One of my favorite Indianapolis 500s of all time! The 2nd century of North American racing started with a bang! 1. The pre race. 2. Different engine, chassis, and tire combinations. 3. The last Indianapolis 500 to be part of the CART schedule. 4. USAC may have screwed up with officiating, but at least it's laughably bad. 5. Many different leaders. 6. Jacques Villeneuve becomes the first Canadian to win the Indianapolis 500. I will say 1995 is up there with some of the best races. If only instead of a pass on the pace car, we got a Scott Goodyear Jacques Villeneuve 10 lap duel. 🏁
Trent Burgomaster it believe that the next without the IRL created by the track owner Tony George and would be had another rookie winner with Moore or Zanardi winning the race or Michel andretti breaking the curse or andretti luck.
NO ONE HAS EVER COMES FROM 2 LAPS TO WIN AN INDY RACE ..... IT TOOK GILLES VILLENEUVE SON TO DO THAT ..... WHOM BECAME F-1 WORLD CHAMPION IN 1997 ... BRAVO CHAMPION !!!! SALUT GILLES( 40YEARS AGO GILLES PASSED AWAY MAY 8TH 1982 )
consolidated with additional Villeneuve points: minor corrections 2023 10 16 00:47:25 start 00:47:38 Stan Fox, Eddie Cheever Carlos Guerrero and Lyn St James - huge crash 00:48:36 Gil de Ferran - damaged 00:54:30 Eric Bachelart - interview out of the race (out of camera) 01:11:39 Arie Luyendyk - in the pits 01:15:00 Scott Goodyear 01:16:00 Jacques Villeneuve - update 01:18:00 caution 01:20:10 green flag, Jacques Villeneuve - 'passes' pace car and brakes back 01:24:39 Buddy Lazier - interview out of the race (out of camera) 01:25:27 Jacques Villeneuve - penalized 2 laps for not picking up the pace car 01:39:29 Michael Andretti - problems 01:40:17 Scott Sharp - crash 01:40:30 Michael Andretti - hits the wall (replay) 01:47:53 Stefan Johansson - spin, tire exploded 02:04:05 first mention of how fast Jacques Villeneuve is going 02:09:15 Andre Ribeiro - stop 02:10:59 they see Jacques Villeneuve gained a lot of positions 02:11:33 Andre Ribeiro - car limps back to pits 02:14:00 Jacques Villeneuve - update 02:15:52 Paul Tracy - problems - red/white car #3, broken throttle cable, does not return 02:18:02 problems in pit lane 02:19:00 Jacques Villeneuve - in 6th place 02:25:12 Bobby Rahal waves Robby Gordon by 02:25:55 Bobby Rahal races Robby Gordon 02:28:04 Jacques Villeneuve - takes first on Jimmy Vassar's pit 02:28:55 Jacques Villeneuve - will make 1 last pit stop 02:30:20 Jacques Villeneuve - gas details 02:32:00 Jacques Villeneuve - has caught up 02:32:52 Jacques Villeneuve - pit closure - stays out of the pits 02:32:56 Davy Jones - crash 02:36:00 Jacques Villeneuve - blocked getting out of pits, stalls 02:41:20 Jimmy Vasser - crash 02:45:32 green flag - Jacques Villeneuve in 3rd 02:47:55 Jacques Villeneuve - acknowledged caught up and in 3rd 02:51:44 Scott Pruett - crash 02:55:00 Jimmy Vasser - interview 02:55:45 Jacques Villeneuve in 2nd place 02:56:43 Barry Green - Jacques Villeneuve in 2nd on restart 02:59:48 Scott Goodyear - passes the pace car on restart 03:08:58 Jacques Villeneuve - interview 03:11:19 Scott Goodyear - interview 03:13:26 Bobby Rahal - interview 03:14:30 Stan Fox - still in hospital 03:15:25 Jacques Villeneuve - winner 03:16:10 Christian Fittipaldi - interview
A very wide open race without Penske. Man I feel for Scott Goodyear even though He Passed the Pacecar no matter the speed it was illegal. Goodyear and Villeneuve photo finish in 95 we never saw?
