Indy 500 Legends Testing Day: Inside Access! Classic Race Winning Cars Back On Track
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This is a process most never get to see! Before the Indianapolis 500 begins, the pre race ceremony has a parade lap with historic cars driven by the legends themselves. Mario Andretti, Al Unser Jr, Lyn St. James, Simon Pagenaud, and others hop in a few days before to make sure their car is working properly. We drove up there for our friend Luke Edwards of the IMS museum to show us around and give an inside look at how these museum cars are fired up and brought back to the track that made them famous! Everything from a 1909 Buick originally driven by Louis Chevrolet to Penske's Gil de Ferran 2003 Indy 500 winner are here making noise in the same place.
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When are you going to do Robert Yates and Davey Allison videos?
Great content thanks for sharing
The level of badass in a race car with plane and tractor parts is off the charts. The testicular fortitude it took to drive those cars is mind blowing 🤯
Totally it blows my mind 😂
Indy! My old home town!
That gorgeous D'Arsonval meter tach @19:53
so damn cool I did not know the bricks were still under the asphalt
Stapleton42 turning into a jack of all trades this is awesome
Master of none! Wouldn't have it any other way
Mitch loves all forms of racing
great stuff
The '09 Buick driven by Louis Chevrolet, is straight up steampunk!
The tolerance is very tight.
I had forgotten about Penske running two different chassis that year… Really interesting race in hindsight and also compelling that they finished 1-2 and that Helio was that close to a three-peat. Really love that the team honored GdF with that drive, and that Simon was the driver.
Pretty wild!
There's something special about the Marlborough penske
I agree
In 3 short years....your videos transitioned from The People's Track to Indy. I am proud of both of your accomplishments to date, blazing your own trail. Congratulations!
Great point. That is a MAJOR transformation 🤣🤣
Hey Mitchell, I believe the reason for zero degrees of caster is because they had no steering assist or power steering, although there’s a lot less high speed stability it is definitely easier to turn with less caster.
Well done!
the age of the tires on all these are scary LOL
Ya'll are just racing fans, love the crossover
You got that right. I respect it all even if I don’t understand some of it or necessarily have the desire to do it myself like I do with NASCAR
Great video.
Great job 👍.
We went to our first Indy 500 and loved it. It was so exciting. I've watched IndyCar for years and finally decided it was time to cross this one off the list. We walked around on Legends Day and saw these same cars in the garage. Just amazing
That’s awesome!
That delage is my favorite roadster indy car, such a cool time in open wheel history man.
Thanks man!
Well I asked and asked repeatedly about “when are you going to do anything in IndyCar”….and as a former CART & ChampCar crew member , great job. Thank you
thanks man. we will happily do more if we are presented with the opportunity!
The IH front spindles used on the AJ Foyt/Watson Roadster were still being used on nearly all sprint cars through the 70's and into the 80's. In fact, the aluminum spindles still used today are modified versions of the same spindle design. Its so great to see you delving into other forms of motor sports. Keep up the GREAT work. You guys are awesome.
Thanks man. I had no idea!
neat stuff track
So awesome. History is alive. Well done Mitchell.
Thank you Jeff
The first winner of the Indy 500 was from Spartansburg Pennsylvania, a couple hours north of Pittsburgh. His name was Ray harroun.
Wild. I grew up in Butler PA
I met Johnny Rutherford at Goodwood Festival of Speed here in England..really nice man,
the sounds.. holy shit incredible
Thank you for this, great to see true classics do what they were built to do, run on a racetrack. It’s so cool when you take us back in time, I always enjoy the history lesson. 👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Caster is the only adjustment with that style suspension... no camber.
A little late to the party with the comment, but very cool that you brought this to us in youtube land. The couple of things that you see in not just how much technology has gone forward in a little over a century, from leaf springs and cars that look little different from horse drawn buggies to carbon fibre, 200+mph crash protection, wings, diffusers and super tight tolerances. You can see the personality of the builders and engineers in the cars: The maserati is work of art, a sculpture. The french engineer farts in your general direction with contempt for not understanding the greatness of their engineering. The roadsters look like super nice and very conservatively utilise tried and true components. The Lotus is so delicate and has its eccentricities, but the engine is still pretty conservative in comparison to like the offenhauser in the roadster. Had to do a double take on how much timing they run on it. The 70s, that Mclaren and the one with full width rear wing (which is 72 or 73?)...it's mind blowing just how much horsepower and speed they got out of them compared to honestly how flimsy the cars were and unfortunately just how dangerous Indy was in those years.
