1970 Watkins Glen Trans Am

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I love this cool original highlights film of the 1970 Watkins Glen Trans-Am. That the manufacturers were spending millions of dollars (in 1970 money) on this series is evident, and of particular interest is the intense rivalry between Mark Donohue and Parnelli Jones. This race is notable for the factory Camaro team, Chaparral Cars, taking the first and only Trans-Am victory for the second-gen model in the original 1966-1972 era. Thanks to the SVRA for uncovering and sharing this gem.
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@rennrodriguez8909 Год назад

This is how racing is supposed to be. It was very exciting & unpredictable!

@aprilhilliard3302 Год назад

Can't believe I found this! This was the first road race I ever went to...I was 14 at the time and it just blew me away! The drivers and cars were so awesome...except for Dad the rest of the family was bored to tears, but I'll never forget this one...especially Jones making passes on the grass right in front of us!

@skeezix8156 Год назад

Dang you’re lucky. These were always my favorite cars to watch growing up but they were rarely on tv so I gravitated to stock cars. Something about this era, the cars all had a ton of personality along with the drivers

@larrytorres7864 5 месяцев назад

The only aerodynamics these cars got what are go fast lines in swooping hips flat front they just pushed through the wind I lived five blocks away from AMC they painted everything red white and blue gremlin hornet Marlin Pacer matador rebel maybe even ambassador no alliance tho those just couldn't be helped what do you want fast if you dropped them out of an airplane.. this is racing's finest hour today's racing sucks compared to this cuz this is freaking crazy and that's how we liked it.

@angelamurtagh1221 Год назад

Real cars, Real drivers, fantastic

@JeffersonMartinSynfluent Год назад

Cars without decal grills and headlights are more fun to watch.

@kg0173 Год назад

@@JeffersonMartinSynfluent But that doesn't make the real difference. Even if they had.

@swk38 Год назад

Real gasoline

@chrispile3878 Год назад

The GREAT Chris Economaki!

@5popsracer Год назад

"What's it like out there?" -Chris Economaki

@ancientheart2532 Год назад

There has always been and still are only two certainties racing at the Glen: (1) Rain. (2) More rain.

@michaelwilharms570 Год назад

This is awesome! Looking forward to races at Road America in Elkhart lake Wisconsin this year!!!

@addicoo Год назад

I remember building plastic models of these cars and dreaming of driving them.

@lewiskemp5893 Год назад

Me too

@lestercombs1871 Год назад

Lot of these boys died driving. Donahue, Revson, Savage etc

@jameswoolley7421 Год назад

Savage died from a bad blood transfusion at the hospital in Indy

@4yules Год назад

donahue had some of the most prolific years of any driver ever..sadly it was short lived

@Tonnsfabrication Год назад

Awesome old school racing.

@stevensons78 Год назад

InStill have my Donahue red white and blue javelin AFX slot Car Still Runs....

@danieljohnson8307 Год назад

I want to see Real Cars in this kind of Racing today. !!! 😊

@artmchugh5644 Год назад

Neet to see all the famous cars and drivers running around the same track that i have done hundreds of laps in my Porsche 🚘🚘🚘🚘🚘😀😀😀😀🏁🏁🏁🏁🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

@46GarageUSA Год назад

In the 80's I use to highway race my 78 Firebird with a worked motor, I use to blow the doors off of Mustang 🐎 Mach One

@horse5407 Год назад

Fantastic stuff…..what a noise.

@guadalahonky4002 Год назад

You know who the GM of American Motors was? Mitt Romney's dad. George W. Romney.

@mmg6282 Год назад

Bad Ass!!

@joestephan1111 Год назад

Though this film is focused on Detroit machinery, the first overall Trans-Am champion was Alfa Romeo in the under 2.5 liter class. Up until 1972 the championship was for manufacturers. A driver's title wasn't instigated until then when the new rules came along.

