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@Rob_McMahon @champwebdotnet It was a chilly night as I recall - the bottom really fell out from under Champ Car that year and yet I’d rather watch a field of those cars over what we have currently

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@KensethFan17_20 Mid-to-late 90’s on ESPN with John Watson, Derek Bell and @SpeedGreen get my vote.

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@Alex__Monaco @netflix Lee Corso rode Texas all season and picked them to win that game

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@fj_ryanconville @champwebdotnet We should consider ourselves fortunate to have experienced that era of CART - the sounds and smells were unforgettable l

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@ClassicsCFB The early days of ESPN GamePlan

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@ClassicsCFB Keep these College GameDay Final highlights coming

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@TimBrando @johnreporters Can’t believe it’s been that long - as a youngster, really enjoyed his work anchoring ABC’s college football coverage from Times Square Stadium

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@DiscGawlfer @EthicalHoopz As a middle schooler who lived, ate and breathed baseball (idolized Big Mac as well) in Mid-to-late 90’s, waking up the next morning to that highlight on SportsCenter was magic

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@DiscGawlfer @EthicalHoopz The Dave Niehaus TV call on that bomb was incredible

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@speedbird_fan @GenesisCOffishl @Goatciello End-of-days Jordan…

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@RLM3rd @STaranto92 As infuriating as the Texas fiasco was, Martinsville feels like the one that got away….Harvick was in another zip code at PIR

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@Speedworx41 @R0thmansEra The vast majority of V10-era races were processional, and it didn’t matter…the cars were “the show,” especially when attending a race. F1 has never been all about the on-track “action.”

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@ChrisMonan @sidlowe Zambrotta to Barcelona, Cannavaro to Real Madrid after ‘06 World Cup…

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@Eric_Erins Rahm deciding to punt on hosting the World Cup was such a myopic decision - it was the perfect opportunity to showcase Chicago’s soft power to a world that has less-than-flattering misconceptions about it.

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@champwebdotnet It’s also fun to watch some of the old heads who are still a part of the Indy car ecosystem who were around in that era absolutely light up when discussing those cars

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@champwebdotnet How I miss those cars on those tracks - a pity those races were so sparsely attended (full-page ads in the USA Today, etc didn’t help draw crowds) - it’s also quite telling that cars from 26+ years ago are far more inspiring than what we have today.

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@JtA_Actual @25YearsAgoLive Those are called “safer barriers,” being developed at Nebraska - you’ll see them at the Indy 500 next year

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@93Troxell76 @nascarman_rr Late 90’s, early 00’s CART at Michigan/California was the absolute zenith of American open wheel racing.

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@RyanIsAWood @25YearsAgoLive Their penultimate race before the money ran dry

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@mitchppederson @MarcoAndretti That final Champ Car race at the California Speedway was truly the end of eta - nothing could ever touch the spectacle of CART at Fontana