car. Impossibly hard to maneuver at low speed while impossible to get to the limits at high speed. You will never have so much fun accumulating all kinds of bruises, cuts and burns in a matter of minutes and start cramping up within a half hour from the exertion. You will struggle to understand just how quick you can stop or take a turn and when you drive home in your sports car at the end of the day, it will seem as boring as a 90's camry. PS, love how you phrased it related to messing with cars with history... not everything should be a custom project. Looking forward to seeing what in back.

[@royalstygian8344]

I believe that orange car at the end was a 1972 Coyote

[@siriusking1647]

Do a video on the corvette

[@joelwoodard9542]

So, I have a pretty decent racing resume from karting on up to Rally, but Circuit racing was where I always wanted to be. I dreamt of IMSA, champ cars and of course, formula One. So, I guess what I’m trying to say is... who do I talk to about being a genius garage test/race driver?

[@cobras034]

Now is that a Days of Thunder stock car I see?..... Tom Cruise never escapes your videos

[@yukimasaheppe1079]

Put the Lykan body on one of these👍

[@xm258]

Casey You Should get a TDF F1

[@aliassmithandjones9453]

how much to replace those antique tires?

[@MOMOf333SP]

www.sascosports.com/tires.asp AVON on most historic race cars

[@ChrisKing-dt7bl]

I think you need that open wheeled roaster in your life. Haha

[@mbas0507]

Hey my friend Chuck Haines used to be the owner of that store ! a hug for you Chuck its Alex From Ecuador, i bought some reynards from you 15 years ago.. ;(

[@alexl7190]

Chuck H. is still owner/president

[@Iskelderon]

All depends on what you want. Race cars are a different kind of awesomeness, you can't take them on a cross-country trip like Ed Bolian and his lady do with their cars.

[@priyankasonawane3599]

Very good and cool and Nice Racing cars

[@donttreadonusdotgov2086]

I WANT THAT 85 LOLA NOW

[@donttreadonusdotgov2086]

I live is St. Louis too so I might email those guys and Buy it.

[@dylanhale7300]

One of these days I'll get to see one of these in real life...

[@AZAce1064]

I believe if you want to be a Indy car racer it would be a plus to have a father that was a Indy winner.

[@jmoney7289]

I like how you broke out the fancy overcoat and those sweet red pants damn Casey you got style when you need it

[@VMC_Boy]

And matching hat :) But I guess it's cold there at the moment.

[@CaseyPutsch]

Yeah, it was cold and I was just stopping by.

[@jmoney7289]

VMC Master Casey's Black Beret the kind you find at a secondhand store

[@shelbyavant5081]

@@jmoney7289 Great reference, wrong hat.

[@bradklingensmith]

I just started drooling before I even realized it. If there was a 65 Lotus I'd be done.

[@MOMOf333SP]

www.canamcarsltd.com/car/1967-Lotus-38-8S under restoration at CTL in UK , will be done next year

[@roberthill3207]

Sweet.

[@spkspkspks]

I must say Casey, that Beret hides your receding hairline exquisitely. Can't wait for your next episode.

[@x2Dubz]

Man I want that Marlboro car. I know Camel had a motocross/supercross team, I wonder if they had an Indy team too

[@CaseyPutsch]

Me too!

[@royalstygian8344]

I dont think Camel ever sponsored an Indy team. Players did though. And those are some of the best looking liveries of all time

[@whollymindless]

I miss the old Champ car series... Great cars, great personalities, great racing, screwed up management.

[@farrellhamann]

Long ago, Detroit Historical Museum had a "street legal Indy car." Maybe still?

[@_Odin_]

Ignores an Ilmor engine. Damn, I feel old.

[@_Odin_]

For anyone that doesn't recognise the Ilmor, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmor Ilmor were the company that tuned the Mercedes engines that powered McLaren in F1 to a couple of championships. Sadly, the co-founder, Paul Morgan tragically died in 2001 after an aviation accident. Paul Morgan was the stronghold of Ilmor, and following his tragic death, Mario Illien, the co-founder (The IL to Morgan's MOR), was never able to recreate the magic. A lot of time the engine manufacturers get the kudos, but it's the tuners that make the magic. Honda Mugen for example.

[@kyloten-raikerz6638]

Odin Illmor supplies the engines for ARCA now though, so that's cool.

[@beezy7412]

The mellow yellow nascar is the one from Days of Thunder. Thats the one Tom cruise drove as Cole Trickle.. maybe not that exact same one but watch the movie and you will see what I am talking about 😏

[@1978garfield]

As opposed to Kyle Petty's black 42 Pontiac with Mello Yello sponsorship?

[@IndependenceCityMotoring]

How do you avoid the middleman (dealers like this) and buy the retired cars directly from the race team?

