@@ILSRWY4 Not really. In IRL the cars took too many laps to complete a pass because they were stuck side by side. Here they are close but they actually have to work on the pass and that makes them complete these passes easier
I love where Indycar is headed, ratings were up by big percentages. I'm diehard NASCAR and I never missed an Indycar race this past season and don't plan on missing one next year. hopefully they'll get back to where they can rival NASCAR again.
Im an old CART fan, that happened to tune into this race. WOW most exciting racing I've ever seen!! The attendance was atrociously low, what happened to this series?
+Steve Chartrand The split up between CART and IRL killed both racing leagues. Now there back together, they are starting to get their grove back. I agree, fantastic race even though pack racing does not work in Indycar, but the attendance was just God awful.
You explained it yourself. An old CART fan who happened to turn in for a race. There are millions like you It's a shame because the series is back to that form.
Dave Despain is just good people. Prototypical of so many I meet in the highest levels of racing. Warm, witty, intelligent, loyal, self-deprecating, and a heart of gold.
This was almost like a NASCAR race for the pack racing! If you only think wrecks are exciting then skip this, but if you like actual "racing" this is certainly one of the best Indy car races I've ever seen.
Here's a little note for Indycar: If you want to race at Fontana, DONT PUT THE RACE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SUMMER AFTERNOON! You want to know why nobody came? It was so miserably hot that day, they had the sprinkler system on underneath the grand stands because it was so hot, and humid. You guys really should have kept it as a night race.
it is a travesty that this race was put on to what amounted to a high school football crowd. get your marketing together indycar. Why would you run this race on a Saturday, DURING THE DAY, in CALIFORNIA, with NASCAR 40 miles up the road? did no one look at a calendar before making this date?
Simon Pagenaud on pole position,🏁 race start 8 mins 20 secs. Only halfway through the race and it's a real barn burner. (Paul Tracey) And I have to say i'm not a big fan of oval racing, but i definitely give this the thumbs up.👍 Lap 136 first yellow flag, (Castroneves) don't think Briscoe deserves a caution. (Racing incident) Power, Sato crash, A.J Foyt spot on with comments about pack racing, that's racing. Though you can understand driver and team concerns. best oval race I've seen so far, brilliant from start to finish.🏁👌 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🍾
I've been to this track since 1997 for the first CART race and it was packed of course. I remember looking around waiting for stands to fill up but they never did... Also race was on Saturday... Never understood why that was.
My boy Marco having a great race, good passings, so unlucky for that last lap incident, his fresher tyres would have been a nightmare for Rahal and T.K.
I still think we need to keep Auto Club on the schedule as the season closer. At night, in October. Lengthen the season, add a few more races. The racing is unbelievable in Indycar no matter where they go!
RoddToes it's too dangerous to race at Fontana. Drivers could die there so that's y they will really never have IndyCar back at Fontana. It's too risky to race at a track with similar racing like Vegas where Wheldon lost his life because of this kind of racing. So it's safer to not race at Fontana. But having a longer schedule would be nice tho.
You can't have a longer schedule because you'll be competing with the NFL, NBA, and MLB playoffs. IndyCar can't afford to go head-to-head with NFL; NASCAR can't even do that.
KL Benji I'll wait until after this year to decide if going back to Michigan is a good idea, usually you can tell if the balance of street circuit/road course/ovals is off and I think it is but we'll see.
The big difference between Las Vegas and Fontana is that this track is like 80km wide. Here you have room to react, that is why they had such a long run at the beginning.
+KL Benji Puh-leeze! The draft wasn't nearly as effective at Vegas. They were more strung out there than here. The fact the Fontana surface is so worn out and bumpy is scarier than how closely packed the cars are.
+Lem Wansley III Miles gave Auto Club a stupid date and held it in the daytime. There goes the oval triple crown... again! Auto Club was actually screwed by Indycar. Auto Club can't have them back if Indycar continues to hand out inconsistent schedules like this... Miles needs to stop screwing around with race events.
