What I love about vintage car racing is that it's very expressive, you see the car slide, the suspension move and tires sidewall bend, you can feel the forces on the car just by looking at it, something we miss from modern racing, it's like modern cars wear this poker face and go fast around the track without any expressions.

@AndorRadnai

Жыл бұрын

I am showing my age here, but that is something Cars 3 captured superbly.

@sprezzatura8755

Жыл бұрын

It's as if modern racing has been sterilized. All the Blood Sweat and Tears have been scrubbed away.

@RyTrapp0

2 ай бұрын

I'm afraid that one of the worst changes to motorsports was the move to radial tires. They're basically better than bias plies all around, they have more grip, stiffer sidewalls, put power down better, wear more evenly, etc. But all of that also means that, compared to bias plies, they're very unforgiving, when you lose traction it falls off in an instant instead of falling off progressively, and they're often very hard to catch a spin because it happens so sudden and there's so little grip recovery when you begin sliding. With bias plies, you can slide a car around all day long and it's going to do it easily and be very forgiving, especially in the start of a spin. IndyCar & F1 were the last major holdouts on bias plies, but they switched over too and, just like every other motorsport, the cars became much more difficult/less forgiving to drive, there were more crashes, and only the drivers with the quickest reactions tend to save spins on the radials. Mind you, I'm a min/maxer, you bet I want radials on my track car cuz I want the lowest lap times(even if it doesn't matter because it's just a track day LOL). But, for motorsport where entertainment matters, radials were a mistake - we need to go back in time to bias plies. Or at least make some radials that work much more like bias plies(we're seeing that in drag racing, there's been a few radial drag tires released that act more like a bias ply slick instead of a radial slick, interesting development).

No one could convince me that any professional racing going on today is more exciting than this.

Man this guy is pushing that ford around. What car control.

@bzdtemp

5 жыл бұрын

TK knows how to drive and overtake. He has practiced some, wining the 12 hr Sebring 6 times and Le Mans 9 times while doing so :-)

@jody024

4 жыл бұрын

@@bzdtemp Still sad he didn't try one more time for LM title number 10.

@bzdtemp

4 жыл бұрын

@@jody024 10 would be insane and cool. However I think TK likely decided that having 50% more wins than anyone else has ever achieved was enough, also I suspect that after his horrible DTM crash which he nearly did not come back from he may be thinking just showing he could still race was enough.

@jody024

4 жыл бұрын

@@bzdtemp Yeah thats very likely.

@Porsche996driver

3 жыл бұрын

This guy is Tom Kristensen. You can google “this guy” lol.

This is real racing of real cars. I'm 43 from Texas, been a gearhead all my life, and this is the kind of racing that just grabs the soul.

A million times more exciting than F1!

@ChristianW1975

5 жыл бұрын

Manuel Rdz. Ohi agree mate

@ZachMan99

5 жыл бұрын

Well yeah, but anything is more exciting than F1 lmao.

@terryjackson4538

5 жыл бұрын

Watched two old ladies o their Gophers in the supermarket that were more exciting than Formula 1 and V8 Supercars

@johnnymossville

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

@bornestellar6334

5 жыл бұрын

F1 isn't too exciting these days, unfortunately. Too many regulations, rules and restrictions that restrict teams from improving their cars. These rules have given Mercedes a golden ticket for multiple CWCs. You could say that Ferrari had a dominant era during Schumacher's reign, but still.

This is like watching Nascar was like in the 60's and 70's. Real cars, with real excitement. If we could only go back...

Vintage road racing soothes my soul.. first on race day!!

@pontiacfan76

4 жыл бұрын

Driver returns on foot.

@senna138

4 жыл бұрын

@@pontiacfan76 to the top step of the podium!

@racer98

4 жыл бұрын

add a V12 in there with straight pipes and 108+octane racing fuel.

imagine seeing that angry wall of chrome in your mirror

@JoeyLovesTrains

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine seeing a sedan that size in Europe

@bserieshatch1

3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't get to see it for very long.

@kasperkjrsgaard1447

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine knowing that Tom Kristensen is behind the wheel.

