This was such an exciting race to watch, the visual style of the cars, the engine noise, watching the drivers's sawing at the steering wheel for control. This is what racing is supposed to feel like as a spectator. Ferraris, Mustangs, TVR, AC Cobras....these drivers are fearless....aren't some of these cars worth 7 figures??? I am amazed at the way they push these vehicles, I am a fan of the Goodwood races!
The most enjoyable, wheel to wheel racing I've seen in years, and the underdog TVR emerging victorious over the more famous marks. Pushing 50-year-old cars that hard, 1 minor excursion, and the Jag nicking the "wall" but just soldiering on. Simply marvelous!
My favorite race at Goodwood. I watched live when it happened and I'm watching it again. Seriously, is there anything more breathtaking than watching E-Types, Cobras and DB4's race each other! these are the most beautiful cars in the world doing what they were meant to do. Except the shunts. I hate the shunts! To see any of these cars get even a scratch will make me cry... Thanks Goodwood for this amazing spectacle!
That lead battle between the Cobra and the Griffith was unbelievable. I was cheering like a baby for that TVR when it came behind that red cobra, and it was unbelievable watching this tiny thing carve its way to the first place. More brilliant was watching the gt250 wrestling with the wheel for grip and those ferocious gear shifts !!! It was a Motorsport orgasmic thing to watch . Thanks Goodwood
It's really nice to hear all different types of cars with unique engine sounds fighting for dominance on this track. *REAL* racing at it's finest! You can see these guys really have to work to keep these things on the track when they're at speed! 😁👍
Just shows how motor racing lost it's way after the 60's. If motor sports in general want to bring back the crowds, they need to look at just what makes these 60s GT races at Goodwood so great. No wings or downforce schemes, no slicks, no earsplitting turbos, just production based street legal cars grouped by basic horsepower to weight ratio classes.
When cars get too fast and have too many electrical enhancements the racing goes out of the window. While cars have "improved" immensely over the years the fact is the drivers haven't they are still human and its just not possible to throw modern cars around in the same way with all the extra power and speed and in some cases aerodynamic turbulence. This is just proper racing that anyone with breath in their body can enjoy, they don't have to be petrol heads. Today's racing can still be interesting for those who are still into all the facts, figures and strategy, but it becomes ever less interesting to the vast majority of people, which as you say is how racing has lost its way, and its mass appeal.
Amazing, amazing racing! Being a Ford fan it was exciting to watch the Cobra's and Mustang GT350's racing. Gotta give a shout out to the Ford small block engine which all of the front runners (TVR included) were running. And to think the Cobra and GT350 both share basically the same engine. Awesome racing! Lol.
Great racing! From green to checkered flag! BRILLIANT RACING! So much better than modern cars, the cars move around more, they’re MUCH more interesting to look at and they make the best sounds. Fantastic!
With all the glamorous cars in this race, it's easy to forget how fast and capable a TVR can be, I would never have seen it beating the Cobras. Great racing and great drivers.
Fabulous race. Very quick little TVR, not just nimble but some serious power too!...and not an aero appendage or driver aid between the lot of them. Need I say more?
I saw the Cobra's race in San Diego, well there was other cars, but it was really a Cobra race. Shelby was a brilliant man. Ford builds incredible engines
@@Jabber-ig3iw actually if you don't know it Ford went to Shelby for performance Shelby basically stroked up the engines to get more horses out of them he even worked the suspensions for the mustang the GT350 would never have been the car it was if it wasn't for Shelby
Here's the formula. Looks like a real car - pre-1970. Stock block. 650 cfm carb. Street tires. original equipment wheels, Pump gas. No aero add-ons. Basic safety equipment. Go!
Everybody seems to hail the amazing driving, and the cars, and the track... But MAN! I've been mostly watching american historic racing up until now, and - not to splash gasoline into the 'murica vs britain fire' or anything... But their directors could really learn something from this extraordinary video. And I'm talking about how yours is staying with the battle for the lead instead of constantly getting distracted with backmarkers. They do that. Every. Single. TIME.
Erik Bredt Yep... Same goes for Red Bull pylon racing... Take the wings off... ✅ Skinny tyres... ✅ And... Um... 🤔 Well, maybe not the wings... ❎ 🤨 And the tyres aren’t used until they land... ❎ 😠 Ok. Maybe it doesn’t apply to Red Bull pylon racing.... 🤦🏻♂️ I’ll... just get my coat... 🧥 👋😬
I was rooting for that TVR the whole way, he was just creeping up on the leaders every lap. Bloody fast car to be outpacing Cobras. What a great race, one of the best I've seen from Goodwood.
puncture ??did the cobra lap at 1.25.The tvr did with wire wheels and number plates after hanging back and keeping out of trouble for most of the race.wonderful tactics ,the best driving in the greatest sports car ever!!!
In Adrian Michigan in the late 60's a Ford powered Griffith was the badist car in the country, eating every Corvette that wanted to try to out run it. That third place car is just like the one that emberrised all those Chevys back then. Here it is call the TVR and both the cobras and the TVR/GRIFFITH are powered by 289 ford's but the TVR IS MUCH LIGHTER
I was stunned by the race performance of the TVR Griffith! Back in the late 1960s I worked as a mechanic for a BMC dealership that sold the early version of these cars equipped with a Ford 260 V8. The car sold for $4,000 and had a 0 to 60 mph of 3.8"!!!!!!!!! It was a very "interesting" car to drive however as it had a tendency to get away from you if you didn't pay very close attention. I used to delight in pulling up alongside Pontiac GTOs at 40 mph and then put the pedal down in 4th gear. The look on the other driver's face as I pulled away from them with both rear tires smoking was, as they say in the TV Ad, priceless! All this said does anyone know what year TVR Jordan's car is, and what does it have for an engine?
The other problem area with the original Griffith was overheating. The tiny frontal area required an equally tiny radiator and even after equipping it with two fans the car would overheat in traffic. Not sure if they ever found a solution to that?
The Cobras put up a good fight against a world class field of sports cars, as amazing as the GT 40s success against the best the world had to offer in the 60s. It looked like a horsepower to weight race mostly, tires could have made the difference in the end, fun to watch no doubt
the TVR's cam tail aerodynamics gave it a clear advantage. this aero trickery should clearly be outlawed for the next years competition. altho the 64 ferrari 250 gto also benefited from a similar cam tail design, it's rack and pinion appeared to be 55 years old and the driver had to cut down a redwood or two to keep it that fast and thread it thru walls and lotuses. thank you for real cars and real racing (just don't bend any metal) on a billion dollar paddock.
