TV broadcast. One hour and 28 minutes long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHGYA...eature=related
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TV broadcast. One hour and 28 minutes long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHGYA...eature=related
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I'm so thankful that INDYCAR and ABC, unlike Major League Baseball, allow these classic broadcasts to be posted on youtube. Enjoy it!
Jackie Stewart gives a nice break down of the new safety features.
In 79 during a rain delay at the track were almost ran over by Jackie who was driving one of the pace cars in the infield. Mr Safety himself was NOT wearing his seat belt...shame shame sir Jackie
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security
Holy cow lots of attrition early on. Ol' AJ appears to be out of fuel, futzes with something over his roll bar, and is instantly revived, hmmmm.
With radio communication of the era being spotty at best, it's funny to see so much "spirited" conversation during pit stops.
Happiness is Friday morning, Road America, first session, rolling down pit lane, course is clear, we are green!
That was 1975.Originally Posted by dalz
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So interesting to see how they treat yellows. No pack up rule, no pace car. Pits are always open. Leader doesn't pace back to a restart. When the track is clear, Binford tells Vidan to wave the green!
Also, McKay is still spooked from 1973. Someone lost an engine early in the race and had a big puff of smoke and McKay yelped on the air and then settled down after he saw it was only an engine. He actually admitted to being startled thanks to the '73 crash.
And they could be at any part of the the track too. The leader did not take the green flag at the S/F, they just turned the green back on when it was time. Basically no warning. At times, the second place car could get a jump on the leader and anticipate the green light better.
It's alarming seeing the abrupt angles the a car could hit the concrete abutments that protect the tunnels in the south chute infield. This was improved--amazingly quickly--after Eddie Miller's wild crash in early May 1976.
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