Goodyear would have ran away. He never pitted after the penalty he was literally 300 yards ahead at lap 200. I blame the pacecar driver for not accelerating where they should have Goodyear got fucked that year.
Ive never understood how Scott Goodyear could set there at the end of the race and say that he thinks he won fair and square and doesnt think he did anything wrong after blowing past the pace car in the middle of turn 4 at 150mph, missing it by what looked like inches. It was the most obvious and blatant mistake that was obviously going to result in some sort of penalty. It was far worse and more dangerous that what Villenueve supposedly did that got him a rediculous 2 lap penalty which never should have been given.
NO ONE HAS EVER COMES FROM 2 LAPS TO WIN AN INDY RACE ..... IT TOOK GILLES VILLENEUVE SON TO DO THAT ..... WHOM BECAME F-1 WORLD CHAMPION IN 1997 ... BRAVO CHAMPION !!!! SALUT GILLES( 40YEARS AGO GILLES PASSED AWAY MAY 8TH 1982 )
I know I’m replying to an old comment but man I could not agree with you more. In WHAT Motorsport series would you be able to blow past a pace car like that and not get some kind of repercussion.
@@rebelchild9652what was Goodyear suppose to do he said the lights were green, we can agree the Pace Car to slow so what is Goodyear suppose to do slow down he does 2nd place blows by him on a better restart, he goes & cause of the pace car being to slow he goes & cause of the pace car mistake Goodyear got punished that is so wrong.
@@patrickgray5633 But the lights weren't green. The race was still under full course yellow when Goodyear passed the pacecar. Watch the Milwaukee race. They show the evidence right in the beginning. It's one of the most obvious penalties ever.
Gilles Villeneuve son took the matter in his own brilliant hands; after that it was game over. Best regards from Fresno California The Land of Bill Vukovich -: Nick (Motorsports addict since 1979).
47:25 Start 47:38 Stan Fox, Eddie Cheever Carlos Guerrero and Lyn St. James huge crash 48:36 Gil de Ferran Damaged 54:30 Eric Bachelart Interview out of the race (out of camera) 1:11:39 Arie Luyendyk in the pits 1:24:39 Buddy Lazier Interview out of the race (out of camera) 1:39:29 Michael Andretti Problems 1:40:17 Scott Sharp Crash 1:40:30 Michael Andretti Hits The wall (Replay) 1:47:53 Stefan Johansson Spin tire exploted 2:09:15 André Ribeiro Stop 2:15:52 Paul Tracy Problems 2:18:02 Problems in the pit lane 2:32:56 Davy Jones Crash 2:41:20 Jimmy Vasser Crash 2:51:44 Scott Pruett Crash
You are a sheep , predetermined from the start , shall i list the races where a driver like villenue was humiliated early on and ended up winning the event.. all those drivers smashing the wall were ordered to do so.. wake up 🐑🐑
NO ONE HAS EVER COMES FROM 2 LAPS TO WIN AN INDY RACE ..... IT TOOK GILLES VILLENEUVE SON TO DO THAT ..... WHOM BECAME F-1 WORLD CHAMPION IN 1997 ... BRAVO CHAMPION !!!! SALUT GILLES( 40YEARS AGO GILLES PASSED AWAY MAY 8TH 1982 )
I was at this race and sat in turn 3. I remember when the yellow flag came out on the first lap and didn't know why and luckily had the idea to record the race onto the vcr and saw how bad the first lap accident was. I lost total interest in this race compliments of Tony George the following year when the IRL was formed and I used to look forward to this race every year.
Jack Arute tries so hard, and has for many years, but he and those other amateurs who snoop around the pits are a pain. Bobby Unser only has to speak about one sentence to put them all to shame.