@extec101 Год назад

real racing no half stage pitstop (nascar) or pacecar to bunch the cars up as i shortcourse racing.

@thomasmcalear8673 Год назад

HOW DO YOU SAY F.O.R.D. BACKWARDS ? Dummy Returns On Foot

@hughbarton5743 Год назад

Penske. Hall. Elford. Revson. Donahue.Jones. All those other racers. C!ould it have been any better?

@joestephan1111 Год назад

Today you would call that a human B-2 Bomber! 😮 Though they were both top racers, it was the only Hall/Elford Trans-Am Series win. Sadly, two years later Donohue, one of the greatest driver/engineers in racing history, died in an F-1 crash in Europe.😢

@joestephan1111 Год назад

@@bloqk16 Donohue & Penske, who was a top notch driver himself, were "two peas in a pod". They clicked and thought alike. The twin turbo Can-Am Porsche would never have existed without them. Donohue was jetting back and forth across the Atlantic to work with Porsche's engineer's. He finally took badly sick from all of the jet lag.

@joestephan1111 Год назад

@@bloqk16 I not only have the book but I twice met Mark in unusual ways. It was like I met God.

@joestephan1111 Год назад

@@bloqk16 The 512 he raced was a private non-factory effort.

@joestephan1111 Год назад

@@bloqk16 And I made a mistake on his death date. It was 1975

@davenc8527 Год назад

What an awesome group of drivers. Some of the best that ever raced.

@JohnnyTalia Год назад

I was there, but I remember the rain more than the race. We were in the grandstands at the 90, and there was a beautiful braless girl a couple of rows in front of us. Being 16/17/18 and hungover, when the rain came we focused our attention on her rather than on the track.

@Porsche996driver Год назад

Headlights on, you must have been blinded. 😅

@tomnekuda3818 Год назад

Donahue was always a skillful bulldog of a driver, filled with skill and desire. We lost Mark way too young....

@JeffersonMartinSynfluent Год назад

Mark was also an engineer who did some crafty modifications which even Smokey Yanuch admired.

@allaboutracing8447 Год назад

Mark would've had something to say in F1 if he hadn't passed. I think he'd have some wins under his belt.

@tomnekuda3818 Год назад

@@JeffersonMartinSynfluent I agree......I took an engine building class with Smokey and he called it like it is.

@stewartdeerfield Год назад

Got that right, I was lucky enough as a Cub Scout to watch these guys at Riverside.

@wymple09 Год назад

All these years later we find that most of these cars were technically illegal in some way.

@skaldlouiscyphre2453 Год назад

If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'

@tangerinedream7211 Год назад

Trans am and Can Am, must have been fantastic to watch it live back then, thanks for the upload .

@marklangren3142 Год назад

It was, except for the death of Tullius

@jamesherbertharrison9655 Год назад

One of the great series and seasons in US auto racing history, for certain.

@markchapman8151 Год назад

Wonderful British understatement from the brilliant, and sorely missed, Vic Elford. Great race. Heaven only knows how they kept those cars on that narrow track.

@mitchb2305 Год назад

No doubt. It's amazing they were able to stay somewhat consistent through rain too.

@fishhuntadventure Год назад

@@mitchb2305an equalized track condition though worsened from dry shouldn’t affect top drivers one to the other. Of course they were consistent, just slower.

@othgmark1 Год назад

I met Vic at Laguna Seca, such a pleasant man. Incredible talent as well. He is missed.

@gtracer6629 Год назад

I remember that race. But somehow I had forgotten that it rained. On Saturday the day before the Trans Am race I finished third in B Production in the SCCA National, driving a Corvette Stingray. I remember it was most intense race I ever drove running against a Mustang GT350R.

@beyond_the_infinite2098 Год назад

Congrats. Always wanted to race my Corvette. I had a C3 I modified for B Prod. Never raced but had fun autocross and a few track days.

