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PAUL: WALT DISNEY WORLD, A
PLACE WHERE FANTASIES COME
TRUE.
TODAY THE MAGIC KINGDOM WILL
TURN A DREAM INTO REAL LIFE FOR
TONY GEORGE.
>> WALT DISNEY WORLD AND THE
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE FIRST
EVENT OF THE NEW INDY RACING
LEAGUE.
PAUL: FOR YEARS, TONY
ENVISIONED A NEW SERIES OF
RACING, ONE WITH GREATER ACCESS
FOR MORE TEAMS.
MORE AFFORDABLE RACING IN THE
AMERICAN STYLE ON OVAL TRACKS.
TODAY, AFTER YEARS OF PLANNING,
IT'S REALITY.
THE INDY RACING LEAGUE.
GREAT NAMES FROM THE WORLD OF
RACING ARE HERE LIKE TRACK
RECORD HOLDER ROBERTO
GUERRERO.
NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN FASTER AT
THIS SPEEDWAY.
AND THE MAN WHO WON THE FASTEST
INDY 500 EVER, ARIE LUYENDYK.
ALONG WITH THE NEW BREED, THE
VETERANS, THE STARS OF
TOMORROW, ALREADY CHAMPIONS IN
THEIR OWN FORM OF THE SPORT.
BUT THE RACING CHALLENGE IS
UNCHANGED.
DRIVER AND MACHINE AGAINST THE
TRACK.
THE ROAD TO INDY TAKES ITS
TOLL.
THERE'S A NEW ATTRACTION AT
WALT DISNEY WORLD, ONE ONLY THE
BRAVEST WILL TRY.
THERE WILL BE THRILLS FOR THOSE
INVOLVED AND FOR EVERYONE
WATCHING FROM THE OUTSIDE.
SO GET ON BOARD AT THE INDY 200
AT WALT DISNEY WORLD.
WE'RE READY FOR THE INAUGURAL
EVENT.
IN THE INDY RACING LEAGUE HERE
AT WALT DISNEY WORLD, THEY
BEGAN A WHILE AGO AT THE
OPENING CEREMONIES WITH THAT
MOST TYPICAL DISNEY FLAIR,
INCLUDING THE FLORIDA A&M
MARCHING BAND.
PAUL: THE INDY RACING LEAGUE IS
IN THE LAND WHERE DREAMS COME
TRUE FOR THE INDY 200 AT WALT
DISNEY WORLD.
TODAY IS THE START OF THE ROAD
TO THE 80TH RUNNING OF THE
INDIANAPOLIS 500-MILE RACE.
HELLO AND WELCOME.
I'M PAUL PAGE.
THIS IS THE START OF A GREAT
YEAR IN MOTORSPORTS FOR US HERE
AT ABC.
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH TO SHOW YOU.
CONSIDER THE INDYCARS.
WELL, THIS YEAR THEY WILL RACE
IN SEPARATE SERIES.
THEY'LL BE THE INDYCAR WORLD
SERIES WHICH YOU'RE FAMILIAR
WITH, AND THE NEW INDY RACING
LEAGUE.
AND WE'LL HAVE COVERAGE OF BOTH
RIGHT HERE ON ABC.
NOW WHAT IS THE INDY RACING
LEAGUE?
WELL, THE ILL, AS IT IS CALLED,
IS A CONCEPT ORIGINATED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE INDIANAPOLIS
MOTOR SPEEDWAY, TONY GEORGE.
HE ENVISIONS AN AFFORDABLE
AMERICAN OVERRULE TRACK SERIES,
A LEAGUE OF TRACKS HOSTING THE
INDYCARS.
THE RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE CARS -- EXACTLY LIKE
THEY WERE FOR LAST YEAR'S
INDIANAPOLIS 500.
AND THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR
SPEEDWAY IS VERY DEFINITELY A
PART OF THE LEAGUE.
THIS YEAR THEY HAVE RESERVED UP
TO 25 OF THE 33 STARTING
POSITIONS IN THE RACE FOR IRL
MEMBERS PROVIDED, OF COURSE,
THAT THEY MEET A YET TO BE
ANNOUNCED MINIMUM SPEED
REQUIREMENT.