3:07:00 Could Scott Goodyear have held off Jacques Villeneuve if he hadn't past the pace car? I really don't think he could have. Villeneuve won the race by driving 505 miles. Clearly he was faster than Scott.
Fonzies HW68 from the 96 race to 2007 it was Tony George’s 500 but now it’s starting to be a little like it used to be before the split. However I hearing that Penske and Ganassi want a 25/8 rule to help the big guys just like it was in the 1996 race but that was for the little guys. However now Penske dosent have control of a series and own a race track like he did in CART as it was easy for him in 1996 to create a race with all that Phillip Morris and Mercedes money.
The 1995 Indianapolis 500 was notorious for the black flag that became responsible for the failed upset victories of Scott Goodyear, Tasman Motorsports, and Honda. It was jointly produced by SilverStar Communications, Inc., Kampana Television Corporation, and Focal Media Arts, Inc. and aired live, nationwide, and via-satellite on RPN-9 and World TV 21 on May 29, 1995, as the race was hosted by David Celdran and Angelique Lazo alongside the PBA on Vintage Sports Television panelists Ed Picson (Lap-by-Lap) and Quinito Henson (Color Commentary) as Commentators alongside Ronnie Nathanielsz, Tessa Jazmines, Anthony Suntay, Cara Subijano, Chino Trinidad, Cielo Villaluna, Dodie Lacuna, and Cathy Veloso-Santillan as Pit Reporters, as the narrator of the intro and the starting grid was Andy Santillan
Good job by Jacques Villeneuve to take the race win from two laps down, that’s dangerous driving by Scott Goodyear for overtaking the pace car before the green flag, he deserved to get the penalty but he didn’t serve it, he would have been better off to go into the pits and serve his penalty rather than throw the toys out of the play pen so to speak.
Newman - Haas really screwed up in this race, with Team Penske missing the show, it shoulda been either Michael Andretti or Paul Tracy's race to lose...
Why the heck do the wives wear matching fire suits lol? Pretty sure they arent going to get in as a relief driver or jump the wall and change tires during oit stops.. When Kevin Harvicks wife used to wear her matching suit I thought it was dumb and funny, then Joey Logano burned them when he called the Harvick's out about it haha.
race control: incident involving car number 24 is under investigation: overtaking the pace car in the restart. Black flag for car 24 for overtaking the pace car under yellows.
Didn't you see the part where he passed the pace car ? The rules are / were pretty clear and he didn't follow them... Villeneuve payed his penalty and came back from 2 laps... He deserves the win... Goodyear lost it himself...
Luyendyk was a lap down in 7th place. He actually addressed this on Twitter about a week ago. If he crosses the line behind Villeneuve, they stop scoring him with 199 laps completed. By unlapping himself and crossing the line ahead of Villeneuve, he gets to complete 200 laps. And if an incident happens involving any of the position 2-6 cars, he gains those track positions and the prize money that goes with it.
Being that it's obvious and the announcers said nothing, it must be something else then hey? you'd think people would put two and two together and realise pretty quickly that he was laps behind the leader. So it means nothing that he crossed the line before. Figure it out ya numpties.
Posey has a good commentator's voice and is a good storyteller but his contributions were bizarre, random and a couple of times nothing to do with the race.
1995 was the peak, best sounding and looking cars with tire, chassis, and engine competition, biggest crowd, most sponsors, and so competitive Penske didn't make the race. F1 and NASCAR were happy to help Tony George kill it.
Different chassis, different motors, different tires. We need more of this today in all forms of racing. Supercross needs 2stroke vs 4stroke, make factory bikes again also.
39:02 that was very cool to hear her say that and I just realized she said Lady (singular) and gentlemen, since Lyn St. James was the only woman driving that day
48:00 driver hanging badly hurt in his destroyed car. Does not move. Legs are hanging there. And Bobby Unser telling us how the parts laying around are the most dangerous thing in the world
I was 10 when I saw this race and my father loves racing but wasn’t a big indycar fan because how unsafe it seemed compared to NASCAR. As soon as he saw Stan Fox’s legs completely exposed he turned it off and never watched an indycar race again.
