That was when Tony George attempted to use a PEDS barrier to absorb the impact, however it did succeed in protecting Arie when he wrecked. It left a huge mess, so it was ditched. So he went to the university of Nebraska to develop of a a soft wall, that’s when we got the SAFER barrier. If anything good came out of the CART/IRL split, it is the advancements of saftey.
I didn't expect that much drama and entertainment for a 40 lap exhibition at Indy, but that was thoroughly entertaining. I'm convinced that Little Al in his prime could have won the Indy 500 in a covered wagon, he knew how to get around that track. The performance by Mark Martin just cements his legendary status.
Mark Martin is the man! The classiest, most humbled racer in every class. Retiring in style with his beautiful wife and the most gorgeous Newell Coach. Safest travels Mr & Mrs Martin.
Same here though I only know about him from RU-vid I was born in 1986 I didn’t start watching Nascar until 2001 I think I just watched Daytona and I got back into it this year
I would estimate there are more people in the stands for this race than any of the Brickyard (insert whatever corporate name) 400s in the last 5 years. Excellent work, na$car!
@@ethanweeter2732 you do know the average number of seats in a professional football stadium is around 20k seats right? 50k tickets sold is great for business
Sooo many great races up at my home nascar track, m.i.s. i seen the closest iroc finish live at m.i.s when jr and sr and eddie cheever wemt 3 wide at the line to win!!! Such great racing iroc was...
@@erinbaggarly900 the racing isn't even as good. Nothing wrong with everyone having the same car, but when it package sucks, then as we know, the racing sucks.
These cars look way better than today’s cars, todays Camaros and mustangs look nothing like the stock versions except for front area! Those cars looked like the stock versions!
This thing NEEDS to come back! Show that Hamilton isn't as good as people think. Mark Martin deserved a Title, never got one; and he Proved his worth winning freaking FOUR of these Championships! Bring IROC back! At least they have the December Race of Championships which has yielded some great races.
@@badbooking3221 Without those tires there that is probably true...Really not the SAFER barriers we have today, but certainly better than a solid wall and a precursor to today's SAFER technology...
Watching these cars makes me wonder why Nascar can't make their cars actually resemble the street car they are supposedly based on. These are very clearly Pontiac Trans Ams. Take the stickers off, and they're still clearly trans Ams... Take the stickers off today's Nascar cars and you can't tell a camry from a mustang. And why the fuck is a camry in Nascar anyway lol Toyota doesn't make a V8 rear wheel drive camry.
Rumor is that the Brickyard will be replaced by another venue next season. Dismal attendance, and most of the drivers don’t like the track because it was designed and built for open wheel racing. I don’t like the direction NASCAR started taking a decade ago but in all fairness poor attendance isn’t all their fault. All major outdoor sports in the States are seeing fewer and fewer fans in the stands and there’s a clear reason for that and it isn’t ticket prices.
The 2020 Brickyard 400 is scheduled for July 5th. It's the last year of a contract. Nascar and Indianapolis don't have an agreement for 2021 yet. Ironically, the pandemic might keep the race around for another year. It's not clear if the race will be allowed to have fans. Even if it does, the pandemic is a valid excuse for poor attendance.
jaked812812 He had a horse shoe up His rectum that day. That’s about as close to getting killed as it gets. The initial impact was horrendous but when he came back up on the track his driver’s door was missed by milliseconds by another car running wide open.
@@penskepc2374 IMS was the first track where they were installed. They didn't make/invent them. And for some reason IMS is the only track on the NASCAR circuit (excluding road courses) that doesn't have them on the outside walls of the straightaways. guess they're waiting for someone to get seriously injured (or worse) before they install them.
Wow I usually make asinine comments but I have to take my hat off to you sir I'm going to assume that you meant when he climbed off your old lady yeah I can understand you wishing he was gone when you got home didn't you wonder why the back door was always slamming when you was coming in the front door what a wonderful world that anyone can be a shithead and let it fly I'm just pissed you one upped me