AND OF COURSE THE 20 CARS THAT
HAVE QUALIFIED FOR TODAY'S RACE
HAVE ALREADY CROSSED THE FIRST
BRIDGE ON THE ROAD TO THE
INDIANAPOLIS 500-MILE RACE.
THE IRL SEASON WILL END AT THE
INDIANAPOLIS 500.
AND SO THAT MEANS THE 1996-1997
SEASON WILL HAVE AT LEAST FIVE
EVENTS.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR DRIVERS
AND TEAMS?
MANY OF THE DRIVERS SEE THIS AS
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW
THEIR INDYCAR SKILLS.
CONSIDER THE STORY OF THE MOST
DESERVING BUDDY LAZIER HERE IN
THIS INAUGURAL EVENT HE HAS HIS
VERY FIRST POLE.
HERE'S JACK ARUTE.
JACK: BUDDY HAS COMPETED IN 66
EVENTS.
FOR CAR OWNER AND BUDDY LAZER,
FIRST POLE POSITION, HIS DREAM
HAS ALREADY COME TRUE.
YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE
SOMEBODY ELSE'S DREAM COME TRUE
TODAY AS WELL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
OUR TEEN OWNER'S FATHER'S IN A
BIT OF A BATTLE AND WE SORT OF
ATTRIBUTED THIS RACE TO HIM.
JACK: HE'S DEDICATED HIS
EFFORTS TODAY.
HE SAID HE'D LIKE TO MAKE HIS
DREAM COME TRUE.
THE MAN WHO SAW IT GO UP IN
SMOKE YESTERDAY WITH ONLY FOUR
MINUTES TO GO IN THE FINAL
PRACTICE.
JACK: RICHIE HEARN HAD EARNED
THE OUTSIDE POSITION.
HE CAME TOGETHER IN TURN ONE
WITH EDDIE CHEEVER, A VETERAN
OF THE INDY 500.
BOTH CARS WERE WRECKED BEYOND
REPAIR.
THEY WENT BACK TO WORK, BROUGHT
UP BACK-UP CARS.
THERE AT THE BACK AT THE FIELD
ARE BOTH CARS.
FOR HEARN THAT'S A TOUGH PLACE
TO COME FROM.
>> HERE'S RICHIE HEARN.
THEY WORKED THE ENTIRE NIGHT
AROUND THE CLOCK.
THEY WERE LOANED A CAR.
THEY'VE GOT IT RACE READY.
IT HASN'T BEEN AT SPEED.
RICHIE, WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST
APPREHENSION OR CONCERN NOW?
>> ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS SOME
OF THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME.
I REALLY HAVEN'T RUN THE CAR AT
SPEEDS.
I DON'T EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING
TO HANDLE OVER A PERIOD OF A
FULL TANK YET.
AND MY MAIN GOAL IS REALLY JUST
TO FINISH THE RACE AND GET THIS
WHOLE THING UNDERNEATH MY
BELT.
BOBBY: HE WANTED TO START IN
THE FRONT ROW AND HAD THE
SPOT.
NOW HE'LL WORK FROM THE BACK.
PAUL?
PAUL: AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE MIX
OF ROOKIES AND VETERANS, WE
HAVE A ROOKIE ON OUR BROADCAST
TEAM, DANNY SULLIN, WHO SPUN,
THEN WON, THE 1985 INDY 500.
WH ABOUT THAT MIX, DANNY?
DANNY: WELL, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE HERE.
WE'VE GOT FORMER CHAMP ARIE
LINE DIME, FORME POLE SITTERS,
ROBERTO GUERRERO, AND THEN SOME
ROOKIES WITH A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE, RICHIE HEARN, BUZZ
CALKINS, STEWART.
THEN A GUY WHO HAS BOTH, BUDDY
LAZIER, WHO'S GOT A LOT OF INDY
CAR EXPERIENCE BUT NONE IN A
COMPETITIVE CAR, AND HE GETS A
RIDE FROM RON HEMELGERN.
HE'S ON THE POLE POSITION.
THE QUESTION'S GOING TO BE IS
EXPERIENCE OR YOUTH GOING TO DO
IT TODAY IN THE WINNER'S
CIRCLE.
PAUL: WE HOPE YOU GET THAT
VOICE CLEARED UP.