@SKG1941 Год назад

Congratulations. Those were the days. I miss them. I bet you think about that Corvette every day. I would.

@henrymorgan3982 Год назад

When cars were cars, men were men and racing was racing.

@skaldlouiscyphre2453 Год назад

Some things never actually change. 😅

@codymoe4986 Год назад

Ummm, cars are still cars, and I'm guessing your chosen 24/7 news cycle tells you that MEN ARE MEN, multiple times a day...

@eddy2fast260 Год назад

The days when being a flag waver was more dangerous than being a driver.

@doctortruth4094 Год назад

I really love the way all the drivers gave each other room. I prefer that to the current bump to pass technique.

@othgmark1 Год назад

Plenty of contact in that series. Surprised there wasn't more at this particular race. Parnelli was well known for believing rubbing is racing in the trans am and stock car series he participated in.

@randypobstofficial Год назад

I agree so very much. I'm happy there's still someone who feels that way. I feel sour and angry when a driver punts the car ahead out of the way. It's a dirty stab in the back, that seems to be tolerated these days because it generates view; is good for business. There's no honor in such a move.

@othgmark1 Год назад

@@randypobstofficial Honored to have you participate in the conversation. When l mentioned Parnelli it was door to door stuff not drive into the rear quarter panel to turn someone around. I agree about the driving into the back to push someone wide. I am not a fan of that.

@robertmyers5269 Год назад

There were gods in those days. Sadly some of them left us too soon.

@johnsartelle8320 Год назад

Back when you could tell the brand by how they looked.

@markchamberlain9856 Год назад

I was there too! Vic was one of the best! Met him at WGI during Vintage weekend. Sorry he’s gone. Great film and a great series! Thanks for posting!

@walterpeterson-hj1bk Год назад

Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end... Drove the Glen with Porsche Club: A group with a 5.0 Mustang and lots of 911S with picnic table rear wings and slicks like paint rollers . Great fun and the boot is unforgettable. Thanks for the memories & vid.

@artmchugh5644 Год назад

You may enjoy my video of my drive at the Glen in my 944turbo , going easy early waiting for someone to show up!!!- cheers ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KRBMC_ytVCw.html

@louislepage5111 Год назад

I didn't realize that this was the 2nd generation of the Camaro only win

@KevinFields777 Год назад

Man this is so wild to watch, just how different Watkins Glen was then, no safety barriers, flagman right at trackside, the pit crews so bare and uncoordinated.

@dphitch Год назад

Yeah, the lack safety cracked me up, the one old guy on Parnelli's pit crew wearing a cabana shirt with the little fire bottle looked like somebodies Grandad that just left a weekend bbq party after having a beer.

@leegilley221 Год назад

Listen to those good ole motors ! Now that was racing ! Miss it.

@pauldelaney9488 Год назад

Mate!the boy’s having a cold beer after the race..priceless by today’s standards.👍

@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm Год назад

brutish man handling these big horsepower cars was a era all to it`s self = every one looked to america for real performance and horse power !

@marcanglin7127 Год назад

Pure American muscle. Parnelli's balls-to-the-wall move @ 1:59 looked like a scene from "Bullitt". Real men. Mark was an early racing hero of mine.

@Porsche996driver Год назад

When men were men and sheep were scared!

@Maxumized Год назад

Yeah, he was not going to slow down and lose position…solid driving

@oldguy1528 Год назад

Some of the BEST LOOKING cars ever built ! Today`s cars will NEVER be collectible !!!

@dancingtrout6719 Год назад

cars were so top heavy

@JimmyMakingitwork Год назад

Back then creative engineering and brave driving, along with some luck decided who won. Rather than the funding and size of the team.

@andyharman3022 Год назад

Love the footage of The Glen before they put in The Boot.

@sporkfindus4777 Год назад

This is so cool. They really got those pony cars to handle nicely. So many legendary names and cars. The end credits and music suit the racing perfectly. As an Englishman, I will forever champion American designers from that era. You really knew how to make cars.