...And you gotta love Mario, old is no reason to stop being a race car driver 😀
Great points! Very observant man you are
Better than any 2024 indy car that is a race car
Keep em coming...go pro it when you hit the track in your own ride. And mic it up.
Love the roadsters. Like to hear the tech talk on all the cars. Gimme more
Have you seen the IMS museum video we did with Luke?
And if I’m not mistaken that Shaw car was the only car that had won two races. I didn’t know it almost won three though!
Even if this isn't on the popular side of videos, please share more Indy if you get the opportunity! Love your videos! keep them coming!!!!!!!
Thanks man! We will continue to do what is beneficial for history even if it’s not popular today
Wow Mitch and Logan you guys are living the dream you should be so proud of what your doing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏁🇦🇺
Thank you sir!!
Gardena is where Ascot speedway was, J.C Agajanian's place of worship. Evel Knievel made his first jump there onABC Wide World of Sports. Dig your stuff 👌 👏
thanks man!!
Killer video!! Wow! Awesome job, again. :)
Got to see the parade of all these cars before the 500, it was a really cool experience. Keep up the good work guys
Thank you James!
I guess they're coming to the Pittsburgh Vintage GP
The guy you were talking to about the Watson Roadsters was my buddy Pete. He's rough around the edges, but would give you the shirt off his back. If you see him agian quiz him about his time building Nascar cup cars. He was one of the guys designing and building the Boom Tubes from the late 80s through the 90s. He is a wealth of knowledge.
LOL They old Little Al the right front brake shut off, like a sprint car you should know that. He was a pretty god sprint car show. Mario was no slouch either. Great vid you guys
thank you rich!!
Absolutely your best non nascar video. Fantastic view of the evolution of Indy racing. Kudos!!
Thanks man!! Nascar folk don’t seem to like Indy cars too much judging by views here 😂
Don Garlit's Museum in Ocala, FL is fun. Chaperel I think, has a museum ans track in TX. Motorcycle Hall of Fame museum. Of course the NHRA museum in LA, CA. Henry Ford Museum in MI. Vette Museum in KY.
Thank you for a great video. My father, Jack Layton restored the Dean Van Lines #9 car
That’s awesome
You should do a historical story on how Louis Chevrolet "the race car driver for Buick" changed the auto industry.😁
For Cleetus's fans, him and the Truck series you should do the history on "THE DALE TRUCK" obviously the majority knows that it was a RCR Richard childress truck with Mike Skinner driving but a lot of his fans thinks that he's destroying an actual dale truck LOL. It was built by Lachlan racing. Thought it would be cool to know the history and to where it has been before Cleetus brought it to the channel. and the Build thet are doing now.
His is a Skinner tribute truck. It did race back in the day but I don't know which team it came from. Only two real RCR Goodwrench trucks survived. Richard has one and Mike has the other one.
This was, by far ,the most awesome, thank you, Mitchell
and Logan.....
O, and I to love the smell of race gas ⛽️
Thanks man we do too!
Great coverage once again from you both. The level of access you get to teams,engineers,designer's, cars and drivers is showing the respect you both have gained from your recording of race history. You are so knowledgeable and respectful of the people you interact with and the stories they have to tell.Was so good to see a glimpse of Bruce Mclaren's handi work. All the best from down here in New Zealand. Hanging out to see what you offer up next.
