USAC Battle At the Brickyard 125cc Shifter Final 2017 Joe Ruch

[@RoadToTheCup]

I cannot believe I just watched this whole Go Cart Race and I loved every second of it, unbelievable speeds.

[@S2TB420]

Same here bro 🤘🏽💪🏽💯 now that i have seen this i wanna race in these things so bad 😂💯

[@RoadToTheCup]

@@S2TB420 #21 didn't give up, that #19 though.

[@Mikefngarage]

@@RoadToTheCup No that was super competitive. OMG....wheels touching WOW......and I think they have a 250 class. OMG...could you imagine?

[@PoppinPortraits]

Yep first fir me too

[@bradhagemyer7722]

Yup me too 😀

[@dirkhoogakker5895]

Bravo! To the drivers and people make the karts go fast. Fun to watch!

[@retrorendabarber8693]

Dude this is the best video I’ve seen in a long time!!! I was yelling at the screen and my wife shouting back at me to shut up🤣😂 it was a good time spent❤️‍🔥😎

[@joaquinpinon2872]

Man you guys are nuts. What intense racing, I may have lost a pound watching. Great job 👏

[@PoppinPortraits]

Brilliant courteous scraps plenty of shoulders out, you had them all on braking and cornering but couldn’t past with out the speed too. Fantastic fun I felt some of it👌✊

[@jcsimonassi7151]

How good is that! What a battle. Good job man 💪🏆

[@Mikefngarage]

Now that is something I would never do....But thanks for taking me along for the ride. Really fast and dangerous cant do that stuff anymore on blood thinners.

[@gman2013]

Nice job keep pressure on the #21…he knows you’re there for sure! You made him overdrive the corners several times!

[@BigJimSlade67]

WOW! I'm digging the onboard camera action. Very Cool!

[@michelrosier468]

Great race, loved every second of it.

[@kevinmccorkle7476]

Great race, awesome sportsmanship 😁

[@72151]

This is a workout 💪 What a blast, great love taps.

[@WesleyP1975]

I found myself leaning when he would go through the turns... This looks like a blast...

[@MikeKollin]

🤣🤣

[@youbadolivez]

It'd be so much fun.

[@Mikefngarage]

that battle for 3rd place was a really tough fight. lots of contact on open wheel OMG Never gave up and kept fighting for it. OMG how intense.

[@flylowkey3407]

This guys killing them in the breaking and cornering!! Great racing!

[@TRAIL_MIX_BILLY]

He is not braking he is letting off the gas and down shifting. Braking slows you down to much.

[@aaronreed9863]

@@TRAIL_MIX_BILLY Left foot is for braking, his moves...to brake.

[@DaytimeLightShow]

Everyone is even when you step on the gas.

[@joseantoniomoratapia3972]

Se siente la velocidad! Gran sensación! Y una verdadera pelea por alcanzar una mejor posición! Gracias!

[@TrevorDennis100]

It looks uber difficult to overtake, and with open wheels, I'm thinking you wouldn't want to get interlocked. That might result in some high flying. On second thoughts, if you can't get around the guy in front, then maybe go over the top of him.

[@alveydoug]

Amazing how they seem to shift at the same instant and same rpm (good audio recording). I’m waiting, on edge, for an engine to seize. It really IS about the drivers. My other worry would be tire wear; I keep watching that left front. The balance for each driver must be critical. Riveting!

[@kelliebrooks9094]

This real just a kart race these are F1 carts...or indy which ever u are a fan of....believe it or not its a little more amazing in person..mainly the sound live is the best part...this guy has a great camera angle....excellent...

[@johnfryman4428]

Looked like you guys were pulling some serious Gs thru the turns

[@danarrington2224]

I'm imagining the smell of premix while watching this. Where do you get your motors from since 4 strokes have taken over the world?

[@youtut8052]

great start and cool race👍👍👍

[@johnnyturbo8460]

Fantastic start! Great video

[@largelarry2126]

Looks like me on my way to work.

[@DaytimeLightShow]

IKF Champ says, nice. This is what kart racing is. Competitive. Very competitive. (Loving the advice you are getting in the comments, lol!!!!!)

[@Eye_Exist]

looks million times more fun and hectic than F1 has looked for decades. I wish i can drive karting myself some day too.

[@darrynruzicka2883]

AWESOME! Just bangin' on that 21. Great racing! I remember not so long ago watching Max Verstappen doing this. Of course he lapped everyone, lol.

[@ericnixon4225]

pretty impressive driving of those carts.very intense and awesome feeling of the *** NEED FOR SPEED***😅😎💯

[@Sir_Loin_of_Steak]

Cool, how much does it cost to do this?

[@tjlovesrachel]

Why do you guys rev it up then shut it down in the pits ….. is that to load it up on fuel/oil when it’s hot ?

[@mrd9720]

4yrs later. This is better than sitting in the stands.

[@tedecker3792]

Still have my first Karting trophy from 1961!