[@CaseyPutsch]

Gotta know people there.

[@briansmith9430]

Imo, classic American cars are way more interesting than exotic sports cars and track only cars

[@dferrari3215]

I’d go for the 360..

[@RC.41]

I don’t understand who wants an old racecar. I love racing btw. You can’t race them right?

[@williamp6800]

Rob Fowler you can race all sorts of old race cars in historic racing.

[@daveneff1826]

For a split second, I thought that was Cole Trickle's car! Then you did the reveal and it was 42 and not 51. :(

[@CaseyPutsch]

Pretty close!

[@princeroyal195]

These are super cool looking cars no doubt! [opinion incoming!] But what separates me from most other people is that I think these retro-futuristic race cars should be propelled by something that fits their looks instead of 19th century tech.

[@CaseyPutsch]

They did that in the 60s. They got outlawed. Racing world is run by wealthy cave men in some respects....

[@princeroyal195]

Casey Putsch Oof now I'm really interested! Could you elaborate a bit or give me a search term to look up? would super appreciate 🙏

[@ejbrandt9736]

Alex.....I will take the category of FASTLY DEPRECIATING ITEMS for $1,000.....What is a vehicle that needs to be trailered away after you sell it?

[@bagoly1234]

This is great but, how do you get new tyres on a car from the 60s?

[@Wabeeninc]

At this point it would be better to buy modern slicks

[@CaseyPutsch]

No problem, Avon, goodyear, and Hoosier got the hook up there too.

[@bagoly1234]

@@CaseyPutsch Ah ok.

[@groomlake51]

Taking applications 😲?

[@ChoppersModelworks]

Were those gold and black cars designed by Smokey Yunick…?

[@CaseyPutsch]

I think so.

[@ChoppersModelworks]

@@CaseyPutsch Yup indeed they both are, he was quite the character at times. Interesting collection of cars and could be educational to new engineers as to understand not the how but the why of things being done at the time. Not the easiest to research and document though.

[@shaneprescott432]

John Butera built a Indy car in his living room . Believe it had six wheels

[@ejbrandt9736]

Buttera was already a renowned Chassis builder in the late 60's early 70's building many early Funny Cars for guys like Don Prudhomme and and Shumacher....He had a fully equipped chassis shop.....One of the coolest cars he helped build was the Jet Engineering "Titanium Eagle" Indy Car with a Stock Block Chevy V8.....I miss the days of variety and innovation at the Indy 500.....Its almost "Spec Car Racing" like NASCAR now.....No individualism or innovations....every car looks the same!

[@shaneprescott432]

@@ejbrandt9736 he built some crazy stuff . Gifted

[@hamishfullerton7309]

"A little nasty, my kind of thing ,you sit up front, so you don't want to screw up ,I like it hahaha lolol 😅" "if you're fairly technical and know a lot about engineering ,oh and little Athaletic you could have a drive "haha lol 😊😉

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

I would have guessed these were high six figure cars at least. Maybe seven figures.

[@ejbrandt9736]

Well expect to be into one at least 1/4million by the time you get it to the track with a crew....My take on things.....and when you go to sell it? maybe $100K if your lucky!

[@jiveturkey9993]

You can probably take that Can-Am car put a solid paint job on it, throw some license plates on it from a junk mg and drive it to Cars and Coffee. If you got caught you have to pay the impound fees and fines and then just give them a bogus story about how you didn't know you were breaking any laws.

[@iamcairn5730]

Casey, how hard would it be to make an F1 car road legal ? I know it sounds stupid, but Just like for the heck of it. How can you make one road legal?

[@natesmith9007]

I dont even know where you would begin. Pretty sure they dont have vins so you would have to register it as a go kart or some shit. Would be the coolest thing ever driving an f1 car to dinner or something

[@iamcairn5730]

@@natesmith9007 yes, Yes my friend

[@PeRRXX]

I’m sure it’s possible, just probably not worth the time and money.

[@capnrob97]

Those Penske Marlboro cars are sexy.

[@robertosmith1]

So whats the point of buying one of these? Are you going to take a speedway car to a speedway and run laps at over 200 and have safety on hand just in case. I'll take the used Lamborghini any day over the hassle one of these would be. Nice to look at in a museum though.

[@Official_MikeyT]

$100k and change for an Indy car with an engine is dirt cheap god damn, and I thought March/Spice Group C chassis were cheap at 200k and change British pounds.

[@JoaoSantosComboios]

he sounds like Ben Stiller

[@needmetal3221]

Alex knows his shit. Let him finish a sentence some time

[@theslvrbullt]

"You do have to make friends and have to be reasonably intelligent..." Welp, I'm boned. In all seriousness, the Menards and Marlboro Indy cars make me feel things I don't quite understand. Jealous of the people who drive these things. Gotta be so much fun.