These were good times. I’m still there every year and it’s still my favorite day of every year but nothing compares to these days for me. Miss you dad wish me you and mom could go again and go to the golf course club house buffet ❤️
I just got a poster back signed by Johnny Rutherford that I mailed to him. Super excited to have this poster form his 1976 Indy win signed by the man himself!
He wasn't "The exalted one" for nothing... Plus, this was the final 500 with "The Delta Force" theme song as the intro theme, despite skipping 2000 (Terminator) and 1999 (debut of ABC/ESPN Indycar theme)
three former winners have died since: Rodger Ward in 2004; Dan Wheldon and Jim Rathmann in 2011. However a new version could add another 12 names, including two three-time winners.
Because Scott Sharp was as bush league as the rest of the IRL regulars. Had the split never happened Sharp would never have been on the front row. He sucked.
@@erikcorredor255 Not so fast. He was the last of IRL original drivers to stand. Won several races against Penske, Ganassi, Andretti when he drove for Kelly racing and Fernandez. Then he returned to sportscar race and won big there. Because of stupid CART, great drivers didn't have chance to show their talent.
@@kg0173 CART's top teams had the money and hired the best drivers. LOL Sharp won like 3 races in 5 years. He sucked. There's a reason why Penske, Ganassi, Newman/haas, Galles, Rahal, Tasman, Green and other top CART teams elected not to hire him. That reason is likely because the team owners were smart enough to tell which guys could perform under pressure and which guys would stuff it into the wall from pole position on the first turn of the biggest race of the year. Keep trying to justify that garbage league to yourself though. It seems to be fun for you.
@@erikcorredor255 Cart teams never hired the best, they hired the ones that brought the biggest check. The reason why drivers like Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Larson, Ryan Newman, Billy Boat never got chance in CART.
The IRL drivers were eliminated first in the race and the CART drivers dominated the race ... This says a lot, in relation to the level of the categories at that time
The first 500 I missed after going to 8 straight (didn't make it back for Tuesday in '97). Haven't been back, but that's because I'm not a 20-something who can sleep in my car on Saturday night and start drinking at 6 AM on Sunday. I'll do it again one day because they don't call it "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" for nothing! Why is the broadcast quality so absolutely terrible? Was ABC still working on figuring out digital signal quality in 2001?
Oh Please...better than someone who has an average finish of 6.5 in six (completed) Indy 500s? People can say whatever they want about Patrick's talent and career as a whole, and usually be right about it...but if there's one thing that is fairly unquestionable unless someone's biased, and most people are, is her stats and the ability showcased over thousands of laps at Indy.
frEshAvAcAdO fr00shs the thing that you have to realize is that danica started off with the rllr a top 5 team in the irl. then she went to andretti green in 07 she always had the best equipment and the best teams with her. fisher always had nothing she was a homemade team and yes she didn’t have any victories but you put fisher in the andretti green car and danica in another andritti car my money is on fisher
(26:45) How could Mark Dismore's father watch the start at Mark's home in Greenfield, Indiana? Greenfield is in the Indianapolis television market and the race is blacked out there, then shown at 7:00 p.m. local time later that day. The only exception was the 100th Indy 500 in 2016, and the pandemic years of 2020 (when no one was allowed in) and 2021 (capacity was limited to 150,000 or so, but there was a lot more than that thanks to Penske out smarting the local government).
Twenty years later I remember two things. Seein Helio for the first time and watching Tony Stewart race twice Seeing Tony attempt both races is quite an accomplishment with how well he finished in both. While I’m sure the win itself means the most if Tony could’ve won you gotta know he wouldn’t have had enough time to go to victory lane, get the wreath, or the milk. While I’m not sure any other Nascar driver will compete at Indy as well as Tony did on this day I wonder if there would’ve ever be another driver to attempt both races? I know Kurt Busch was the last to attempt. I’d love it if Chase, Blaney, or even Kyle would give it a shot.
You forgot to mention there’s a driver going for #5. If the qualifying pace from MSR on the road and street courses can carry over to the ovals you gotta think Helio will be a factor
Yep. It was garbage from 1996-2000. The only thing that made this race tolerable to watch was the presence of the professional race teams from CART. Everything about the IRL was amateur.