Man, am I impressed with the power and handling of that Ford Fairlane. That thing was flying and the sound from that big bad boy was awesome. Tom Kristensen's ability to keep from burning up his brakes is a tribute to his driving abilities. I wish that I was there to witness this stuff.

Coolest racing I’ve seen. Blows away Nascar and F1. Pure talent and adrenaline

The way Tom drives that beast of a car is an absolute treat to watch every time!

Absolutely some of the best racing to be seen nowadays is found at the Goodwood Revival! Fantastic stuff! Those guys driving the stuffings out those Cortina's and that Remeo were superb! And that Tom Kristensen was driving the wheels off that big Fairlane! Great stuff.

@TheFreshPeddler

4 жыл бұрын

@1:52 that Fairlane looks like it may eat the Alfa.

@slowpokebr549

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFreshPeddler it did.

@mescko

4 жыл бұрын

I was there in 2013. Best Vintage event bar none.

@m42037

Жыл бұрын

Big by European standard, your car's were always small no room on the roads to drive or park lol

Without a DOUBT Tom Kristensen's one of the best wheelmen of our era. 9 wins at Le Mans and can jump into any old car and still take 1st at goodwood...enough said. Just wish he was able to go for the triple crown cuz we know he kill it lol

5:50 that is a jump scare noise right there

@ArgueWithTheMajority

4 жыл бұрын

yep

@JoeyLovesTrains

3 жыл бұрын

I was skipping around and didn’t notice it. I’m awake now

as a corner worker and a driver in our vintage club these videos make me smile and at times pitch a tent.

The Fairlane looks like a Big Bully amid the Alpha and the Cortinas.....Still that was some truly amazing racing!!..Glad to see the cars on the track and not sitting atrophied in a museum

@luciusvorenus9445

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent way of putting it. Good to see classic race cars in competitive laps!

@paulstandeven8572

4 жыл бұрын

You might call the car an alpha-Romeo if it was the race-winner - but it was third. The car is actually an Alfa Romeo. Alfa stands for Anonima Lombarda Fabbricca Automobili - in other words, Public Company making Cars in Lombardy, northern Italy. Romeo was an enginneer who took over the company in the '20s.

@expert20valvehlx

4 жыл бұрын

Alfa not Alpha

@VasilisTheoktistou

3 жыл бұрын

These cars deserve to be on the track, period...

@copperlocks1

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulstandeven8572 No worries; Thank you for clarifying

Great driving, from all of them; those guys probably couldn't stop smiling for a week

I could watch this kind of racing all weekend, who needs F1, F1 is an absolute caricature of its former glory!

@rasmus1822

4 жыл бұрын

Insolent Stickleback In a way I agree but the F1 was much better and more entertaining in the 80's and 90's and the V12 engines were fantastic!

@timclaus8313

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, alway fun to watch old F1 clips as the drivers slip, slide and drift around the tracks. Ascari, Moss, Fangio, Carricciolo, Rosemeyer, Seagraves, those guys could really drive.

@davesearle2766

3 жыл бұрын

So much more entertaining than FI

@jjbob5451

Жыл бұрын

@@rasmus1822 Today F1 would be old school fun. If the tires today would only be 1/3 on the tire width of tires today.

HE...Makes American Race Cars GREAT AGAIN!

@studio-flash

4 жыл бұрын

In Alms ..Corvette C7R has won the last 3 years in a row and the Corvette has dominated over 20 years with a front engine awesome V8 beating mid engine porsche bmw ford gt jaguar aston martin ferrari etc.

@sugarnads

4 жыл бұрын

So... Its got tyres about 3x wider, and 3-4 x the engine size, and yeah! He can outrun lotus cortinas.

@paulwhitley7217

4 жыл бұрын

@@studio-flash l

@ljgarrison6910

4 жыл бұрын

@@sugarnads beating them in the corners and not to mention the hp/ton rule they have. They have the same power to weight

@skulz1974

4 жыл бұрын

America has had at some point , great cars....... but it was never a great country, lol

That big Ford actually looked like it handled pretty well!

@jtknapp3261

4 жыл бұрын

The driver was doing a good job of keeping the corner momentum without over driving it or using up the tires. The car looked stable and well-prepared. Great racing all over in that one!

