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00:00:00For 20 years, the racing roar has echoed off the buildings of Long Beach, California.

00:00:27First, the Formula 5000 ripped through a shabby downtown.

00:00:30The city grew, and so did the race.

00:00:32In 77, Mario Andretti celebrated a Formula 1 win.

00:00:35Now, three IndyCar wins later here, Mario faces his last pass down Shoreline Drive.

00:00:41In 1986, son Michael kept the Andretti name alive with his first IndyCar win.

00:00:46Passing years reveal a beautiful skyline, and Al Unser Jr. challenging the Andrettis.

00:00:52Al became the king of the beach for the next four years.

00:00:55Two years ago, Danny Sullivan brought his teammate Little Al's win streak to a screeching halt.

00:01:00Last year, Penske driver Paul Tracy scored his first IndyCar win.

00:01:04Today, Tracy has the pull.

00:01:07The run through the streets is about to begin.

00:01:11It's round number three of the PPG IndyCar World Series, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

00:01:25Hello and welcome. I'm Paul Page with the beautiful Queen Mary as a backdrop.

00:01:29We're ready to go racing.

00:01:31And here at Long Beach, the real trick is the fact that the entire track is rimmed with concrete walls.

00:01:36One mistake, and it'll snatch you right out of the lead of the race in no time flat.

00:01:41It's a very tactical race here as well.

00:01:43We have a great afternoon in store for you.

00:01:45Some surprises, too, on the grid.

00:01:47So let's take a look at the starting field.

00:01:49On the pole, it's Paul Tracy, the defending champion here at Long Beach.

00:01:54Alongside Al Unser Jr., who won four in a row here from 88 to 91.

00:01:59In row two, Emerson Fittipaldi, the winner last week at Phoenix.

00:02:03Alongside is Nigel Mansell, the third-place finisher last week at Phoenix.

00:02:07In row three, it's Robbie Gordon, who ran out of fuel while leading at Phoenix.

00:02:12In row number three, outside is Mario Andretti, a three-time IndyCar winner here.

00:02:17In row four, Raul Boisell to the inside.

00:02:19He has three top ten finishes here at Long Beach.

00:02:22And Mauricio Guzman, the highest-qualifying Reynard chassis and the fastest rookie in this race.

00:02:27In row five, it's Michael Andretti, the 86 winner here.

00:02:31And Stephan Johansson, whose car is an unknown after crashing in qualifying.

00:02:36In row six, Bobby Rahal and Tao Fabi.

00:02:39In the seventh row, Marco Bracco and Jacques Villeneuve.

00:02:43In row eight, Scott Goodyear, Ari Leyendyk.

00:02:46The ninth row, Dominic Dobson and Mark Smith.

00:02:50The tenth row, Adrian Fernandez and Alessandro Zampadri.

00:02:54In the eleventh row, it's Scott Sharp and Willie T. Ribbs.

00:02:58In the twelfth row, Jimmy Vassar and Mike Groff.

00:03:01Row 13, Davey Jones and Robby Buell.

00:03:05In row 14, Frank Friant and Claude Bourbonnet.

00:03:08Row 15, Robby Groff and Buddy Lazear.

00:03:11And those that came here but did not qualify,

00:03:14Mashushta Kudre and Johnny Unser.

00:03:17The cars are on the track, and we're ready to go racing.

00:03:24This is Paul Page with Sam Posey and Bobby Unser in the booth.

00:03:27Jack Arood and Gary Gerald are giving us coverage from trackside.

00:03:31This track here at Long Beach is a magnificent circuit, a temporary.

00:03:351.59 miles around, eight turns, two very long and very fast straightaways.

00:03:41Here today, it is Paul Tracy that is the defending champion.

00:03:44He is also the holder of the race record.

00:03:47We expect pit stops for fuel as early as 18 laps, as late as 42.

00:03:52So now, they move around the circuit, ready to move into formation.

00:03:56One lap to go.

00:03:57They have already begun their pace lap, the two parade laps complete here at Long Beach.

00:04:02We ride with Scott Goodyear, looking forward from his car.

00:04:09All these cars will move into their familiar rows of two

00:04:12after they come off of the final hairpin turn.

00:04:15On board here, the Raynard of Michael Andretti.

00:04:18Scott Sharp is reported stalled on the race course.

00:04:21We'll keep track of that story, too.

00:04:24Now on seaside, the backside, the second long straight,

00:04:28as you ride with the Robbie Gordon car.

00:04:32There's Scott, as they're trying to get him started.

00:04:35The rest of the field is all set to go,

00:04:38and apparently what they'll do is get him started,

00:04:41and if he's lucky, he'll be able to start from the pits and follow the field.

00:04:44That should not be too much of a penalty.

00:04:48Looking off the front of Bobby Rahal's Honda-powered car.

00:04:52Our race analysis for today.

00:04:54Again, fuel stops as early as 18, as late as 42, depending on the yellows.

00:04:58Two stops, if you want to do the race right.

00:05:01Look at that front of the field, three Penske cars and Nigel Manson.

00:05:06They make the last pass that turns them now back toward the hairpin,

00:05:11and this right-hander into the hairpin.

00:05:14They should align here. This first corner is going to be very crowded.

00:05:18The rest of the field starts to come on.

00:05:21Now the crowd begins to roar.

00:05:23They give it the green. They give it the green.

00:05:26It surprises me, but they give it the green.

00:05:28The rest of the field struggling off of that hairpin turn.

00:05:31F.A. battle down into the corner.

00:05:38Penske cars maintain their position, but they come three abreast.

00:05:41Everybody's through the first two corners safely.

00:05:45Bob, that had to be one of the worst starts I think I've ever seen any car race in.

00:05:49Flagman should have brought them around another time.

00:05:51They weren't lined up at all.

00:05:53Looks like only the Penske cars were aligned.

00:05:55It's now Tracy Allenser, Jr., Emerson, Fittipaldi.

00:05:58Nigel Manson pursues from fourth place.

00:06:01In qualifying, the three Penske cars qualified within a tenth of a second of each other.

00:06:06It explains why they're running so close right now.

00:06:10Paul Tracy still running at the front of the field.

00:06:13Will he lead the first lap? Will he win another race here?

00:06:16He scored his first IndyCar victory at this track.

00:06:19Paul Tracy, the number three Penske car.

00:06:21Allenser, Jr., the 31 car with a black rollover bar.

00:06:25And of course, there is Fittipaldi, the number two car, black number two.

00:06:30Penske scored his first win ever here last year as a team,

00:06:35having been shut out through all the Andretti and Unser years.

00:06:39Now he's come back with a vengeance for the car that he's really handling beautifully here.

00:06:44You know, Sam, there's one thing safe to assume,

00:06:46and that's Penske has told his drivers,

00:06:48don't wreck with each other.

00:06:50Race, but save the really hard racing until right to the end of the race.

00:06:54This is the fight for fourth place as Robbie Gordon is closing on Nigel Manson.

00:06:58The interesting thing is to see Manson, who had the pole here last year, of course,

00:07:03in eclipse this year. Fourth fastest only in qualifying.

00:07:06Not a threat, at least at this point in the race.

00:07:09Mario Andretti closing on this battle as well.

00:07:12He is car number six, just behind Robbie Gordon.

00:07:14You know, Robbie Gordon has really set his sights on emulating Nigel Manson.

00:07:18As Gordon matured in racing, it was Manson who was achieving everything last year.

00:07:23So this means a lot for him to have Manson in his sights right now.

00:07:27On board with Robbie Gordon now.

00:07:29Two laps are complete as they flash over the start-finish line.

00:07:32Here's through turn one and two.

00:07:34And down, swing far to the left, another right-hander.

00:07:37They don't do much shifting here.

00:07:39They come up from second gear to third to fourth.

00:07:41They hit fifth as they accelerate through these very fast sweepers out onto the back stretch.

00:07:46Very fast back straightaway right here down into turn.

00:07:50They're in a good place to pass.

00:07:52We'll keep track of this car, Bobby Rahal.

00:07:54The corner workers are reporting that there's a fire in the left rear of his car.

00:07:58Now there's more than a fire. At least there's a lot of smoke.

00:08:01That's that Honda engine car, and it is in trouble now.

00:08:04Well, it's either going to be an engine or it's going to be some fiberglass.

00:08:07It's not fiberglass. It's carbon fiber.

00:08:09Most likely he's got engine problems.

00:08:11We can almost tell by how quick he pulls off.

00:08:14Let's look under there. There is some fire very definitely under that car as Rahal heads into the pits.

00:08:18That's the body work that's burning up underneath there.

00:08:21This is a team which is having some trouble.

00:08:23Yeah, Garrett's right there as Bobby Rahal comes rolling down the pits now.

00:08:27And they will be ready with the fire equipment.

00:08:30It's probably not a serious situation, but certainly has everybody concerned.

00:08:34Jack?

00:08:35Well, Paul, Bobby Rahal brings his car in, and it is on fire in the left rear area.

00:08:40They're taking off the cowl...

00:08:42...engine.

00:08:43But this is a tough day for Bobby Rahal because during the last practice session,

00:08:47he started this race realizing that he had a questionable gearbox.

00:08:51He did not go to the backup car.

00:08:53And it's an early DNF for Bobby Rahal and the new Honda engine here at Long Beach.

00:08:57Back on the circuit. You ride with number 6, Michael Andretti, there for a moment. There he is.

00:09:02Michael, after his extremely promising start in that new Renard chassis in Surfer's Paradise,

00:09:08Australia has had trouble at Phoenix a week ago and was not exceptionally fast in qualifying here either.

00:09:14That's Guzulman just ahead of him. Behind him is Johansson.

00:09:18On board with Michael again, and I just want to make a note on this car. It hasn't looked good.

00:09:22I've been down to the turns watching it all weekend.

00:09:25It has not got the car balanced.

00:09:27The shock absorbers look like they don't fit the racetrack well.