Not really, the level of teams came down and that wasn't a bad thing. CART was like 2-3 teams dominating. IRL had small one car teams, races were unpredictable, you couldn't guess the winner. When driver dominated he usually had a blown up engine.
@@kg0173 Actually, in professional sports, when "the level of teams comes down" it IS a bad thing. There's a reason why people pay money to see top level leagues - because they want to see the best teams and drivers.. The irl was a joke because the garbage crapwagon cars blew motors regularly. That's but one reason why the stands at irl races outside of indy ALWAYS looked emptier than a high school football game. NOBODY wanted to see b-league drivers and teams blowing motors and wrecking cars every weekend. If they did the .1rl would've had decent ratings.
They definetely did a horrible job remastering this one. The anti-aliasing is horrible and the video has frequent lags with encoder artifacts afterwards. The remaster is so bad that I may even prefer the unofficial 480p version that's also on youtube over this version. There is also a weird blocky effect sometimes when there is a panning of the camera and also sometimes when stuff just moves quickly laterally across the screen. Ther are also some editing mistakes or just plain questionable editing decisions. The commercials are cut out even tho they had the master tape or whatever without commercials at there disposal. This becomes evident around the 1:15:00 mark when they left the original recodring of the Sarah Fisher interview (which happened during a comemrcial break) in. I have no clue why this decision was made because it means that the interview happens two times in in this upload. Cutting out the add breaks even tho they were not even in the original tape isn't questionable in itsef but at some points (for example at 1:15:22) it seems like however edited this didn't perfectly hit the end of the comemercial break. This seems like a fairly small mistake but it's also a mistake that isn't in most remasters. At around 2:48:30 along with a very loud and anoying noise the blocky or lragmented line video artifacting I mentioned eralier gets really bad for a while The audio also has its problems the first major issue there starts at around 1:10:00 when there starts to be a weird whining noise/effect going along with the proper sound of the video that changes depending on pitch and loudness of the proper audio. This issue disappears after about 5 Minutes. A really jarring all incompassing noise that i would describe as flattering starts at around 2:48:30 and ends at around 2:49:00. This remaster is so bad that I may even prefer the unofficial 480p version that's also on youtube over this remastered version. I can't understand how anybody could have thought, that this would be good enogh to release on what appaers to be the official Indianapolis Motor Speedway UA-cam channel.
No, they used those numbers in the 1970s. Mark Donohue had #66 when he won in 1972, Tom Sneva had #68 when he drove for RP in 1975 and famously crashed.
Man Greg ray was a lock for the front row during this era. Miss Greg and Scott sharp but I’d give anything to see Tony Stewart Robby Gordon and Sam hornish run Indy again
Stewart, Gordon probably too old to come back at this time. But there was some talk of Hornish couple years ago, he still could do it. Just like Jaques Villeneuve did.
The big problem with Team Menard: fast like hell, but no reliability. Team Menard had one car in the first row in each race between 1996 and 2002, but (as in regular IRL races) but often dropped out with mechanical failure.
Dumbass Greg Ray out there driving around at a dangerously slow pace with a damaged car instead of pitting. It’s incredible that didn’t cause a very bad accident.
John Herb saying hello to elementary school students in his interview after crashing is especially creepy now given his arrests and convictions for to lewd and lascivious molestation (of a 4 year-old) and 13 counts of child pornography possession.
why is EVERY SINGLE Indianapolis Motor Speedway upload fucked up? Literally Im better off watching the amateur uploads! Constantly video AND audio cutting out!
It’s 1080p and has pretty good audio quality. This is from 2001 so you have to give it some leeway. This went from tape to digital, so some things are a little messed up. But for you why it is, it’s pretty good for watching a classic Indy 500.
Sarah Fisher's lack of understanding of why she wrecked is exactly why she wrecked! No it has nothing to do with the white line it has to do with a lack of traction because the tires are cold the track is cold and obviously having 1/3 of your tires sitting on something that literally has damn near zero traction will have no impact on your actual ability to turn! What the fuck!
