The Death Of The Brickyard 400 

Jarrett’s crew chief in ‘96 was not Buddy Parrott. It was Todd Parrott.

Indy is cursed for anyone except the Indycar. F1 messed up there, NASCAR messed up too. It'a almost like the IMS tells them ''you do not belong here''

Didn't know 86 cars attempted to qualify for the first brickyard.. wow! Sign of a healthy and growing series at the time.

It should be, and, should have never stopped being the Brickyard 400

I still think that all in all the brickyard 400 was a good race. Better than the road course race.

I was at the first Brickyard with some guys from work. The place was absolutely packed, and we had to take turns leaning forward or sitting up straight; there wasn't enough room to sit shoulder to shoulder. I watched on TV the next year as Earnhardt won and laughed when Dale said he was "the first man" to win it.

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The problem, besides the tire fiasco, is cars that can’t pass. It’s not an Indy problem, it’s a NASCAR problem. NASCAR got bigger and bigger until they forgot that RACING was the important thing. They’ve just become an entertainment entity. Who wants to watch race cars NOT pass each other? It’s sad too, because NASCAR was great until they ruined it.

As someone who has been going to Indy since the 08 tire fiasco I don't know what to do... I have enjoyed the road course the past few years over the COT/Gen6 cars on the oval. The NextGen car is a sports car designed more for road racing. So I think the race will be better next year on the road course. I also think they need to look into altering turn 1 a bit. I am also curious how the NextGen Car would do on the oval. My vote would be road 23, oval 24, road 25, oval 26. Then if the racing is still meh. Then move everything to IRP. I do like the Indycar Nascar double header. As a fan for $70 to see 3 races in 2 days at a BYOB track is an unbeatable value.

2008 (with the Great Tire Fiasco) was the beginning of the end :(

Holy shit thats alot of people in the stands for that 94 race!!

NASCAR Needs to Replace IMS with North Wilkesboro or Fairgrounds until they figure it out

i do miss the brickyard, but i think the indy road course can work out given the time for teams to learn the limits of the track in terms of where to push the car at and where to play more conservatively. i think a 400/road course doubleheader could be a fantastic approach to the whole debacle

I was 9 years old when the 94 brickyard took place. The talk and hype leading up to it was incredible. Stock cars...at indy. It seemed impossible. I begged my dad to get tickets. He actually tried but it was literally impossible by the time he actually got around to it. We had been to the fall Michigan race in 93 (my first race) and kept going every year until about 2003. You are right about nascar not racing at indy anymore. The cars they have now are nothing like a real stock car, or at least what a stock car used to be. The whole thing is nothing but a clusterfuck clown show anymore. The whole overtime thing is a joke and consistently causes the best team that day to lose a race they dominated and should have won because they got dumped on a restart that shouldn't have happened to begin with. They seriously may as well make the race 2 laps long and whoever is left at the end wins. The playoffs is what caused this driver behavior. It comes from desperation and routinely the driver that dominates the year loses the championship to a guy that got lucky or plowed over enough of his competitors once the playoffs started he came out ahead. If NASCAR wants to be real racing again they need to eliminate the playoffs, overtime, and build a good stock car again with a lot of power that doesn't depend so much on aero but chassis setup instead. Basically, they need to undo anything Brian France did.

2008 brickyard was similar to the tire debacle in the 2005 us grand prix at you guess it brickyard however Bridgestone was able to build a tire that could withstand the diamond groove pavement

The only solution is to replace goodyear with firestone and hold the race at irp until we can figure something out

Do a 60 lap duel race with teams that want to Compete, just to see how it behaves with the new car.

The only hope is they go back to the oval and the Next Gen car puts on consistently good racing

It wasn't just the 2008 debacle that did the event in. It was also the mickey mouse gimmicks that NASCAR started implementing. "Car of tomorrow", green/white/checker, lucky dog, "the chase", playoffs, and worst of all, stage racing.