Thank you Andrew!
you go to Daytona tour tomorrow
actually we still use a lot of the same style parts, back in the day of steel spindles it was International or Ford spindles they are now custom made aluminum with steel snouts for the bearings to ride on. The drive shafts were actually 10 spines but those old 6 splines were a little smaller for the starters. Most of the steering boxes were made by Schroeder which is now owned by I Did It Co. still made today. They use right hand steering on pavement cars because it tends to be more direct to the right front which is more important to keep the play to a minimum as it is so heavily loaded on pavement cars with dirt cars on the straights the right front maybe off the ground so it is opposite loading . They took them to get welded at an airplane factory because they probably had TIG set up when they were super rare in those early days and were very very expensive. When I was a teenager getting in to all this stuff I only knew two places that had a TIG set up. If you notice those old Monroe steel body shocks were made to be taken apart and damping was adjustable even back then Monroe had a racing division and had at track support for Indy. Mike " Umbrella Mike " Boyle was a union boss and a gangster I read a book about him and his Maserati Indy Cars which were pricey back then. . They called him Umbrella Mike because he walked around town and they would throw the gangster bribe money in to the umbrella he used as a cane. They outlawed gas at the speedway after the 1964 Dave MacDonald Eddie Sachs crash and also limited how much fuel could be carried onboard at that time. The 98 number is still active with the Agajanian family along with the Curb family in Indy Car today as sponsors. Houdaille made knee action shocks also back then along with many other auto parts and had industrial companies and years later made harmonic balancers and that is were the Fluid Dampr brand balancers came from now on there own as the parent company went under along time ago.
Wow!
good old piston slap
It's nice that you not only had access to watch the preparation for these cars but got "tour guides" to talk about many of the vehicles.
thank you!
I want to see them be driven like the old NASCAR cars from your last video, or like how they race the vintage F1 cars. They need to be driven how the good lord intended lol
I agree. I want to hear them make noise and let the engines do work!
What an awesome video! First time viewer, turned subscriber
Welcome aboard!
Absolutely FANDAMNTASTIC…..thank you
Our pleasure! have you seen the IMS museum video?
When I grow up I wanna be like Mitchell and Logan! Crap I’m 30 years older already! I’ll figure something out 😂
You need to go to the Grant King shop in Indiana. Grant built sprint cars, midgets and Indy cars.
That would be great
@@Stapleton42 they turned it into a working museum. Lots of open wheel history there.
Thanks for sharing!!! I learned a lot may have to watch a few times to take it all in. I’ve been to the museum three times and still didn’t know what you showed. I shared in two places. I have lots of friends in Indiana and racing.
thank you glenn!
I think those old front engine roadsters are the coolest sounding and neatest looking indy cars I can remember going to the milwaukee Mile with my dad and watching Foyt ,the unsers and Mario just ripping on that track .Another home run Mitch thanks
Thanks Stuart we appreciate you
The positive camber of the front wheels made it so early wheel bearings and axles could handle the vertical load better. Less bending load on the axle stub and the (usually) larger inner bearing had more capacity.
Interesting!
Would love to see u do a video with Mario like u did with Kenny Rusty and Mark i think it would be cool!
That is literally my all time grail video quest. Him and AJ
@@Stapleton42 I 100% agree ive always respected them both as amazing drivers
Awesome video yet again! My favorite channel on You Tube! Thanks for the excellent content.
Thanks man!!
@stapleton42 when you guys get time you should interview and talk with Kenny Koldsbaek he was in this video where Mitchel got to help start the Indy Car. Very cool guy
So jealous. I would love to be able to go to Indy someday. Thank you for the behind the scenes.
Thanks man!!
Wow ... this is great. ❤ More non-NASCAR content please.
Absolutely!
What an awesome video, thanks you two!
Thank you too!
Love your videos! Been watching for years and just learned you’re from Pittsburgh from the Kenny Wallace video! I live south of Pittsburgh! So awesome to watch the racing history stories in your videos!
heck yeah!
That 1909 Buick is not too far from a horseless carriage. I wouldn't feel safe driving to the mailbox in that, nevermind racing it.
Right??
Thanks for vid & info. Wow!
Glad you’re here mark!
What a great video, thanks for keeping racing history alive ❤❤
Great video. Been sporadically watching your channel, just subscribed. Love to see more land speed content.
Welcome to the team!!
The access you get is purely awesome. This video was fantastic. I love all the Indy history. One question, where were the 3 STP Turbine cars that Andy Granitelli owned? Would have been cool to see and hear one of those. Keep up these great videos.
Good question we didn’t see any of those!
Dude! This is an awesome tour! Thanks for all the inside peaks. Not everyone can get this close to this level of car!
Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully more like this to come
This was another great video thanks so much for sharing!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
So much fun. Thanks for sharing this.
thank you Dan!