Lol Scott Sharp. What a clown show. Edit: WTF was the announcer saying "in defense of Scott Sharp, he had to deal with all those other drivers." He was the leader!!
20 Years later, now a 4 TIME WINNER‼️‼️‼️‼️
@@kloosternator 4° time Winner 🙌
This was easily one of the greatests intros in a racing broadcast.
Yep. Wish they would do something like this again at some point in the future
@@mikulitsi1819 I beg to differ.
Sincerely,
Paul Page.
@@shaneharrisnj3484 At the time, Paul Page was contracted to only do CART races, which was no longer the case in terms of the 2001 Indianapolis 500.
Hélio Castroneves, I'm a fan of this driver! And this year, 2024, he will be the biggest winner in Indianapolis. 🙏🖐
And he’s won it again!!
5th incoming!
Best Indy 500 intro ever. We need more of these intros the following years. Please! 🙏
I agree. I remember thinking that when I watched this back in 2001.
0:15 The best Indy 500 intro still to this day
These were good times. I’m still there every year and it’s still my favorite day of every year but nothing compares to these days for me. Miss you dad wish me you and mom could go again and go to the golf course club house buffet ❤️
I just got a poster back signed by Johnny Rutherford that I mailed to him. Super excited to have this poster form his 1976 Indy win signed by the man himself!
I like Al Michaels, but Paul Page needs to do this intro
We e weo
@@nd1sb41, Al Michaels is a Football Commentator
20 years later ya cant make this stuff up MR.4 TIME BABY CONGRATS HELI
Love watching Helio’s victory lane interview. Still puts a huge smile on your face 20 years later.
“Here you go, ladies - I’m the winner now!”
20 YRS. LATER AND THE LEGEND STRIKES AGAIN.....CONGRATS HELIO....#5 IS COMING..
I can just see Roger Penske arriving on the first day of practice, looking around and saying "Hello boys, Daddy's home...."
He wasn't "The exalted one" for nothing... Plus, this was the final 500 with "The Delta Force" theme song as the intro theme, despite skipping 2000 (Terminator) and 1999 (debut of ABC/ESPN Indycar theme)
When that intro was shot, those men comprised all of the living Indianapolis 500 mile race champions, at that time.
Analog Transmissions well they couldn’t get the dead ones
Pat Flaherty (1956) was still alive at the time, he passed away in 2002.
three former winners have died since: Rodger Ward in 2004; Dan Wheldon and Jim Rathmann in 2011. However a new version could add another 12 names, including two three-time winners.
@@mitchellmortenson2481 Are you an idiot? That makes no sense. Lighten up, BUB
@@kailahmann1823 - Well, shit's a lot worse today 😞
2001. My favourite Indianapolis 500 of all time apart from many others.
Thanks. I watched this with my grandmother as an 8 year old and was as into Indy Racing then as I am today going to races
20 Years Later he won it again
Scott Sharp: I am on the pole with a great shot to win the Indy 500
Turn 1: I'm about to end this mans whole career
Because Scott Sharp was as bush league as the rest of the IRL regulars. Had the split never happened Sharp would never have been on the front row. He sucked.
@@erikcorredor255 Not so fast. He was the last of IRL original drivers to stand. Won several races against Penske, Ganassi, Andretti when he drove for Kelly racing and Fernandez. Then he returned to sportscar race and won big there. Because of stupid CART, great drivers didn't have chance to show their talent.
@@kg0173 CART's top teams had the money and hired the best drivers. LOL Sharp won like 3 races in 5 years. He sucked. There's a reason why Penske, Ganassi, Newman/haas, Galles, Rahal, Tasman, Green and other top CART teams elected not to hire him. That reason is likely because the team owners were smart enough to tell which guys could perform under pressure and which guys would stuff it into the wall from pole position on the first turn of the biggest race of the year. Keep trying to justify that garbage league to yourself though. It seems to be fun for you.
@@erikcorredor255 Cart teams never hired the best, they hired the ones that brought the biggest check. The reason why drivers like Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Larson, Ryan Newman, Billy Boat never got chance in CART.
@@erikcorredor255 we learned the best about the "Quality" of the CART field in US500 1996.
