Q: F1: Rene Arnoux vs. Gilles Villeneuve: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3tXJm9tYGM or a shorter video with good commentary because Murry actually makes this seem boring(well thats impossible but he does a shit job and doesnt capture the excitement at all) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr_6mA8Q2tI Champ car: Zanardi vs Herta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBthxGThBkc NASCAR: Craven vs. Kurt Busch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV7hAz-75UA IRL: Hornish vs. Dixon vs. Herta. vs. Sheckter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2ruMyqG_3I I gotta say its the F1 one for me by quite a distance followed by the IRL. Because that is phenomonally brave stuff 3 wide, with open wheels at those speeds. Crazy. Surely the NASCAR fans cant say that isnt real cool...
A: Arnoux/Villeneuve will never be forgotten by anyone who saw it live (including me). As Nigel Roebuck put it: "A Frenchman winning in a French car in France, and nobody is talking about it..." poor old Jabouille never got the credit he deserved for his drive. (When you chuck in the fact that it was also the first turbo win in F1, and that's not really what the race is remembered for, you have to acknowledge that it was one of the greatest finishes in F1 history.) Mind you, the battle wouldn't have happened if Arnoux hadn't had turbo trouble...he'd have just blown past and away from Villeneuve as Jabouille did, seeing as Gilles' tyres were finished.