00:09:30Definitely, we're having trouble. The Renard car is here at Long Beach.

00:09:34Is there a solution to their problems, Bobby?

00:09:36Yes, it is. And it's probably just a discovery phase, Paul.

00:09:39It's just barely matching the track.

00:09:41We knew they were coming to Australia. They're just not working good here.

00:09:46He's practiced very well at Indianapolis, so that is promising as we look ahead.

00:09:52Michael Andretti has struggled with this car throughout the weekend

00:09:55as Scott Sharp goes back into the race and is in the action.

00:09:59Gary Gerald, do you have an update on the work they've been doing on this car?

00:10:02Well, indeed, Paul. You know, he won on the streets of Australia,

00:10:05but it's been a totally frustrating weekend here for this team.

00:10:08He says the problem has been getting grip to the rear of the car.

00:10:12I spoke with him just before he got in the cockpit before the start of this race,

00:10:16and he said it wasn't any better this morning.

00:10:18He qualified in the ninth spot, but he ran only 15 fast in the warm-ups.

00:10:22It's a very frustrated Michael Andretti, who won on the streets of Australia,

00:10:26not doing so well on the streets of Long Beach.

00:10:28Gary, Bobby and I watched Michael practicing the other day right from the edge of the track.

00:10:32He gets an awful lot of wheelspin. He drives the wheels off the car.

00:10:35There's a crowd roaring approval when he comes by, but just no speed.

00:10:39Sam, he said that that's one of the keys.

00:10:42He said you could hustle the car through the chicanes in Australia,

00:10:45but here, every time you try to put that power down, it just wants to get away from you,

00:10:49and you can't hustle the car.

00:10:51And he said it seems like the harder you try, the slower you get.

00:10:54Most of that is caused by different turns at Long Beach as opposed to Australia.

00:10:58Australia almost had straightaways at 90-degree turns.

00:11:01Here, as you can see going around Long Beach, turns of different angles all over the place.

00:11:07The weather here in Southern California is overcast.

00:11:11Temperature's in the mid-70s, no threat of rain at all,

00:11:14but it looks like it's going to be a super day for racing and just right air for carburetion.

00:11:18The car right in front of Michael Guzman there, Mauricio Guzman.

00:11:23You see there the word Hollywood on the side of the car.

00:11:26That is Brazil's number one cigarette company,

00:11:29and it explains that this is such an international series that that is a sponsor here.

00:11:34Now with Bobby Rahal out of the race, he's joined Jack Arood.

00:11:38Well, Bobby, you were concerned about the gearbox. Is that what put you out?

00:11:41Well, it looks like an oil line broke. It's too bad.

00:11:44The car, we made a change in morning session, and it really ran well,

00:11:48and I was looking forward to the race, and, you know, even with the oil leak in the first lap,

00:11:53which I was, you know, like, this car was super in the corners.

00:11:57I was looking forward to it. It's just a damn shame.

00:12:00And he needed a boost here, Paul, because he was getting ready to go to Indianapolis for the 500.

00:12:05He didn't race in that race last year.

00:12:07Well, we hope Bobby Rahal doesn't have a repeat of last year

00:12:11as he did not make it into the Indy 500 mile race.

00:12:15Watching Raul Boisell now. He runs in 6th place.

00:12:20So at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, it's Paul Tracy in front,

00:12:24being chased by Alan Dirk Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi.

00:12:27Watching now as we keep an eye on Raul Boisell.

00:12:30I'm Paul Page with Sam Posey, Bobby Unser, Jack Arood, and Gary Gerald.

00:12:34We are at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

00:12:37We are on the 8th lap of the race.

00:12:39Paul Tracy, who was the pole sitter with a new track record,

00:12:42jumped to the lead, followed by his Penske teammates,

00:12:46Alan Dirk Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi.

00:12:48Nigel Mansell sits in 4th, Robbie Gordon in 5th.

00:12:51They've been chasing each other.

00:12:54Nigel Mansell sits in 4th, Robbie Gordon in 5th.

00:12:57They have not changed in the top positions on this track

00:13:00as you look not only at the positions,

00:13:02but also their time behind the leader of the race.

00:13:05We keep track of the 8th place car now,

00:13:07the 88 machine, Mauricio Guzman,

00:13:09who is a rookie on this track and the highest-qualifying Renard.

00:13:13But he's a Grand Prix veteran of 74 Grand Prix races.

00:13:18You see Al Unser Jr. in car number 31.

00:13:21Al has a birthday coming up in just a couple of days.

00:13:23He is 31 now, same as his car number.

00:13:26He'll soon be 32.

00:13:27He's getting to be an old man already, isn't he, Sam?

00:13:29Speak for yourself, Bob.

00:13:32Al Unser Jr., 2nd place.

00:13:35A man who has infused, it seems, a new spirit into this team.

00:13:39Matter of fact, they say that Fittipaldi really likes his presence.

00:13:42Well, in a sense, Al gave his 20s to the Rick Gallus team,

00:13:46and I think he'll give a decade of his 30s to the Penske team.

00:13:50And he is a man who can bring attitude to a team,

00:13:53and that's very important.

00:13:54They say, how much does a driver really mean in a team?

00:13:57Is he just the guy that stands on the accelerator?

00:13:59No, he inspires the whole team.

00:14:01That's right. I was just now talking to Jerry Freon,

00:14:03the right-rear man and very important man on that team,

00:14:05who does all the fabrication work on that car.

00:14:07And he said the same thing.

00:14:09He said, they are so happy with little Al

00:14:11because he brought a lot of motivation and enthusiasm to that team.

00:14:14And that's what a team is all about.

00:14:16Teams are really teams, not individuals.

00:14:19No change at the top of the order.

00:14:21Paul Tracy runs alone.

00:14:22You're looking at the key battle on the racecourt

00:14:24as the fight for second between Fittipaldi and little Al.

00:14:27Although, speaking of teams,

00:14:28the Penske team runs one car against another against another.

00:14:32In other words, they have an intramural rivalry there.

00:14:35Each team run in the pits by a different tactician.

00:14:39So this is a real race for points that we're watching,

00:14:42not just a demonstration by the 10th Penske team.

00:14:46Paul Tracy runs alone

00:14:48as we keep an eye on the fight within the Penske team.

00:14:51Tracy is one of only eight drivers ever to lead here at Long Beach.

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00:15:35We're back at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

00:15:37as we take a look at the running order.

00:15:39The field led from the green by Paul Tracy.

00:15:41The battle is between Unser Jr. and Fittipaldi.

00:15:44So for the moment, it is broken off just a bit

00:15:47as they've had to cycle around the car of Claude Bourbonnais

00:15:51who, when they first came up on him, really pitched it sideways,

00:15:54almost caught the wall, but kept it going.

00:15:56New driver to the IndyCars, Bourbonnais.

00:15:58Exactly. Paul Tracy, a fellow Canadian,

00:16:01is driving a car that is brand new here.

00:16:05You'll recall if you saw the race at Phoenix last week

00:16:08that he wrecked that car.

00:16:09Penske Racing has a bunch of new cars.

00:16:11This is one of them.

00:16:13They had problems with the brake and gear they did on Friday.

00:16:16Lost some practice time, but they came back really strong.

00:16:19Fittipaldi runs in 3rd place, chasing Unser Jr.

00:16:22Jack, do you have an update?

00:16:24Well, Paul Samposy alluded to the fact that there are

00:16:263 distinct sets of tactics in Team Penske.

00:16:28We may begin to see some of them unfolding for Emerson Fittipaldi.

00:16:32Their team is electing to look for a yellow as early as lap 15.

00:16:37They want to come in early and try and use attrition

00:16:39to work their way back to the front.

00:16:41They're hoping that there will be a full-course yellow.

00:16:43History has shown that there generally is between laps 15 and 25.

00:16:47I was going to say, Jack, and by the way, we have a car off

00:16:50and in a very precarious area.

00:16:52They may get it. It's Dominic Thompson,

00:16:54so they may actually get their wish.

00:16:57We'll see if he's going to get restarted,

00:16:59but Jack Arood, if I can ask you further,

00:17:01was not that the anticipation of everybody up and down the pits

00:17:05that there would be an early yellow?

00:17:07In fact, perhaps earlier than this?

00:17:09Well, most people felt because of the tight quarters of racing here, Paul,

00:17:12that there would be several full-course yellows.

00:17:15But in the case of Roger Penske's crew, as you know,

00:17:18although we've alluded to the fact that sometimes he calls the shots,

00:17:21they are left to make their own decisions,

00:17:23and this was a decision they made after warm-ups this morning.

00:17:28So now back to the front of the field.

00:17:30Paul Tracy, the No. 3 car, still leads it,

00:17:32and it doesn't seem that they're going to go to full-course yellow

00:17:35while Dominic Thompson sits in what appears to be a fairly precarious position.

00:17:38Well, normally they're not.

00:17:39They'll just have a area, what we call an area yellow right there for Dominic.

00:17:43But on the Penske car, Paul, the cars, ironically, are identical cars.

00:17:48The settings on them are almost to the degree,

00:17:50exactly the same as one to the other,

00:17:52but the game plans for the race are up to the team's individual.

00:17:56They can do pit stop or game planning any way they want to,

00:17:59as far as Penske's concerned.

00:18:00Take a look as they get down toward the first corner

00:18:02at the back of Paul Tracy's car here, the fin, the shark fin.

00:18:07They first came out with that a week ago at Phoenix,

00:18:10and it's part of development that leads to an announcement this week that they made

00:18:14that they're going to be racing at Indianapolis with the Mercedes engine,

00:18:19a pushrod production-based engine.

00:18:21Paul, this is really an earth-shattering announcement

00:18:24made jointly by Penske Racing and Mercedes-Benz.

00:18:27They're not going to race with the Mercedes next year at Indy.

00:18:30They're going to race this year.

00:18:31It's probably the best-kept secret in racing in the last 10 or 15 years, I would say.

