Thanks so much for spotlighting this era of CART. Sleek, simple, beautiful cars that looked like they were doing 230 even when sitting still. The high-pitched, heart-pounding scream of the engines. All-time greats like Michael, Helio, PT, and JPM duking it out. Invisible flames.
In the same vein as this race, there's also Al Jr's first Indy 500 win in 1992. It's was one of the coldest Indy 500s on record, attrition was huge, I think it was AJ Foyt's last Indy, that epic finish at the end, and also my first Indy 500.
One of the greatest races ever in any motorsport. I remember watching it when i was more an f1 fan, but the finish excited me more than anything ever has in f1. CART was the best ever era of single seat racing.
IMHO Juan Montoya was the most dominant driver CART ever had. He dominated both 1999 and 2000 CART seasons despite racing with a very unproven package in 2000
This season has had me hooked on IndyCar (watching over here in the UK) but I still can't get over Hélio Castroneves this season at 48 and watching these highlights is just him but 20 odd years younger!
There was an amusing typo on the grid before the race. Someone in the production truck had punched in TK's lap and read a 2 as a 7. Which meant TK was shown at 720+ mph lap. And that was still not good enough for pole. To be fair, the Hanford Device did exactly what it was meant to. Also yes. Attrition was a thing, Fontana 2000 vid when, CC4E had a compilation of all the engine failures during the 2000 The 500. There were.....a lot. Also I swear the Eurosport call of this is floating around but I'm not sure where it is however, unfortunately.
I didn't see this live, but I did see a tape delayed 1 hour version on Eurosport shortly after the race in 2000. I remember being on the edge of my seat and absolutely breathless at the end. Also a great commentary by Ben Edwards. Great video and great memories!
Man Montoya really dropped off in 2000 (due mainly to reliability issues). But this was a high mark still for him. Great race. Awesome work as always Demise 🤘🏻
I was going to say it was a miracle his Toyota lasted 500 miles without turning into a grenade. If Ganassi stayed with Honda instead of going with free Toyota engines, Gil de Ferran would have had a much tougher year.
I'd argue the switch to Lola was just as big a reason too, going from the dominant chassis, to one that Chip took a leap of faith on. It worked out in 94, but....not in 2000. Makes me wonder how much worse the Lola was over the course of the season than the Reynard
@@jacekatalakis8316If this was 98ish, I'd agree, but by 2000 Adrian Reynard was spending more time and resources on Villeneuve's BAR Honda in F1 to the point he went bankrupt a couple of years later leaving Lola as the only chassis supplier in 03 or so. I don't think the Toyota engine hit parity until Cristiano Da Matta won in 2002 (minus the pop off valve issue).
Thank you so much for sharing this. I remember the race well when additionally in 2000 Michael looked at one stage to be possibly headed for the title. If not for that back marker who knows eh?
I remember watching this live. So epic I still remember what I was having for lunch as I watched
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7:30 Kenny Bräck had never luck at the 500-mile-races in CART. Never finished one of them, besides of being one of the best oval drivers of his time.. finishing in 10 of the 12 other CART oval races (in 2000 and 2001) in the Top 5 and gets the Pole award of the canceled 2001 Texas race.
Parker Johnstone always was worth tuning in for with his quips and observations. Also wildest Indy road race is Cleveland....1995, not 1999. Also yes. It's that Tarso Maruqes and that Shinji Nakano, F1 reject/refugee as well. At that point in time, CART was a whos who of racing stars from the US and international ones. I don't remember the pit fire, I just remember water coming in from everywhere. It's been told to me by a former PacWest mechanic, it didn't matter what team you were on, when the water went in you all came together and helped out. These are your guys, your traveling family. Man, Tags had no luck in CART sadly...
As much as Paul Page is a great commentator, the English Eurosport commentary with Ben Edwards elevates this race to an astronomically.brillant race. You should check it out.
There's still a lot of CART races on RUclips with their commentary and it mostly put me to sleep. I always found the ABC/ESPN commentary from either Bob Varsha or Paul Page to be better and more informative.
that’s a bold statement. it wouldn’t make a big difference anyway because the device itself doesn’t take effect in slow speed corners, imagine that wing in monaco for example lol it really wouldn’t make any difference.
@@EndaMRacing exactly what I thought when i was writing my comment above especially when you have those insane monza straights throughout the race course
This race was incredible...it truly was the pinnacle of man and machine to this day. These guys were approaching 250 mph wheel to wheel for 500 miles with tons of green flag racing. Just listen to those engines screaming. After this season CART began to slow the cars down even further and interest from fans was even further reduced.
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I prefer this style of oval racing over pack racing. Its also entertaining but much safer.