@bradfordeaton6558

4 жыл бұрын

@@jtknapp3261 If that really was a dual quad 427 it's even more impressive!

@saltzen961

4 жыл бұрын

@@bradfordeaton6558 .IT was !!! ............drive-my.com/en/test-drive/item/2280-1964-ford-fairlane-thunderbolt-driven.html

@timclaus8313

4 жыл бұрын

Another clip out there of TK wheeling a '58 Thunderbird road racer blowing by folks until the exhaust pipe started to drag and he got black-flagged. That guy can wheel a race car.

@wyo1446

4 жыл бұрын

Big Ford? It's an intermediate Fairlane. It just looks big compared to those puddle jumpers trying to catch it.

The Fairlane sounds like a ww2 bomberplane. Love it.

Have you ever seen an angrier Alfa Romeo?

@UberLummox

4 жыл бұрын

Never!!! That thing is sex-on-wheels.

@MrTony4099

4 жыл бұрын

Only with Giovanardi vs the Audi eheh

@harrimat100

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, in the days of late 80s, early 90s DTM.

@TheFreshPeddler

4 жыл бұрын

With Alfa reliability, aren't they all angry?

Second time I watch this. Still much more entertained than any F1 race. Superb racing.

Agreed, more exciting than F1. Really great driving ,power slides, excellent work men.

that was some amazing racing

@300ZCorradoVR6Z

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

No high tech stuff, no million dollar teams, no record breaking speeds... pure good old racing. What a spectacle!

What a drive! Especially since the car was new to him. And the fights was so tough and fair, very exciting! Racing at it's best.

That Ford looks so big compared to all the others yet he moves with such agility.

Very nice track and love the old Detroit metal with those big beefy tires running through those lovely corners.

Absolutely brilliant racing from the Alfa and Cortina drivers. They really trade blows during the laps.

Oh how I miss those days when a day at the track was so much fun!

This is the kind of racing that keeps me entertained! Drivers actually driving the piss out of their cars and doing it cleanly! Also that old Ford my God does it handle with the best of em! WOW

So much fun watching these old cars race. Love it.

Great job on the Ford 👍 ...oh but that Alfa Romeo is sooo cool.... 😁✌️👍👍

@richsackett3423

3 жыл бұрын

The driver in the Alfa drove great.

Look at that big ford go lol 😂👍👍👍👍👍

@horatiokensington147

6 жыл бұрын

Which, if anything, goes to show that lightweight does not always matter

@hermantinoherman5319

5 жыл бұрын

beware...my friend.of the 427 8 thumper.

@evanfinger3791

5 жыл бұрын

@@user-ml6hf6fp5f they are 17 & 1/2ft long... Little definitely ain't the right word! 😂

@evanfinger3791

5 жыл бұрын

@@user-ml6hf6fp5f Guess I'm going off the length of my 61 fairlane, it's 209in. long.

@kramnull8962

5 жыл бұрын

@@hermantinoherman5319 Just like the 427, stay thirsty my friend...

You can't race with a battleship sized car, says who..............

@udpsnake5159

5 жыл бұрын

99rsk I've seen a 64 Impala that beat a 64 mustang on a really tight circuit.

@DDS029

5 жыл бұрын

Battleship? In it's day, that was a compact car!!! And on a tight circuit, with the Chevy in front, the HP, it could pull a gap but use up too much track entering the turns. Put the Mustang in front, the tight track would favor the Mustang, and he would be dust off in the sunset.

@hermantinoherman5319

5 жыл бұрын

REAL CAR for A REAL MAN that is.sure enough the universe is as good as the driver....a kind of a man that dont have kids insecurity.

@vector6977

5 жыл бұрын

That is no bigger than a 1st gen Mustang. The other cars are just go carts.

@evanfinger3791

5 жыл бұрын

@@vector6977 about 2 feet longer... Same size as the Impala

Look at all those bonnets bouncing around and all of them drifting on the edge of grip! This is real racing!

What an exhibition of great driving and great cars. I can relate to these vehicles as they're from my era; it's so exciting to see. I salute Goodwood and those who risk their valuable cars for producing such a revival of automotive history.