+Lem Wansley III Couldn't agree more, Lem! I crossed over from nascar 10 yrs ago and this sport hasn't grown much in that time while the technology and racing has improved every year. I can't believe how few people showed up for the return to PHX, we drove out of there like it was the mall. They really need to market things better and add more high speed ovals like Fontana and Michigan (again). I understand why the drivers don't like ovals but its the best racing in the world and they need them in the mix.
I think the 2019 oval package is definitely better than what we had in 2018 still would like to see a little closer racing but the 500 this year was awesome and Texas was way better than last year still some small tweaks to make though man this race at Fontana was amazing this needs to be the season finale under the lights in the future
They tore this track out! It’s gone. Thats tragic. The speed for Indycar 225 mph aswell Nascar 215 mph was EVERYTHING. Rip short track won’t do justice
Didn't get to see this live. When I did get to see highlights(about a month later) I was impressed. I haven't been able to see much of the series due to T.V. scheduling in my area and not able to get many channels. Oval tracks like this are great to watch. As good as any tight competition on a road course. The way the drivers and most everyone handled themselves with what was given is something to marvel. I've been watching this series since before 2000's. I've enjoyed the goods and bad of speedway racing in indycars. Shame the series isn't keeping them. They've become less and lesser in a season. It's to the point where the Indianapolis 500 is the only big one on the schedule and it doesn't help for testing when there's nothing to support it. Especially in safety precautions which any racing sport can benefit from proper experimenting and implementation. There's no such thing as too much safety. This pack racing seemed to me was the result of tires and aero kits that bunched everyone up. In the end. The drivers looked to have had good setups to drive safely and performed their jobs superbly.
Open another youtube window with the delta force theme in background and start it with the start of the race,...its just fitting and right, all it needs is Paul Page, it would be perfect.
Looking back on this now, while it is an amazing race, it is also terrifying knowing how badly wrong racing like this can go... IF Indycar wanted to go back to this kind of racing they would have to slow the cars down substantially...
@@nolancain8792 Not even that. Reducing the downforce would reduce how much air the lead car generates as a tow and reduces pack racing. Lower downforce like we have now is a good solution. That way, it also reduces the amount of cars that run the same pace because they're more on edge. Modern IndyCar at Indy and Texas is how I want those races to be. They're exciting but not pack racing like the aerokit era.
The irony of your statement is, THE IRL did this kind of racing for 10 years and never lost a life in a race under competition yet as soon as the cry baby CART teams merged in 2008, two lives were lost during races within 4 years and all the bitching and crying started...
The slingshot passing? Sure. But cars darting all over the place and throwing insane blocks while going 4-wide for the lead at 215 MPH is a uniquely IndyCar phenomenon.
@@tescoshortage maybe, we haven’t seen any iteration of modern stock cars unrestricted on tracks bigger than 2 miles with turns that allow for full throttle racing. Rusty Wallace tested a gen 4 car unrestricted at Daytona and did like 230 so the speed would be there but they haven’t raced in a pack together.
@@Huddle_House56I mean the cars won’t dart around like the Indy cars but to add on to that rusty wallace test in 2010 or 2012 Martin Truex ran a test without the plate a fan recorded it but nascar took it down cause truex basically almost wrecked
@@crispykiddo70 well no they’re too heavy and the suspension is softer but it’s still kind of an unknown and probably for good reason. I did not know that about truex though.
Yeah, The race was great but this is really dangerous, that’s why it isn’t happening again. Pack racing like this is not made for open wheel cars, sooner or later someone would get hurt. We saw what happened in Las Vegas in 2011, there is no need for more avoidable tragedies. I know, danger is part of the job when you’re a racing driver, but there is a limit.
Mark Miles wanted Indycar to run a condensed scheduele no later past August. It was a dumb move. Auto Club Speedway's President doesn't want to hold the race in the middle of Summer period. It was a perfect reason why the race should either host it April or October but NEVER in the Summer of California.
What a race! We don't see it every day. 3, 4, 5 wide! Insane! Awesome to watch. And great to see Chevys and Hondas running together again. ps: I dunno if it's possible, but it took a little longer to upload the race. A couple of non-official channels did it first.
