Are you taking a small-engined Mk1 GT40 or the big-engined Cobra?

@aristoadricaprio6759

4 ай бұрын

No need to asking, GT40 all the time.

@brandonbuckles826

4 ай бұрын

Clearly the GT40

@michaelgothenburg364

4 ай бұрын

Cobra, looks better, more feeling

@chefdan87

4 ай бұрын

Im 6'6, i dont think i could get in the GT40. Cobra it is

@Johnny-tt8zc

4 ай бұрын

Cobra

Considering the differences in suspension between the Cobra and the GT40's, that's a pretty heroic drive on the part of the Cobra.

@StephenJohnson-jb7xe

4 ай бұрын

The Cobra was a lot more agile than I expected it to be, I guess 7l is going to make it quick on the straights but I was expecting to see more understeer and to see the tires start to give out.

@elvispresley6392

4 ай бұрын

​@@StephenJohnson-jb7xe They both should have a 427 C.I. motor in them. Yes, I'm on this side of the Pond. Not sure if HP would be much different, but the GT40 could have up to a 500 lb. disadvantage also. But mostly, I think, it was that loose nut behind the wheel slingin' that Cobra that gave it a fighting chance . . . ✌️😎

@jasoncampbell4723

4 ай бұрын

@@elvispresley6392if the GTs had the 7L then their configuration would make more power than the Cobra but the Cobra weighs way less than the GT

@thetruth5232

4 ай бұрын

@@jasoncampbell4723 The 427 Cobra is 100kg heavier than the MkI GT40. The MkII 7.0L GT40 Would match the Cobra in weight.

@jasoncampbell4723

4 ай бұрын

@@thetruth5232 the motor is heavier than what’s in the MK1s, cobra itself weighs less than the GT, if the GT had the 7L it would make more power than the Cobra cause it’s configured differently, even if the intervals of both motors were the same the GT would make more power.

Love the pure sound with no commentary.

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391

4 ай бұрын

I stopped bothering with the TV coverage of the Goodwood festival of speed, because the put music over the sound.

@GoodwoodRR

4 ай бұрын

@@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 U wot m8?

@Photosynthesisbeing

4 ай бұрын

Agreed, watching on you tube is best. No music.

@anguswilliam2141

4 ай бұрын

I heard that's an option in one of their packages. They have the technology.

@jackhouston357

3 ай бұрын

427 BABY!!

When you look at the aerodynamics and difference in suspensions of the GT 40s, Bravo to the Cobra driver

@sethharpenger607

4 ай бұрын

Torque!

@Rondo2ooo

3 ай бұрын

​@@sethharpenger607 He meant obviously visible driving skills, because the GT40s are superior, yet the Cobra kept up well due to to-the-limit daring driving, especially in corners.

When you know how fast a GT40 is on track you really have to appreciate how quick that Cobra was going... All cudos to the drivers.. Each of those cars are a real handful at that speed but especially the Widowmaker.. (Cobra). Great to see them being used as they were intended.. :]

driving a 7 liter cobra at these speeds and around these corners is like driving on a slippery road or ice. Mountains of power, lite, and just begging to spin out.

@jcgabriel1569

4 ай бұрын

The driver, Bill Shepherd, posted a small onboard footage of him racing that Cobra, apparently, he suffered from hand cramps while driving the Cobra , you can see in the footage that he sometimes struggled to grip the steering wheel with his right hand after gear changes...

@PiDsPagePrototypes

4 ай бұрын

​@@jcgabriel1569Found it, watch, level of Awesome in that is as far off the charts as the speedo needle goes!

@jcgabriel1569

4 ай бұрын

@@PiDsPagePrototypes you should see his other videos of you want some more of those V8s!

@billshepherdautomotive

4 ай бұрын

We've amended our pre-race procedure after this race. Any driver scheduled to handle the 427 Cobra is fed a preventative banana in the collecting area!@@jcgabriel1569

So much more entertaining than current day F1!

@swilleh_

4 ай бұрын

more like any gen f1

@peter8084

4 ай бұрын

Proper motor racing, unlike the current yawnfest, known as F1 !

@mickden3155

4 ай бұрын

Nostalga at it's best .

That was the best 3 and a half minutes of my day.🙂

i love how the cobra actually looks scared to be hunted and the gt40s happpy to hunt

@fredburgessea4925

4 ай бұрын

😂

@clivejefferies

4 ай бұрын

I saw that too

@kevinostberg1729

4 ай бұрын

😮- 😊

@staLkerhu

4 ай бұрын

You made my day... 🤣☠

@GoodwoodRR

4 ай бұрын

😆

No matter what you are in , its hard to get around something with the power of a 427 high riser!