And now, 20 years later.....
amazing, thank you IMS YT channel, awesome !!!!!
Now he’s a 4 time winner!
You mean 3 time winner right?
@@gulfmclarenf1296 NO HE'S WON 4 5OO'S
Excellent job! Thanks for sharing. Congratulations, Castroneves...
The IRL drivers were eliminated first in the race and the CART drivers dominated the race ... This says a lot, in relation to the level of the categories at that time
It will never again be like this. Miss these days so much
Today was pretty damned close!
I've born at the day of this race. 20 years later I watched Indy 500 for the very first time. I don't have to say who won that race.
20 years later....
Imagine being on the pole and not even making it out of turn 2 on the first lap...
at least he made it til the start of the race, something Roberto Guerrero can't say in 92...
@@SwineBrothers or in 88, but RG was in 12th that year.
The first 500 I missed after going to 8 straight (didn't make it back for Tuesday in '97). Haven't been back, but that's because I'm not a 20-something who can sleep in my car on Saturday night and start drinking at 6 AM on Sunday. I'll do it again one day because they don't call it "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" for nothing!
Why is the broadcast quality so absolutely terrible? Was ABC still working on figuring out digital signal quality in 2001?
I think it’s mainly because it’s on a tape and they transferred it to digital. And they made it 1080p so it probably had some struggles rendering.
Honestly Sara Fisher was the best woman driver to ever race the Indy 500
Sara Fisher would easily beat Danica in a throwdown
Oh Please...better than someone who has an average finish of 6.5 in six (completed) Indy 500s? People can say whatever they want about Patrick's talent and career as a whole, and usually be right about it...but if there's one thing that is fairly unquestionable unless someone's biased, and most people are, is her stats and the ability showcased over thousands of laps at Indy.
@@C3rb3ruS_88 agreed
no Danica Patric is
frEshAvAcAdO fr00shs the thing that you have to realize is that danica started off with the rllr a top 5 team in the irl. then she went to andretti green in 07 she always had the best equipment and the best teams with her. fisher always had nothing she was a homemade team and yes she didn’t have any victories but you put fisher in the andretti green car and danica in another andritti car my money is on fisher
(26:45) How could Mark Dismore's father watch the start at Mark's home in Greenfield, Indiana? Greenfield is in the Indianapolis television market and the race is blacked out there, then shown at 7:00 p.m. local time later that day. The only exception was the 100th Indy 500 in 2016, and the pandemic years of 2020 (when no one was allowed in) and 2021 (capacity was limited to 150,000 or so, but there was a lot more than that thanks to Penske out smarting the local government).
Twenty years later I remember two things. Seein Helio for the first time and watching Tony Stewart race twice Seeing Tony attempt both races is quite an accomplishment with how well he finished in both. While I’m sure the win itself means the most if Tony could’ve won you gotta know he wouldn’t have had enough time to go to victory lane, get the wreath, or the milk. While I’m not sure any other Nascar driver will compete at Indy as well as Tony did on this day I wonder if there would’ve ever be another driver to attempt both races? I know Kurt Busch was the last to attempt. I’d love it if Chase, Blaney, or even Kyle would give it a shot.
Kyle Larson would give it hell of a go - just needs to be in good equipment
@@scottfisher6331It's happening!
How many times does Jason Priestley say “that’s unfortunate” LMAO
You forgot to mention there’s a driver going for #5. If the qualifying pace from MSR on the road and street courses can carry over to the ovals you gotta think Helio will be a factor
Wow what a start.
50 years earlier, Roger Penske brought Mark Donohue and David Hobbs to the race in cars No. 66 and 68. Who finishes 1-2? Cars 68 and 66.
31:00 Simply fantastic to watch
I wonder if Tony (stweart) got the idea to climb the fence at indy years after from this race~
Uhh...DUH!!
The level of driver talent went way down once the IRL took over from CART.
Yep. It was garbage from 1996-2000. The only thing that made this race tolerable to watch was the presence of the professional race teams from CART. Everything about the IRL was amateur.
Not really, the level of teams came down and that wasn't a bad thing. CART was like 2-3 teams dominating. IRL had small one car teams, races were unpredictable, you couldn't guess the winner. When driver dominated he usually had a blown up engine.