This is the Aerokits, Honda and Chevy they used his own specs of Aerokits. This period of Indycar goes from 2015 until 2017, they removed for they packege they produced in the ovals races (this race is an example of that) since this drivers were afraid another Las Vegas would happened and this dead of Justin Wilson in Pocono in 2015 because hit a piece of the Sage Karam car in the head.
if you could script a race, this is what you'd come up with, apart from it ending under caution. It's crazy the teams HATE this type of racing... they'd prefer it to be a procession with them at the front. AJ Foyt likes it though - he's a proper racer.
Billy Bishop because they only go the proper race distance. But they sometimes call a red flag if there's a caution late in the race so they can have a green finish. But in this race the crash happened coming to the white so they had to end it under yellow. But it would be nice to see IndyCar do that but they don't want to go over the race distance.
This race was the race everyone said reminded them of 2011 Vegas. An identical package on a much bigger track. Looking back wirh rose colored glasses and having watched Dans last race live, it pains me to think this, but what if Danicas/Dans last Indycar race was ran here? Oct 2011 weather nice, a huge track close conditions, 34 cars. By no means do i say this as a massacist, but planning of the weekend Killed Wheldon, and its pretty much been proven, my just turned 11 face watched it throughout the weekend. Put it here, bring back the legacy and maybe just maybe, a driver loved by all wouldnt have gone too soon😢. Im sorry, that day tarnished a legacy, hurt my love for the sport, and i love Motorsport, but the what could have been man. Ive spoken too much😢💙
Because of how dangerous the track is. The past 2 races in 2014 and 2015 have had huge wrecks and 2 flips. This is an amazing track and it was made for IndyCar, but the bad wrecks is what killed this race as well as Pocono. Now we only have 1 500-mile race in IndyCar and that’s the Indy 500. And Pocono is replaced with Richmond which is nice to see. But we honestly need more ovals like this.
I understand Will Power and Cindric concern but who wants to see the cars seperated by 7 or 8 seconds per car that's a snoozer I think it takes more skill to run wheel to wheel and not making mistakes that's why these guys are the best but when it's 20 to go gloves come off this was one of the best races of all time
You can have separation and have good racing. Modern IndyCars get that balance about right at places like Texas and Indy. There's enough of a difference between cars that you don't have this separation but also better cars can pull away from worse cars. This race is essentially running the lottery. You get in the tow, you stay with the leader. Simple as that.
Marco and aj foyt said it best.these racers need to look in the stands and there ratings and understand they need to race the car and be exciting that brings in fans.I know it's dangerous but your racing for God's sake.why wouldn't they keep there concerns amongst themselves and put on a racer face to the cameras and at least act like you enjoy it
+Falkirion It needs to stay here - this is the most mind-blowing race in Indycar history, which is saying something given the excellent racing Indycars have put on intermediate superspeedways when they finally put in a downforce package that makes the draft everything.
auto club is much bigger then vegas,i don't know why tim cindric and will power were complaining about,and how come they dont have a problem with texas? hippocrates
I thought the same thing as well but have you ever read the book Will Power made its called like the sheer force of Will Power in the later part of the book Power said Dan Wheldon car stopped beside him after the crash and Will saw Dan's visor hanging off and saw his eyes open but no movement he goes into some more graphic detail what him and Paul Tracy saw of Dan in the care center I understand will but Fontana works because it's wider more room to work with if they are pack racing but at the same time I understand Will
In 50 years We’ll remember this as the greatest oval race that was ever run
Eddie Hamblen That's for sure
This and that Texas race i forget which year with the photo finish
@@ramfan562 you probably didn’t mean 2017, but Texas 2017 the final 18 laps were just insane
I would say this is already the case
Was brought here by a video that called this “the greatest race that no one saw”
this is still one of the greatest races ever ran
THE greatest*
!!! Such a phenomenal race
@@OP43e It's just such a shame it ended under caution (for fair reasons, of course).