That's eye-opening. You hear how fast the AC Cobra was, but until you see it up against the car that won LeMan outright 4 years in a row, and basically going the same pace, you don't realise just how fast the damn thing was.

@richardgrant418

4 ай бұрын

Goodwood is a far more winding and slow than Le Mans

@lavender_queso

4 ай бұрын

@@richardgrant418fair point, but i feel like most people would, even knowing how much slower this circuit is, put their money on the gt40’s vs the cobra

@Scatpack21

4 ай бұрын

Took the first GT a long time to pass the Cobra, and the second one never did.

@odnamsrazor2364

4 ай бұрын

@@richardgrant418 which would favor the Cobra. the GT40s are faster through the turns, the Cobra was stretching them out on the straights. . i'm assuming these are small block GT40s, not the 427ci Side Oilers.

@KaDuWin

4 ай бұрын

​@@odnamsrazor2364They were 427s, the Mk1 GT40s had the smaller V8s, those are not MK1s. The GT40 was considerably faster on straights than the Cobra in general but the Cobra driver is really the hero there. He really made that GT40 try very hard.

The cat driving that 427SC is a BOSS, holding off a pair of GT40's with a front engine, rear wheel drive roadster (!) Cobra's eat Ferrari's and poop Corvettes.

@richardwynkoop3598

4 ай бұрын

I Hit The Like Button And I Own A C5

@billshepherdautomotive

4 ай бұрын

👍🙏🙏

@paulhogan7270

3 ай бұрын

The 427 was, and is, an awesome engine in any car.

@JimBischoff1184

3 ай бұрын

Love your last sentence ! 😂😂❤

It's wild to see how big the Cobra is when compared to the GT40.

I’m surprised how well the Cobra did against those GT40s at the beginning

@ccrider8483

4 ай бұрын

I suspect the Cobra driver was trying harder than the GT40 drivers.

@3RTracing

4 ай бұрын

especially considering it is an open car, and not the least bit streamlined or aerodynamic compared to the GT's which were wind tunnel designed. Seemed like the raw power of the Cobra kept them at bay.

@jcgabriel1569

4 ай бұрын

He had great straight line speed. He used that to his advantage in the opening laps of the race...

@mattserraes8561

4 ай бұрын

They'd be nuts to push these vintage race cars to their limits. Most vintage races I've watched were very conservative, with easy safe passes.

@jcgabriel1569

4 ай бұрын

@@mattserraes8561 in Europe, they generally tend to drive much harder. It's almost like modern-day racing there, in a way, only that the cars were old, parts had to be period-correct, and I doubt they ever got any cash prize winning races...

Awesome display of driving finesse and shear beauty of the machinery. Surprising how big the Cobra looked when compared to the Lotus 23.

@sethtenrec

4 ай бұрын

sheer

It's a credit to the design team behind the GT40 that 60yrs later, they can still look so intimidating and imposing on track...

@peebeedee6757

4 ай бұрын

@paulelverstone8677 - Yes, all credit to Eric Broadley of Lola.

@turboslag

4 ай бұрын

Unlimited budget and motivation. Both the Cobra and GT had British origins though!

@stevejones8660

4 ай бұрын

So did the United States. But we took it further and faster.

@ForeverNeverwhere1

4 ай бұрын

​@@stevejones8660you mean take the credit. GT 40 chassis was already designed long before ford came along, ditto with the cobra, Lola were always broke and AC were having issues getting a reliable source of engines after Bristol stopped making their engines. Americas input was to put a big block in a British designed, engineer and built and raced small block car, and the pretend it was all American genius. It was an engine swop.

@andrewdking

3 ай бұрын

I heard the GT40 was designed by the British performance arm of Ford, not American. Probably at Dagenham 🤔

Nice racing action with no background noise except the sound of horsepower . 👍

That big block held them off pretty well. Impressive to say the least.

That Cobra driver did a great job keeping them GT 40'S at bay for so long great video cheers.👍

That was some hard Gentlemanly racing right there I bet those guys were having such a blast.

Fun with Fords!

Those cars are beautiful.

I would expect that the GT40s with more modern suspension , just left the Cobra standing............ Epic ! ❤

Beautiful shapes, beautiful sounds, full use of the racing course. This is what car racing should be!

All that grip with those not so wide tires is amazing

The M40’s look like the MK 1 so they are running the 289 vs the Cobra’s 427. Carol Shelby has been noted as saying he liked the 289 over the 427 because of the weight difference. But it took the MKII with the 427 to win LaMans.

