@@ragingbull154 Yep me too. That crash and the pitiful race at Indy signaled the official beginning of the decline of open wheel racing in this country. I definitely miss the heyday of the early 90s!
And then at 3:09:37 he says that not one person has left the grandstands and three seconds later they pan to the stands and there’s a mass exodus of people leaving! What a disaster.
@asopher2 Thank you for posting these. Your videos seem to be of consistently higher quality than pretty much anyone else posting these old racing videos. But they can be hard to find sometimes. I know it’s some work up front but would love to see them organized into playlists by season. Thanks again!
The 1996 U.S. 500 at the Michigan International Speedway was the premier event of the 1996 CART PPG IndyCar World Series that became an answer to the 1996 Indianapolis 500, the premier event of the newly-formed Indy Racing League. The main event of the Great American Open-Wheel split was jointly produced by Television and Production Exponents, Inc. and SilverStar Communications, Inc. and aired live, nationwide, and via-satellite on GMA Network and Citynet Television 27 on May 27, 1996 with a radio simulcast on DZBB 594 Radyo Bisig Bayan and Campus Radio 97.1 WLS FM. The race that intensified the American Open-Wheel split was aired live at 3:30 A.M. on GMA Network and Citynet Television 27 with an encore telecast at 2:00 P.M. right after Eat Bulaga! And 6:00 P.M. right after Pepsi Sigaw Manila
10:15 - I think Bob Varsha regretted those words about 30 seconds later when the pileup happened
I was just thinking the same thing. That was really embarrassing.....Lol
I was watching that day and couldn't believe what happened.
@@ragingbull154 Yep me too. That crash and the pitiful race at Indy signaled the official beginning of the decline of open wheel racing in this country. I definitely miss the heyday of the early 90s!
And then at 3:09:37 he says that not one person has left the grandstands and three seconds later they pan to the stands and there’s a mass exodus of people leaving! What a disaster.
@asopher2 Thank you for posting these. Your videos seem to be of consistently higher quality than pretty much anyone else posting these old racing videos. But they can be hard to find sometimes. I know it’s some work up front but would love to see them organized into playlists by season. Thanks again!
The 1996 U.S. 500 at the Michigan International Speedway was the premier event of the 1996 CART PPG IndyCar World Series that became an answer to the 1996 Indianapolis 500, the premier event of the newly-formed Indy Racing League. The main event of the Great American Open-Wheel split was jointly produced by Television and Production Exponents, Inc. and SilverStar Communications, Inc. and aired live, nationwide, and via-satellite on GMA Network and Citynet Television 27 on May 27, 1996 with a radio simulcast on DZBB 594 Radyo Bisig Bayan and Campus Radio 97.1 WLS FM. The race that intensified the American Open-Wheel split was aired live at 3:30 A.M. on GMA Network and Citynet Television 27 with an encore telecast at 2:00 P.M. right after Eat Bulaga! And 6:00 P.M. right after Pepsi Sigaw Manila
2:27:14 Eerily similar to how he lost the car coming off of turn 2 in Fontana three years later.
I, we were there!