@@xTremontiBridgex GOOD! But, THE Gr8st? NAW, KID! Dis! 3rd-Gen, 40+yr. LA Native So. California
St/Strip/CirTrk/Stil RACIN!
[U Race Any] lndy Snce 65!
Watcher Rem'brz Different!
don't tell that to Will Power, Tim Cendric or Roger penske... and dont forget T.K. and Rahal....
Easily one of the greatest races I have seen in any form of Motorsport
Its what the IRL did for 10 years (without a death in competition I might add) but was chastised for it...
@@ILSRWY4 Not really. In IRL the cars took too many laps to complete a pass because they were stuck side by side. Here they are close but they actually have to work on the pass and that makes them complete these passes easier
This was the race that got me interested in Indycar again. Hadn't watched since the split.
Then Where were you during the IRL years of 1999-2008? The IRL did this kind of racing for 10 years but was chastised by the whiny CART fans...
This has got to be the greatest 500 mile oval ever. Period.
Steve Matchett is hilarious to listen to during this race. There's probably more passing in this race than in a full season of F1.
Scott Peters more lead changes than formula 1 in the last 3 years
Ikr I love Steve Matchett. He’s definitely one of the most animated commentators
I think he wanted Ryan Briscoe to stay low 😅
Who's here after they decide to kill Auto Club Speedway?
This race got me hooked to Indycar back then.
Finally repaving it would’ve killed Auto Club more than making it a short track.
Trust me. Smooth Auto Club Speedway was a freight train.
Me 2 years later and js watching the last auto Club race ever on the 2 mile
This is the best indycar race I have ever watched. It's like NASCAR pack racing at Daytona or Talledega. Brilliant race.
I love where Indycar is headed, ratings were up by big percentages. I'm diehard NASCAR and I never missed an Indycar race this past season and don't plan on missing one next year. hopefully they'll get back to where they can rival NASCAR again.
Im an old CART fan, that happened to tune into this race. WOW most exciting racing I've ever seen!! The attendance was atrociously low, what happened to this series?
+Steve Chartrand The split up between CART and IRL killed both racing leagues. Now there back together, they are starting to get their grove back. I agree, fantastic race even though pack racing does not work in Indycar, but the attendance was just God awful.
You explained it yourself.
An old CART fan who happened to turn in for a race.
There are millions like you
It's a shame because the series is back to that form.
I was there and it was amazing.
That was the best race I've ever seen. Insane.
Dave Despain is just good people. Prototypical of so many I meet in the highest levels of racing. Warm, witty, intelligent, loyal, self-deprecating, and a heart of gold.
This is what this track was built for.
Big speedways aren't really buillt for open wheel racing
sergio hidalgo Indianapolis?
@@beanman4531 Indianapolis was built for Indycar but not really Nascar auto club has a tri- oval it's no wonder open wheels got banned at Daytona
sergio hidalgo they didn’t get banned, they just never returned for safety issues
@@sergiohidalgo1073 it’s because Daytona and Talladega road course is safe but the oval is highly deadly for IndyCar
This was almost like a NASCAR race for the pack racing! If you only think wrecks are exciting then skip this, but if you like actual "racing" this is certainly one of the best Indy car races I've ever seen.
Here's a little note for Indycar: If you want to race at Fontana, DONT PUT THE RACE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SUMMER AFTERNOON! You want to know why nobody came? It was so miserably hot that day, they had the sprinkler system on underneath the grand stands because it was so hot, and humid. You guys really should have kept it as a night race.
This was a FANTASIC race! By far the best race of the 2015 season. It is still amazing how Rahal was not penalized for that pit exit.
Bring bact this track to schedule as soon as possible!!!
One of the greatest 500 mile races I have ever seen.
That is one of the best indycar races I've ever seen. Though holy smokes those wrecks were horrific
I was there, it was awesome.
Shame this won't ever happen again.
It's so sad.
Indycar needs to return to this track.
it is a travesty that this race was put on to what amounted to a high school football crowd. get your marketing together indycar. Why would you run this race on a Saturday, DURING THE DAY, in CALIFORNIA, with NASCAR 40 miles up the road? did no one look at a calendar before making this date?
