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.
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
Same here though I only know about him from CZcams 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
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...
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.
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.
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
Paul Page and Benny Parson is the best booth ever.
I needed to change my pants. Paul Page and Benny!
I kno right, Everytime I hear Paul Page I always think of Indy/cart. Kinda like how when you always hear Ken Squires name you always think of NASCAR.
I absolutely loved these cars and this series
I did too. I wish they would bring them back.
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 was gonna say the rubber "wall" he hit on the inside actually shot him back out on the track.
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.
He would've been dead if those cars hadn't missed him coming down the stretch like that... dude is incredibly lucky.
I was there as a kid. Neat to see something again you remember in person from so long ago
Dale Sr saying he hoped Lyundek was okay. Classy.
Coronavirus sent me here...just watching a old races and what a great race it was.
R.I.P Pontiac, IROC.
BP, Earnhardt, too!
Here we are in 2024 and iroc Is about to come back.
@@AlexD889 yeah Ray Everham is bringing it back I hope it at least makes a few starts at certain tracks
Miss these races...
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!
ck7813 There are considerations of dropping Indy on the NASCAR circuit due to such poor attendance. Many drivers have also complained about the track.
Wayne Swicegood It would mean anything it there was good racing there but there isn't
Keep in mind Indy seats well over 200,000 so may look like it's only half full yet has more people then any other race.
bashclassof04 300,000 plus. There are probably only 50,000 people going, which is not good for business over time.
@@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
Benny Parsons not only a great driver, a but also a great announcer I miss him
Same here though I only know about him from CZcams 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
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...
Thanks for the upload man those cars sounded badass. Miss hearing bp call the races too
i miss seeing al unser jr race still one of the greatest race car drivers ever
@Craig G thats what living in Albuquerque new mexico will do to you 🤷
That opening wreck... Just glad Arie Luyendyk still here with us
Dale immediately concerned about Arie.
Man, I used to love watching the IROC races. Too bad they don't do those anymore...
Thankfully they are coming back this year
@@jayryan3181 Really? Sweet...
Well Ray Evernham bought the whole deal, even the cars that were left @@epickett63
Benny is great I miss him too.
Before there was the SAFER Barrier, the PEDS Barrier existed that very race which Luyendyk crashed, but survived!
Man! I wish I had a die cast of one of those IROC cars.
Hit up ebay. I have multiple 1:24 earnhardt die casts
Paul Page and Benny Parsons together was great. Indycar and NASCAR.
lol interviewing Dale during a pitstop.
I miss the IROC series
They need to bring it back!
Tony Stewart is Today!!!!
These cars were fantastic looking, and sounding!! A little more “raspy” than cars or that era.
Wow, more of a crowd for these races than the crap they call NASCAR today
20/20 checking in....🦠
And in 2022
They should bring that back iroc
I guess you got your wish sort of.
@@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.
@@marcusjohnson7441 No not nascar, Tony Stewart and Ray Evernham's racing series.
@@supertornadogun1690 nice storm pics!!!
I cant wait for next storm season.
Mark was always a class act.
Dale giving interviews on pit road while still in car. ❤️❤️
Wow I Miss Benny Parson 😐
I love this city!
Speedway is is cool, i lived there every memorial day weekend for 30 years
I miss Benny
I was there that day. I vividly remember Arie's crash.
I was too. Was sitting down at the shaded stands started. The crash was right in front of us.
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!
IROC was some of best racing they ever had. You could go to your Pontiac dealer on Monday and buy the same style car
I was there. I remember seeing that wreck and gasping.
21:50
You're welcome
😂😂😂😂
I wish IROC would come back
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.
They are bringing it back next year, Tony Stewart and Ray Evernham are running it, believe its called the SRE
Martin won 5 championships. The most of anyone. Also the most race wins. 14 I believe
2:50 Start
Jeff burton Rear ended Jeff Gordon, this was Al Unser Jr’s first appearance since failing to qualify for the 1995 Indianapolis 500
The wreck in the Thumbnail is at 5:43
Mark Martin casually going last-to-first in a race when no one else could pass.
Back when racing was fun.
Gool ole days
awesome, i was there!
Yes sir, 3 in a row.
Got a long way to go kid i did 30 lol
IROC is back!!!!!
...did they forget to show burton's roof cam during the crash?
Mis them days of real racing
Why can’t NASCAR bring back iroc I loved it’s a spectacular racing
Because it's not their's to bring back. Nascar didn't run IROC.
They didn't have a sponsor
@@gravmelly true value was the sponsor
What car should they use if this was revived? (The SRX is nice...but no IROC)
Use a car similar to the Garage 56 car, a turned up Cup car
Arie is a lucky man
Good Race
If Tony had hit Arie...that could have been fatal. Very, very lucky...
That hit to the inside wall could really have been fatal by itself. The softer barrier helped to some extent.
@@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...
Bring back iroc
@Vend Master better yet oldsmobile .
Paul Page.
5:43 is the big wreck
What was the speed of these cars ?
If I remember about a hundred and sixty
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.
Indy didn't work out in spetember. Also Vegas in summer as a daytime race dosen work
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.
That crash 😮
Arie cheated death TWICE that day. F__K.
I miss Benny also. Nascar is turned into a joke. A car race, but you must ask, can they pass. What a joke!
Goes to know the real Dale Earnhardt protect your family with all your anger
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.
Back before corporate sponsorship messed up the sport.
They should have made a Tran Sam IROC for the public!!
BP!
5:43
did anyone see luyendyk hit the the wall coming out of turn 2 the same lap?
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.
they should run this on a figure 8 track
Paul page was the shit
Early version of safer barrier walls.
IMS is who had them made originally
@@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.
smoke14 I guess it’s too narrow for anyone to really make a fatal impact into the outside walls. I dunno.
By Michael Rd Alvarado informed everybody
Just pure racin no stupid bullshit , or dumbass sponsors
They, never could, get used to, the little hook, in the the wall, in turn 2 at Indy.
I Michael Rd Alvarado I am proud to announce the general public a few weeks ago I found Dale Earnhardt's imposter
Kind of odd to see the suburban area around the speedway is kind of a ghetto
probably
Did they put that weird springy wall in after the crash that Kyle Petty had in '96?
US sss. Miss. 2. Benny
Back when racing was real. Not a politicized virtue signaling spectacle.
THE CRAP WAGON 500 WEEKEND. STOP GOING IN 95 AND HAVE NOT BEEN BACK SINCE FOR THE 500.
ESPN before woke
SUM. 💕 sss. SAY
WINSTON CUP. DARLINNN. 🙃
That’s all NASCAR is an. Iroc
Mar Mar n .
I was so happy when Dale was gone.
I will dance a happy dance when your 6feet under what an asshole comment you made
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
GEEEEZUS…..Good Lord was on Arie’s side that day. He had a horrible accident at Fontana the year before.
We will never see racing like this ever again. Nascar is fucked up now