Over 50 Minutes of Red Bull (Team Cheever) Crashing in IndyCar (Every Crash / Incident, 2002-05 IRL)

Red Bull began sponsor a team in the Indy Racing League that was run and founded by Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever Jr. Cheever, who raced in F1, CART, and the IRL, also drove for the team. His team served as the factory team for Infiniti in the IRL and had a roundabout number of sponsors prior to Red Bull arriving in 2002 With this new funding cam a full-time expansion to two entries (and three entries for select races). Rather than going with the sure-handed and reliable veteran Al Unser Jr., Cheever decided to hire rookie Tomas Scheckter. Scheckter was simply brilliant in pace and bravery, but lacked a lot of the craft that was needed to survive a two hour race. What ensued was a bit of a rough season for the team, including a large crash damage bill. The team did win their first (and what would be their only) race with Red Bull sponsorship at Michigan with Scheckter Scheckter would not finish the season with the team after contractual beef with Cheever. Buddy Rice would take over in 2003. The good news is that the team had a remarkably clean season in 2003. The bad news is that their results were not impressive In 2004 and 2005, the team ran Alex Barron both seasons in one car, and Ed Carpenter (2004) and Patrick Carpentier (2005) in the second car. Toyota engines began to fall-off, leaving the team shorthanded to the superior Honda engine. After a clean 2003, the crash damage bill began to spike again in 2004 and 2005 As the 2005 season came to a close, Red Bull informed Cheever that the days of them footing their excessive crash damage bill was coming to an end. While not official word was given about their exit, it is believed that the expansion of their Formula 1 effort with the Toro Rosso entry in 2006, as well as their NASCAR entry, coupled with their little ROI on the IRL side, contributed to this decision Red Bull's footprint is not lost in IndyCar, as Red Bull Technologies designed and implemented the first IndyCar aeroscreen that was added for the 2020 season. This marks the most major safety advancement in IndyCar since the invention of the SAFER Barrier. While their on-track product left little to be desired, Red Bull's time in the IRL, and their lasting impact on the sport, should not be forgotten My Links 𝕏 https://x.com/Hickey93 Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/hickey93 Buy Me a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/hickey Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:31 '02 Homestead - Cheever, contact with Scheckter 3:04 '02 Phoenix - Cheever, contact with Lazarro and Sharp 4:32 '02 Fontana - Scheckter, contact with Noda 6:07 '02 Nazareth - Scheckter, contact with J. Lazier 8:40 '02 Indianapolis - Scheckter 9:44 '02 Texas 1 - Scheckter, hit by loose wheel from Hornish 10:31 '02 Texas 1 - Cheever, contact with Hornish 11:54 '02 Richmond - Cheever, contact with Redon 13:50 '02 Kansas - Scheckter 15:17 '02 Nashville - Scheckter (Boat crashes in sympathy) 16:22 '02 Michigan - Cheever 17:33 '02 Kentucky - Scheckter, collects Dare 19:42 '02 Kentucky - Rice 20:29 '03 Nashville - Rice, contact with Meira 21:40 '04 Homestead - Barron, contact with Manning 23:31 '04 Homestead - Carpenter 24:25 '04 Phoenix - Carpenter 26:54 '04 Indianapolis - Carpenter, contact with Taylor 29:11 '04 Texas 1 - Barron, contact with Manning 32:20 '04 Richmond - Carpenter, contact with Ray 33:32 '04 Nashville - Carpenter 34:54 '04 Pikes Peak - Barron, contact with Fernandez 35:15 '04 Nazareth - Carpenter, contact with Castroneves 35:41 '04 Nazareth - Carpenter 37:34 '04 Chicagoland - Barron 38:13 '04 Fontana - Barron 39:50 '04 Texas 2 - Carpenter 40:57 '04 Texas 2 - Barron, contact with Franchitti 46:32 '05 Motegi - Barron 47:50 '05 Nashville - Carpentier, contact with Briscoe 48:53 '05 Chicagoland - Barron, contact with Briscoe 52:16 '05 Watkins Glen - Barron Disclaimer: This video contains footage and/or music that I do not own. All rights belong to their respective owners. No copyright infringement intended. Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. My intent with this video is spread the love of IndyCar to as many people as I can Video credit - ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2