This is driving at its best... Goodwood R&R is fantastic to watch. Loving it!!!

This is the best kind of racing. Love the controlled slides. Super exciting

Wow, I really enjoyed watching these beautiful classic race cars whip around the track, I actually was excited 🤯

Watching this video; my lady asked if Godzilla was taking a nap in our house. That smooth demonic tone of that v8.. I miss large n/a engines.

@mwhitelaw8569

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more How about an injected Lola? Now that was a beast!

@sadlife8495

4 жыл бұрын

They don’t make ANY cool cars anymore....

@timclaus8313

4 жыл бұрын

@@mwhitelaw8569 The Can-Am cars with the FI big block Chevys and Fords. Cars flying down the track, not even sounding like the engines are working that hard.

Spectacular!!!!!

Wow, I grew up drooling about these cars. Saw many races at Kyalami in South Africa. Saw many a duel like this. The beast was a Ford Galaxy 500 driven by Bobby Oltoff. Great stuff.

That Ford sounds like a plane 😎👌

Love the way that Ford is thrown around the turns. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Love the whole class.

Grew up with the FE Ford, properly tuned hard to beat, love the sound and what a great looking car, well driven too!

Goosebumps watching that this morning! Excellent racing

Good Driving by Kristensen considering he'd only done 1 lap the previous day. The Fairlane was obviously set up well, drifted nicely. Good Racing and Driving by all.

Frank Stippler is the man of the Race! I've never seen a racing driver putting so much pressure on his rival (the red Cortina) and driving at the same time so clean without any touching. Great drive in your wonderful Alfa GTA, Frank!!!

Next year folks,hang on to those tickets! Glorious!

Stifler came in 3rd! It's good to see that Stifler has found work after graduating college in the American Pie movies.

Amazing cars, amazing racing, love the classics,

Thanks for sharing that. That is a proper car race.

I grew up watching these cars, Lotus Cortinas, Alfa Guilias and the big Ford Galaxi's. Just fantastic. Loved it.

Ford power is number 1. Early sixties Fords are my favorite so I love this.

Kristensen's car was huge compared to the other cars, but he drove it so amazingly, like a Mini Cooper lol

Real racing!

Really entertaining. Absolutely wonderful.

the thunderbolt has such as awesome engine note

@tweakiepop

6 жыл бұрын

DEANOGTO Agreed, like the biplanes buzzing Kong

@alanhardman2447

6 жыл бұрын

DEANOGTO - And it's NOT a Thunderbolt. It is a Fairlane 500 with the High Performance 271-horse 289. Thunderbolts were 427s and were 2-door "post" or sedans specifically developed for drag racing. Search Thunderbolt record for some awesome drag racing cars, even in today's competition...

@64fairlane305

6 жыл бұрын

Partly true Alan, it is a 427-equipped Holman-Moody race prepped 64 Fairlane. Not a "Thunderbolt" though, they were pure drag-racecars. Another one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h3homrGRYdrbYZc.html

@mortuarykrematorium4650

5 жыл бұрын

All those cars have

@bravoA-su8xm

5 жыл бұрын

that car is a tribute to a galaxie R code which won the british saloon car championship the year prior it was a nascar inspired 427FE that was under the hood

Where has this channel been all of my life?? I'm enjoying racing again for the first time in at least a decade.

Tom Kristensen still is a driver, that is superhuman. This guy is beyond anybody but maybe Walter Röhrl.

This is vigorously Amazing!

Dont no why this popped up on my feed but a watched it all. What beautiful cars and great racing.

Never smiled that much watching racing. Great great stuff right there.

This is amazing!!!

So awesome to see these beasts throwing it around the track!

Beautiful 😍😍

Wow! What a race! Thanks!

Fantastic race 👏👏

This dude is my hero

@heinedenmark

4 жыл бұрын

Not a dude. A legend!

Great Car and driving too. Thumbs Up Liked also.

Driver skills and the car set up, on a rail, new Sub!

That car just screams "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!"

This is awesome

This is real racing with mechanical grip and not aerodynamics.

@phroggeprof1361

5 жыл бұрын

It had aerodynamic in that 64

@raptor4798

4 жыл бұрын

Phrogge Prof Not nearly as much as nowadays though

@DDS029

4 жыл бұрын

Amen Rob. Amen.