How did you know ,lol i agree with you
455 miles up the road not 40 lol.
it wasn't supposed to be precise lol
+The Name's Emery wasn't it enough that indycar didn't look at the calendar to look at events around the state
Hey, I went to the race!
Some would say I drove 3000 miles to go to this race
Would do it again too, this race was awesome
This race was too good
I think this is the third or fourth time I've rewatched this race. What a fantastic race!
Paul Tracy is a great commentator. Good job
talon0863 100% agreed
Paul Page is much better.
@54:10 he was spot on
Simon Pagenaud on pole position,🏁 race start 8 mins 20 secs. Only halfway through the race and it's a real barn burner. (Paul Tracey) And I have to say i'm not a big fan of oval racing, but i definitely give this the thumbs up.👍 Lap 136 first yellow flag, (Castroneves) don't think Briscoe deserves a caution. (Racing incident) Power, Sato crash, A.J Foyt spot on with comments about pack racing, that's racing. Though you can understand driver and team concerns. best oval race I've seen so far, brilliant from start to finish.🏁👌 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🍾
That was some good racing right there
Just imagine the old champ car engines inside these things. These cars were glued to the track.
The stickiest of the icky
@@BootieHorsie 👋🤣
I've been to this track since 1997 for the first CART race and it was packed of course. I remember looking around waiting for stands to fill up but they never did... Also race was on Saturday... Never understood why that was.
Gosh, I wish Indycar would go back to race in this wonderful track
My boy Marco having a great race, good passings, so unlucky for that last lap incident, his fresher tyres would have been a nightmare for Rahal and T.K.
flume
8:17 for start have a nice day
I still think we need to keep Auto Club on the schedule as the season closer. At night, in October. Lengthen the season, add a few more races. The racing is unbelievable in Indycar no matter where they go!
RoddToes it's too dangerous to race at Fontana. Drivers could die there so that's y they will really never have IndyCar back at Fontana. It's too risky to race at a track with similar racing like Vegas where Wheldon lost his life because of this kind of racing. So it's safer to not race at Fontana. But having a longer schedule would be nice tho.
You can't have a longer schedule because you'll be competing with the NFL, NBA, and MLB playoffs. IndyCar can't afford to go head-to-head with NFL; NASCAR can't even do that.
This was THE 10/10 race
This race was terrifying to watch live, kept getting Las Vegas flashbacks.
+KL Benji terrifying but exciting. I'm sure they'll find their way back there but I just hope there is no front straight grass when they do.
+Shark24 they should go back to Michigan, repaved a few years back just like pocono
KL Benji I'll wait until after this year to decide if going back to Michigan is a good idea, usually you can tell if the balance of street circuit/road course/ovals is off and I think it is but we'll see.
The big difference between Las Vegas and Fontana is that this track is like 80km wide. Here you have room to react, that is why they had such a long run at the beginning.
+KL Benji Puh-leeze! The draft wasn't nearly as effective at Vegas. They were more strung out there than here. The fact the Fontana surface is so worn out and bumpy is scarier than how closely packed the cars are.
Fontana is one of the greatest oval of AOWR outside of Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and Michigan.
RIP California Speedway.
@luey Hewis OMS was awesome oval track, sadly it was demolished
best race of the year, and what does indycar do? remove the track from the schedule, and give us another lowbanked oval and a street course. SMH
The race was entertaining but look at the empty seats ...
+PHX Master
"If you race it, they will come".
+Lem Wansley III
Miles gave Auto Club a stupid date and held it in the daytime.
There goes the oval triple crown... again!
Auto Club was actually screwed by Indycar. Auto Club can't have them back if Indycar continues to hand out inconsistent schedules like this...
Miles needs to stop screwing around with race events.
+Lem Wansley III Couldn't agree more, Lem! I crossed over from nascar 10 yrs ago and this sport hasn't grown much in that time while the technology and racing has improved every year. I can't believe how few people showed up for the return to PHX, we drove out of there like it was the mall. They really need to market things better and add more high speed ovals like Fontana and Michigan (again). I understand why the drivers don't like ovals but its the best racing in the world and they need them in the mix.