00:18:37What it means, they're going to take advantage of what you might call a loophole

00:18:40or an incentive clause in the Indy rules, run a stock block engine,

00:18:45which rumors already have posted, they think, as much as 1,000 horsepower.

00:18:50They should have tremendous, at least a speed advantage.

00:18:54Reliability will, of course, be a question,

00:18:57but it's major racing news, Penske and Mercedes getting together.

00:19:01And ironically, Sam, their reliability on the engine and the testing,

00:19:04they've run many tests so far at 500 miles and longer,

00:19:08500 to 600 miles with the same engine without any failures.

00:19:11And, believe it or not, they were running in all that snow

00:19:15back in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, shoveling snow all night long,

00:19:19starting to run at 8 o'clock in the morning in secrecy.

00:19:22Don't you find it amazing that they kept that a secret?

00:19:25And they kept the fin a secret.

00:19:27I mean, the Penske group is really operating as marked men now.

00:19:31You wonder what else they might know about what's ahead.

00:19:34Competition's very severe today.

00:19:36Something else to remember as we look forward to the Indy 500,

00:19:40pushrod engine has completed 200 laps, the full 500 miles,

00:19:44only once in the last 25 years.

00:19:48So, we keep track of the leader, Paul Tracy.

00:19:51You can see he's pulled out ahead of second-place Allens or Junior,

00:19:54but Emerson, Phil, and Fittipaldi are staying in the fight.

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00:20:13We're back at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach,

00:20:15and there is a problem, as you can see.

00:20:18Down in the first corner, two cars together,

00:20:20one Paul Tracy with Mike Groff.

00:20:23Here's what happened.

00:20:24Chasing into the corner as Tracy was working through traffic.

00:20:31Got caught up behind the 19 car, Bobby.

00:20:33Yes, that's exactly what happened.

00:20:35Paul was committed to go to the inside, as you can see right there.

00:20:38The 19 car, Robby Buehl, is braking too fast.

00:20:41Paul had more rear brakes than the front brakes.

00:20:44He locked it up and spun it.

00:20:45He just was pressing too hard into the corner, in my opinion.

00:20:49And he was lucky that Groff was alert

00:20:51and able to get on the brakes right there.

00:20:53Damage to the front of Groff's car.

00:20:55I don't see a lot on Tracy's car.

00:20:57No, but he's obviously killed his engine.

00:20:59Leaves him in a terrible position.

00:21:01In effect, he's about the same as being out of the race,

00:21:03no matter what happens.

00:21:04This, of course, catapults Al Unser Jr. into the lead.

00:21:07The man who won this race four times in a row

00:21:10and had a fifth all lined up when he was tapped from behind

00:21:13by Danny Sullivan.

00:21:15Now, one of the things that will happen, Sam, Paul,

00:21:17is Inske is going to tell little Al what Tracy did.

00:21:20Obviously, it was his fault.

00:21:21He just overdrove going into the turn a little bit.

00:21:24And little Al's going to be a little bit more careful himself.

00:21:27Especially if Elmo doesn't come up and start pushing him too hard.

00:21:30Well, little Al, of course, has been involved a couple of times

00:21:33in incidents here, too.

00:21:34And it just shows that at Long Beach,

00:21:36the racing is extremely close,

00:21:38and things can go wrong, as Paul said at the top of the show,

00:21:40in a split second.

00:21:43IndyCar safety team out there

00:21:45trying to get Paul Tracy going again,

00:21:47as well as Groff.

00:21:48Ballenger Jr. assumes the lead on the 22nd lap of the race.

00:21:52Still no full course yellows,

00:21:54so no reason yet for the teams to pull their cars down into the pits.

00:21:58We started this race with eight rookies to Long Beach,

00:22:01so that kind of thing is very likely here.

00:22:04Drivers unfamiliar with the circuit at full race jam.

00:22:07And as people look ahead to the Indianapolis 500,

00:22:10that high number of rookies is a cause for great concern.

00:22:13Here, where incidents happen like the ones we've seen so far,

00:22:16they happen at very low speeds.

00:22:17With these strong cars, everybody gets out of them safely,

00:22:20most of the time.

00:22:21At Indy, things may be very different.

00:22:23But, Sam, even though the speeds here at Long Beach

00:22:25look kind of slow to people, 108-mile-an-hour average lap,

00:22:29they're actually running 190 miles an hour

00:22:32down the straightaway here at Long Beach.

00:22:34So people have to have the right perspective to speed.

00:22:38It's the slow turn, it's the hairpin

00:22:40that brings the average down so low here.

00:22:42Well, I wouldn't want to be a nose ornament

00:22:44on one of these cars, I'll tell you.

00:22:46Well, that's for sure.

00:22:47I should call Tracy a little while ago.

00:22:49Allen, Jr., definitely caught up in traffic now

00:22:52and taking care, I think, as he's coming through there.

00:22:55He's being cautious.

00:22:56This is the first time that Al, Jr.

00:22:58has really led a race substantially for Roger Penske

00:23:00since he joined the team this season,

00:23:02so this is a very proud moment.

00:23:04And an important moment for him.

00:23:06Yeah, psychologically, you always wait

00:23:08to make that mark with the new team,

00:23:10particularly when it's a team with the rich history of Penske.

00:23:13And, of course, this deal long in the coming

00:23:15and now reaching fruition.

00:23:17Yeah, just like that hairpin turn right there

00:23:19where you saw little Al working up on that left traffic, Sam,

00:23:22he doesn't want to go in there and touch a wing.

00:23:25That would just be disastrous at this point.

00:23:27Watch him right here going down the end

00:23:29of the front straightaway here, very fast speed,

00:23:32very careful not to take any chances on passing right now.

00:23:3616 cars still on the leader lap.

00:23:39Allen, Jr. is trying to pass Adrian Fernandez

00:23:42in the 7 car just ahead of him.

00:23:45Fernandez currently runs in 16th place.

00:23:47So at the top of the order now with the change

00:23:50is Allen, Jr., then Fittipaldi, then Nitro-Mansel,

00:23:53now third, Robbie Gordon is fourth,

00:23:55Mario Andretti runs in fifth place,

00:23:57followed by Raul Boissell, Maricio Buschelmann,

00:23:59Michael Andretti, Stefan Johansson,

00:24:02Marco Greco has moved up into the top 10

00:24:05and runs 10th right now.

00:24:07Allen, Jr. is leading his race for the 7th time in 11 years.

00:24:10We'll be back after this message and a word from our ABC station.

00:24:17At the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach,

00:24:19the leaders now very carefully having to tiptoe

00:24:22their way through traffic.

00:24:24Emerson Fittipaldi trying to find a way

00:24:26perhaps in between Adrian Fernandez and Ari Leyendyk,

00:24:30the two cars just ahead.

00:24:32He's around Leyendyk now, trying to stay in contact

00:24:35with his teammate Allen, Jr., who is the leader.

00:24:37Little Al had problems getting around this thing.

00:24:39Whoa!

00:24:40Davy Jones is in trouble, along with Mark Smith.

00:24:43Jones is going to try to get it going again,

00:24:45but remember, those walls are right there.

00:24:47You know, the big secret to spinning out here,

00:24:49which does happen occasionally, is not to kill your engine.

00:24:52Davy didn't kill his, but it looks like now that he has.

00:24:56In other words, kept his engine running,

00:24:58has a replay of it coming down.

00:24:59All right, the two cars were battling for 19th place.

00:25:03Jones just got into the side of Mark Smith

00:25:05as they came in the corner.

00:25:06Nigel ducked by on the inside.

00:25:08Nigel was the lucky one.

00:25:09Davy locked up his brakes.

00:25:10When you lock up your brakes

00:25:11and you can't let them off real quick,

00:25:13you have, in effect, no steering.

00:25:15He ran right into the side of Mark Smith.

00:25:17The problem would have been Davy Jones.

00:25:19He's the guy that caused that one.

00:25:21He has been having a very unhappy year

00:25:23in that A.J. Foyt car.

00:25:25Crashing, surfer's paradise, trouble last week.

00:25:28I talked to him about an hour before the race.

00:25:31His morale is low, and this isn't going to help any.

00:25:34Sometimes teams just don't click,

00:25:36and these two guys are not clicking.

00:25:38I've been down the turn, Sam, watching Davy.

00:25:40Sometimes he looks good.

00:25:41Sometimes he looks terrible.

00:25:43So he's not working with the mechanics properly.

00:25:46Somewhere or another, the whole team

00:25:47is just not working together.

00:25:48And Mark Smith, of course,

00:25:49a very promising young driver from the Northwest,

00:25:53as he's had his problems too.

00:25:54Didn't even qualify for last week.

00:25:56He rode it out in the hospital.

00:25:57Now, it would appear that Davy Jones,

00:25:59he got out there, had first gear,

00:26:01but no reverse.

00:26:02Now, remember, these cars on a road circuit

00:26:04are supposed to have reverses.

00:26:06Maybe his is not working,

00:26:07but he was able to take off

00:26:08without getting a push start there.

00:26:10He has a reverse gear.

00:26:11He told me he did.

00:26:12Nigel Mansell, of course,

00:26:13has moved into third now as we ride with him.

00:26:16Here's what happened.

00:26:17Boy, look at Nigel.

00:26:18He almost totally lost it.

00:26:20Lock to lock. Whoa!

00:26:21That was close.

00:26:22But look at the reflexes by Nigel Mansell.

00:26:25He really owes the fact that he's still in the race

00:26:28to the fact that he saw what was coming

00:26:30and had those incredible reflexes

00:26:32along with good judgment.

00:26:33All right, Jack Arood, pit sign.

00:26:35Update on Paul Tracy.

00:26:36Well, you guys were talking about the fact

00:26:38that there's a problem

00:26:39if you don't keep the car going.

00:26:40Well, that was the case with Paul Tracy.

