History of Motor Racing pt 1 1902 - 1914 

Richard Petty said this once “There’s no doubt when people began racing each other in automobiles, it was the day they built the second automobile” And weather or not that’s true or not it doesn’t matter Because that statement says so much about humanity Some people may see cars as just transportation but to us having someone come up and insult your pride and joy is everything to some people And racing is the only way to settle the argument of who’s better Weather that be at some illegal street race or at the 24 hours of Le Mans The same logic applies We just wanna know who has the best car

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting," Gilles Villeneuve

danke für das hochladen.wer bremst hat angst.eindrucksvolle filme.

Thank you for this. It’s fascinating.

9:55 and the most french thing I’ve ever seen 😂😂😂 That dude was a legend 😂

2:50 that driver is an absolute unit

Exceptional footage, thanks mr. Mason and King Rose Archives.

Hilarious and very entertaining as well as informative. Those engine noises though, having been added when the compilation was assembled, it’s a pity sound wasn’t around in the early days so that we could hear the genuine sound of these wonderful machines. Interesting some of the surviving cars from this era can be regularly sen at Goodwood in England. The gigantic Fiat looks suspiciously like the FIAT S76, later also known as FIAT 300 HP Record and nicknamed "The Beast of Turin". This was a car built in 1910 by the Italian company FIAT specifically to beat the land speed record held in those years by the Blitzen Benz. Its 28,353 cc displacement engine delivered 290 hp. Only two examples were built. One of which has been restored to original specifications and regularly appears at Goodwood, having been driven on public roads to the circuit from the owner’s home. Many elderly motors appear and some race at the Festival of Speed and the Revival, where no vehicles are permitted on the track or in the confines of the circuit made before 1966 when Goodwood initially ceased to host official events. This makes the Revival a very special weekend event, spectators are encouraged to dress in period clothing from the first days of motoring up tom”The Swinging Sixties” WW2 garb being very popular as the airdrome was associated with the wartime RAF. Itstill functions today, early aircraft feature at the revival and on non-event days light aircraft use the base. Search RU-vid for various videos some on the Goodwood channel, one showing one journey included eye popping footage of this fire spitting monster re-fuelling at a petrol station en-route, the staff were somewhat panicked by the noise and flames!

Love this thanks for uploading a part of history 😊

Image doing 90mph on (not in) that 1902 car down that dusty road... their massive balls probably gave them some impact protection

Amazes me how you can hear "tyre Sqeal" on dirt roads. Good footage thank you for sharing.

geez man this is some rare footage of racing at the turn of the century

Amazing! just imagine being there seeing one of these cars for the first time 'fly' by haha ^^

Terrifying, but riveting to watch..thanks for posting this film...

awesome footage

They are coming around the corner now. Yes, it appears they are all on fire, now. The Frenchmen seem to be attampting to wave a white handkerchief to surrender to the flame. The Englishmen, in typical fashion, appear to be having tea in the inferno. Yes a fabulous day for old timey racing, indeed. *Few years later* The Tanks are coming around the corner, now.

thanks, great

Teeth full of bugs, dirt and gravel, yum. Great old clips, would love to see the remastered version though. TY!!

Love this era of racing when men where real men and cars where total animals

Woow good work

Great to see the French 'taking on wine' at 2:53! BRAVO 🏆

great sound effects

The sound effects!!!

First track race was in 1890's in the Bronx New York at the Morris Park Horse Track, Mercedes was a competitor along with several brass era cars, Speeds as high as 70 mph were recorded. This was the original track of the Belmont Stakes , now the area is all residential as open spaces close to Manhattan were becoming expensive by the 1910's . You can see an image of it by googling "Morris Park horsetrack, first super speedway"

If these drivers were still alive today, I want to listen to their thoughts about today motor racing...

Awesome video, great old stuff and super additions of sounds, well done, but as mentioned by others, wish there was sound back then.

These guys raced for the checkered not just the check. Good stuff.

I noticed that the titles and credits are in Italian. If you have the Italian audio track, would you mind sharing that too? Thanks

Is this documentary on the public domain? Is it possible to use clips of it?

I love the cars back then,they were real cars😊

interesting time, when they made 700 cubic inch motors...very interesting

Many of those engines had pistons more liters than a modern v8. Note to creator tires don't squeal on dirt roads. Funny reminded me of the old Hawaii 50 when they squealed tires while throwing sand on the beach.

It's wild to see the marques such as Michelin, Dunlop, Fiat, already in play more than 100 years ago.

Great vid guys, thank you🤠👍

The first question asked about the first car... How fast does it go?

Bloody hell most of the accidents are the things just tipping over.

cool car

How these men fought death and watch them drive in 1910's in the 1950's later on with f1 man I wish I was in that car

Drivers had to be strong. They didn't have power steering back then.

Super documentaire! Dommage que le son soit décalé..

LIFE SOESNT MATTER JOHN WE NEED TO WIN

8:08 i dont know who the foley artist is,.. but that is a london taxi slowed down a bit in audition.

This would be great if the sound was synced... also they could have researched the sounds of the original engines... many antique vehicles were recorded on vinyl in the 50's and early 60's

The Beast of Turin had a 28.2 liter four cylinder engine. 28 liters!!!!! 😱

what year was the passenger dropped?

So... they had the engines before the they had tanks and warplanes? This is not what I was taught.

21:34 The way they were thrown out of the car. None of thse pesky seat belts back then.

Way off topic. But only thing i could think of is the safety of the designs. Knowing the only way we ever improved our safety ... was thru terrible accidents. Weve come a long way.

Is the narrator Patrick MacNee of The Avengers?

Micheline tries have been around forever!

1902. race. Were they steamers or internal combustion?

Shame the sound is not synchronised

An 18 litre engine is mentioned (18,000 cc) around 1905 I think; that's 1,098 cubic inches! Isn't it?

1 ton weight limit

Cars sill work in a the same way almost as the did back then but things are changing now with electric vehicles

2:27 it looks like hey are riding horse

In front of who everyone participated in the races then when there was no safety, helmets, reliability of cars, it remains only for him to take off his hat.

2002

😊

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG FORMULA 1.

with their 18 litre engines...

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG GRAND PRIX.

very little about the actual cars

Ah, the riding corpse. The US learned that lesson in the 20s then reinstituted the two-man cars with the '30s poverty spec.

kimi raikkonen's first race:

🔥🔥🔥🔥 🏁🏁🏁amazing what he did🏎️🏎️🏎️ 1:44 💗🔥💃💝 👇👇👇👇👇

No safety or pulution junk on these rides!

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG GRAND PRIX .