Drex Mason then it lead to the IRL due the midget and sprint car drivers not given rides which they thought was a god given right like it was in the 50s.
It really was a joke, CART ran 15 or so reasonably well-officiated races during the year, but May would roll around and it would be time to run the biggest race of the year to a rulebook that was seemingly made up on the fly, and enforced with a parochial smugness - "you boys race your way the rest of the year, but now you're in our house and you race our way" - that I guess foreshadowed the IRL adventure. I just got done re-watching the 1994 race, which I hadn't seen in a while, and the confusion over whether to have a restart at the end of lap 199 was so comprehensive that even Duane Sweeney was left to shrug in the starter's stand. Amazing.
Mike Jiran i don’t understand why Tony George sided and continued the USAC sanctioning and the old as hell Tom binford. However the IRL was supposed to bring in USAC midget and sprint car drivers and prevent them from leaving to NASCAR. Jeff Gordon the Hoosier born and raised was supposed to be the next AJ Foyt in Indycar racing and Tony George along with IMS as very upset he wasn’t going to be racing in indycar. That had to be why he created the IRL.
@@robminmonaca Tom was Indy born and bred and a family friend. It was all about parochialism. CART wasn't without its problems, it really wasn't, but everything USAC/the Georges tried only made the problem worse.
Flynn Hagerty the 25/8 rule was not a good move at all. The IRL might have been better without using the 500 as way to commit to the IRL was to race for the Indy 500. IMS/Hulman-George’s had plenty of money to market the IRL like it was going to be so much better than the other racing organizations and sports leagues including NASCAR. One problem people don’t see was that CART was based in Detroit,Michigan while the biggest race and track was in Indianapolis. 1979 was still alive and well during the CART era in the USAC ranks and in Tony George’s mind and he thought it was a blasphemy what they did to his grandfather Tony Hulman’s legacy. However Tony George had to much power given to him.
Thanks for uploading this! I remember seeing Stan Fox's legs sticking out the front of his car and immediately thinking of Salt Walther's crash when the same thing happened, not believing that I was seeing it happen again on live television. Crazy stuff! 🏁😮🏁
My friend got tickets and we were in the outside of the front straightaway under The roof. We heard this loud bang at first and then felt this concussion wave go through the grandstand. That was Stan Fox's accident.
For just 1 race Michael should have taken it easy and just stayed on the lead lap until the last 20 laps or so. Too many times he ran away from the field only to have something break. If not for so many cautions in 1992 he would have had the entire field at least 2 laps down.
Agree, I don't know why Sam Posey felt he was driving a conservative race. Felt like the same old Mikey, drive the wheels off the car...at lap 50. He was a genius over one lap, see him passing five cars at once on the outside at Milwaukee, but he was a car breaker. The complete opposite of Big Al Unser, who even nursed a Menard to the finish at Indy.
@@CandlestickSec7 Sam always seems a little clueless and/or putting a foot in his mouth. It's amazing how much better Uncle Bobby is. I've even come to prefer him to Derek Daly which is surprising me every race.
@@RobJaskula I used to think Uncle Bobby was a bit of a bully but he consistently talks more sense than Sam, which is a genuine surprise because Sam was no chopped liver as a racer. And his specialty was endurance racing, so you think he'd know a conservative drive when he saw one...
Where are those old ABC Firesuits? I think it would be awesome if similar to what NASCAR did a few years ago, Indycar embraced the height of its 90s popularity and did a throwback event. Everyone in the field encouraged to rock 90s apparel, hairstyles, put the broadcast teams in 90s duds, etc. It would be fun, I bet a lot of the drivers would like it. Can totally picture a guy like Newgarden having fun with it.