It's pretty crazy how many of them in the turns are completely gone now. So many empty grandstands but the crowd was still packed. IndyCar would love a crowd that sizes anywhere but the 500 which is obviously its own animal.
Yeah everybody added way too many seats in the 90's during that motorsports boom. My favorite is Texas which has bleachers on the backstretch, but can't even get NASCAR attendance to fill the frontstretch.
What a story. Gotta watch that race when I get the chance Fun fact: This was the race that convinced Williams F1 Team Principal Frank Williams to sign Montoya for the 2001 F1 season
Probably in the 240's with a good draft. The last straw for this is when Girl De Ferran qualified at Fontana at an average speed of 241.428 MPH, which is a closed course record.
Start renting and promoting ovals and IndyCar will come back. Otherwise we'll get another Fontana situation where no one shows up and we only get 3 races.
@@danielhenderson8316 that is where IndyCar fails at. Marketing and Promotion for races and even oval races outside the 500 and Iowa. IndyCar’s crappy marketing for oval races is bad to the point when people came less, which loses more fans in seats on ovals. Instead of promoting the sport better and promoting the rest of the oval races to re-grow interest in oval racing again on the calendar, they’re too busy promoting the 500, promoting some mid road courses and bad road courses like the Indy GP’s, Detroit, and Nashville, instead of trying to convince NASCAR (ISC) to let them race at their tracks due to growing interests in more ovals again for the sport and doing their best to get more ovals again (besides Milwaukee)
I've heard from those in the know and industry that Vegas 2011 scared off ISC/SMI from putting Indycar on show, so where would they race? Indycar went to Pocono and we all know how that ended. Fontana is gone. Michigan is owned by one of the big two and they are still from what I hear scared of another Vegas 2011 though. So my question is alright, but where do they race for ovals?ff
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT Don't forget the days of NASCAR subsidizing the IRL with season ticket deals forcing customers into buying IRL ticket to get their Cup series tickets. If it wasn't for that, ovals would have plummeted way before reunification. You can rag on IndyCar marketing all you want, but even NASCAR is having attendence problems on ovals, and we're running out of legitimate super speedways.
The fan f1 and indycat and is return oval in calendary at the not return pocono the theath of 2011 the oval las vegas more dangerous track and detroit at the orrible circuit and the indy 500 markenting and promuved race at very disaster
There was nothing great. Backmarker spoiled the race that Michael Andretti was going to win. He outcalculated Montoya, but got unlucky with the backmarker. Any other IRL race of the time produced greater battles.
@@danielhenderson8316 Montoya didn't, he just got lucky. Sometimes you can't manage it. Maybe his spotter told backmarkers spotter where to go high or low. That is not usual traffic in oval racing.
Michael could have managed his last overtake better. Had he let Montoya get further in front of him, he could have drafted him just a bit longer and had more speed to pass him, like he practiced the lap before. Instead, he only had enough speed to get next to him, leaving it up to who had the draft of the lapped car.
Thanks so much for spotlighting this era of CART. Sleek, simple, beautiful cars that looked like they were doing 230 even when sitting still. The high-pitched, heart-pounding scream of the engines. All-time greats like Michael, Helio, PT, and JPM duking it out. Invisible flames.
My pleasure. This era of CART is in my opinion, the greatest race cars ever.
@@Demise90Racing I've been saying the same thing for ages. Absolutely unmatched.
In the same vein as this race, there's also Al Jr's first Indy 500 win in 1992. It's was one of the coldest Indy 500s on record, attrition was huge, I think it was AJ Foyt's last Indy, that epic finish at the end, and also my first Indy 500.
One of the greatest races ever in any motorsport. I remember watching it when i was more an f1 fan, but the finish excited me more than anything ever has in f1. CART was the best ever era of single seat racing.
Was there during this race it still gives me chills
IMHO Juan Montoya was the most dominant driver CART ever had.
He dominated both 1999 and 2000 CART seasons despite racing with a very unproven package in 2000
That device they fitted is literally the opposite of DRS in F1 haha
Pretty much lol
It’s real guys
This season has had me hooked on IndyCar (watching over here in the UK) but I still can't get over Hélio Castroneves this season at 48 and watching these highlights is just him but 20 odd years younger!
There was an amusing typo on the grid before the race. Someone in the production truck had punched in TK's lap and read a 2 as a 7. Which meant TK was shown at 720+ mph lap. And that was still not good enough for pole. To be fair, the Hanford Device did exactly what it was meant to. Also yes. Attrition was a thing, Fontana 2000 vid when, CC4E had a compilation of all the engine failures during the 2000 The 500. There were.....a lot.