00:26:42He had to get the car restarted,

00:26:44lost the valuable time.

00:26:45The only thing that he had wrong with the car

00:26:47when they came in

00:26:48is he had actually tore up the tire

00:26:51on the right rear.

00:26:52They replaced that tire, and now he's back,

00:26:55but he's way off the lead pace.

00:26:57Jack, unfortunately,

00:26:58I don't know what his morale was,

00:27:01but Tracy has yet to outgrow

00:27:03the sense that he's a mistake-maker,

00:27:06and he made another one today,

00:27:08a small one, but so costly.

00:27:10He's down. Tracy's down six laps.

00:27:12That's more than you can overcome,

00:27:14even with the good Lord helping you there.

00:27:16Watching the battle for ninth place.

00:27:18Ninth is the 25 car of Marco Greco.

00:27:20He has right behind him Tao Fabi,

00:27:23and Scott Goodyear is there as well.

00:27:25Jack Arood?

00:27:26Well, there's several great stories, though,

00:27:27Paul, about Paul Tracy.

00:27:28Remember, it was only three years ago

00:27:30that he tried to run a Dale Coyne car here.

00:27:32His father and he saved up their money

00:27:34from their construction business,

00:27:36and they came here,

00:27:37and they only made a couple of laps.

00:27:38He left dejectedly and thought

00:27:40he was going to have to go

00:27:41to the construction business.

00:27:42That's when Roger Penske sent word

00:27:44that he should come over and meet with him.

00:27:46They signed later that year a testing contract,

00:27:49and then Paul Tracy, one year later,

00:27:51comes back and wins here at Long Beach.

00:27:53So he's had more than his share of ups and downs here.

00:27:57Well, for a moment, Marco Greco

00:27:59was able to pull away from Tao,

00:28:01and Tao is locked in this tremendous battle

00:28:04with Scott Goodyear and Zach Villeneuve

00:28:06just behind him.

00:28:07A three-way battle for tenth place.

00:28:09Occasionally, they catch up to ninth.

00:28:11Well, we've got to watch that a little bit.

00:28:12Now, those guys are weaving back and forth,

00:28:14almost having a lot of contact.

00:28:16Nobody's driving any harder

00:28:18than those three for a while.

00:28:19Well, Marco Greco is driving,

00:28:21you might say, a little bit over his head

00:28:23in terms of the record that he has.

00:28:25His best finish ever in any car competition.

00:28:27He's 11, so he's really...

00:28:29And you can see a couple of times

00:28:31Bobby in the yellow car there

00:28:33trying to get by him,

00:28:34Greco cutting him off.

00:28:35I think Greco's doing a beautiful job,

00:28:37but whether he can sustain it or not

00:28:39is the question.

00:28:41I saw Marco in the paddock area

00:28:43last night, end of the day.

00:28:45Most everyone else was gone.

00:28:46And Marco was just so pleased

00:28:48with his qualifying effort.

00:28:49He says he finally really has a car

00:28:51and a team that he thinks can do something,

00:28:53and he seems to be proving it here.

00:28:57At the front of the field,

00:28:58it's Al Unser, Jr.

00:29:00Little Al started second

00:29:02and took the win.

00:29:03The winner started second

00:29:05the last three years here at Long Beach.

00:29:07He leads it now.

00:29:12We're back at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

00:29:14These aerial shots are courtesy

00:29:16of the Goodyear Blimp Eagle

00:29:17based in Carson, California,

00:29:19just up the freeway.

00:29:20Today's pilot is Joel Chamberlain

00:29:22from Norwood, Massachusetts.

00:29:24There he is overhead.

00:29:25Camera's on board.

00:29:26Some pretty good coverage.

00:29:28Well, Al Unser, Jr. had to fight his way

00:29:30through that battle that we were covering

00:29:32for 10th place.

00:29:33He's now completed his 35th lap

00:29:35of 105,

00:29:37but it was touch and go for a moment.

00:29:39Those guys fighting for 10th were pretty serious.

00:29:41Oh, man, Paul.

00:29:42They were really serious.

00:29:43You know, it's hard on a guy

00:29:44that's lapping cars like that

00:29:45because you get right in the middle

00:29:47of a fight.

00:29:48It's like jumping in the middle

00:29:49of a dogfight.

00:29:50Look here.

00:29:51Whoa!

00:29:52Jimmy Vassar,

00:29:53and it looks like the Smith car,

00:29:55as well.

00:29:56Mark Smith in trouble again.

00:29:57Jimmy Vassar over there on the right.

00:29:59Mark Smith has been the victim

00:30:00of a lot of problems today.

00:30:02Vassar has, too.

00:30:03They had mechanical problems.

00:30:04Oh, my goodness!

00:30:06I had no idea he got that far.

00:30:08Right over the wheels.

00:30:09That's what happens in open-wheel racing

00:30:11when one car locks wheels with another.

00:30:13I was at Jeff's at dinner last night

00:30:15explaining this to people,

00:30:16how running over wheels

00:30:18is the most dangerous thing

00:30:19that can happen

00:30:20in any car racing.

00:30:21And that's exactly what happens

00:30:22from it.

00:30:23They get airborne.

00:30:24Well, Mark Smith

00:30:25was in a pre-race accident

00:30:27at Phoenix a week ago,

00:30:29suffered a head injury,

00:30:30and kept him overnight in the hospital

00:30:32and then released him.

00:30:33He's back racing this week,

00:30:35and now he's involved in this.

00:30:37How sad.

00:30:38At least he came down right side up,

00:30:40and that's the main thing.

00:30:42Open-wheel cars are not

00:30:43going to get upside down.

00:30:45It didn't appear that there was

00:30:46a concern for Mark.

00:30:47He's out of the car and okay.

00:30:49Smith's car, of course,

00:30:50owned by Derek Walker Racing,

00:30:52who also owns Robby Gordon's car

00:30:54and Willie T. Ribbs,

00:30:55and they've had any number

00:30:57of accidents so far this year.

00:30:58I think this might make

00:30:59the seventh or eighth,

00:31:01which is very bad luck.

00:31:03Still looking at that battle

00:31:05as here comes Villeneuve

00:31:06moving up to the inside of Goodyear.

00:31:08Goodyear sees him there,

00:31:09lets him through,

00:31:10but that was close.

00:31:11Oh, that was an impossible...

00:31:13I think Villeneuve just happened

00:31:15to be a young man,

00:31:16and nobody told him

00:31:17that he couldn't do that,

00:31:18so he went ahead and did it anyway.

00:31:20Villeneuve, of course,

00:31:21the great French-Canadian,

00:31:22is 23.

00:31:23He's the youngest driver

00:31:24in the race here,

00:31:26and he is ambitious.

00:31:27He probably got a little

00:31:29over his head at Phoenix

00:31:30last week when he triggered

00:31:32that multi-car pileup.

00:31:33Didn't observe the yellow flags

00:31:35perhaps the way he should.

00:31:36You see, he is an ambitious driver.

00:31:38Barry Green, the crew chief there,

00:31:41says he's one of the most

00:31:42intelligent chassis drivers

00:31:44that he's ever worked with.

00:31:46Brings back the good information.

00:31:47But, Sam, you won't make a pass

00:31:49like he just made

00:31:50very many times without

00:31:52getting away with it, I know.

00:31:55Is that the patent that

00:31:56Bobby Young's removed there?

00:31:57We've seen you do that.

00:31:58I was sitting here

00:31:59crossing my fingers

00:32:00when I saw that thing happening

00:32:01when I saw him go to the outside.

00:32:03Yeah, we never had to do that

00:32:04for you, Bobby.

00:32:05No, I don't know.

00:32:06And look at him

00:32:07as he loses the back end again,

00:32:08but that's been one

00:32:09of the reported problems

00:32:11with both the Lola

00:32:13and the Renard

00:32:14is they lose the back end.

00:32:15Now he's wandering

00:32:16all over the place.

00:32:17You wonder if he doesn't

00:32:18have a bad tire.

00:32:19That is a Renard car

00:32:20he's driving, by the way.

00:32:21The blue car we're talking about

00:32:22in the center here

00:32:23at this back.

00:32:24I think,

00:32:25what's got him wrong

00:32:26with that car

00:32:27is just the fact

00:32:28that kid is trying hard.

00:32:2923 years old,

00:32:30he really doesn't know

00:32:31any better yet.

00:32:32Around Marco Grinkel,

00:32:33but then into the wall.

00:32:34Into that tire barrier.

00:32:35Loses it,

00:32:36but he keeps it going.

00:32:37Whoa!

00:32:38That's what I mean.

00:32:39I'm telling you.

00:32:40What's nice to be

00:32:4123 years of age,

00:32:42he doesn't even know

00:32:43these race cars

00:32:44can bite you.

00:32:45Damage to the rear wing.

00:32:46That's a shortcut

00:32:47into the pits

00:32:48that you are allowed to take

00:32:49if you have a problem

00:32:50with the car.

00:32:51It looks like

00:32:52if he can get rid of that van

00:32:53or maybe pop rivet

00:32:54that wing back in place,

00:32:55he's going to go again.

00:32:56Quick thinking

00:32:57to duck into the pits

00:32:58that way.

00:32:59Remember now,

00:33:00the rear wing is broken.

00:33:01You look at the beast

00:33:02hanging down from it.

00:33:03He really did see

00:33:04That's not a livable situation

00:33:05on the racetrack

00:33:06going fast.

00:33:07That's something

00:33:08they'll have to fix.

00:33:09He was over his head there.

00:33:10It was exciting to watch,

00:33:11but probably not

00:33:12as exciting

00:33:13as it was

00:33:15He was over his head.

00:33:16That's not a car problem,

00:33:17Danny,

00:33:18just like you said.

00:33:19Already the team

00:33:20has the spare wing out

00:33:21and they're ready to go.

00:33:23And we're going to

00:33:24keep an eye here

00:33:25because best indications

00:33:26are that

00:33:27Allenser Jr.