+indyfan2 put imdycar on the new Kentucky at night
That British commentator is my spirit animal
best race in the last 10 years
IndyCar had come a long way in 2019, with the new oval package
Landon Beamer I honestly prefer the 2016/2017 areo package😍😍😍
We don’t know how the 2019 oval package is like since there hasn’t been an oval race yet this season.
I think the 2019 oval package is definitely better than what we had in 2018 still would like to see a little closer racing but the 500 this year was awesome and Texas was way better than last year still some small tweaks to make though man this race at Fontana was amazing this needs to be the season finale under the lights in the future
IndyCar’s greatest race since reunification
...and last...
Motor racing doesn't get much better than this.
Nobody could even breath, awsome motorsport
I watch f1, nascar, formula e but nothing makes you edge on the seat as the IndyCar on oval.
This is insane!!!! They are constantly going 3-4 wide!
They tore this track out! It’s gone. Thats tragic. The speed for Indycar 225 mph aswell Nascar 215 mph was EVERYTHING. Rip short track won’t do justice
Didn't get to see this live. When I did get to see highlights(about a month later) I was impressed. I haven't been able to see much of the series due to T.V. scheduling in my area and not able to get many channels. Oval tracks like this are great to watch. As good as any tight competition on a road course. The way the drivers and most everyone handled themselves with what was given is something to marvel. I've been watching this series since before 2000's. I've enjoyed the goods and bad of speedway racing in indycars. Shame the series isn't keeping them. They've become less and lesser in a season. It's to the point where the Indianapolis 500 is the only big one on the schedule and it doesn't help for testing when there's nothing to support it. Especially in safety precautions which any racing sport can benefit from proper experimenting and implementation. There's no such thing as too much safety. This pack racing seemed to me was the result of tires and aero kits that bunched everyone up. In the end. The drivers looked to have had good setups to drive safely and performed their jobs superbly.
I was there! It was a great race.
2:27:18 Imagine that as a photo finish!
Fontana will never be back on the schedule, ever. Less than 6000 in the grandstands solidified open wheel’s death sentence.
Open another youtube window with the delta force theme in background and start it with the start of the race,...its just fitting and right, all it needs is Paul Page, it would be perfect.
At least I can watch this here, they wont be going back here in 2016 :(
Please come back here. Season finale, September, at night. Do it.
2:02:39 is the best racing I’ve ever seen.
If you have a friend who loves racing, send him this link and say "you won't regret watching the entire thing"
this race is INCREDIBLE! like NASCAR but with way more clean racing
I wonder why the first one was removed.
***** I'm guessing that's what the black screen at 1:20:00 was about?
Because of this: ruclips.net/video/ETxmCCsMoD0/видео.html
I went to high school at United Christian Academy not to far from there. I’ve never been to a race there, but I hope to someday. If they go back.
Might wanna make that happen before the track gets reconfigured in a year or two! I doubt IndyCar will go there before then but NASCAR is going to
Looking back on this now, while it is an amazing race, it is also terrifying knowing how badly wrong racing like this can go...
IF Indycar wanted to go back to this kind of racing they would have to slow the cars down substantially...
Thankfully the halo could allow this if they wanted.
@@nolancain8792 Not even that. Reducing the downforce would reduce how much air the lead car generates as a tow and reduces pack racing. Lower downforce like we have now is a good solution. That way, it also reduces the amount of cars that run the same pace because they're more on edge. Modern IndyCar at Indy and Texas is how I want those races to be. They're exciting but not pack racing like the aerokit era.
@@RacingAtHome or even the CART Hanford device where it allows slingshots and little pack time. Essentially high downforce and high drag.
@@RacingAtHome why not grooved tires? Take away just enough so it's not foot to the floor the entire lap
The irony of your statement is, THE IRL did this kind of racing for 10 years and never lost a life in a race under competition yet as soon as the cry baby CART teams merged in 2008, two lives were lost during races within 4 years and all the bitching and crying started...