Also I swear the Eurosport call of this is floating around but I'm not sure where it is however, unfortunately.
Haha I completely missed that lol
I didn't see this live, but I did see a tape delayed 1 hour version on Eurosport shortly after the race in 2000. I remember being on the edge of my seat and absolutely breathless at the end. Also a great commentary by Ben Edwards. Great video and great memories!
Crazy race and a smart decision by JPM in the end
Man Montoya really dropped off in 2000 (due mainly to reliability issues). But this was a high mark still for him. Great race. Awesome work as always Demise 🤘🏻
I was going to say it was a miracle his Toyota lasted 500 miles without turning into a grenade. If Ganassi stayed with Honda instead of going with free Toyota engines, Gil de Ferran would have had a much tougher year.
@@danielhenderson8316totally agree with u on that
I'd argue the switch to Lola was just as big a reason too, going from the dominant chassis, to one that Chip took a leap of faith on. It worked out in 94, but....not in 2000. Makes me wonder how much worse the Lola was over the course of the season than the Reynard
@@jacekatalakis8316If this was 98ish, I'd agree, but by 2000 Adrian Reynard was spending more time and resources on Villeneuve's BAR Honda in F1 to the point he went bankrupt a couple of years later leaving Lola as the only chassis supplier in 03 or so. I don't think the Toyota engine hit parity until Cristiano Da Matta won in 2002 (minus the pop off valve issue).
@@danielhenderson8316 Chip is cheap and the Toyota was getting better every year.
I'm suggesting 1999 Michigan US 500.
Many or most of the CART races from the 1990s, especially from 1993/1996 - 2002 were great.
arguably one of the best car races of all time irrespective of series.
Ben Edwards commentary of the last few laps is a joy and a must for any motor racing fan.
Thanks for uploading one of my favourite racing battles between two racing legends. Looking forward to more videos from this indycar era.
Glad you enjoyed it! You will see more for sure!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I remember the race well when additionally in 2000 Michael looked at one stage to be possibly headed for the title. If not for that back marker who knows eh?
I remember watching this live. So epic I still remember what I was having for lunch as I watched
7:30 Kenny Bräck had never luck at the 500-mile-races in CART. Never finished one of them, besides of being one of the best oval drivers of his time.. finishing in 10 of the 12 other CART oval races (in 2000 and 2001) in the Top 5 and gets the Pole award of the canceled 2001 Texas race.
Karma for that Texas 2001 test, where he lied to the officials. In my view he caused Gugelmin great harm due to his lie.
I mean he won Indy
Parker Johnstone always was worth tuning in for with his quips and observations. Also wildest Indy road race is Cleveland....1995, not 1999. Also yes. It's that Tarso Maruqes and that Shinji Nakano, F1 reject/refugee as well. At that point in time, CART was a whos who of racing stars from the US and international ones. I don't remember the pit fire, I just remember water coming in from everywhere. It's been told to me by a former PacWest mechanic, it didn't matter what team you were on, when the water went in you all came together and helped out. These are your guys, your traveling family. Man, Tags had no luck in CART sadly...
No words about this Race in short of Breathtaking and unreal at the same damm time
I was born the Friday before this race, July 21st 2000. This race was on Sunday, July 23.
What a great race.
Love your videos man !! Whas a great race !! I watched that race when i was 16 years with my father and was so exciting !!
I live in NJ but drove out there it was insane. I will never forget Hanford Device. lol
These CART races are more exciting to watch than todays Indy car races
Much faster and more HP. Beautiful racing machines.
This era is unmatched but today's product is just as exciting if you pay attention.
GJ ! ! ! TY ! ! !
As much as Paul Page is a great commentator, the English Eurosport commentary with Ben Edwards elevates this race to an astronomically.brillant race. You should check it out.
There's still a lot of CART races on RUclips with their commentary and it mostly put me to sleep. I always found the ABC/ESPN commentary from either Bob Varsha or Paul Page to be better and more informative.
What an epic finish 🏁
imagine the Hanford device in f1 that will make racing a lot better
that’s a bold statement. it wouldn’t make a big difference anyway because the device itself doesn’t take effect in slow speed corners, imagine that wing in monaco for example lol it really wouldn’t make any difference.
@@junintf666 that is true but there could be a circuit such as Monza it could create the opposite of a drs train
@@EndaMRacing exactly what I thought when i was writing my comment above especially when you have those insane monza straights throughout the race course
This race was incredible...it truly was the pinnacle of man and machine to this day. These guys were approaching 250 mph wheel to wheel for 500 miles with tons of green flag racing. Just listen to those engines screaming. After this season CART began to slow the cars down even further and interest from fans was even further reduced.