I cant believe you mention all those other series that came and went at the track and never mentioned the busch series. Thats the reason/final nail in the coffin i quit going to nascar races all together. My buddies and i made a tradition out of going to irp for the busch series night race (which was always a way better race) then would stumble our way over to ims and party til finally passing out for a quick power nap then go in and watch the 400. The Kroger 200 was always a fan favorite. People looked forward to going to it. With the Brickyard it was obviously more about the prestige than the on track racing. After the repaving of bristol and the taking away of the irp race that was one kick in the teeth too many. A sports radio host in indy summed it up best "oh great we get Suck Jr and Suck Sr". It was the official end of anyone in the area caring anymore.

4:19 - Ah; the day’s “OF AFFORDABLE NASCAR RACING” just look at that entry list; “AMAZING”!!!!!! “NASCAR WOULD BE LUCKY TO GET 1/3 OF THE ENTRY’S THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN HERE IN 2022”!!!!!!

as someone who has been to every nascar race at indy, please bring back the oval. the road course is boring unless the track is falling apart

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Ironically, as a European F1 fan who got into Indycar in 2020, the 2021 Indy Road Course Race is what got me into Nascar

GREAT video!

The indy road course is a f.... disaster

The Brickyard 400 was never ever in the league of the Daytona 500

A lot of people say that the Brickyard 400 died because of the 2008 race. That race didn't help things, but I think the downfall of the Brickyard 400 was a slow burnout over the span of time. The race pretty much followed the explosion and downfall of NASCAR as a whole. From the late 2000s to about the late 2010s. Viewership, attendance, and prestige gradually went down.

I think NASCAR just needs to move on from Indy. Upgrade IRP and race there.

I think the NextGen car coupled with the new super-speedway tire package would do well at the Brickyard. The old tire may not have worked on the grooved surface, but it could serve to induce tire fall off with the new tire that’s seemingly too good on many tracks.

I agree and I disagree. I am a traditionalist they should put it back on the oval. I like the road course but I do not like that the road course replaced the oval

I think Nascar could try hyping it up as a big event like the 500, make the prize money better, maybe some other incentives in line of how the 500 trophy has all it's past winners engraved on it. It's a shame, I always loved the oval

Jeff Gordon was the highest of the Brickyard

that qualifying session was back when you had multiple round multiple day qualifying...All 86 cars ran on day 1...they locked in 25...and everyone else could either stand on their time or make another attempt on day 2 to withdraw and better their time...

Nascar: we ran a new car at Indy and things went from passable to a disaster. Also nascar: it must be the track's fault.

Went to the 2001 Brickyard 400. Had a better time the day before the race. Better seats 2 practice sessions, qualifying, and an IROC race. Good times

they should move it to IRP. no good racing at the brickyard for stock cars

Kasey Kahne winning the brickyeard was probably the best brickyard race ive watched but it did become a wrekcfest because drivers couldnt get past one another but it was a symptom of the cot and the gen 6 being terrible at any kind of downforce track so to speak

Yeah i would love to see the oval back too but i dont think its going to happen.

I wanna see the oval back... but I wanna see it alternative back and forth with the road course.

Dimond grooving Indy was a huge mistake.

It might be interesting if they went back to how it was the first time. Instead of 35 guaranteed starters, open it to everyone. If 85 teams want to race, let them try. A few Indycar or F1 drivers might increase interest in it. I know they can't, but what if?

Oval or nothing. I'm so far done with the Roval experience.

9:52 This aged well... Thanks to Texas...

I say at Indy no restrictor plates,give em another 100 hp,lower the spoiler a lil & drop tha flag! THAT would b a race of finese

86 teams trying to qualify for the Brickyard in 1994 to probably less than half that since NASCAR has destroyed itself. Like he said, the car of tomorrow and NASCAR stupid changes killed it all.