@greghanson3495

4 ай бұрын

Based on the sound, I thought the #8 GT40 was a 427 while the #6 was a 289.

@theabsolutedrive

4 ай бұрын

@@greghanson3495​​⁠Generally speaking, the MKII had larger rear bodywork do to having to be reworked to fit the 427 along with improved air intakes to help cool the larger power plant. With that said there does appear to be a distinct sound difference between the 8 and the 6. 🤔

@th3b0untyhunter

4 ай бұрын

4 wins at Le Mans for GT40 '66 & '67 for the big block 7.0 427 cars But '68 &'69 were won by the same small block 5.0 302 car

What a joy to watch!

That is some awesome Cobra suspension on the front heavy Cobra, amazing drive!! Wish I had that talent!

@westmus

4 ай бұрын

An stock 427 cobra was spec'ed having 48% of the weight on the front. That big engine was placed far behind the front axle.

@ricklarner9263

4 ай бұрын

@@westmus Oohh...I see...well a fabulous drive! mirror full of GT40? whoo hoo!!

The guy in the Cobra can drive 😀

@UZForLife

4 ай бұрын

That guy in the comments section can really comment!

@CornPopandCrew

4 ай бұрын

Well, he lost sooooo....

@LionPride-bv9cs

4 ай бұрын

@@CornPopandCrew It was inevitable, but that doesn't take away how awesome it was.

Love seeing these classic racecars being driven the way they were meant to be driven despite their values these days! Goodwood is a deceptively challenging circuit too. Momentum is very important, and then there's that walled chicane. You don't want to get that wrong!

Just the thumbnail of 3 Fearsome Fords comin' at you tho!!❤

It may be vintage cars but that’s some mighty fine racing!

Amazing how Awesome the Cobra was, considering he's Running against Purpose-built Racecars with a car basically Cobbled Together around that BBF. Both Platforms were and still awesome!!👍👍

Beautiful racing and hunting by the Ford GTs!

Considering the tech differences between the cars, that Cobra is on it.

Awsome!

Wow, that’s better than anything I’ve seen in F1 in 3 years, and that’s not hyperbole. Amazing battle of icons!

Turn it up!

That was some fine racing, boys!

It's a family feud, with Junior trying to run away from his big bros! :-) I wonder if the Cobra driver is screaming, “More power! I need more power!!” What glorious noise!!

@marklittle8805

4 ай бұрын

Jeremy Clarkson's ideal automobile

@nirfz

4 ай бұрын

Would think this is the least likely car for a driver to scream for more power...

That passing move was very nicely set up and executed.👌

@edwardmylnychuk5774

4 ай бұрын

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, A TALENTED DRIVER NO LESS

Says a lot about how great that Cobra truly is! 😍

I enjoyed watching this small clip

Considering the aerodynamics, that cobra was Awesome!

It's crazy how small the GT40s look compared to the Cobra.

@damonrobus-clarke533

4 ай бұрын

I thought that as well, they’re tiny!

@karelpgbr

4 ай бұрын

Same thing with modern day LMP cars, you think they’re large because you don’t really have a reference, then you see them in the paddocks and they’re tiny!

Love it! Damn fine racing :)

Surprising to see the scale difference between the two cars. Plus, hard to believe that the GT40s couldn't blow by the Cobra

@chrispappas3750

4 ай бұрын

The guy driving the Cobra knew what he was doing, but he was delaying the inevitable. When the GT40 gets by it, the Cobra will never catch it again.

It took incredible skill and raw courage to drive a ferocious race prepared Cobra at speed like this. Even in street trim, the Cobras acceleration was terrifying. I was fortunate enough to put many miles on a real side oiler. Approaching a corner with throttle planted, nose up, rear squatting, you better time the excellent brakes right or you get buried closed casket.

That's awesome!!

Fantastic! ❤ 😊

Ken Miles is looking down and is smiling from ear to ear.

Having never seen a Cobra and a GT40 on the track at the same time, I did not know GT 40s were so small!

SO cool! Thank you!

3.5 minutes of Goodwood battling is more intense and dramatic than any "racing" movie I've ever seen. Yes, that includes _Ford v. Ferrari._

@karelpgbr

4 ай бұрын

“Let me just put my foot down more.” -(almost) every racing movie ever.

@daedalus_20v

4 ай бұрын

​@@karelpgbris it even a real battle if they don't go door-to-door down the straight and look over at each other a lot???

@karelpgbr

4 ай бұрын

@@daedalus_20v Hahaha, I guess not lol

Considering how different they are the Cobra was impressive.

When the GT 40 was being developed. I read an article about the performance on the track. They were working on the chassis and suspension...A test driver took around the course and when he " pitted " he mentioned how , at 200 mph, the car was a little " loose"....This was back in the late 60s or early 70s.