NASCAR still has the throwback weekend at Darlington on Labor Day weekend; since IndyCar's Pocono race weekend is already celebrated with a vintage racing festival, the INDYCAR people should make Pocono their "throwback weekend". (Also, since I'm from NJ, Pocono is my home track).
Don't you like how Paul Page said that their was a former winner in the 8th row when they never previous won the 500. It's like page is a year later because Lazier won a year later in 1996.
1:25:27 Jacques Villeneuve is penalized 2 laps for not picking up the pace car 2:04:05 is the first mention of how fast Jacques is going 2:10:59 is when they really see that Jacques gained a lot of positions 2:28:04 Jacques takes first on Jimmy Vassar's pit 2:59:48 Scott Goodyear passes the pace car on the restart
It still amazes me, especially back then, how heavily involved Formula 1 was when it comes to Indy 500. So many famous names and constructors/engine suppliers. Even the smaller teams that didn't have much success in Formula find their way at Indy and compete on an equal level on this stage. It's really incredible...
Funny you should say that. It was the first Indy 505. Jacques Villeneuve won after being penalized 2 laps (unfairly) for passing the pace car twice. Despite that he won the race by going 505 miles (202 laps) There are some who might say the 1955 Indy 500 was the last real Indy 500.
Steven Eppler It all depends on perspective I guess. I grew up with CART running the 500. This was the last year that CART was intact. By 96 they split into Champ Car and Indy Car.
+Eric Taylor YEAH AND THE INDY 500 HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME, THANKS TO TONY GEORGE, BUT I THINK ITS COMING BACK THANKS TO YOUN AMERICAN GUNS LIKE MARCO, RAHAL,KARAM, NEWGARDEN ETC.
dominick virgilio IDK. I'd like to see an Andretti win. Last time it was Mario. That was before I was born, nearly 46 years ago. Holly shit, how can I be nearly 46 already!
largol33t1 It was about big money Tony wanted his way and tried to make it more affordable for the little guy I commend him for trying but things went haywire after a while and unification was the only way to save champcar and the other Indy teams after Tony George stepped down as president of the IRL then the healing began I'm glad the tradition of the Indianapolis 500 was not lost it's still the greatest spectacle in motor sports with the greatest and most daring and brave drivers ever to drive open wheel racecars.
I know this seems like good coverage of the race, but to have skipped the 50th Anniversary celebration and flyover is a major error. That B-17 flew over us so low I could actually see the rivets.
Meanwhile Christian Fittipaldi passed the pace car on restart at Road America 96 and no penalty. Why? Yes the rules were updated I"m sure since 95. The rules in Indycar in those days were changed race by race, lap by lap. Yes Indy was USAC but still the rule books in Indy car racing were just a suggestion. Why did Scott pass the pace car? Because he was experienced and didn't want to be another Kevin Cogan 86 and Nigel Mansell 93. You could add Mears 91 but he recaptured the lead. Jacques was fast. But Scott had the better car - Honda engine, Firestone tires. I speculate the finish of this race would have looked like 1991 with Goodyear pulling away. It is very unfortunate for all race fans that this race happened. It could have been the best Indy 500 ever.
3:00:00 Scott Goodyear clearly passed the pace car in violation of the rules and was assessed a stop-and-go penalty. Jacques Villeneuve was waved by the past care twice and was assessed a two lap penalty. Even if you ignore the fact that Villeneuve's error was caused by the race stewards it seems unfair to give such unequal penalties for the same violation. Still if I were in Scott's place I would have ignored the black flag as well. He clearly didn't realize he had past the pace car, or at the very least felt the penalty was unfair (many of them had been in this race). If he takes the penalty he'd lose the race. A future appeal would not change that. But if he ignores the black flag at worst he'd be disqualified but he could appeal later. If USAC decided to overturn the penalty later he could then be listed as the race winner.
