The 2015 MAVTV 500 Might Be IndyCar's Best Race Ever

The greatest race nobody saw

I was one of the few thousand people at this race and, though it was exciting, the decision to move it from the final race of the season (a night race no less) was just the final nail in the coffin. Not enough people gave a damn about Indy Car racing here, which is obvious, not only by the empty grandstands, but moving the date to just about the worst time of year, weather-wise. Trust me, it was HOT! I have a lot of photographs from the weekend, including the Ryan Briscoe crash. There were some great things about this track; the covered paddock set-up with a raised gantry in the middle for fans to observe the teams at work, the access to the top of the suites along pitroad, were a couple of stand outs. It's a shame not enough people who could have made this race work seemingly didn't care enough to make it work. May it rest in pieces, I guess. Great video!

Rest in Peace for Auto Club California Speedway

I’m going to miss Fontana so much it’s my home track and it’s where I saw my first NASCAR race in person I never got to see indycar there in person but man I wish I did this race was spectacular

that punishment on Will and team for that little shove is insane to me. meanwhile graham wins with a fraction of the fine.

Classic example of IndyCar being IndyCar's greatest enemy. Imagine rescheduling this event all over the calendar, landing on a date in the afternoon in the hot summer, and then thinking the problem is the track and leaving. They've done the same thing to Gateway, and are in the nascent stages of this stupidity with Iowa. I love IndyCar racing, but as a business, this series has been so lost for so long.

I remember watching this one live. Rahal's pit was bizarre. Why the fueler pulled out to just go back in as Rahal was starting to leave was weird in itself. On top of that, I've never not seen a drive-through or stop/go penalty applied for that error before. Not a race he should have won. Biggest takeaway was Briscoe's crash and him coming out of it okay. There's been fatal crashes less scary than that.

I went to Fontana from 2012 to 2014, but the 15 race clashed with Sonoma. So I went to Sonoma. I did listen to this race on the radio. I don't think it was so great, it reminded me of Vegas and old IRL races. Scary and dangerous.

I remember a couple years ago, Black Flags Matter made a video about this race and you can tell by the commentators voices, they were worried sick to their stomachs, especially Paul Tracy

2015 is a very underrated season for Indycar. The championship ended in a freaking tie.

I was there. It was awesome. Too bad it will never happen again.

It's definitely the greatest race that nobody saw. One of my favorites for sure and a great summary of it 👍. My favorite of all time though is CART's 2001 Michigan 500. Would love to see you do a recap of that! *wink wink

7:35 This kind of debris is exactly what killed Wilson later in the year and could've killed someone here...

i mean texas 2023 was pretty good. it’s the best one i’ve ever seen.

I really enjoy your videos! Great editing and commentary

RIP Auto Club Speedway and Robin Miller

Power's post race interview should've been included in this

"Everybody looking racy as Helio" is such a great line at 1:57 😂

I have to say that although in some ways that you sound superficially like a kid commentator, that actually you are actually an extremely perceptive racing analyst!! You are also an excellent communicator, reflecting your analysis in harmony and symbiosis with the professional live commentators of the day! He's great! I'm hooked! ...and i watched all of these in person, live, or on film since the original Grand Prix of Canada at Mosport Park during late August of 1967 ( Canada's Centennial Year when I rode my Honda S65 Sport bike over 400 km in the rain round trip to attend!) 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

Funny to hear Steve Matchett on an IndyCar broadcast. As another user said, he and P.T. sounded really nervous. And that explanation by Derrick Walker for the penalty made no sense at all, surprising considering he was a long time racer and car owner, you'd think he'd be more on top of that situation.