THE BRICKYARD 400 IS BACK

Maybe both the Indy Oval and the Indy Road Course doesn't fit for NASCAR anymore. I remember watching the last Brickyard 400 a few years ago and it was a snooze fest. There wasn't a lot of passing and basically became "follow the leader". The Indy Road Course on the other hand also doesn't produce good racing and it was the same thing like the Indy Oval, "follow the leader". Maybe we should give the Indy Oval one last chance since the Gen 7 car made racing little more better on intermediates and speedways.

The last time I went was 2008. Was fun

I remember this I was at my uncle's house helping him get his dirt track car ready 2 go racing later that evening at the toccoa speedway n toccoa GA oh I love it the memories not a wonder boy fan but Jeff won that race I'ma dale Earnhardt sr fan then and still 2 this day

This is a symptom of nascar as a whole. No matter what you do nascar has abandoned its fan base and its downfall has been inevitable.

The event was special but now it has become an disaster

NASCAR at Indianapolis went down the drain when the Cup Series switch to the COT and Goodyear produces shit tires. The road course at Indianapolis is not worth it for any NASCAR division. NASCAR needs to return the Cup Series to the main oval at Indy and the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series need to go back to IRP.

I've said it before, and I'm gonna say it again. NASCAR should never run on the Indy oval again. The Indy road course is easily more entertaining.

Honestly, the Indy Oval is not meant for Stock Cars to begin with, Many forget the snoozers that the Indy Oval has Produced and the Tire Debacle and the Attendance Drop since 2008. NASCAR should still keep racing at the Indy Road Course, but here are the Changes that I would do: • Run it Backwards • Use the Full Turn 1 Layout • Instead of Using the Flatout S Chicane, use the Carousel Section • Use the Corner used by MotoGP next to the 90° Corner • Race it on Mother's Day Saturday Basically my Layout is the F1 Layout with the Last Turn being the one used by MotoGP from 2013 - 2015

So hard to hear Benny and Bob.

They need to bring back the brickyard 400 Pronto

NASCAR did it to themselves. I look at 2013, 2017 and 2018 and the Brickyard 400 was still amazing to me and many others. NASCAR killed it for a trend in road course racing. Well. That and 2008

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I dont really care for the roval at Daytona or the road coarse at Indy. Next thing u know theyll turn Talledega into somethin stupid. Indy is a circle track. Daytona is a circle track(somewhat)...run em as they were built!

Eliminate the stupid stage cautions and the racing would be fantastic. It worked well for the road course this year.

IMO, the road course is SO MUCH BETTER. Way more actions and displays better driver ability. It's not just turning left, its setting a car up to dominate in both the left and right hand turns. It harkens back to the roots of NASCAR with moonshine runners having to outrun the law on actual roads. NASCAR has enough courses that only turn left, a few road course races a year adds the spice that it needs and separates the good drivers from the great drivers.

If the aprons had still been in place the racing would have been much better.

Absolutely hate the road corse at Indy and the roval Ruined both races

“They don’t race at Daytona” is a quote I use to argue dropping it, personally I disagree with your statement of it being an honor to race there, it’s just an old racetrack, one that was made for 1 racing series, not stock cars or F1 cars, just IndyCars, and that’s all who need to race there.

Gotta remember the 2020 race was run with no fans because of the "global event" we're not allowed to talk about. That meant the 15 people who were planning on going had to stay home.

The Brickyard 400 will return next season

The think is this track is just hype, and the product or content is not good …oval or not

NASCAR never should've raced at Indy. In fact, if it were up to me NASCAR would never leave Dixie, but even if they do, IRP and Salem are right there going begging. I know commercial interest override everything else, but as far as I'm concerned, stock cars can only defile the Brickyard.