@RockSolitude

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, real racing is with horses and riders. Not these new fandangled automobiles and their "engines".

So much more entertaining than any modern racing series.

Brilliant drivers in beautiful cars. Real Dogfights, real racing, real fun. Wonderful.

This is racing! Skilled driving all around, and it was impressive how the small, 4-cylinder cars held their own with the Ford.

Love these races!!

In America, the Thunderbolts were known as legendary drag cars. However, these were absolutely one of the best track cars Ford has ever produced.

@WillysPerformanceCycleCtr

6 жыл бұрын

Man O War .... I saw two original Thunderbolts at an all Ford car show in Nashville recently. Amazing cars!

@64fairlane305

6 жыл бұрын

No they were absolutely not. This one is a completely different Version of the 64 Fairlane, built by Holman-Moody CA USA

@bravoA-su8xm

5 жыл бұрын

that car is a tribute to a galaxie R code which won the british saloon car championship the year prior it was a nascar inspired 427FE that was under the hood

Great driving

That's American iron right there. 💥💪

@mortencorneliussen7773

4 жыл бұрын

And TK danish super driver behind the steering ;O)

@blipco5

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, these races are far more engaging than NASCAR. Those old American tanks are a handful.

Every time I see him race he seems to never push the car until he is open. He seems to thrive in chasing down others and keeps the exact amount of power in reserve to pass quickly, no wasted energy.

Very good times I love classic race's

Brilliant driving, having a car that size under control, not to mention the power/weight rules they have. Brilliant racing!

Not a Tbolt, but still love it being able to do well on a track.

@DDS029

5 жыл бұрын

At least not with the correct parts on it. Bumpers being the easiest to spot. They aren't painted fiberglass. True Thunderbolts were drag cars. Not an easy car to convert for road racing.

Goosebumps.

So amazing to see these old cars going at it

Sweating just from watching.

Love, love all of these cars. Hate to see any of them lose

as someone who had a fairlane like this one but only a 289; 2 barrel, watching him slide around the corners was exactly what i used to do with mine on rallies, it drifted beautifully and for the power plant i had with my four speed i kicked a lot of ass with it and the funny part is one day i found out that one bank of my carburetor was not working properly but it was still amazing for its day. i won a trophy at the drag strip with it in pure stock form and had a lot of fun with it while i had it, would love to get another one like it, i had the sports coupe with bucket seats counsel and four speed with the hardtop verseion with tan interior and gold bronze metallic exterior and it attracted a lot of attention where ever i went.

Tom is a legend. We live in the same small town, Hobro. Nice guy and down to earth type.

Love the big V8 sound! Nothing else like it!

This type racing is sooo much more exciting than any modern racing. What a fresh change.

Nice driving! Especially in a car that big! All credit to him. Terrific entertainment!

Thats not a Thunderbolt that was a Drag car only this is a Fairlane and a cool one for sure looks big compared to these europeon cars.....cool race!

@carlbloomquist708

5 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing; the Thunderbolts would not do well on a road course!

@calvincooley1074

5 жыл бұрын

Recall that there were a small number of Shelby Cobras that were built for the dragstrip. Who is to say that some guy didn't convert a Bolt to go left & right? JS.

@mchume65

5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, but why wouldn't he retain the teardrop hood or the headlight/air intakes? Also, the thunderbolts had fiberglass front bumpers and fenders, and final drive gears of 4:44 to 4:57. Yes, you could change all of that, but it would be a lot easier to convert a stock Fairlane in my opinion. But anything is possible. Well I just googled it and all the articles call it a Thunderbolt. Turns out this one is called a Thunderbolt because it was made by Holman & Moody in 1964 from a stock bodyshell to show it to NASCAR. H&M made 100 Thunderbolts in 1964.

@blazerteam

5 жыл бұрын

@@mchume65 also, the drag cars where 2 door post sedans.

@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, and completely different roof line. This was a Fairlane 500 hardtop or a 500 Sport Coupe, one or the other.

I love these videos! what racing series is this?

Love that Fairlane, and the driving!

Top stuff ..love this