LET'S GO DOWN TO GARY GERALD.
GARY: EDDIE, GE'R CONCERNED
NOW ABT% HAT Y EN.
WE SAW ATET AND YOUTH
■-VING A PROBLEM IN
ACTI SON.
HOW KEY IS HAT G
>> I THINK IT'S G TO BE KEY
TO THIS RACE.
IT WAS AN UNFORTUNCIDENT
YESTERDAY.
I THINK HE DIDN'TTE
KNOW WxGRE HE WAS ON THE TRACK
AND HE BUMINTO THE BACK OF
ME
BUT THOSE THNGS HAPPEN.
I'VE DONE IT MYSELF WHEN I
STARTED RACING.
T WE'RE READY FOR THE RACE,
AND I THINK IT'S GREAT TO BE
HERE AT DISNEY.
GARY: YOU HAVE A VET AND
YOUNGSTERS CHARGING FROMTHE
BACK.
SHOULD BE A GREAT STORY.
PAUL?
PAUL: WE HAVE A VETERAN ON OUR
TEAM.
THREE-TIME INDIANAPOLIS 500
WINNER, BOBBY UNSER.
WHAT ABOUT THIS TRACK?
BOBBY: WELL, IT'S A TRI-OVAL.
DIFFERENT TURNS WITH DIFFERENT
PERSONALITIES, PAUL.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S A BRAND-NEW
TRACK, SO ALL THE DRIVERS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE HERE ARE GOING
TO BE -- HAVE THE SAME
EXPERIENCE AS THE OTHER ONES.
TIME WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
TO ANYBODY BECAUSE OF IT BEING
NEW.
IT'S A WIDE-OPEN THROTTLE.
ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS
RACETRACK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
GOING INTO TURN ONE, THEY HAVE
TO BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT.
A LITTLE BIT.
NOW IT'S FAST.
THE ELEVATION CHANGES IN EVERY
TURN, AND YOU'LL WATCH THAT ON
YOUR TELEVISION SET.
NUMBER THREE-TURN IS PROBABLY
THE HARDEST BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE WE'VE SEEN MOST OF THE
ACCIDENTS.
NUMBER ONE TURN SHOULD BE WHERE
WE SEE MOST OF THE PASSING.
ALL IN ALL, THOUGH, HEY, IT'S
ONE NICE RACETRACK.
PAUL: OF COURSE PART OF THE
DEAL HERE IS TO TRY AND CREATE
SOME NEW RACE FANS.
THERE IS ONE OF THEM.
MICHAEL OVITZ, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE WALT DISNEY WORLD COMPANY.
HE WAS DOWN HERE WHEN THE TRACK
FIRST OPENED AND HE WAS EXCITED
ABOUT COMING BACK AND SEEING
THIS RACE.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WALT
DISNEY WORLD WORLD.
AS YOU LOOK ACROSS THE SEVEN
SEAS LAGOON TO MAGIC KINGDOM.
LET'S GET REAL HERE.
BRAKES STOP YOUR WHEELS, BUT TIRES STOP YOUR CAR.
THAT'S WHY GOODYEAR'S NEWEST AQUATRED, THE ALL-SEASON AQUATRED II,
HAS A DEEPER, WIDER AQUACHANNEL THAN THE ORIGINAL AQUATRED...
TO SWEEP MORE WATER AWAY FOR OUTSTANDING WET TRACTION.
AND AQUATRED II HAS HIGH TENSILE STEEL BELTS FOR PUNCTURE RESISTANCE.
THINK ABOUT IT. BRAKES STOP YOUR WHEELS, BUT TIRES STOP YOUR CAR.
GET A SET OF AQUATREDS.
ONLY FROM GOODYEAR.
WITH MY ITCHY DANDRUFF, I SAID I'D TRY IT.
DENOREX TINGLES.
HEAD & SHOULDERS DOESN'T.
BOTH HAVE EFFECTIVE DANDRUFF MEDICINE
BUT DENOREX HAS SOMETHING EXTRA
S,
THAT'S WHY I STARTED USING DENOREX.
GONE.
PAUL: HERE AT THE WALT DISNEY
WORLD SPEEDWAY, A LITTLE WHILE
AGO THE CLOSE OF THE
ENTERTAINMENT PART OF THE
CEREMONIES.