[@mikelynch8683]

If you ever get the chance to drive one dont hesitate x brother in law had a panther x it was insane

[@jasonluck7269]

That was AWESOME

[@badassbrian11]

Even though this video is old I just came across it and I grew up with a go-kart nothing like a shifter cart but from the age of 5 years old until i was 17, I absolutely terrorized my neighborhood with me go kart....lol.

[@daniels4227]

I don't know alot about the sport but it looked to me like #21 killed your chances to run down the leaders sooner. Good video!

[@wangdangdo4585]

If the 21 was smart, he would have let Joe go by then drafted him to move up to the pack in front.

[@72151]

Looks like the number is 21x.... meaning they're a rather new cart driver. The guy filming was smart giving that driver room...

[@joeruchracing]

@@wangdangdo4585 correct, killed our chances trying to battle for 5th place instead of working together to run down the leaders

[@pizzasubs]

wonder how many times on a full tank of fuel that these could actually go all the way around the speedway before running out, probably be on the gas full throttle for so long that they could possibly burn up the engines?????

[@kelliebrooks9094]

I see this course jumping in an out an hey bales so its notvthe complete indy car track that they run the road course on because the start straight is on the 500 track

[@jamesaspinwall5280]

Great driving bro. Thats the way you move to the front. Engine needs more torque coming off those fast corners. Great video

[@tigerone2353]

So these karts have gears ? I see them shifting right hand lever...

[@jimwinchester339]

Wow! They should make F1 and/or Indy car drivers do at least one race in a shifter kart, something like the old NASCAR IROC race. You should have to prove your mastery in more than one type of car.

[@williamgleaves1954]

Seems like ther would be a benefit to slightly slowing the steering so that on violent turns the driver could choose how much tire scrub and not lose so much forward momentum

[@mad-b264]

How much do this cost for a season with buying the kart aswell, I would love to spend the weekends on track doing this, I bet its expensive tho, The sound is amazing for little kart.... Great work out aswell, I spent an hour karting non stop and it ruined me the next day, Still tho I would of got up and done it again, It's worth the aching, lol.... If you want to get fit just go kart for few weeks I know that much.... Yeah I bet its a great day doing this all day..... Thanks for the upload bro....

[@dannymiester5825]

I need one of these guys to tune my yamaha DT200R

[@jaymar1615]

How many couns did you collect...

[@kelliebrooks9094]

In america shifter karts dont use paddle shifters in europe they do...nit sure of the reason mite be kost

[@hotchihuahua1546]

Good example of when you have two battling it out the front pack pulls away .

[@markbrynteson5141]

Damn that looks like a blast

[@T.J.Caldwell318]

Looks like so much fun

[@georgew.5639]

Rubbing tires is dicey. But shows good aggression. That’s what it takes to make passes.

[@vladimirlopez7840]

Man this shit is exciting to watch.

[@kelliebrooks9094]

Very fun track mucho fast o.....they could make those inner. Areas a little wider they have more room for passing...it titghtens up in a hurry at those speeds..his camera doesnt really show how fast they are going real life is faster than that...thanks grest video....im going back to bikes karts hurts my neck too much....for real i loved it but had to bow out....peace thanks

[@fredgarvinMP]

They should make the racing longer so you have to stop for tires and fuel.

[@thomasciul8932]

I raced 250 cc superkarts for years. My god was it dangerous!! I'd do it again in a second!

[@TurbodanNM]

Love the intensity

[@lsimpson50]

Nice racing!

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

Dude had an unfair start, he was still rolling slightly while everyone else was stationary, hence the gain in positions instantly. Surprised that the Marshalls let this happen. If it's a standing start, there should be a flag man on the final kart of the grid, the starter shouldn't start the race until that last flag man ensures all karts are stationary.

[@joeruchracing]

Yeah it was a bit unfair. I was the last kart on the grid after a mechanical failure in the heat race. Honestly it wouldn’t have really mattered though overall i would’ve gotten through the mid field easily before battling in the top 5-6. It was also 5 years ago lol

[@jinxbottleflip1942]

Maybe he had a great start while the entire rest of the field had a shitty one?

[@jinxbottleflip1942]

@@joeruchracing do you have an arch nemesis? You know the podium guy at every single race, Is it the guy directly in front of you at roughly 6:00? Cause you battled that Dude pretty good, that was a great race & I'm super jealous

[@gokartbob6478]

Good race 🏁🏁🏁🏁

[@justayoutuber1906]

Looks so fun!

[@gatortim1986]

That looks fun!

[@tonyshepherd406]

Good video, thanks

[@dks13827]

How fast do they go.