00:33:28may head for the pits

00:33:29any time now.

00:33:30And here he is.

00:33:32So Allenser Jr.

00:33:33comes in for his stop,

00:33:34Jack.

00:33:35While there was

00:33:36some debate

00:33:37as to whether

00:33:38they would make

00:33:39a wing adjustment

00:33:40on the front of the car,

00:33:41Richard Buck goes to work

00:33:42and they do.

00:33:43They adjust the wing.

00:33:44They're going to change

00:33:45all four tires.

00:33:46A nominal stop this way.

00:33:47You can see

00:33:48a lot of the dust

00:33:49that comes off

00:33:50the actual brake rotors

00:33:51from the use

00:33:52of the brakes here

00:33:53at the Long Beach.

00:33:54Remember,

00:33:55they shift 1,690 times.

00:33:56Little Al

00:33:57having trouble

00:33:58shifting that time

00:33:59to get back out

00:34:00in a little over

00:34:0118.4 seconds.

00:34:03Another thing to remember

00:34:04is you watch Little Al

00:34:05leave the speed limit

00:34:06in the pits.

00:34:07Today, 60 miles an hour.

00:34:08What they call

00:34:09the drop dead

00:34:10means they get

00:34:11a black flag

00:34:12if the radar

00:34:13goes to 66.

00:34:14Until they get

00:34:15right there,

00:34:16they have to pull them

00:34:17in on a black flag.

00:34:18Over the blue line there,

00:34:19only two tires.

00:34:20Jack told us this

00:34:21from the driver's

00:34:22meeting today.

00:34:23And ironically,

00:34:24it's hard to keep

00:34:25these cars down

00:34:26to 60 in the pit lane,

00:34:27particularly when

00:34:28you launch them

00:34:29because by the time

00:34:30the wheels have

00:34:31stopped spinning

00:34:32in that low gear,

00:34:33you're up over 60.

00:34:34Emerson Fittipaldi

00:34:35picks up the lead

00:34:36of the race,

00:34:37but he comes in

00:34:38for his stop now

00:34:39on the 41st lap, Jack.

00:34:40And, Paul,

00:34:41we've got some

00:34:42tactics unfolding.

00:34:43They connect the hose.

00:34:44The word we got

00:34:45is they may very well

00:34:46just put enough fuel in,

00:34:47the amount of fuel

00:34:48that it takes

00:34:49to change all four tires.

00:34:50We're going to wait

00:34:51and see if that's

00:34:52what they do.

00:34:53That's exactly

00:34:54what they do.

00:34:55A tactical move,

00:34:56Gary Gerald.

00:34:57Nigel Mansell's crew

00:34:58servicing him

00:34:59for the first time

00:35:00off the jacks.

00:35:01This is a good stop.

00:35:02Now a delay on the fuel.

00:35:03He's rolling

00:35:04at 13.8 seconds.

00:35:05Great stop

00:35:06for the Newman-Haas team.

00:35:07Fascinating stop

00:35:08for Pesky.

00:35:09It takes

00:35:10longer to fuel

00:35:11than it does

00:35:12to change tires,

00:35:13and they decided

00:35:14to just drop it

00:35:15as soon as the tires

00:35:16were changed, eh, Jack?

00:35:17Well, here's what

00:35:18they're going to try and do.

00:35:19They were debating

00:35:20whether they should make

00:35:21that type of stop now

00:35:22or for their final stop.

00:35:23It's what we call

00:35:24a time stop.

00:35:25They've calculated

00:35:26their fuel,

00:35:27and they feel that

00:35:28in one of the stops

00:35:29they were going to take

00:35:30on a full load.

00:35:31They felt that with

00:35:32the way

00:35:33Aluncer Jr. is running,

00:35:34that now's the time

00:35:35to lay the cards

00:35:36on the table

00:35:37and see what their

00:35:38compatriot,

00:35:39Roger Pesky,

00:35:40will do

00:35:41to match that

00:35:42in the last stop.

00:35:43The last stop

00:35:44will be the long stop

00:35:45because they've got to

00:35:46take on a full load

00:35:47of fuel.

00:35:48Bobby, normally

00:35:49it's a switch of that.

00:35:50You time stop

00:35:51the last stop.

00:35:52It's the first time.

00:35:53I've never seen it done.

00:35:54Absolutely.

00:35:55Now we're getting

00:35:56worth it, number 31.

00:35:57Aluncer Jr.

00:35:58may be getting

00:35:59a stop-and-go penalty.

00:36:00Yeah, it looked to me

00:36:01like in the first seconds

00:36:02after he started

00:36:03away from his pits,

00:36:04he might have

00:36:05exceeded that 60.

00:36:06Let me tell you,

00:36:07it's very difficult.

00:36:08To go between 60

00:36:09and 70 miles an hour

00:36:10is critical.

00:36:11He was clocked

00:36:12reportedly

00:36:13at 80 miles an hour.

00:36:14In fact, Aluncer Jr.

00:36:15was one of the drivers

00:36:16in the driver's meeting

00:36:17that lobbied

00:36:18quite,

00:36:19well, really hard

00:36:20to try and have

00:36:21the actual speed limit

00:36:22raised from 60 to 70,

00:36:23but he lost

00:36:24in a blind vote

00:36:25of all the drivers

00:36:26in the field.

00:36:27So many things

00:36:28happening at once here.

00:36:29We saw another car

00:36:30stuck into the tire barrier.

00:36:31We'll try to get you

00:36:32up to speed on everything.

00:36:33Well, that was Marco Greco

00:36:34who was having

00:36:35such a great race

00:36:36up until then,

00:36:37so we'll keep

00:36:38track of that.

00:36:39And let's take a look.

00:36:40There comes

00:36:41the two-car through.

00:36:42Now, little Al

00:36:43still came out

00:36:44in the lead

00:36:45on this pit stop

00:36:46strategy, Paul,

00:36:47but remember,

00:36:48what you gain one time,

00:36:49you're going to pay for

00:36:50later on.

00:36:51So I'm not too sure

00:36:52a strategy like that

00:36:53is good.

00:36:54Here we come.

00:36:55Here's little Al

00:36:56coming in for it.

00:36:57Obviously,

00:36:58the stop-and-go penalty.

00:36:59And people have to realize

00:37:00they run a car

00:37:01that's capable

00:37:02of 230,

00:37:03240 miles an hour

00:37:04down to 60 miles an hour.

00:37:06It's sometimes

00:37:07just utterly ridiculous.

00:37:08So a lot of the drivers

00:37:09could be having

00:37:10that problem today.

00:37:12This, of course,

00:37:13puts Emerson Fittipaldi

00:37:14into the lead

00:37:15the first time

00:37:16he has ever led

00:37:17a race here

00:37:18at Long Beach.

00:37:19Interesting.

00:37:20Bobby, there has been

00:37:21some concern

00:37:22a couple of people

00:37:23that we've talked to

00:37:24this weekend,

00:37:25most notably A.J. Boyd,

00:37:26that they're so fast

00:37:27on that black flag

00:37:28for exceeding

00:37:29the speed limit

00:37:30in the pits,

00:37:31and he had no penalty

00:37:32last week for Nigel Mansell

00:37:33at Phoenix when he jumped

00:37:34over the grass strip

00:37:35and got out

00:37:36on the race course,

00:37:37and no penalty

00:37:38for Bill Neff

00:37:39after coming around

00:37:40and hitting Maschusta

00:37:41in that accident

00:37:42at Phoenix.

00:37:43Paul, what it is,

00:37:44a lot of the racing people

00:37:45today are screaming

00:37:46politics,

00:37:47inadequate,

00:37:48officiating by

00:37:49Wally Dahlenbeck,

00:37:50the chief steward,

00:37:51who on race day

00:37:52is totally in charge.

00:37:53And I think

00:37:54that there's something

00:37:55to some of this stuff.

00:37:56Certain guys

00:37:57get penalized,

00:37:58and they seem

00:37:59to get penalized often.

00:38:00Other guys don't get

00:38:01penalized at all.

00:38:02For example,

00:38:03Nigel Mansell

00:38:05inside of Michael Andretti.

00:38:06Very exciting.

00:38:07Almost collided

00:38:08with Michael there.

00:38:09But Nigel has been

00:38:10having an argument here.

00:38:12Nigel has been

00:38:13kind of immune

00:38:14to penalties,

00:38:15and I think everybody's

00:38:16getting a little bit tired

00:38:17of that.

00:38:18Let's go pit side,

00:38:19Gary Gerald.

00:38:20Just a quick update

00:38:21on Bill Neff.

00:38:22He came in,

00:38:23and while that whole

00:38:24flurry of pit stops

00:38:25was taking place

00:38:26up and down the road,

00:38:27the Forsyth green team

00:38:28replaced the entire

00:38:29rear wing.

00:38:30He's now back on course.

00:38:31They had some damage

00:38:32up around the wicker bill,

00:38:33but the whole

00:38:34rear wing assembly

00:38:35lost a lot of time,

00:38:36but he's still

00:38:37in the competition.

00:38:38Also, we've had reports

00:38:39of a couple of more

00:38:40of those pit lane violations.

00:38:41Davy Jones,

00:38:4268 miles an hour.

00:38:43They were gonna

00:38:44penalize Greco.

00:38:45As you mentioned,

00:38:46he ended up

00:38:47in a tire barrier.

00:38:48Bill Neff lost

00:38:49five laps

00:38:50and dropped to 20th position

00:38:51with that long stop

00:38:52while they repaired

00:38:53the wings.

00:38:54Still pretty quick

00:38:55service there.

00:38:56Let's give you

00:38:57the top of the order.

00:38:58Emerson Fittipaldi

00:38:59leads it,

00:39:00followed by

00:39:01Allender Jr.,

00:39:02Gordon Raul,

00:39:03Boysell.

00:39:04We're watching Mario.