PAUL: NOW WE'RE READY FOR A
VERY SPECIAL MOMENT.
HERE'S JACK ARUTE.
JACK: AND, PAUL, THIS IS A
MOMENT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
OFFICIALLY START THE INAUGURAL
RUNNING OF THE INDY 200 AT WALT
DISNEY WORLD, I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF
THE BOARD OF THE WALT DISNEY
COMPANY, ROY E. DISNEY.
>> LADY AND GENTLEMEN, START
YOUR ENGINES.
PAUL: OVER 50,000 PEOPLE IN THE
STANDS HERE, THE OWNERS OF
THESE CARS ARE SO EXCITED.
ONE OF THEM, JONATHAN BYRD A
LONG-TIME OWNER.
JACK: HE'S WAITED A LONG TIME.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS,
JONATHAN BYRD, WITH THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU?
>> I'M SO EXCITED.
THIS IS A LIFE-TIME -- WAITING
FOR A LIFETIME OF DREAMS TO
COME TOGETHER.
WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS THE SECOND-BIGGEST
CROWD I'VE EVER SEEN ON INDYCAR
OVAL RACE.
THIS IS BACK TO RACING ROOTS.
FOR ALL THE GUYS OUT THERE
RUNNING THOSE WEEKLY STOCK CAR
SHOWS, IT CAN HAPPEN.
DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
JACK: GARY GEROULD?
GARY: THAT ROOKIE CAR OWNER FOR
HEARN, JOHN DELLA PENNA.
ALL THE DRAMA OF THE LAST 12
HOURS, WHAT KIND OF EMOTIONS
ARE RUNNING THROUGH YOU?
>> I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE
HIGHEST HIGHS AND LOWEST LOWS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE
INTERVIEWS FOR A COUPLE OF
YEARS NOW.
WE KEEP GOING UP AND DOWN.
WE'RE HERE FOR THE DURATION.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
GARY: HAVE A GOOD, SAFE DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
PAUL: THE FIELD OF 20 CARS HAS
BEGUN TO ROLE AWAY.
BEHIND JOHNNY RUT FORD IN THE
PACE CAR.
MARVELOUS VIEW.
LOOK AT THOSE STANDS.
JAMMED HERE.
NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK FOR THIS
INDY 200 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
AT THE STARTING FIELD.
PAUL: AS WE LOOK AT THOSE STARS
IN THE VERY LAST POSITION.
NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
TRACK DESCRIPTION, PRESENTED BY
TRUE VALUE.
PAUL: VERY, VERY FLAT.
BUT ALSO VERY FAST WITH SOME
NICE, LONG STRAIGHTAWAYS.
THE CHASSIS IN THE RACE TODAY.
WE HAVE LOLAS BACK TO A 1992
MODEL.
AND THE TIRES AND ENGINES.
PAUL: LET'S GO TO JACK ARUTE.
JACK: YOU TALK ABOUT ROOKIES,
THEY ARE REA NOT JUST OVER THE
WALL IN THE COCKPIT OF RACE
CARS, THEY ARE ON THIS SIDE OF
PIT ROAD AS WELL.
YOU SEE TEAMS THAT MOVED UP
FROM IRL POSITION FOR PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T NEED PIT STOPS OR
TAKE ON FUEL.
MISTAKES COULD BE MADE.
RIGHT, GARY?
GARY: COULD BE A HUGE ADVANTAGE
FOR THE TEAMS WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF
COMPETITION.
THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE
APPREHENSION AND BUTTERFLIES.
EVERY DRIVER SAID IT'S
DIFFICULT TO PASS IN THE
HIGH-SPEED OVAL.
IF YOU CAN GAIN, ONE, TWO,
THREE SECONDS IN THE PITS IT
COULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN
THE OUTCOME.
IT COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
FROM BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
FIELD TO FINISHING AS A WINNER
OR ON THE VICTORY PODIUM.
BACK UP TO PAUL: .
WE HAVE ONBOARD CAMERAS FOR
YOU.
EDDIE CHEEVER, THIS WILL
PROVIDE A FASCINATING VIEW.
LOOKING OUT THE BACK OF MICHELE
ALBORETO'S CAR.