I feel like this is what a cup race at Daytona or Talladega would look like with the 750-800 hp motors unrestricted
The slingshot passing? Sure. But cars darting all over the place and throwing insane blocks while going 4-wide for the lead at 215 MPH is a uniquely IndyCar phenomenon.
@@tescoshortage maybe, we haven’t seen any iteration of modern stock cars unrestricted on tracks bigger than 2 miles with turns that allow for full throttle racing. Rusty Wallace tested a gen 4 car unrestricted at Daytona and did like 230 so the speed would be there but they haven’t raced in a pack together.
@@Huddle_House56I mean the cars won’t dart around like the Indy cars but to add on to that rusty wallace test in 2010 or 2012 Martin Truex ran a test without the plate a fan recorded it but nascar took it down cause truex basically almost wrecked
@@crispykiddo70 well no they’re too heavy and the suspension is softer but it’s still kind of an unknown and probably for good reason. I did not know that about truex though.
Its awesome lots of action. love it.
I think that with the new Aeroscreen for the 2020 rules, I think that could be safe enough to bring the IndyCars back
DavidHonksTV Or is it? Also who made this track? The new series owner, Roger Penske!!! You could see he was very happy with the racing
Yeah, The race was great but this is really dangerous, that’s why it isn’t happening again. Pack racing like this is not made for open wheel cars, sooner or later someone would get hurt. We saw what happened in Las Vegas in 2011, there is no need for more avoidable tragedies. I know, danger is part of the job when you’re a racing driver, but there is a limit.
Why exactly did they move the race date?
Not sure - while LA is no great sports market the race at Fontana is way too good to give up.
Mark Miles wanted Indycar to run a condensed scheduele no later past August.
It was a dumb move. Auto Club Speedway's President doesn't want to hold the race in the middle of Summer period. It was a perfect reason why the race should either host it April or October but NEVER in the Summer of California.
Can we get Steve Matchett back in the commentary booth for an IndyCar race?
An absolute crime this series doesn't race here anymore and the new IR18 chassis ruined oval IndyCar racing.
I belive it's due to las vegas 2011, they don't want these non existent pull aways
Nobody turned up. That's why.
"If you don't like this kind of racing, there is something wrong with you" - 54:00
Will Power: Imma head out
Marques MKBHD Courtesy He was very the great Thank you so much
Sitting in a car for four hours and I turn on this. You know it’s a good race when there’s nothing else to do.
What a race! We don't see it every day. 3, 4, 5 wide! Insane! Awesome to watch. And great to see Chevys and Hondas running together again.
ps: I dunno if it's possible, but it took a little longer to upload the race. A couple of non-official channels did it first.
Luiz Felipe Vilela
Non-official channels are always first to the party, but with all due respect, they don't always give you the best quality.
Why did such a minor accident with Castroneves cause such a long caution?
5 FREAKING WIDE AT 2:03:02
Where are the spectators?
khasmir666 At Sonoma :D
I started watching in 2021, can anyone tell me why each of the cars appear to have different rear wing packages?
This is the Aerokits, Honda and Chevy they used his own specs of Aerokits. This period of Indycar goes from 2015 until 2017, they removed for they packege they produced in the ovals races (this race is an example of that) since this drivers were afraid another Las Vegas would happened and this dead of Justin Wilson in Pocono in 2015 because hit a piece of the Sage Karam car in the head.
if you could script a race, this is what you'd come up with, apart from it ending under caution. It's crazy the teams HATE this type of racing... they'd prefer it to be a procession with them at the front. AJ Foyt likes it though - he's a proper racer.
That race was Marco’s until the final yellow
He did a great race hunting the pack 2 times when it appeared that he'd lost pace. Would have been totally his if it wasnt for the last lap incident
How come there are no green-white-checkered finishes in Indycar?
Billy Bishop because they only go the proper race distance. But they sometimes call a red flag if there's a caution late in the race so they can have a green finish. But in this race the crash happened coming to the white so they had to end it under yellow. But it would be nice to see IndyCar do that but they don't want to go over the race distance.