00:39:05They came through

00:39:06a yellow flag

00:39:07that flies

00:39:08for Marco Greco

00:39:09at the end of the main

00:39:10straightaway.

00:39:11Mario and Michael

00:39:12are running together

00:39:13on this course,

00:39:14and as we've seen,

00:39:15have been at one another

00:39:16fairly constantly

00:39:17in the last few laps.

00:39:19So it's still

00:39:20Fittipaldi,

00:39:21or now Fittipaldi,

00:39:22in reality,

00:39:23that leads

00:39:24to the Toyota Grand Prix

00:39:25of Long Beach.

00:39:30This is Paul Page.

00:39:31We're back at the

00:39:32Toyota Grand Prix

00:39:33of Long Beach

00:39:34where the yellow flags

00:39:35fly in tandem,

00:39:36two of them,

00:39:37at the start-finish line,

00:39:38indicating a full-force yellow.

00:39:41So they will now

00:39:42line up behind

00:39:43Johnny Rutherford

00:39:44in the pace car,

00:39:45and any advantage,

00:39:46which was 12 seconds,

00:39:47that Emerson Fittipaldi

00:39:48had gained over

00:39:49Allender Jr.

00:39:50is now lost.

00:39:52While we don't have

00:39:53an official reason,

00:39:54one suspects

00:39:55that cars

00:39:56which are in barriers

00:39:57all around the course

00:39:58are the reason.

00:39:59They want to get

00:40:00all the safety equipment out,

00:40:01get everything pulled

00:40:02out of the barriers,

00:40:03and the course clear again,

00:40:04wouldn't you say, Bobby?

00:40:05Oh, it certainly is right, Paul.

00:40:06There comes a point in time

00:40:07where they just have to say

00:40:08there's too many cars

00:40:09in too many places,

00:40:10and they could have wrecks

00:40:11starting to stack up

00:40:12on top of the wreck.

00:40:13So they have to stop

00:40:14and clean it all up.

00:40:17Marco Greco's car

00:40:18in the barrier there,

00:40:20and out comes the, uh,

00:40:22out comes the wrecker

00:40:24to get that one.

00:40:31Last week at Phoenix,

00:40:32race fans saw

00:40:33one of the most frightening

00:40:34crashes in recent history.

00:40:36Gary Gerald had an opportunity

00:40:37to look more closely

00:40:38at that incident.

00:40:43Without question,

00:40:44the incident that we saw

00:40:45last week in turn four

00:40:46at Phoenix has to be

00:40:47one of the most frightening

00:40:48incidents that we've seen

00:40:49in recent years

00:40:50in IndyCar racing.

00:40:51Let's go back

00:40:52and reconstruct this scenario.

00:40:53Coming out of turn three,

00:40:54incidental contact

00:40:55between Aaron Bautista

00:40:57and Teo Fabiani.

00:40:58As they spun up

00:40:59toward the wall,

00:41:00Paul Tracy's car

00:41:01was collected as well.

00:41:03Hero was left

00:41:04sitting broadside

00:41:05to the traffic,

00:41:06and several seconds later,

00:41:08Jacques Villeneuve

00:41:09came rushing

00:41:10toward turn four,

00:41:11jumped on the brakes,

00:41:12but hit Hero

00:41:13literally broadside.

00:41:15Amazingly,

00:41:16all the drivers

00:41:17were able to walk away

00:41:18relatively uninjured.

00:41:20Let's take a look

00:41:21at what remains now

00:41:22of Hero's car.

00:41:23You can see that here

00:41:24the cockpit

00:41:25where the driver sits

00:41:26facing in this direction

00:41:28but the monocoque

00:41:29with all the carbon fiber

00:41:30all intact.

00:41:32It was cracked down inside

00:41:33but it did stand up

00:41:34under the punishment.

00:41:36Here's where the impact

00:41:37came across

00:41:38right behind the roll bar.

00:41:39And you can see

00:41:40it tore through

00:41:41the carbon fiber

00:41:42that separated

00:41:43the whole rear half

00:41:44of the car.

00:41:45There are four large

00:41:46mounting bolts

00:41:47back here

00:41:48where the engine

00:41:49is located.

00:41:50All of that

00:41:51just literally ripped away.

00:41:52But perhaps the most

00:41:53astounding aspect

00:41:54of this crash

00:41:55is right here

00:41:56in this fuel cell.

00:41:57There were 35 gallons

00:41:58of methanol here.

00:41:59For the first time

00:42:00in recent years

00:42:01we saw a fuel cell rupture.

00:42:03And it's an absolute miracle

00:42:05that that fuel

00:42:06didn't ignite

00:42:07and we would have had

00:42:08fire on top

00:42:09of that horrifying crash.

00:42:11Now from Villeneuve's

00:42:12standpoint

00:42:13you can see the remains

00:42:14of the damaged chassis

00:42:15or tub.

00:42:16This is the nose section

00:42:17that was so graphically

00:42:18chewed and torn up

00:42:19by that horrendous impact.

00:42:20All of the carbon fiber

00:42:21literally shredded.

00:42:23And thanks to a rules change

00:42:24made in IndyCar

00:42:25just over a year

00:42:26or so ago

00:42:27the driver's foot box

00:42:28area was lengthened.

00:42:29The driver moved back.

00:42:31An extra bulkhead

00:42:32was placed in here.

00:42:33And because of those changes

00:42:34Villeneuve was able

00:42:35to walk away

00:42:36without any injury

00:42:37to his feet.

00:42:38It's also interesting

00:42:39to take a look

00:42:40at some downloaded

00:42:41information from

00:42:42the onboard computer.

00:42:43This charts the speed

00:42:44on the lap

00:42:45just ahead of the impact.

00:42:47Speed building

00:42:48on the back straightaway

00:42:49to 190 miles per hour.

00:42:51Then as he came

00:42:52upon the problem

00:42:53he's under braking here

00:42:54slowing down dramatically

00:42:56to a point when

00:42:57suddenly we saw

00:42:58the brake smoke.

00:42:59This is where he

00:43:00locked up the brakes.

00:43:01The impact came

00:43:02a fraction of a second

00:43:03thereafter

00:43:04at just over

00:43:05100 miles per hour.

00:43:07Obviously for young

00:43:08Villeneuve

00:43:09it had to be

00:43:10a terrifying moment

00:43:11when he realized

00:43:12that he was about

00:43:13to hit a helpless

00:43:14fellow driver.

00:43:15Well you always learn

00:43:16from your mistake.

00:43:18You know,

00:43:19I know that

00:43:20the subject of the

00:43:21yellow light

00:43:22had been brought up

00:43:23in the briefing

00:43:24because they were

00:43:25very tough to see

00:43:26and well,

00:43:27you know,

00:43:28it just happened on us.

00:43:29It could happen

00:43:30on anybody

00:43:31and at those speeds

00:43:32you know,

00:43:33it's just a flicker

00:43:34of a second

00:43:35and if you miss

00:43:36a yellow light

00:43:37something big can happen

00:43:38and well,

00:43:39I'm going to be

00:43:40looking for them.

00:43:41Gary,

00:43:42surprisingly in the

00:43:43drivers meeting

00:43:44very little was said

00:43:45about that particular

00:43:46incident at

00:43:47Phoenix International

00:43:48Raceway.

00:43:49As you alluded to

00:43:50a lot more discussion

00:43:51though about the

00:43:52penalty.

00:43:53After a pit stop

00:43:54he accelerated

00:43:55through the

00:43:56warm-up lane

00:43:57and literally

00:43:58spun into the

00:43:59racing groove

00:44:00exiting in the

00:44:01wrong area

00:44:02directly in front

00:44:03of Scott Goodyear.

00:44:04Now there was a lot

00:44:05of heated discussion

00:44:06about that,

00:44:07why there wasn't

00:44:08a penalty

00:44:09and Wally Dahlenback

00:44:10to his credit

00:44:11said there is

00:44:12nothing in writing

00:44:13as far as

00:44:14what the penalty

00:44:15should be

00:44:16or as we have

00:44:17at Michigan

00:44:18International Speedway

00:44:19a situation that

00:44:20was addressed

00:44:21this day forward

00:44:22if you want to

00:44:23discuss a rule

00:44:24paint a line

00:44:25show that it's

00:44:26no different than

00:44:27when Mario Andretti

00:44:28spun 180 degrees

00:44:29on Pit Road

00:44:30last year at MIS

00:44:31we'll address it then

00:44:32but we can't do it

00:44:33retroactively.

00:44:34Interestingly enough

00:44:35also Nigel Mansell

00:44:36stood up and said

00:44:37hey,

00:44:38I messed up

00:44:39if you want to

00:44:40give me a one lap

00:44:41penalty and take away

00:44:42my points

00:44:43I'll take that penalty

00:44:44as well.

00:44:45A lot of interesting

00:44:46things in the

00:44:47drivers meeting.

00:44:48A lot of

00:44:49conversations going

00:44:50on in the

00:44:51drivers meeting.

00:44:52A lot of

00:44:53conversations

00:44:54going on

00:44:55in the

00:44:56drivers meeting.

00:44:57A lot of

00:44:58conversations

00:44:59going on

00:45:00in the

00:45:01drivers meeting.

00:45:02A lot of

00:45:03conversations

00:45:04going on

00:45:05in the

00:45:06drivers meeting.

00:45:07A lot of

00:45:08conversations

00:45:09going on

00:45:10in the

00:45:11drivers meeting.

00:45:12A lot

00:45:13of

00:45:14conversations

00:45:15going on

00:45:16in the

00:45:17drivers meeting.

00:45:18A lot

00:45:19of

00:45:20conversations

00:45:21going on

00:45:22in the

00:45:23drivers meeting.

00:45:24A lot

00:45:25of

00:45:26conversations

00:45:27going on

00:45:28in the

00:45:29drivers meeting.