AND OVER THE SHOULDER OF ARIE
LUYENDYK.
COUPLE OF VIEWS ON EACH OF
THESE CARS FOR YOU.
AS THE FIELD ALIGNS BEHIND THE
POLE SITTER, BUDDY LAZIER, HIS
FIRST RACE.
JOHNNY RUTHERFORD IS THE DRIVER
OF THE PACE CAR HERE.
A THREE-TIME INDIANAPOLIS
CHAMPION.
THEY LOOK FOR THAT EXPERIENCE
IN THE FRONT OF THE FIELD.
FOR SHORT-TRACK ENTHUSIASTS
AROUND THE WORLD, A DREAM IS
ABOUT TO COME TRUE.
THE INDY RACING LEAGUE IS
BECOMING REALITY, AS THE FRONT
ROW ROLLS SLOWLY DOWN THE LONG
STRETCH INTO TURN TWO, A VERY
SOPHISTICATED TURN.
ON A BEAUTIFUL TRACK.
EN NEARED HERE BY KEVIN FORBES
WHO DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB, AS YOU
CAN WELL SEE.
THE CARS NOW BEGIN TO POLE
LINEMAN.
THE POLE SITTER PICKS UP THE
PACE.
AS THEY COME OFF OF TURN TWO
AND HEAD FOR TURN THREE.
WATCH IN THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER
OF THE SCREEN.
THE DREAM IS REAL.
THE GREEN FLAG IS OUT AND BUDDY
LAZIER JUMPS INTO THE LEAD.
BOB: BUDDY REALLY JUMP OUT.
HE MUST HAVE HAD THREE CAR
LEFRNGTS.
DANNY: LOOK WHO IS IN SECOND
PLACE, ARIE LUYENDYK MOVED UP.
PAUL: ARIE LUYENDYK IN THE
SECOND ROW.
HE CLOSES IN BEHIND BUDDY
LAZIER AS THE FIRST LAP IS IN
THE RECORD BOOKS.
200 MILES, 200 LAPS LIE AHEAD.
DANNY: EVERYBODY WAS
APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THE START.
LONG CONVERSATIONS.
BOB: WE ALL FIGURED THIS IS THE
FIRST RACE, THIS IS THE INDY
WORLD.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO
MONKEY UP HERE OR SCREW UP IN
ANYWAY.
BUDDY LAZIER, I KNOW HE IS
CAPABLE.
I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE
CAPABLE.
PAUL: TAKE A LOOK FROM OVERHEAD
AS BUDDY LAZIER COMPLETES A
SECOND LAP FOLLOWED BY LIED
LIED, SHARP AND CALKINS.
LOOKING DOWN FROM THE GOODYEAR
BLIMP.
DANNY: THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
OFTEN HAPPENS, IS WHEN
EVERYBODY IS ANTICIPATING THE
WORST, EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE
CAUTIOUS AND SOMETIMES MAKE A
VERY CONSERVATIVE START.
I THINK WITH THAT JUMP THERE
THAT BUDDY GOT, IT SPREAD THE
FIELD OUT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT
SAFE.
PAUL: WHAT IT WILL DO FOR BUDDY
IS MEAN THAT VERY SHORTLY HE
WILL ACTUALLY BE GETTING INTO
THE BACK END OF THE FIELD.
BOB: WATCH RIGHT HERE, THE
GRASS LEFT OF BUDDY, THAT'S
WHERE THEY RUN INTO THE GRASS.
GOING INTO TURN ONE RIGHT NOW.
ALMOST TO THE WHITE LINE.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT CLOSE
TO THE WALL.
THIS IS GOING INTO TURN HILL,
UPHILL.
LOOK AT HIM.
UP THE HILL.
DOWN THE HILL DOWN TO THE
APECK, THROUGH TURN TWO.
NOW A STRAIGHTAWAY.
NOW WATCH, CLOSE DOWN THE GRASS
RIGHT HERE.
YESTERDAY, EVERYBODY WAS
RUNNING INTO THE GRASS THERE.
THAT'S WHAT CAUSED A LOT OF THE
ACCIDENTS, PAUL.
PAUL: YOU CAN SEE ON LAZIER'S
CALL, ATTRIBUTE TO STAN FOX,
WHO IS RECOVERING, WE ALMOST
UNDERSTAND, FROM THE ACCIDENT
IN INDIANAPOLIS LAST YEAR.
