Was there with all of the Air Cal employees at the big white tent on left side of track before turn 6. Great to see this all these years later as it brought back lots of good memories working for such a fun company , plus Riverside Raceway....... what a track, both gone now but not forgotten .
Riverside is a beautiful race-track. What I love about it is that its a relatively simple layout on paper, but driving it was a good challenge because of tricky cambers, blind corners and low grip
@13:18 a nice view of the 1974 Eagle powered by a stock block Chevy driven by Dick Ferguson. @ 20:27 he lines up for the start aside the AJ Watson built chassis driven by Dick Simon. Nice constructor diversity in this race which also included the Wildcat, Longhorn and three versions of Penske chassis (PC7, PC9 & PC10). The next year most of the field would be factory built March chassis. Thanks for this great UL!
As they mentioned, the next year (1983) CART did add more road races. The last race of '83 was their first year at Laguna Seca and the beginning of 18 years of working on the pit lane for CART, one of the most enjoyable and exciting times of my racing life. Unfortunately a time cut short by politics, but I'm thankful for the friends that came into my life during that time
Got to love Little Al crunching on ice during his first ever Indy car interview. Rick Mears wife's hair was gorgeous! Damn girl! Kevin Cogan just couldn't buy a break in '82. Though the always cerebral Rick Mears made a comment about having to save the car which was so important in this seemingly high attrition era. Though some of that is surely related to the length of the race for a road course. Hector was the "wall collector" which was his problem at Cleveland in the previous Rd. Course event. Why was it they didn't automatically put new tires on at each pit stop like nowadays? I suspect the answer was thicker, harder compound. But I really would love an explanation. It is my understanding Dick Simon's huge crash was in fact traced to tire failure so maybe going back to having less tire sets would be a safety issue. Great post!
hey never seen this race before great job uploading it here. Would like to PM you but can't find the messaging link.... Do you ever trade DVDs I would love to get a copy of this, I have a pretty good Indycar collection so hopefully have something that might interest you.
Little Al's very first IndyCar race!
Was there with all of the Air Cal employees at the big white tent on left side of track before turn 6. Great to see this all these years later as it brought back lots of good memories working for such a fun company , plus Riverside Raceway....... what a track, both gone now but not forgotten .
I miss Riverside. Great circuit
Riverside is a beautiful race-track. What I love about it is that its a relatively simple layout on paper, but driving it was a good challenge because of tricky cambers, blind corners and low grip
@13:18 a nice view of the 1974 Eagle powered by a stock block Chevy driven by Dick Ferguson. @ 20:27 he lines up for the start aside the AJ Watson built chassis driven by Dick Simon. Nice constructor diversity in this race which also included the Wildcat, Longhorn and three versions of Penske chassis (PC7, PC9 & PC10). The next year most of the field would be factory built March chassis. Thanks for this great UL!
RIP Bob Jenkins, Gary Lee, & Larry Nuber.
This is absolutely terrific. It's like watching the current series with the pre race show
Gary's track fact kinda sucked
As they mentioned, the next year (1983) CART did add more road races. The last race of '83 was their first year at Laguna Seca and the beginning of 18 years of working on the pit lane for CART, one of the most enjoyable and exciting times of my racing life. Unfortunately a time cut short by politics, but I'm thankful for the friends that came into my life during that time
Amazing, Al Unser Jr. first CART race. Also just weeks after his sisters death. Thinking of his mom.
I'm laughing my head off at 55:42, giving him props and that happens!
When Indy car racing was awesome!
It still is
Got to love Little Al crunching on ice during his first ever Indy car interview. Rick Mears wife's hair was gorgeous! Damn girl! Kevin Cogan just couldn't buy a break in '82. Though the always cerebral Rick Mears made a comment about having to save the car which was so important in this seemingly high attrition era. Though some of that is surely related to the length of the race for a road course. Hector was the "wall collector" which was his problem at Cleveland in the previous Rd. Course event. Why was it they didn't automatically put new tires on at each pit stop like nowadays? I suspect the answer was thicker, harder compound. But I really would love an explanation. It is my understanding Dick Simon's huge crash was in fact traced to tire failure so maybe going back to having less tire sets would be a safety issue. Great post!
Mears wife number 1.
2:01:16 Aftermath of Dick Simon’s flip
Bob Jenkins is so right at 12:12
I was there...Rick Mears #1
помню как щяс пиво ПИЛ и шашлыком заедал и рукой махал)))))
i was there at age 8 did not stay kinda regret it too y all sad gordy had another bad race
2:01.00 Dick Simon big crash. Without a safety car after crash
hey never seen this race before great job uploading it here. Would like to PM you but can't find the messaging link.... Do you ever trade DVDs I would love to get a copy of this, I have a pretty good Indycar collection so hopefully have something that might interest you.
Flugplaz
sorry for the delay, attempted to dubbing it to DVD.Seems the copyright from 1982 is still active.
How many car finish this race
2:01:17