[@MikeKollin]

Finally you got passed Elliot! He was slowing you down!! 🐹

[@tedrusu3720]

How are you changing gears without lifting or it just looks like that cus sometimes it looks like u lift slightly and other times ur foot is just planted during the shifts

[@joeruchracing]

Ted Rusu on the Honda’s we could no lift shift through 4-5-6 gear pretty easily

[@tedrusu3720]

Joe Ruch hmmm i gotta try this but the track we go to only has one long straight where reach sixth very breiflt. Nice driving by the way

[@Flapsman]

125cc I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE PLAYING MARIO KART TOUR

[@michaelleet9369]

Darn good video I'm still watching it I will watch it all man I wish the official was at NASCAR would let these guys put some speed back in their cars I mean I'm I'm fine and I don't want to see wreck after wreck don't get me wrong but I found the Daytona 500 a little on the boring side you know I don't think they got over 187 to be honest hey if I'm wrong call me if I ain't let us put some speed back in those cars that pedal goes both ways and let's not forget

[@hugejohnson5011]

Man, good job there. I wish you could've spun #21 though!

[@aaronthomas6155]

He could have, but depending on the rules, he could have also been DQ'd for doing so. It's always better to race as clean as you can, than to risk getting someone hurt or getting yourself DQ'd....

[@DaytimeLightShow]

Do that and next race 21 returns the favor. Takes the fun out pretty quick

[@davidcarper5411]

Oem trans parts running thin yet?

[@joeruchracing]

Most of us switch over to KZ. Honda is still around in road racing and at the club level but that’s about it

[@xsychosis]

Im disapointed. No banana peels? No turtles? No mushroom boosters?

[@Chris-uh3cm]

dam this guy is good

[@klesarhr-bz5of]

great race!

[@truthleaker222]

No ambulance…..just a front loader to scoop up the wrecks.

[@JeffGlackin]

Hell yes!!

[@SloMoShort]

Great driving.

[@ZaphodsPlanet]

That looked kinda fun.

[@McArcher77]

Wow! I forgote to breath till watch it

[@maxwellstephens140]

Is this the same layout they will be running for this year on the 4th of July?

[@joeruchracing]

Yeah as far as I know, every year the hair pin has changed just a bit but overall the same layout

[@maxwellstephens140]

Joe Ruch awesome thanks looking forward to being there. I’m going to be racing in shifter as well

[@joeruchracing]

Good deal man. See you next weekend then

[@maxwellstephens140]

Joe Ruch do you know Josh Martin?

[@JeffGlackin]

Those guys are much slower through the hairpin than you. That had to be frustrating

[@warmaster-1]

Sounds like they’re landscaping

[@GarySmith-up1un]

#21 slowing you down for a team mate ?

[@joeruchracing]

He really wanted to battle for 5th I guess lol

[@irondoger]

What is top speed?

[@MyTube4Utoo]

I think I would have had to relieve '21' of his driving duties for the day. *lol*

[@joeskawinski954]

So cool.

[@apexkilla]

Not sure how you got away with jumping the start like that

[@kelliebrooks9094]

The real go kart track is a little ways up the road...this is the track i like the F1 indy car track...big wide open fast sweeping turns....the higher top speeds the more its too my style an liking...peace thanks for posting great stuff....i love 2 stroke who needs a turbo when u have a power band its like nitrous button... My kart dont move till 5000 rpm...then at a little over 6000 tje power band kicks in up to 12000 its a lot of fun....but not a toy....there is 10 classes or so weights an motors ..age groups etc.....

[@huko4266]

Thanks KZbin algorithm

[@truthbehold3986]

Is that Formula 7 or something but this looks great fun!

[@jehovanysmilian343]

😂

[@arrow6186]

胸熱！ 今のF-1に欲しいのはこれだ！

[@johnbaker705]

Dq for rolling start when all the rest were stopped !!!!

[@johnf6267]

Insane !

[@Tracyusa]

The front carts were obviously more powerful which makes a whole race suck

[@joeruchracing]

We are all on the same engine, stock cr125, I actually had great power. I got caught up in someone wanting to battle for 5th place instead of working together to run down the lead group which killed my race

[@chrisbroguiere3593]

Totally thinking of hanging up the D.H. mountain bike and partaking in this. Can anyone please answer why they don't have paddle shifters on these?

[@DaytimeLightShow]

You can run one if you like. Most prefer to drive dominantly with one hand. I could race all day using just left hand on wheel.

[@chrisbroguiere3593]

@@DaytimeLightShow thanks for the response. I guess maybe I should try both before I buy.

[@tjlovesrachel]

@@chrisbroguiere3593 think about old school manual shift race cars… gotta take a hand off to bang gears …

[@MauroBrisola]

Much better than F1.

[@misc5831]

Wow!

[@donaldmiller1207]

"Now that's Pod racing". These guys have 'Nads' with no suspension on these things I'm sure the butts will be sore. LOL Great racing with guys pushing limits so close to each other...

[@whiteknob7944]

The brickinch more like. Nice toys.

[@AAa-cf1oe]

💙

[@jimmadsen7372]

Almost looks like a video game

[@kelliebrooks9094]

These guys are all driving good sign all of em...hah hah they are.....

[@jasonjones4695]

Why aren’t they throwing turtle shells at each other lol