A GET-WELL TO HIS DAD.
BUDDY LAZIER, I TELL YOU WHAT,
HE IS MAKING SURE HE IS LOOKING
SUPER.
HERE IS AN ADDITION THIS YEAR
WE HAVE FOR YOU.
THE TOP OF THE SCREEN WILL GIVE
YOU THE LAP NUMBER OF HOW MANY
THERE ARE.
SIX OF 200 AND THE LEADER AND
HOW MUCH HE LEADS BY.
WE'LL TRACK THAT AROUND THE
TRACK.
THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WE'LL
GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE FIELD
ALMOST CONSTANTLY AND THE
INTEGRAL BACK FROM THE LEADER
OF THE RACE.
WE HOPE THAT HELPS.
BOB: QUALIFYING SPEEDS WERE 181
PLUS MILES PER HOUR.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING
DURING THE RACE HOW THEY DO ON
THAT.
RIGHT NOW THE FUEL LOADS ARE
VERY FULL, BECAUSE THEY'LL GO
60 TO 65 LAPS BEFORE THE FIRST
PIT STOP.
DANNY: ONE OTHER THING, TOO,
YOU WILL SEE CONSERVATIVE
SPEEDS, BOBBY.
THESE GUYS ARE TRYING TO GET TO
THE FINISH.
RICHIE HEARN SAID ABOUT HE
WANTS TO GET THIS ONE UNDER HIS
BELT.
THEY ALL WANT TO SCORE SOME
POINTSISM THINK YOU WILL SEE A
FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE RACE.
BOB: YOU HAVE A GUY LIKE BUDDY
LAZIER WHO REALLY, REALLY HAS
DONE WELL BY SITTING ON THE
POLE, HAS A RECORD.
WANTS TO WIN.
PAUL: RICHIE HEARN, HE STARTED
19TH.
HE IS ALREADY UP TO 12TH
PLACE.
EDDIE CHEEVER HAS BEEN A LITTLE
MORE CONSERVATIVE.
HE HAS ONLY COME UP TO 17TH
POSITION AND ALREADY WE HAVE A
DRIVER OUT, JACK.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT DAVE, THEY
WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE HAD A
FULL UNDERSTANDING OF RUNNING
THE OVALS.
THEY'VE BEEN SOLID, ABOUT
TELLING PEOPLE WHO AREN'T
READY.
WAIT A LITTLE BIT.
JACK?
JACK: YOU ARE RIGHT.
DAVID, THIS WAS A LEARNING
EXPERIENCE FOR YOU THIS
WEEKEND.
YOU GOT TO START THE RACE.
NOT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM.
GET MORE EXPERIENCE?
>> YEAH.
I WANTED TO COME HERE AND GET
EXPERIENCE ON THIS TRACK.
AS YOU KNOW, I STARTED ABOUT
EIGHT OF THESE OVAL EVENTS.
BUT THE TEAM IS VERY NEW AND I
WAS VERY NEW TO THE CAR AND
TRACK.
JACK: WHAT DOES THE IRL MEAN TO
YOU?
>> IT'S A NEW OPPORTUNITY.
FOR ME IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DRIVE AGAIN.
JACK: PAUL?
PAUL: THE OPPORTUNITY PASSED
ALREADY.
YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF DAVID
KUDRAVE, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
RICHIE HEARN HAS MOVED TO NINTH
TION AS BUDDY LAZIER IS
CHOPPING THROUGH THIS FIELD AND
NOW HAVING TO MOVE PAST SOME OF
THE SLOWER CARS IN THE FIELD.
ALREADY WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ONE-MILE
OVAL OF TRAFFIC EVERYWHERE AND
PLENTY OF ACTION IN THIS THE
INAUGURAL EVENT OF THE INDY
RACING LEAGUE.
JESSE. JESSE. YOU'RE NEXT.
T FOR STAGE, ROMEO.
CAROL ALWAYS GIVES IT TO ME STRAIGHT.
LIKE WHEN SHE TOLD ME ABOUT MY--
I TOLD HIM ABOUT HEAD & SHOULDERS.