00:45:30A lot

00:45:31of

00:45:32conversations

00:45:33going on

00:45:34in the

00:45:35drivers meeting.

00:45:36A lot

00:45:37of

00:45:38conversations

00:45:39going on

00:45:40in the

00:45:41drivers meeting.

00:45:42A lot

00:45:43of

00:45:44conversations

00:45:45going on

00:45:46in the

00:45:47drivers meeting.

00:45:48A lot

00:45:49of

00:45:50conversations

00:45:51going on

00:45:52in the

00:45:53drivers meeting.

00:45:54A lot

00:45:55of

00:45:56conversations

00:45:57going on

00:45:58in the

00:45:59drivers meeting.

00:46:00A lot

00:46:01of

00:46:02conversations

00:46:03going on

00:46:04in the

00:46:05drivers meeting.

00:46:06A lot

00:46:07of

00:46:08conversations

00:46:09going on

00:46:10in the

00:46:11drivers meeting.

00:46:12A lot

00:46:13of

00:46:14conversations

00:46:15going on

00:46:16in the

00:46:17drivers meeting.

00:46:18A lot

00:46:19of

00:46:20conversations

00:46:21going on

00:46:22in the

00:46:23drivers meeting.

00:46:24A lot

00:46:25of

00:46:26conversations

00:46:27going on

00:46:28in the

00:46:29drivers meeting.

00:46:30A lot

00:46:31of

00:46:32conversations

00:46:33going on

00:46:34in the

00:46:35drivers meeting.

00:46:36A lot

00:46:37of

00:46:38conversations

00:46:39going on

00:46:40in the

00:46:41drivers meeting.

00:46:42A lot

00:46:43of

00:46:44conversations

00:46:45going on

00:46:46in the

00:46:47drivers meeting.

00:46:48A lot

00:46:49of

00:46:50conversations

00:46:51going on

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00:46:53drivers meeting.

00:46:54A lot

00:46:55of

00:46:56conversations

00:46:57going on

00:46:58in the

00:46:59drivers meeting.

00:47:00A lot

00:47:01of

00:47:02conversations

00:47:03going on

00:47:04in the

00:47:05drivers meeting.

00:47:06A lot

00:47:07of

00:47:08conversations

00:47:09going on

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00:47:11drivers meeting.

00:47:12A lot

00:47:13of

00:47:14conversations

00:47:15going on

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00:47:17drivers meeting.

00:47:18A lot

00:47:19of

00:47:20conversations

00:47:21going on

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00:47:23drivers meeting.

00:47:24A lot

00:47:25of

00:47:26conversations

00:47:27going on

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00:47:29drivers meeting.

00:47:30A lot

00:47:31of

00:47:32conversations

00:47:33going on

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00:47:35drivers meeting.

00:47:36A lot

00:47:37of

00:47:38conversations

00:47:39going on

00:47:40in the

00:47:41drivers meeting.

00:47:42A lot

00:47:43of

00:47:44conversations

00:47:45going on

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00:47:47drivers meeting.

00:47:48A lot

00:47:49of

00:47:50conversations

00:47:51going on

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00:47:53drivers meeting.

00:47:54A lot

00:47:55of

00:47:56conversations

00:47:57going on

00:47:58in the

00:47:59drivers meeting.

00:48:00A lot

00:48:01of

00:48:02conversations

00:48:03going on

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00:48:05drivers meeting.

00:48:06A lot

00:48:07of

00:48:08conversations

00:48:09going on

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00:48:11drivers meeting.

00:48:12A lot

00:48:13of

00:48:14conversations

00:48:15going on

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00:48:17drivers meeting.

00:48:18A lot

00:48:19of

00:48:20conversations

00:48:21going on

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00:48:23drivers meeting.

00:48:24A lot

00:48:25of

00:48:26conversations

00:48:27going on

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00:48:29drivers meeting.

00:48:30A lot

00:48:31of

00:48:32conversations

00:48:33going on

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00:48:35drivers meeting.

00:48:36A lot

00:48:37of

00:48:38conversations

00:48:39going on

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00:48:41drivers meeting.

00:48:42A lot

00:48:43of

00:48:44conversations

00:48:45going on

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00:48:47drivers meeting.

00:48:48A lot

00:48:49of

00:48:50conversations

00:48:51going on

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00:48:55of

00:48:56conversations

00:48:57going on

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00:49:00A lot

00:49:01of

00:49:02conversations

00:49:03going on

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00:49:07of

00:49:08conversations

00:49:09going on

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00:49:12A lot

00:49:13of

00:49:14conversations

00:49:15going on

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00:49:18A lot

00:49:19of

00:49:20conversations

00:49:21going on

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00:49:26conversations

00:49:27going on

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00:49:29drivers meeting.

00:49:30A lot

00:49:31of

00:49:32conversations

00:49:33going on

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00:49:35drivers meeting.

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00:49:37of

00:49:38conversations

00:49:39going on

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00:49:41drivers meeting.

00:49:42A lot

00:49:43of

00:49:44conversations

00:49:45going on

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00:49:47drivers meeting.

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00:49:49of

00:49:50conversations

00:49:51going on

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00:49:53drivers meeting.

00:49:54A lot

00:49:55of

00:49:56conversations

00:49:57going on

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00:49:59drivers meeting.

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00:50:01of

00:50:02conversations

00:50:03going on

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00:50:07of

00:50:08conversations

00:50:09going on

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01:16:04All

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01:16:11so we

01:16:12are

01:16:13going to

01:16:14end up

01:16:15Two key passing areas here at long beach.

01:16:19One off of seaside.

01:16:20They're heading for that right now.

01:16:21Where you can slam down the gears and try to get inside your competitor, block the corner

01:16:27on them and take the corner away.

01:16:28Neither one can do that there.

01:16:29The other key at the end of the long main straightaway.

01:16:30Yes, and the track is slippery right now and the tires are pretty well worn right now.

01:16:31So it's hard to drive in the turn deeper than the other guys.

01:16:43So in front, it's al anzer, jr., 35 seconds ahead of nigel mansell as we move to the final

01:16:50ten laps here in long beach.

01:16:55Entry of long beach where our eds scoring system is showing al anzer, jr., 35.68 seconds

01:17:01ahead of second place nigel mansell.

01:17:03Ten seconds behind mansell is robby gordon.

01:17:06Raul boycell runs in fourth place.

01:17:09Those four are the only one on the leader lap.

01:17:11How many times we've watched al jr.

01:17:13Reel off the last laps in command of this race.

01:17:16This time, however, it has dramatic consequences in terms of the championship.

01:17:20A win here would bring him 32, 37 points which would tie exactly his teammate emerson fittipaldi

01:17:27for the lead in the ppg championship.

01:17:30Here's that fight that continues between tayo fobby and adrian fernandez.

01:17:34Adrian fernandez currently runs in eighth place.

01:17:36Fobby is right there.

01:17:38We watch the battle from the nose of robby gordon's car who runs in third and seems to

01:17:43be a little wary of getting involved in this fight.

01:17:45He doesn't seem to be pressing hard right now.

01:17:47It isn't like a robby gordon way.

01:17:49Normally he would just annihilate those guys.

01:17:51Maybe he is getting smarter like sam stedtle a while ago.

01:17:54I think the point is resolved when you see the gaps between the drivers.

01:17:59I think gordon realizes that even if he gets by, he's probably too far behind mansell to

01:18:04reel him in.

01:18:06Similarly, gordon is far enough ahead of mansell that he can afford to be cautious at least

01:18:11for a few laps, maybe not the whole way.

01:18:13Sam, he needs to do it.

01:18:15He's driving for a super good team in derrick walker this year, so he needs to show that

01:18:19he's smart as well as fast.

01:18:21Yeah, that's the point.

01:18:22That's what he could add to his resume today.

01:18:25He's smart.

01:18:26So far we know he's quick.

01:18:28Tayo fobby continues to work at the back of fernandez.

01:18:32Looks like he's in a position.

01:18:33If he's going to make a try, it may occur as they come off of seaside.

01:18:37Look how hard he's trying there as he locks them up.

01:18:39That was my word.

01:18:40You can't say he's not trying, paul.

01:18:43Bobby would move into eighth place if he could get by fernandez.

01:18:47That's the jim hall team, the yellow car right there.

01:18:50Bobby, that's the jim hall team.

01:18:52They've not done so well in racing the last couple of years.

01:18:55They're really trying hard to get all their momentum gathered back up again.

01:18:59For the moment at least, tayo fobby cannot get the job done.

01:19:02Al unser jr. Has the lead of the race with 99 laps complete.

01:19:06We'll be back with the finish.

01:19:08Little al has won at least one race every season since 88.

01:19:16At the toyota grand prix of long beach, 102 laps complete.

01:19:20Al unser jr. Has had his lead whittled down just a little bit.

01:19:24Now only 29 seconds ahead of nigel mansell.

01:19:27Mansell is doing everything he can.

01:19:29Little al is being careful.

01:19:31In fact, a very careful pass just a moment ago of dominic thompson.

01:19:34He now runs alone and has clear sailing ahead as we come to the closing laps here in long beach.

01:19:40If he wins, this, of course, will be a win and his third start for penske.

01:19:44It took emerson fittipaldi 15 starts to win a race for roger.

01:19:48And paul tracy 16 starts.

01:19:51Bobby, you drove for roger for many years.

01:19:54What will that do for little al in terms of his relationship with roger?

01:19:58Well, his relationship couldn't be any better than it is right now.

01:20:01Even if he won indianapolis.

01:20:03He thinks the sun rises and moon sets for little al.

01:20:06The thing that will make a difference is roger fuels himself on winning.

01:20:11If he wins, he just becomes obsessed with winning more.

01:20:14There's nobody like roger penske in the racing world.

01:20:18And history will always show that he is an individual that nobody else has ever come close to.

01:20:23It is roger penske who is individually masterminding the pit strategy of al unser jr.

01:20:28Today.