@@kg0173 Actually, in professional sports, when "the level of teams comes down" it IS a bad thing. There's a reason why people pay money to see top level leagues - because they want to see the best teams and drivers.. The irl was a joke because the garbage crapwagon cars blew motors regularly. That's but one reason why the stands at irl races outside of indy ALWAYS looked emptier than a high school football game. NOBODY wanted to see b-league drivers and teams blowing motors and wrecking cars every weekend. If they did the .1rl would've had decent ratings.
@@erikcorredor255 After all these years, the butthurt still lingers.
14:22 Penske BOSS Team!
How many years was the intro song used?
Why is this and other old races have a digital break up throughout the video
The home of the INDIANAPOLIS 500!
They definetely did a horrible job remastering this one. The anti-aliasing is horrible and the video has frequent lags with encoder artifacts afterwards. The remaster is so bad that I may even prefer the unofficial 480p version that's also on youtube over this version.
There is also a weird blocky effect sometimes when there is a panning of the camera and also sometimes when stuff just moves quickly laterally across the screen.
Ther are also some editing mistakes or just plain questionable editing decisions.
The commercials are cut out even tho they had the master tape or whatever without commercials at there disposal. This becomes evident around the 1:15:00 mark when they left the original recodring of the Sarah Fisher interview (which happened during a comemrcial break) in. I have no clue why this decision was made because it means that the interview happens two times in in this upload. Cutting out the add breaks even tho they were not even in the original tape isn't questionable in itsef but at some points (for example at 1:15:22) it seems like however edited this didn't perfectly hit the end of the comemercial break. This seems like a fairly small mistake but it's also a mistake that isn't in most remasters.
At around 2:48:30 along with a very loud and anoying noise the blocky or lragmented line video artifacting I mentioned eralier gets really bad for a while
The audio also has its problems the first major issue there starts at around 1:10:00 when there starts to be a weird whining noise/effect going along with the proper sound of the video that changes depending on pitch and loudness of the proper audio. This issue disappears after about 5 Minutes.
A really jarring all incompassing noise that i would describe as flattering starts at around 2:48:30 and ends at around 2:49:00.
This remaster is so bad that I may even prefer the unofficial 480p version that's also on youtube over this remastered version. I can't understand how anybody could have thought, that this would be good enogh to release on what appaers to be the official Indianapolis Motor Speedway UA-cam channel.
I can’t believe IMS thought it was okay to put this out.
Team Penske used 66 and 68 wow they honored Penguins with Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr.
No, they used those numbers in the 1970s. Mark Donohue had #66 when he won in 1972, Tom Sneva had #68 when he drove for RP in 1975 and famously crashed.
@@MDCSWildcats86 It's crazy to know that Tom Sneva eventually won the 1983 race.
I don´t know but somehow Helio looks exactly the same age in 2001 like 20 years later :D
3:30:21 e esta semana se repetiu em 2021 ... que venha o penta Helio 🙌🏻🇧🇷🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏁
First time they went head to head, we saw were the cars and stars were.
Tim Allen: I am Buzz Lightyear. I comming peace.
Helio looks like a baby in the thumbnail
Why do they keep repeating segments in these old races?
Two years in a row.She`s a better business woman than a race driver.
Came here to see Paul Tracy win the Indy500, was 1 year off. 😂
It's beyond genius to put the winner in the thumbnail🤣🤣🤣
3:38:06 Louis Meyer the first to drink a milk
Helio castroneves the first to wet a milk
Steven Tyler's National Anthem was a disgrace.....to the Speedway...to the song.....and to himself.
20:13 … Ironic considering their ESPN/ABC future together
Dam this was before 911
1:34 Bobby Unser looked as old in his racing days as he did just now. 😂
Man Greg ray was a lock for the front row during this era. Miss Greg and Scott sharp but I’d give anything to see Tony Stewart Robby Gordon and Sam hornish run Indy again
Stewart, Gordon probably too old to come back at this time. But there was some talk of Hornish couple years ago, he still could do it. Just like Jaques Villeneuve did.
