S10 E6: Indianapolis '95 - Villeneuve's stunning Indy 500 victory

S10 E6: Indianapolis '95 - Villeneuve's stunning Indy 500 victory

Author: The Race Media Ltd August 8, 2024 Duration: 1:24:44

Bring Back V10s is going IndyCar racing again, heading back to the 1995 Indy 500 - a race Jacques Villeneuve ranks above his epic 1997 F1 title decider with Michael Schumacher as the greatest of his career. 

Glenn Freeman and Matt Beer are joined by longtime IndyCar reporter Curt Cavin to look back at a crazy race, which was the last before US single-seater racing's dreaded CART vs IRL 'split' that changed the racing landscape in North America.

But this episode isn't just a celebration of Villeneuve's incredible victory after getting a two-lap penalty. We also look at the pre-race shock of the Penske team failing to qualify, Firestone's stunning return to the Speedway for the first time since the 1970s, Honda's recovery from a humiliating 1994 attempt, and the moment that decided the race, when Villeneuve's fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear passed the pace car on the final restart, getting himself black flagged while leading. 

With 'the split' on the horizon, we also look at the political landscape in IndyCar racing in May 1995, when nobody realised just how bad the battle between CART and the IRL was about to become. 

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