Can A 90s CART Car Beat A Current INDYCAR?

Past meets the present!

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[connorgagnon]

A car that has 200hp less and weighs more lost? No way! But honestly it’s crazy to see just how fast those ChampCars were back in the day

[mrI]

I thought this was a case of a rose tinted view of the past... But no.

1999 pole position time - 1:40.206
2022 pole position time - 1:44.865

Quite shocked by that.

[DEAN]

the old cart cars are closest any racing series got to formula 1. f1 cars of the time were faster but it was closer than any cars before or since.

[craiglizt]

90s CART was GOOD! I was pretty bummed when it went away. Super competitive, high horsepower, high speed, tons of passing…it was just about perfect.

Watching CART and F1 in this era was a real treat. I didn’t realize how spoiled I was at the time. Modern Indy cars are not nearly as exciting; same for F1.

[Rnaldo]

Looks: CART
Speed: CART
Engine: CART
Sound: CART
Aero: Indycar
Racing quality: CART

Incredible

[johnchen]

the early 2000s are peak motorsports era

[Saufkopp]

The CART cars were almost as fast as F1 cars of that era.

[zTheBigFishz]

90's Champ Car was the best open wheel racing of all time in the US. Reynard-Honda, Penske-Ilmor, Lola-Ilmor, Lola-Ford...all great cars.

[spiderjockey]

This proves that Driven was a masterpiece lmao

[ElectoneGuy]

IndyCar has become stagnant. Racing a 12 year-old chassis and basically spec engines.

[robthames]

Love the Target car. I believe 99 was Juan Montoya’s rookie year in CART. I know those veterans hated seeing that rookie red light in front of them. Miss those days

[TrainWreck]

That era of CART was Peak IndyCar. Those cars were monsters

[repairdrive]

Thanks Tony George for screwing up what was on its way to becoming the worlds favorite open wheel series. 😮‍💨

[johnjones]

Cart was too good to continue, it was crushed by it's own success as the top teams were building/buying 4 different specs of car per year. But the cars were downright elemental, Nigel Mansell went from the Williams FW14B to a Lola Lola T93/00 saying the Indy car was a much better "drivers car" than the F1 Car. Senna tested a Penske and pretty much said the same, as did Jacques Villeneuve.

[raymundomartinez]

Those champ cars where something special the era of Andretti, Unser, zenardi, Montoya. They would kick the asses of indycar of today

[brixxer]

The look of these cars was so much better... 😍

[duanedelperdang]

Not only faster, but much better looking and most importantly they sounded way better than the anemic drone of today's cars

[mewtwo.]

Yes, those cars were close to 400km/hr

Should do also mid 2000 Indy cars, before the modern redesign

[orzjr]

These Reynard chassis was the most beautiful formula car i ever seen. Very nostalgic video.
Greetings from Brasil

[ZedNinetySix_]

I dont mind Indycar being slower these days, the racing is still excellent and close, this is the most important thing.