jtp2007 I remember watching this race live, yes, it id seem to be a bit weird. But consider this: Villeneuve overcame a two lap penalty. 2 of his laps were taken away. In effect this was NOT the Indy 500. It was the Indy 505! I think Villeneuve fully deserved the win here. Awesome driving and awesome pit crewing made the difference. What other 500 mile races were won by being a full 2 laps ahead of every other car? Emerson Fittipaldi was nearly two laps up in one race, but he crashed out trying to pass his team mate who was himself a full lap ahead of 3rd place. When I saw that I just cried.
jtp2007 Yea. It was a big crash. The back of the car just stepped out a little. He struck the wall but that was enough. I was glad for little Al (I've been a fan of his) but I felt so bad for Em-oh"
Contrary to the opinion of others, I feel this was a great race (I watch the 500 every year). Much drama in the way of lead changes and crashes punctuated the exciting proceedings -- too many too enumerate. People are quick to pile on USAC and excuse the mental errors and childish egos of drivers. Villeneuve's performance in coming all the way back from 2 laps down was tremendous. Other story lines could be mentioned as well. Also liked this broadcast team (Sam Posey's last hurrah, by the way), and miss the passion that Bobby Unser brought.
Definitely an underrated race (I’ve seen it 30+ times by now) and packed with drama that almost seems scripted the more you look at it, the way some of it is foreshadowed and then it happens 30 laps later. It’s actually one of my favorites. I wouldn’t be so quick to defend USAC but the fact they screwed both Villeneuve and Goodyear kinda evens things out in my mind. The older I get, the more I view USAC in this era as permanently vindictive over the 1979 split, itching to strike out with the hammer of discipline whenever possible. Sort of like “you boys think you can run your own races but when you come to our little fiefdom you’re gonna do it our way even if our way changes lap by lap.”
speaking of Villeneuve performance ... 2 years after that race he bacame WORLD F-1 CHAMPION ..... i watched that race yesterday ( JEREZ 1997 grand prix d'europe ) the way he took over ( cheater shummi ) ...that was a beauty
NO ONE HAS EVER COMES FROM 2 LAPS TO WIN AN INDY RACE ..... IT TOOK GILLES VILLENEUVE SON TO DO THAT ..... WHOM BECAME F-1 WORLD CHAMPION IN 1997 ... BRAVO CHAMPION !!!! SALUT GILLES( 40YEARS AGO GILLES PASSED AWAY MAY 8TH 1982 )
Jacques recovered both laps he lost because in two different occasions the yellow flag was thrown when he was leading the field. Technically Jacques was never 2 laps down in terms of track position itself. He was still in the first positions of the race on track and got benefited by the time that in 2 occasions cautions were thrown when he was still on track while the race leader were already pitted
Nothing could possibly outclass Jacques Villeneuve on this day. Nothing. His brilliance here was nothing shy of what his father would perform. Get over it.
This was Stan Fox. Amazingly his legs weren't badly injured but he was otherwise badly hurt. He suffered a closed head injury and was in a coma for some time. He did recover and is still alive, but he never raced again. Look up "Stan Fox" if you want to read about it. I saw this live 20 years ago and when I saw it I figured he would lose both legs, but it wasn't his legs that were messed up.
Eric Taylor Interestingly in 1996 Helmergan team competed in the 500 miles since the IRL with Buddy Lazier occupying the car it was just Stan Fox. Lazier won and the team owner offered a portion of the milk given to the winner Stan pilot. In 2000, from what I read on a site here in Brazil he took a group of children suffering from health problems (they were an institution that he himself had created once he recovered from the accident) to watch the 500 miles. He died in 2000 in a car accident, it seems to me that in New Zealand. They say it was the result of a crisis of seizures he had while driving, and this crisis would be one of the sequels that hit he suffered at the start.
RAIDER LOPES MARTINS I did not know he died. It makes me sad. I just got home from a trip to Indiana. I got to tour the track. I was surprised how narrow it is.
If you watch the lap 1 accident closely there was debris on the racing line and it looked like Fox went low to avoid it and then got loose and over corrected