And we don't need unnecessary drama this whole race had drama from the green to the checker one of the best indycar races I've ever seen
The amount of really loud "Oohhhhs" by the announcers is hilarious.
This race was the race everyone said reminded them of 2011 Vegas. An identical package on a much bigger track. Looking back wirh rose colored glasses and having watched Dans last race live, it pains me to think this, but what if Danicas/Dans last Indycar race was ran here? Oct 2011 weather nice, a huge track close conditions, 34 cars. By no means do i say this as a massacist, but planning of the weekend Killed Wheldon, and its pretty much been proven, my just turned 11 face watched it throughout the weekend. Put it here, bring back the legacy and maybe just maybe, a driver loved by all wouldnt have gone too soon😢. Im sorry, that day tarnished a legacy, hurt my love for the sport, and i love Motorsport, but the what could have been man. Ive spoken too much😢💙
Ah there goes Ryan Hunter-Reay and Ryan Briscoe… AND BRISCOE FLIES!
I like how the broadcasters begin to get giddy about L175.
Me gusta la careras en Fontana, California
Why don’t we race here anymore?
Because of how dangerous the track is. The past 2 races in 2014 and 2015 have had huge wrecks and 2 flips. This is an amazing track and it was made for IndyCar, but the bad wrecks is what killed this race as well as Pocono. Now we only have 1 500-mile race in IndyCar and that’s the Indy 500. And Pocono is replaced with Richmond which is nice to see. But we honestly need more ovals like this.
BH28Racing
I say slow them down more
190mph?
Look at the stands. Empty. That's why.
all of these drivers upset about pack racing?? yet, theyre the ones with their foot on the floor racing side by side
I understand Will Power and Cindric concern but who wants to see the cars seperated by 7 or 8 seconds per car that's a snoozer I think it takes more skill to run wheel to wheel and not making mistakes that's why these guys are the best but when it's 20 to go gloves come off this was one of the best races of all time
I have that book also
You can have separation and have good racing. Modern IndyCars get that balance about right at places like Texas and Indy. There's enough of a difference between cars that you don't have this separation but also better cars can pull away from worse cars. This race is essentially running the lottery. You get in the tow, you stay with the leader. Simple as that.
Paul Tracy "He's PISSED"
Best Race ever
Marco and aj foyt said it best.these racers need to look in the stands and there ratings and understand they need to race the car and be exciting that brings in fans.I know it's dangerous but your racing for God's sake.why wouldn't they keep there concerns amongst themselves and put on a racer face to the cameras and at least act like you enjoy it
Because they looked into the stands and saw they were risking their lives for barely any.
what's wrong with the crowd???
Did you reupload it?
Very disappointing that this track was removed from the indycar schedule. I thought the race was entertaining.
I've never seen Briscoe did a huge crash at the end with Hunter Ray
Same I've seen them crash before
Green @ 8:20
Will this stay on RUclips?
+David Palozzolo Hope it does, only way I can watch Indycar here in Australia!
+Falkirion It needs to stay here - this is the most mind-blowing race in Indycar history, which is saying something given the excellent racing Indycars have put on intermediate superspeedways when they finally put in a downforce package that makes the draft everything.
It's uploaded by Indycar, so I would only hope so!
I'm watching in 2018.
@@apocalypsecod watching it in 2021
I like nTT in the car series
No one should miss out on indy car racing
This track has been closed in this February and demolition has begun in October.
auto club is much bigger then vegas,i don't know why tim cindric and will power were complaining about,and how come they dont have a problem with texas? hippocrates
I thought the same thing as well but have you ever read the book Will Power made its called like the sheer force of Will Power in the later part of the book Power said Dan Wheldon car stopped beside him after the crash and Will saw Dan's visor hanging off and saw his eyes open but no movement he goes into some more graphic detail what him and Paul Tracy saw of Dan in the care center I understand will but Fontana works because it's wider more room to work with if they are pack racing but at the same time I understand Will
1:53:05 That’s what she said
Hardly anyone went to this race live