@jackhoffmann8646 Год назад

When racers new how to race no wreck fests.

@jumpinjojo Год назад

*Knew

@wrotenwasp Год назад

Wow, exciting racing with a real announcer and cars that look just like street cars. Racing now....nascar, drag racing, is lame. Big money, big sponsors, boring, lackluster drivers, stupid ass rules in nascar. I quit watch that stuff in 2001. This is good shit in this video

@cogboy302 Год назад

The Goodwood Circuit in England runs lots of classic race events, including classic Touring Car races. There are quite a few Mustangs & Camaros out-horsepowering lots of much lighter European tin, but despite what some folk this side of the pond might think, American muscle cars can be made to handle.

@porcupinecone7188 Год назад

This is great stuff! Thanks for posting it.

@breakawaymotorsports Год назад

Mixing rains with slicks..and winning..unbelievable.

@marklangren3142 Год назад

Both had tread

@mattskustomkreations Год назад

The pinnacle of American automotive design. Legendary.

@richardjohnson4238 Год назад

I was a kid growing up in central Virginia, NASCAR land, but I loved Trans/Am racing. No TV, or radio coverage, not even anything in the newspaper about it. I had to wait about three months for the magazines to cover a race to get my "fix." Man, those were great days.

@taylormach1699 Год назад

That is why it's called the BOSS

@codymoe4986 Год назад

Broken old shit sled?

@noncertex Год назад

Mustang's running off the road....imagine that.

@jeffthompson9622 Год назад

This calls back to real production pony cars modified for racing. I enthusiastically followed Trans Am then.

@philgiglio7922 Год назад

Had the opportunity to see 1 of the Bud Moore Boss 302 Mustangs @ Amelia island concourse. The engine was running @ about 2500 rpm and to keep the speed down on the grass: you could smell the clutch burning from 50' away. Just awesome to see and hear

@Mr-er6fg Год назад

Mark Donahue was the best!

@k3corvette35 Год назад

I had AFX slot race cars of most of these cars ! Wish I still had that AFX race track stuff now !!

@theophilhist6455 27 дней назад

Best "fender" racing ever. Did I say "ever". Prove otherwise. Purest cars..best drivers in the era... equal..yet not "spec" racing. The best!!!!

@rctopfueler2841 Год назад

sadly swede savage dies.a year later at indy 500 in a fiery deadly crash ,i tear up thinking about that day ,he was my hero

@rickgehring7507 Год назад

being a old school Mopar guy , Swede was my hero.

@TWTexasA1 Год назад

Like most races this was won in the pits. A great pit crew is as valuable as the driver.

@direct998 Год назад

donohues pit screw up cost him the race .

@modelrestorations Год назад

So glad I found your channel. Subd! I do allot of model car restorations / builds and love building them with a Trans Am look and feel. Thanks for sharing!

@Twobarpsi Год назад

So much better without that chicane!!

@samcolt1079 Год назад

JULY 28TH 1973. 50 YEAR Anniversary of the largest concert in America. WATKINS GLEN SUMMER JAM. I WAS THERE. I WAS 15. WHO WAS THERE WITH ME ?

@williamcap2236 Год назад

Oh Mark Donahue !! ❤ AMC Javelin i had a 72 SST & 73 Javelin both had 304 V8's in them and i put a 304 out of a 79 Spirit AMX in my 83 CJ-7 god i miss those rides !!

@rocknewtonfilsterwilly7364 Год назад

Watching all my HO slot cars race in real life takes me back to two places. Firstly, 1975 when I was 5 and they were new. Secondly, the last time I was in my basement enjoying my massive track and slot car collection with my pals racing; which was a couple days ago.

@pierredecine1936 Год назад

REAL Racing - lots of Power, not very good handling, but hard at it ! 4- Wheel Drifting way before the term was invented !