01:20:29Jerry freon and I were talking this morning on that team.

01:20:32And both of us agreed that without roger's motivation, without his drive,

01:20:36Without his strong desires, everybody in the team would probably be only 50% of what they are.

01:20:41It makes them all better.

01:20:43By the way, that battle between bobby and fernandez has broken off with fernandez remaining in eighth place.

01:20:49As they come toward the flags.

01:20:51With just one more lap to go after he flashes down the front straight here.

01:20:55It's unser jr., mansell, gordon, voicel, mario, and then michael andretti.

01:20:59And maricio guzelman as we start the final lap.

01:21:02How about that stat you revealed at the beginning of the show?

01:21:05That for the last three years, the man who started second went on to win.

01:21:09This could be the fourth consecutive year for that.

01:21:12And everybody will battle for second next year.

01:21:14How do you figure that one out?

01:21:15You're trying to qualify for the pole.

01:21:17I want to only be 1,000 slower than the pole.

01:21:20Just take the life or the feelings that little al is leading right now.

01:21:23Knowing how bad he really wants to win for the rusterpinski team.

01:21:27Worrying about the transmission and traffic.

01:21:30A cut tire could even lose the race for him right now.

01:21:33He's in clear traffic, though, bobby, with only a couple of turns to go.

01:21:36He could probably, if he can accelerate off the hairpin here, coast home.

01:21:40Sliding that far is al.

01:21:42Al unser jr. About to reassert himself as the king of the beach.

01:21:47As he takes the penske car across the line.

01:21:50And picks up the twin checkered flags.

01:21:53Al unser jr. Is the winner.

01:21:55In the toyota grand prix of long beach.

01:21:57Chasing toward the flag now, nigel mansell.

01:22:00As the celebration begins with the penske team.

01:22:02I know a special moment for mechanic richard buck.

01:22:05Who spent a lot of time with little al in the sprint car days.

01:22:09So victory once again for that team.

01:22:11Here comes nigel mansell.

01:22:13The final three corners of the course.

01:22:15Little al already saluting the crowd.

01:22:17And beginning to slow.

01:22:18Is that a happy kid or what?

01:22:20He's happy today.

01:22:21Nigel mansell through the hairpin for the very last time.

01:22:24His teammate mario andretti will be coming to the line, too.

01:22:27For the last time here.

01:22:29And here is nigel mansell.

01:22:31Comes toward the flag and picks up second place.

01:22:33Robbie gordon will come across in third.

01:22:36Raul boycelle fourth.

01:22:38And mario andretti finishes in fifth.

01:22:40We'll be back to talk to the winner.

01:22:45Official results in the toyota grand prix of long beach.

01:22:48As we look at the top six.

01:22:50Al jr.

01:22:51Has taken his 20th career win.

01:22:53And his fifth at long beach.

01:22:55He's with jack o'reilly.

01:22:57He just got the congratulations of his wife, shelly.

01:22:59He's getting the congratulations of the rest of his crew.

01:23:01Al jr., you're back being the king of the beach.

01:23:03But let's talk a little bit about the concerns about the gearbox.

01:23:06Emerson fittipaldi went out.

01:23:08They radioed into you about it.

01:23:10How concerned were you out there?

01:23:12My gearbox was great.

01:23:14I was really excited on that first stop.

01:23:18And I forgot I had a sequential shift.

01:23:22So I started grinding the gears back and forth.

01:23:25But, you know, the marlboro team penske is a super operation.

01:23:29And I am just really, really proud of them.

01:23:32And proud of our buck.

01:23:34I mean, super job.

01:23:36And I'd just like to say hello to my kids at home.

01:23:39Cody, shannon, little al.

01:23:41Wish we were here.

01:23:43Well, congratulations to al winster jr.

01:23:45And the rest of team penske.

01:23:47Let's check in with gary gerald.

01:23:49Nigel mansell toweling down the helmet off.

01:23:51You make such a bold move now.

01:23:53Just two points out of the championship lead.

01:23:55On a day when you have a tire go down.

01:23:57And you had a very close call with two cars in front of you.

01:24:00This is turning out real well.

01:24:02Did you see that on television on the back straight there?

01:24:05Holy smoke.

01:24:07I was almost spinning and just caught it.

01:24:09That was a bit dicey.

01:24:12I did 90 miles an hour on three wheels.

01:24:14I didn't enjoy that either.

01:24:16The crew worked fantastic.

01:24:18And the newman team, god bless them.

01:24:20They got me to the finish.

01:24:22Terrific job, nigel.

01:24:24He's right there in the championship point.

01:24:26Just that quick, paul.

01:24:28Very much in the fight.

01:24:30And of course looking for a chance to take a win at the indianapolis 500.

01:24:32But little al should remember this.

01:24:34No long beach winner has ever won indy after winning long beach in the same year.

01:24:37Coming up next month on abc, it's back to the brickyard.

01:24:40On saturday, may 14th, auto racing's best try to beat the clock and grab the pole

01:24:44as we begin coverage of the indianapolis 500 time trials.

01:24:47Then two weeks later, may 29th, it's the sport's most spectacular event.

01:24:52The indianapolis 500 live.

01:24:54All next month here on abc sports.

01:24:59When we come back, we'll take another look at robbie gordon who finishes third

01:25:03and we'll see the standings.

01:25:06Finishing third in this 20th anniversary of racing in long beach, robbie gordon.

01:25:10He's with jack.

01:25:12Well, robbie, bobby, hunter said throughout the course of the race that maybe today

01:25:15you proved to people that not only are you quick, but you're smart.

01:25:18Was this a thinking man's race?

01:25:20I think we played the same game we played last weekend down at phoenix.

01:25:23We had a car we could win with down there.

01:25:25We ran ourselves out of gas trying to play the game.

01:25:27But here we just rode along all day and turned it up when we needed to.

01:25:30But I guess we didn't turn it up enough in traffic.

01:25:34We just paid it too cautious.

01:25:36How tough was the traffic out there for someone like you?

01:25:39Traffic was terrible.

01:25:40I saw about three accidents in front of me.

01:25:42I just didn't want to be involved in one of them, so I laid back a little bit

01:25:45and rode along.

01:25:46Indy coming up next?

01:25:47Indy coming up next.

01:25:48At least we got a few points.

01:25:49Looking forward to it.

01:25:50Paul?

01:25:51All right, well, let's take a look at the finishing order here.

01:25:54Still unofficial.

01:25:55It takes about 30 minutes to post it.

01:25:57At the conclusion of the toyota grand prix of long beach, of course,

01:25:59little al takes his 20th win, followed by nigel, robbie, gordon, ralboys,

01:26:02al, then the andretti family.

01:26:04They're having a pretty good run, and they're staying together

01:26:06on these courses.

01:26:08Mauricio guzelman, that's a terrific run for him.

01:26:11Fernandez, teo fabi, that's the way that battle ends up.

01:26:13Teo was not able to get around.

01:26:15Then r.e.

01:26:16Leyendijk, stefan johansson, frank freon from the indy lights

01:26:19with a terrific run here at long beach.

01:26:21Robbie groff, davy jones, jack villeneuve, robbie buell.

01:26:25He was up as high as 10th at one point.

01:26:29His face lights up every time he sees that he can get in an indy car.

01:26:32Dominic dobson, willie t.

01:26:34Ribbs in 18th position.

01:26:36Scott goodyear, paul tracy, emerson, fittipaldi, alessandro zempedri,

01:26:40marco greco, and jimmy vassar.

01:26:43We look to the final section of the final results.

01:26:46Good run for claude bourbonnet, mike groff, scott sharp,

01:26:50buddy lazier, bobby ray hall.

01:26:52Groff and ray hall, of course.

01:26:54Some work to be done there on the honda engine

01:26:56before they head off to indianapolis.

01:26:58Bobby enser, what do we look forward to now?

01:27:00Three races under our belt, and indy is next.

01:27:02Well, the big news, obviously, is going to be

01:27:04mercedes-benz and roger penske's team.

01:27:07That's where it's going to be.

01:27:08Look how tight the points battle is right now.

01:27:11Little al and emo tied at 37.

01:27:13Nigel close behind.

01:27:15Well, I agree with bobby as we look ahead to indy.

01:27:19I mean, penske's won two in a row,

01:27:21but at indy, the team takes the biggest gamble

01:27:23they may have taken in their whole career

01:27:25by going to mercedes-benz.

01:27:27A month from now, we'll be seeing how it works out

01:27:29in qualifying, and two weeks later on may 29th,

01:27:31in the race itself.

01:27:33I'll tell you what.

01:27:34There is so much to look forward to

01:27:36at this year's indy 500.

01:27:38I can't wait to get to the track on opening day

01:27:40and for the coverage throughout the entire month.

01:27:43All of the great stories, changes in teams,

01:27:45the addition of al enser jr.

01:27:47The penske team, the mercedes, the honda, the ford.

01:27:50I mean, everything is looking so good for that month.

01:27:52Well, suppose the mercedes has the power

01:27:54that everybody is speculating that it might,

01:27:561,000 horsepower or more.

01:27:58We are going to see new lap records at indy.

01:28:01How about straightaway speed, sam?

01:28:03What if I tell you a possibility

01:28:05250 miles an hour on the straightaway?

01:28:08Think about it.

01:28:09I can't wait to see it.

01:28:11And I'm not drunk.

01:28:13So al enser jr.

01:28:15takes his fifth win

01:28:17in the toyota grand prix of long beach,

01:28:20and now we look ahead to the indianapolis 500.

01:28:23Little al, second and third,

01:28:25nigel mansell and robbie gordon

01:28:27now taking a ride around this track

01:28:29and being applauded by the tremendous crowd here.

01:28:32The indy 500 is next.

01:28:35This is paul page for sam posey,

01:28:37bobby enser, jack caroot, and gary gerald.

01:28:40So long.

01:28:41Thanks for joining us in long beach.

1994 CART - Long Beach

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