14:17 - Jamie Mac; at least he brought the car home “IN ONE PEICE” Rather than “IN A BOX” most of the time…….😊😊😊😊

At this point, unless something incredible happens when they go there later this year, I wouldn't be surprised if NASCAR leaves Indy, at least with IMS. Trucks get to race IRP, so, maybe Cup & Xfinity move there.

lol - i think i went to the first 5 - hell i didnt know they didnt run there anymore - hilarious

NASCAR has destroyed itself

i like the oval and the road course....learn to turn right sometimes!!

Dead it is and has been for this entire decade,

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i just need to see one just one race on the oval with the new car to see I've nascar should keep running there I do kinda miss it as there's a push to remove big tracks for more short tracks which I'm not fully against but they need to fix the cars there I honestly didn't like both races on the road course they need to try this car on the oval if nascar and ims want this race to stop being treated like a joke

It's such a shame that tyre failures killed both NASCAR and Formula 1 at Indy. Just 3 years before the 2008 Brickyard 400, the 2005 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix was tainted by tyre issues. Due to the same diamond grooving that affected NASCAR, F1 teams running Michelin tyres (BAR Honda, Renault, BMW Williams, McLaren, Sauber, Red Bull and Toyota) found their tyres disintegrating during practice, with Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher suffering a heavy crash at T13 (T1 on the oval). Because no agreement could be reached to solve the issue, the Michelin teams withdrew, leaving only three teams (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi) to take the start. The six car 'race' was won by 7x champ Michael Schumacher, who took his only win of the season, with his Ferrari team mate Rubens Barrichello 2nd, and the Jordan of Tiago Monteiro 3rd. The race limped on until 2007, when it dropped of the calendar. F1 wouldn't return to the States until 2012, when they started racing at COTA

Your opinion. Not everyone's

COT killed this race.

Just run the whole track, there problem solved, you do a lap around the oval the next lap around the road course, sometimes my level of genius is frightening

Just one reason I walked away from nascar.

NASCAR is ruining NASCAR HIGHbanks and high speed and high horsepower is what made them. 👎 oval tracks It’s called IMSA

This should be named "The Death of Nascar," because they parallel each other. In fact, I'm so disgusted they should "retire" the "Nascar Cup" and call it something else, instead of taint all the past greats with many these little immature clowns they have now and the silly "entertainment" they encourage. Kinda like, the WWF became the WWE(ntertainment.) No matter how hard they try, it'll never recapture the past interest or glory.

The road courses at Indy and Charlotte have turned the races at two iconic ovals into a couple of rolling clown shows. NASCAR cup cars look like a bunch of big turtles lumbering their way around the narrow infield courses. This is an oval track series. Let's keep it that way.

The new cars put on a good race at pocano so they would do just as good at Indy I would think

This race was never on the level of the Dayton 500. Dude do your research.

So one thing on your claim that F1 stared to run races at Indy around 2008. F1 had been running at Indy's road course from 2000 to 2007. F1 has not returned to Indy since Also, hilariously F1 had the same issue with Parelli tyres at its 2005 race and Indy. This lead to what is considered to be the WORST race in F1 history, and probably the most farcical race in motorsport history. You would think a company like Goodyear would have seen that and though "hmm maybe we should do some testing to see if we need a harder tyre than normal for Indy" 🙄

NASCAR is DEAD, all the NOT stock bodies, with the twisted bodies being the worst, killed the whole Win on Sunday sell on Monday prestige. Plus everyone knows, well most everyone knew that the front wheel drive cars you could buy at the dealership weren't the same as what they raced. That lasted from the mid 80's until they started using the Mustang and Camaro. The next stake in the heart will be the hybrids, it would seem that the powers to be have no CLUE that the NOISE is at least 50% of the excitement for most people.

I truly hope that whoever decided to sign tony stewart, actually regrets ever doing it! I surely regret ever having such a nasty driver on my television...

For goodness sakes, NASCAR fans, STOP CALLING SHIT "DEAD". Just use something like, the Fall of the Brickayrd or something. Nothing is truly dead unless it's not even relivant any more.

Its a JOKE now.