@prun8893 Год назад

Ford would have won everything.....trans am, drag racing, stock cars, F1, most LeMans classes.....if the competition didn't whine and cry about Ford's "unfair" advantages. Yes, this comment is directed at GM and Mopar, mostly.

@codymoe4986 Год назад

Wondering how you came to that conclusion from watching highlights of a single race from a single form of motorsport from your list... Or did you just show up here to spit some unsupported facts...AKA...talk shit?

@stevenlaubach5947 Год назад

The good old days!!!!

@TWTexasA1 Год назад

Parnelli Jones ignorant driving cost the Ford team big time that day…👎🏼👎🏼

@steelcityrailroad5095 Год назад

Why can't racing be exciting like this anymore

@kevinmccorkle7476 Год назад

Loved those cars!

@oldmanjimh3165 Год назад

Went to Watkins Glen in the 70's. In the parking area was as much fun as the race.

@queenslander954 Год назад

These same cars still race in Australia under ‘Touring Car Masters’. best races are at Bathurst , one of best tracks in the world.

@Maxumized Год назад

Now that’s a race to be at…

@michaelfoster1453 Год назад

Wow... first time I seen rare footage of 1970 WGI T/A Racing

@Geoduck. Год назад

Although I don't remember the race I'm sure we watched at my Uncles place he had a color TV!

@Michael_Lorenson Год назад

Excellent, thanks

@billkaldem5099 Год назад

The AMX here is why I got a 73 AMX. WAS A FUN CAR TO DRIVE

@paulmokidespaul5347 Год назад

I was 16 years old when I this was filmed. Still in Highschool.

@68orangecrate26 Год назад

Thanks to big $ and technology, there will never be racing this good again…

@purplemartinracingteam1750 Год назад

i loved racing my 66 stang for 8yrs. would love to do it again.....

@Commander-McBragg Год назад

High horsepower, skinny tires and no aero: the perfect formula for good racing

@The_R-n-I_Guy Год назад

I was born in the wrong era. I should've been there when these cars were ruling the roads

@JimmyYahteez Год назад

When men actually had to “drive” the cars! Badass.

@pauljanssen7594 Год назад

What's funny watching this feel the rain falling on me

@stevefowler2112 Год назад

the Javelin's had a big advantage as AMC had a disc brake option that ford and chevy did not, so the Penske Javelins were allowed to run front disc brakes whereas everyone else had to run drumb brakes.

@eskieman3948 Год назад

WHAT?

@dougharlow6037 Год назад

That was the best era and the best cars for great racing. Thanks

@Sickofsociety1 Год назад

Back when the drivers let it all hang out and pushed themselves and their cars past the limits. I miss that era.

@codymoe4986 Год назад

Ehhh, because modern racers aren't doing the exact same thing?? Pretty sure that very thing happens every week, in multiple series across the planet, as evidenced by crashes in qualifying and during competition...just like back in the good ol' days... Try again, remember when...

@codymoe4986 Год назад

Or is this your way of saying that not enough modern drivers are killing themselves, nowadays?? Was Swede Savage your trigger??

@RaymondKarlVeasey75 Год назад

@@codymoe4986Cars Weren't As Safe Back Then. Not Like The Hand Holding Baby Assed Shit Of Today.

@RaiderX948 Год назад

When men were men, "Nothing like a cold beer after a victory eh Vic"

@codymoe4986 Год назад

When men were men...because cold beer? Are you guys feeling alright? Sounds like a lot of these commenters are typing from inside a closet...

@johnspensieri4332 Год назад

I was there. Those were great times. The Glen was so cool. I miss it.

@gsfinatic Год назад

That was real racing!

@gordonhall9871 Год назад

i miss these cars and this type racing

@Pihasanddunes1 Год назад

2:00. This is brutal footage. I was a kid in 1970 and used to count the days to the next racing day to see the big saloons and their wild drivers. Just beautiful.