REGULAR SHAMPOOS JUST RINSE FLAKES AWAY,
HEAD & SHOULDERS HELPS PREVENT FLAKES FROM EVEN FORMING.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE ?
THANKS.
COULDN'T HURT.
HEAD & SHOULDERS, BECAUSE GREAT HAIR CAN'T HAVE FLAKES.
HEY, BREAK A LEG.
DURING DEVELOPMENT, THE AURORA'S V8 ENGINE RACED...
THE EQUIVALENT DISTANCE OF 31 INDY 500s BACK-TO-BACK.
IT ALSO BROKE 47 SPEED-ENDURANCE RECORDS,
TWO OF WHICH HAD BEEN SET BY MERCEDES.
AND ALONG THE WAY, IT HIT A TOP SPEED OF 3,500 MILES PER HOUR.
MY MISTAKE. THAT WAS THE AIR FORCE'S AURORA.
OUR VERSION HAS NEVER BEEN CLOCKED ABOVE MACH 3.
IT'S YOUR MONEY.
INCREDIBLY SMALL PROPORTIONS.
NEW ACTRON.
A POWERFUL PAIN RELIEVER WITH KETOPROFEN.
FINALLY AVAILABLE
WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION.
ACTRON IS SO POWERFUL
JUST 12½ MILLIGRAMS ARE AS EFFECTIVE
AS 200 MILLIGRAMS OF ADVIL
OR 650 MILLIGRAMS OF TYLENOL.
FOR HEADACHES AND BODY PAIN
NEW ACTRON.
THE PAIN RELIEVER THAT'S SO SMALL
FUL.
PAUL: BACK AT THE INDY 200 AT
WALT DISNEYWORLD.
RICHIE HEARN'S TROUBLES
CONTINUE.
COMING OFF OF ONE HE GRABBED A
LITTLE PIECE OF THE WALL, SLID
DOWN TO THE INSIDE OF THE TRACK
ON THE LAWN STRAIGHTAWAY.
AND HE HAD MOVED UP TO SEVENTH
POSITION FROM THE START OF THE
RACE, FROM ALL THE WAY IN THE
LAST ROW.
BOBBY: HE DIDN'T BUMP ANYTHING,
PAUL.
HE JUST LOST THE REAR-END.
HE WAS LOSE COMING -- LOOSE
COMING OFF.
THERE IS A GOOD REASON FOR
THIS, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T GET
ANYTIME IN THIS CAR.
PAUL: HE GOT THE INSIDE
BARRIER.
GARY GEROULD?
GARY: RICHIE FELT LIKE
SOMETHING BROKE OR FAILED ON
THE CAR.
THAT IS THE REASON HE SLIPPED
OUT OF THE GROOVE AND GOT
CONTACT WITH THE WALL.
THAT WAS THE QUICK CONVERSATION
WITH HIS CAR OWNER.
PAUL: THAT WOULD SPORT THE
REPLAY?
DANNY: LOOKS LIKE IT TOOK OFF
FAST ON HIM.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HE LOST
IT.
HE LUCKILY DIDN'T DO MUCH
DAMAGE TO THE CAR.
LOOKED LIKE HE BUMPED INSIDE
WALL WITH HIS NOSE.
DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING SERIOUS.
HERE WE GO.
HE GOES UP, EVERYTHING LOOKS
OK.
GETS -- HE STARTS TO GO RIGHT
THERE.
THE CAR IS ALREADY STARTING TO
MOVE ON HIM.
HE GOES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
NOW YOU SEE THE BACK END JUST
GONE.
AT THAT POINT HE IS GONE.
HE IS ON THE BRAKES NOW TRYING
TO STOP IT AND NOT MAKE ANY
CONTACT.
PAUL: RICHIE HEARN BECOMES THE
FIRST CASUALTY.
DAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE.
HE IS OK.
AND CLIMBED OUT OF THE CAR.
BUT, BOY, A TERRIFIC RUN COMES
TO A SUDDEN END AND A LOT OF
HOPES.
WE'LL RETURN WITH MORE OF THE
IRL'S INDY 200 AT WALT DISNEY
WORLD.
IN 1908
ORITES
IN THE GREAT NEW YORK TO PARIS RACE
WAS A MOTOR CAR BUILT BY SIEMENS.