You can see how the Cobra and the GT40s really prefer different lines. The Cobra has the speed but needs to carry that speed through the corner. The GT40s are more agile through those slaloms and ultimately win the day. Great effort all around and great clip!

The Cobra is actually more voluminous than the GT40! Crazy!

Guy in the the cobra like guyssss we on the same team remember, I made you!

@SilentMovements305

4 ай бұрын

😂

Other people are talking about the amazing driving and fantastic engineering on display. I'm just thinking about a repair bill with lots of zeros on the end.

I'm not really a race guy, but I was starting to get nervous wondering when they would pass him. Fun to watch!

Cobra: D: GT40s: :D

The driver of that cobra is very skilled

Once the GT40 was able to pass and didn't have to keep riding his brakes, you could see him easily pulling away.

Now this is racing… I can watch THIS

Amazing how the GT40 looks big until you park it next to a tiny little cobra. It way smaller than it appears!

Thanks for some memorable. #6 looks a little more nervous than the other two.

Fabulous ❤

Great video

That Cobra driver is the man!!!!

Pure racing 👍

Really incredible how well the Cobra's holding its own against the GT40s which were faster, more aerodynamic, handled better, and more advanced. Despite those disadvantages that Cobra was no pushover for the GT40. The Daytona coupe was reputed to be faster than the GT40, Ford ordered Shelby to stop racing them. Seeing the standard Cobra do so well helps add validity to that historical claim.

@sethtenrec

4 ай бұрын

The Daytona coupe was an amazing beast

@KaDuWin

4 ай бұрын

@@sethtenrec One of my all time favorites.

I love how squirrelly the cobra is barely hanging on. Credit to all 3 drivers

I Guess that the GT40's have the edge in handling and aerodynamics, I do have a friend that has a 427 Cobra (Original) that gets 1100++ HP out of the mill but he doesn't race and I don't know what rules the race course has on engine modification. The Cobra does seem to have a very slight advantage on the straights but that could be because he is holding back the GT40's in the curves. Anyway a fun vid and enjoyable race to watch IMO

Awesome skill of the Cobra driver 👍 using his powerful engine to accelerate this huge and heavy car out of the turns. The Ferraris were better at braking and turning. Awesome to see a roadster being a challenge for optimized, stream-lined race cars.

@busman2050

4 ай бұрын

Cobras are not heavy cars

The Real MVP is the tires on that Cobra 😉

Somewhere in heaven, Carroll Shelby is watching this with a big ol’ grin on his face!

You think of the Cobra as a low slung roadster until you realise that the roofline of the GT40 is only slightly taller than the scuttle of the Cobra.

Pure ford power.

Great circuit for these types of cars

Now that was racing!

Cobra forever

There is (almost) no substitute for cubic inches.... After 63 years of attending race meetings the Goodwood Members Meeting still draws me every year. Check out the SF Edge Trophy footage from last year. Two races for 100+ year old single seaters. The first won by 0.3 seconds, the other by 0.1 seconds.

Real men pedalling real cars! Awesome!

Both the Cobras and GT40s are beautiful race cars and both the drivers are faster than almost all other regular people on earth.

Gotta tip my hat to Shelby. Without him these masterpieces wouldn't exist.

Love it

These guys at Goodwood really know how to party.

That Cobra is hustling.

That poor cobra looks so terrified! Lol

Which brand is the yellow car in front of them ?

Be nice if they told us about the individual cars. The body of the Cobra doesn't seem wide enough at the wheel openings to be a 427 car but has the 427 exhaust. It is also twitchy in the turns which leads you to think it's nose heavy as well. However the 427 competition Cobras had 600 horsepower and should easily catch a 289 GT40 in the long straight after the chicane and it didn't. The GT40's are obviously 289mark 1 cars as they don't have the extra scoops on the rear of the car that the 427 powered cars had.

Soundtrack is orgasmic ❤❤

It’s amazing just how modern the Mk1 looks

Mucho cool points for way cool cars.

GT40....great balance...😮

Love these cars. Been fortunate to see several at vintage events. But…..what is the yellow car ahead of them that they aren’t catching?

Hey little Cobra, don't you know you're gonna shut 'em down I took my Cobra down to the track Hitched to the back of my Cadillac Everyone was there just a waiting for me There were plenty of Stingrays and XKEs Spring little Cobra getting ready to strike (Shut 'em down) Spring little Cobra now with all of your might!

No puede ser... Ese Cobra tiene fierros de más... Está perreado...

That cobra's fangs coming out.