{"id":495267,"date":"2016-03-01T00:53:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T08:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=26742"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:01:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:01:51","slug":"product-reviews-march-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-march-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"[Movie\/Documentary Review]:  2015 F5000 Revival Race Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2015 F5000 Revival Race Series<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Checkered Flag Films<\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s get this over with right away. You need not read this review, just order this two-disc DVD. Regular readers will be familiar with my enthusiasm for Formula 5000, but even if I had no such bias, I would find this well-conceived, superbly edited offering fascinating.\u00a0Set at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the 2015 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where Formula 5000 was an invited class for the first time, it benefited from a record turnout of F5000 cars that surpassed anything ever seen anywhere before. Disc 1 opens with era- and mood-setting imagery and music, then gains instant credibility from early contributions by David Hobbs, Brian Redman and Mario Andretti.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers are taken inside the paddock to meet the drivers, crews and owners as they talk about themselves and, mainly, their various cars. Lots of illuminating in-car footage from a number of cars puts viewers right in the mix on the track, with several excellent extended dices captured for all to enjoy.\u00a0Disc 2 provides interview insights from Redman, Andretti and Hobbs, as well as Graham McRae, takes in the Tony Adamowicz Presentation and covers a panel discussion that featured Don Nichols, Howden Ganley, John Morton and others, It\u2019s difficult to see how anyone could not love Formula 5000 after seeing this, but then I\u2019m biased.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PR201603-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-717331 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PR201603-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PR201603-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PR201603-p1-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PR201603-p1-1024x905.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PR201603-p1-100x88.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PR201603-p1-770x681.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PR201603-p1-293x259.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 F5000 Revival Race Series By Checkered Flag Films Let\u2019s get this over with right away. You need not read this review, just order this two-disc DVD. Regular readers will be familiar with my enthusiasm for Formula 5000, but even if I had no such bias, I would find this well-conceived, superbly edited offering fascinating.\u00a0Set at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the 2015 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where Formula 5000 was an invited class for the first time, it benefited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":746582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[17152,17943,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-495267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-culture","tag-movie-documentary","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Movie\/Documentary Review]: 2015 F5000 Revival Race Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Product Reviews \u2014 March 2016\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-march-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Movie\/Documentary Review]: 2015 F5000 Revival Race Series\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Product Reviews \u2014 March 2016\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-march-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-01T08:53:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-04T22:01:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PR201603-p1-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"955\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-march-2016\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-march-2016\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Zimmermann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\"},\"headline\":\"[Movie\\\/Documentary Review]: 2015 F5000 Revival Race Series\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-01T08:53:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-04T22:01:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-march-2016\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-march-2016\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/PR201603-p1-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Movie &amp; 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