The "Unfair Advantage" - When Roger Penske Rebuilt a Reynard 

This Is the best looking Indycar ever

Lola also from 2000 and 2001.

@@joelbrooks3198 Good too

They were beautiful machines. Ground bound with 900hp at the wheel.

The Stock Block ENGINE was the Beast

Emerson Fittipaldi probably would have won, as he was nearly a lap ahead of Unser when he crashed out on lap 185 (he would've had to stop for a splash'n'go, but probably would have had time for it.) As it was Little Al and Villeneuve were the only cars on the lead lap at the end of the race.

And the PC17 and the PC10.

I will never forgot that race, it was not the first driver I had seen die, but it was maybe the first time I can remember seeing an accident live as it happened and knowing immediately it was fatal, even Senna it took a little bit to kick in what had happened and I saw that one live on TV too. I was a big Moore fan, I was upset he was going to Penske because I always pulled against Rodger but was happy for him since he was going to a top team. I will always feel he shouldn't have gotten in the car that day, and no matter how much people say the brace had nothing to do with it, I will always wonder if maybe he catches that spin full strength, probably not, but we will never know. I watched the race with my Dad and said right before it started, it's the last race, he should just sit it out, just had a bad feeling he shouldnt push it with his hand compromised. The look on Montoya's face after the race when he went from smiling ear to ear because he just won the championship, to just a blank expression as he was told about Moore is seared in my head to this day.

Absolutely!! Actually, i took a 20-year break from Indycar after Fontana 1999...

@@chrish931 Me to my friend. I said the same when he hit the wall I knew it was over. Would have loved to see him win the 500 a couple times!

Good idea!

And what an IndyCar should sòund like.

@@RazorSharp75426 I mean.... it could be worse. They could have the F1 engine note. So at least they don't sound like a fart on track.

Nah these things are fucking ugly The DW12 ain't much to look at either but dear god don't base them off the Reynard

@@AngryKirbyHatesYou what does an IndyCar should look like?

@@Mario_Ramirez the lola T90/00 or the March 83c The Reynarda were big and bulbous and awful to look at

5th career win, he won 3 times in 2000 (Detroit, Mid-Ohio, Laguna Seca) and another 3 times in 2001. Detroit was his 2nd win of the year, after his win at Long Beach. His last CART win was again at Mid-Ohio.

Didn’t Helio also win the 500 in 2001?

@@jason9875 Yes,but back then CART and the IRL were 2 different organizations, so his Indy win didn't count to his CART win tally.

Or even better, NBC could hire him!

@@devinmackey83 That even a better idea.

Last time Dallara was the only chassis maker open to competition. It'll probably be the same when they redesign the car again.

It's always been a spec series to some degree, the difference was who you bought from. Penske built his chassis the majority of the time until 2000 when he started buying Reynard chassis and modifying them like this video showed. If you were an independent race team with a wad of cash at the peak in 1999, you could buy a Lola, Reynard, or Swift chassis and pair it with any 2.65L Single Turbo V8 from Mercedes (Illmor), Honda, Toyota, or Ford (Cosworth). Only an idiot or Roger Penske with an ironclad contract used Goodyear tires while the rest of the field had moved to Firestone. Since the regulations mostly stayed the same, something the larger teams did was sell their current year cars to the smaller team to finance next year's cars (including Penske) so finding cars a year or two old on the track wasn't unusual. Anything else and you'd have to narrow it down.

Penske, chip ganassi.master cheaters,uh I mean masterful leaders!

One thing you don't is Helio Castroneves wouldn't have had his career or possibly any Indy 500 wins if Greg Moore didn't die at Fontana.

2.65l turbo v8 on methanol

You never know....ever is a long time.

Even Penske cannot justify or afford to build his own chassis .

@@grooviefan Too much work, you'd have to have a whole separate engineering division.

@@bobfeller604 penske had a complete mfg facility in england. compelete w engineering staff, but there wasn't enough money in the series to continue it. nor could any other teams.

There's money to modify and teams do with custom dampers, but getting a redesigned chassis each year is out of the question.

Just a hair under 220. Lap record is just over 236 from 1996 or 97. I don't think we will ever see that again though, so that will be a long standing record. After the 236, the following year they slowed the cars down substantially.

this car set the closed course speed record with Gil De Ferran at Fontana of 241mph average speed. I think they could have challenged the record at Indy.

@@mrbloodmuffins Fontana has like 5° more banking though. Would have made it easier to go faster with that, than on the 9° at Indy. You might be right though. Does 1° really equal out to 1 mph? Maybe not.

@@Spike-sk7qlCurrent cars on Short Oval boost are make 233mph, and they're down over 350hp from that time. A 238ish would be feasible before needing an aero upgrade.

Yep Aeroscreen bruh

It's similar to F1 Marlboro McLaren so i like it

And the engine sounds like Caitlyn Jenner trying to sing Dream On. Back then the engine sounds like Steven Tyler when singing Dream On. That's why current IndyCar cars are more like Caitlyn Jenner than Steven Tyler