The big problem with Team Menard: fast like hell, but no reliability. Team Menard had one car in the first row in each race between 1996 and 2002, but (as in regular IRL races) but often dropped out with mechanical failure.
Man I miss Paul page
2:48:30 there is some bad audio noise for over 30 seconds
3:12:11 there is more bad audio noise for over 30 seconds
It scared me
Castroneves 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷.
Dumbass Greg Ray out there driving around at a dangerously slow pace with a damaged car instead of pitting. It’s incredible that didn’t cause a very bad accident.
And it's a driver I do not feel sorry for that was taken out
#BringbackDeltaforcetoIndy
Not if Paul Page has anything to do with it. He OWNS the rights to the Delta Force soundtrack.
Jason Priestley doing color commentary? Man that’s almost as bad as the Dennis Miller experiment
Happy 82nd birthday on this upload date Roger Penske but why Marlboro not sponsored in this race?
they could only sponsor cars in 1 series.
30:07 Was Liv watching daddy live and in person?
Brady won in 2001 and 2021
Helio won in 2001 and 2021
2023 GOAT YEARS?
John Herb saying hello to elementary school students in his interview after crashing is especially creepy now given his arrests and convictions for to lewd and lascivious molestation (of a 4 year-old) and 13 counts of child pornography possession.
The day Spider-Man was born!
What’s the name of the song at the beginning of the broadcast?
The "Delta Force" theme, from the Chuck Norris movie.
Thanks!
@@LCM2248 This was the only time it was ever used without Paul Page's voice. PP was NOT amused by its usage without him.
The Jenkins/Rice combo was really good.
no it wasn't. Jenkins is a boot licker and rice is a stooge. This was one of the worst tv crews ever.
@@erikcorredor255 Have a nice day.
Lone Star JR 🌟
27:54 o Steven Tyler perdeu o respeito
De cantar direito o hino dos Estados Unidos
Geez, Sarah Fischer doesn`t just take herself out of races,she`s got to take other people out too.
That's got to suck for Andretti.
why is EVERY SINGLE Indianapolis Motor Speedway upload fucked up? Literally Im better off watching the amateur uploads! Constantly video AND audio cutting out!
Remake this intro today NBC
Poor video & audio quality.
It’s 1080p and has pretty good audio quality. This is from 2001 so you have to give it some leeway. This went from tape to digital, so some things are a little messed up. But for you why it is, it’s pretty good for watching a classic Indy 500.
The day the IRL choked as they each took themselves out of contention.
144p... we meet again!!!
Happy birthday Helio Castroneves! 3️⃣🥛🏆 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣1️⃣, 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣2️⃣, 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣9️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣
4️⃣ 🥛🏆 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣1️⃣, 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣2️⃣, 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣9️⃣, 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣
Sarah Fisher's lack of understanding of why she wrecked is exactly why she wrecked! No it has nothing to do with the white line it has to do with a lack of traction because the tires are cold the track is cold and obviously having 1/3 of your tires sitting on something that literally has damn near zero traction will have no impact on your actual ability to turn! What the fuck!
Lol Scott Sharp. What a clown show.
Edit: WTF was the announcer saying "in defense of Scott Sharp, he had to deal with all those other drivers." He was the leader!!
The video quality is absolutely terrible for 2001. There is damn better video form the 60’s and 70’s then this garage.
“Feedback 500” (audio issues throughout)
K Mac I know it’s a bummer there are a couple other uploads of this race on here but the video isn’t near as good pick your poison I guess
Live TV in Indonesia on RCTI Oke
Mor pixels pls
Oof, that was anthem was somehow even worse than I remembered.
Headphone Warning 2:48:31
White line fever...catch it!
The compression quality on this video is awful.
2001 USA F1GP ua-cam.com/video/moNv6QJROYk/v-deo.html
Not so sharp❗ 🚫
1:37
2:04:01 ok..
I don't feel sorry for that crash at all
@@sportsfan09yt think he was looking for some kids
@@TDDDDDDDO yep this is why I don't feel sorry there
0:13
rookies
God was Jason Priestley awful. Makes Dennis Miller sound like Tony Romo
The only thing worse than this race is the potato quality of this video. Is this an official channel?