I prefer this style of oval racing over pack racing. Its also entertaining but much safer.
Michigan Speedway added way too many grandstands in the late 1990s.
It's pretty crazy how many of them in the turns are completely gone now. So many empty grandstands but the crowd was still packed. IndyCar would love a crowd that sizes anywhere but the 500 which is obviously its own animal.
Yeah everybody added way too many seats in the 90's during that motorsports boom. My favorite is Texas which has bleachers on the backstretch, but can't even get NASCAR attendance to fill the frontstretch.
What a story. Gotta watch that race when I get the chance
Fun fact: This was the race that convinced Williams F1 Team Principal Frank Williams to sign Montoya for the 2001 F1 season
IndyCar needs to go back to Michigan asap
What a race
This race was crazy good!😁🏁🏁🏎❤️
Yep
YESSSSSS!!!! ✨THIS✨ RACE!!!!!
This is Indycar CART 2000 season
Where Juan Pablo Montoya win at Michigan Speedway is greatest battle rival of all time.
It was sad for the split.
Proper racing
How much faster would these cars have gone without the Hanford device slowing them down?
Probably another 10 mph, but the big advantage was the draft a car behind could get.
Probably in the 240's with a good draft. The last straw for this is when Girl De Ferran qualified at Fontana at an average speed of 241.428 MPH, which is a closed course record.
CART continues to make today's IndyCar look like a complete joke.
You should do the 1998 Daytona 500
I will 100%. I have a plan for NASCAR videos that I will be sharing soon.
Please keep reading the comments dude. Im gonna miss you.
I'm still here, don't worry!
So Fitipaldi wore a HANS in this race? I do know some Indycar drivers wore HANS on ovals but not street or road courses.
I can't remember if HANS at this time was mandatory on ovals or the whole schedule yet, but by 2001 it was mandatory period.
If we had more ovals, we’d have more rememberable moments and classic battles like this.
Just saying👀🤷🏻♂️🏁
Start renting and promoting ovals and IndyCar will come back. Otherwise we'll get another Fontana situation where no one shows up and we only get 3 races.
@@danielhenderson8316 that is where IndyCar fails at. Marketing and Promotion for races and even oval races outside the 500 and Iowa.
IndyCar’s crappy marketing for oval races is bad to the point when people came less, which loses more fans in seats on ovals.
Instead of promoting the sport better and promoting the rest of the oval races to re-grow interest in oval racing again on the calendar, they’re too busy promoting the 500, promoting some mid road courses and bad road courses like the Indy GP’s, Detroit, and Nashville, instead of trying to convince NASCAR (ISC) to let them race at their tracks due to growing interests in more ovals again for the sport and doing their best to get more ovals again (besides Milwaukee)
I've heard from those in the know and industry that Vegas 2011 scared off ISC/SMI from putting Indycar on show, so where would they race? Indycar went to Pocono and we all know how that ended. Fontana is gone. Michigan is owned by one of the big two and they are still from what I hear scared of another Vegas 2011 though. So my question is alright, but where do they race for ovals?ff
@IanPerez2000_YT we need to start a riot and get something going. Lol
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT Don't forget the days of NASCAR subsidizing the IRL with season ticket deals forcing customers into buying IRL ticket to get their Cup series tickets. If it wasn't for that, ovals would have plummeted way before reunification.
You can rag on IndyCar marketing all you want, but even NASCAR is having attendence problems on ovals, and we're running out of legitimate super speedways.
1994 Michigan 500 😁
Ahh yes. That is a true battle of attrition in that one. You will see it here soon 👍. Thank you for the support 🏁
Im sorry my english im italian
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So why didn't they use that at Texas, instead of canceling the race?
It was on the cars there and they were still too fast.
The fan f1 and indycat and is return oval in calendary at the not return pocono the theath of 2011 the oval las vegas more dangerous track and detroit at the orrible circuit and the indy 500 markenting and promuved race at very disaster
There was nothing great. Backmarker spoiled the race that Michael Andretti was going to win. He outcalculated Montoya, but got unlucky with the backmarker. Any other IRL race of the time produced greater battles.
It's called oval racing. You have to manage your race and the backmarkers. Montoya did and Michael didn't.
@kg01 ain't that just too damn bad? Lol
@@danielhenderson8316 Montoya didn't, he just got lucky. Sometimes you can't manage it. Maybe his spotter told backmarkers spotter where to go high or low. That is not usual traffic in oval racing.
Michael could have managed his last overtake better. Had he let Montoya get further in front of him, he could have drafted him just a bit longer and had more speed to pass him, like he practiced the lap before. Instead, he only had enough speed to get next to him, leaving it up to who had the draft of the lapped car.