Well done although the titles were not easy to read, at least for my old eyes. Putting them on a black background or giving them more contrast in some way would help. Too often they blneded into the background, especially the white typeface against a light area of the photo. The fellow from the museum had a wealth of knowledge. Wish he would have eloborated more on the Maser. That is a great machine. Nice sounds too. Thanks.
thank you Ralph! my editing software doesn't give me many options but I can work on solution for future videos
I love your content, racing history is awesome, keep it up.
Thank you Mike we will!
@@Stapleton42 I am on semi old Earnhardt, slash NASCAR fan, this was the golden age for the sport in my opinion. When you could experiment til caught😂 it made for awesome racing, one team found something.... And now you all have catch up. Ford Chevy Dodge, they all had something special for a bit. The old guys are absolutely the best, no computataers, cnc or anything, just watching and learning.
If this was on Legends Day, I wish I had known about it. They used to make a bigger deal of vintage car laps on Legends Day, and I'd sit there just to hear the Offy's go by. Around what time were they doing this? I'll make sure I don't miss it next year!
And BTW, AWESOME job on this video!
This was only a test session that’s a dry run for the stuff people are meant to watch
Amazing video! Welcome to Indiana! Love to see those cars! Back when cars had character! Love the roadsters! Hell, I love ALL things Indy! Thanks for coming to visit!
thank you rob!
Mclaren made/make amazing cars 🚗 🚀
Awesome video guys . I love the stories , sights and sounds. Open wheel cars are Kool
Thank you Harry!
What an incredible collection of racing history.
It really is!
I remember when Nigel Mansel went over to indy car 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🌎 👍💪
This is a awesome video. I enjoy it so much. Thanks for the hard work you and Logan do making these videos
Our pleasure! Thank you Harry
I met Mario on Saturday at the Omni in downtown Indy. Super nice guy just hanging out with the fans. Can't wait for next year! Are you guys going back? Would be nice to meet ya.
I have no idea! it would be fun to watch the race
@@Stapleton42 It’s definitely an experience! Was my first trip. Will definitely be back next year. Drove up from Charlotte Friday morning.
The Buick, might have ran a track clockwise, hence the camber in the right front wheel,,plus the driver s seat in on the right?
Both tires had postitive camber if I recall
What a crazy overload of history on them Indy cars.
15:10 These cars had essentially the same steering mechanism as my 1948 Ford 8N garden tractor. High tech stuff!
The Indycar/500 history is fascinating. I love the Roadsters, amazing sound and such a cool era! And is that Dan Gurney resto amazing, the sound and finish, incredible work!
Thanks man!!
Comment - wish y’all could do an interview with Parnelli Jones while he’s still alive
Me too
Another great video Mitch. Being from Indiana, saw several Indy 500s and museum, and always loved taking the tour around the track in the vans. First day of time trials always had as many fans as raceday. My how times have changed.
Troy Ruttman was Joe Ruttman's older brother, I interviewed Joe in 2000 at a truck series race & got a chance to ask him about that.
This was awesome. Brings back memories of being at the track when Rahaul, Mario and Michael were racing.
Me: Sees a 2000s Marlboro/Penske IRL car....
Also, me: BLASTS THE ABC/ESPN INDYCAR THEME BECAUSE OF IT.
They are bringing those vintage Indy cars to the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix this year will you be in attendance
Working on something for that now!
Love the videos just wondering when will there be a video on Logan’s car and your vintage race car can’t wait to see something on both cars keep on keeping on.
My vintage car will be coming within the month. Logan’s car I am not so sure about. She will work on it more once I’m done with mine 😂
Heck ya love the content
Gardena or "Gardinia"? Gardena is in So. California.
I can't believe you guys went to INDY! Has not been my favorite track or race, but I have watched a few now and I tell you, Nascar could learn a few tricks from the announcers! Those guys got me all fired up and showed some of the great passing deep in the pack! I would love to hear Kevin and Clint get all fired up. Such a cool case of massive engineering, all the perfect welds, those cars are so amazing. Hey Mitchell can you imagine getting to help build one of those awesome cars! Thank you for showing us different avenues into racing heritage. You guys Rule!!! Hope all is going well for you guys!
Thank you Joe! I do agree the Indy announcers are super talented