How America Took on European Endurance Racing... and Won! 

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​@poshelnaxui8683 not really tho was it. UK 💩 💩 💩 better cars. Like the BRISTOL FIGHTER. WELL...Except its junkie engine ofcourse. Remember when the GT40 had a chevy engine installed?

@@TrollingHistory Noble is amazing car.

@@TrollingHistory it's not difficult to just copy an engine. uk doesn't want to invest money and time into it. if someone already made the perfect engine for what you need, why not use it? one type of car is only released once, then they stop because metal is so expensive.

I did mention Zakspeed's success briefly a couple of times, but delving into all the details of that story was beyond the scope of this video. For a more detailed look at that specific story I know @stijnpaspont has a video about it

@@automobilistic Haha, that video is how I know about it. Love the content, btw. It's awesome seeing all the cool cars from Gran Turismo talked about in detail.

90s Le Mans Viper sure sounds like something worth covering!

​@@automobilistic the VIPER GTS R TEAM ORECA LMGT2 in Gran Turismo 2 still legendary too. And one added note, IT IS ALSO HONOKA KOUSAKA'S MAIN FAVOURITE CAR!

It was my goto car in gt3, the torque came in lower than the other race cars so it pulled hard out of the corners. Throw it in and opposite lock , rely on the weight of the nose to pull it round

How many Le mans wins does the viper have, or overall wins Corvette is better sorry...

@@millennialhonkey8929 yet the corvette is in the vipers shadow. Rhe c5r was developed because of fhe viper

It would be cool if they brought back the Viper as a mid-engine supercar similar to the C8 Corvette, but Peugeot and Fiat say no.

@@millennialhonkey8929 MillennialHonkey89, have you watched clips from RACE DRIVER GRID UNSEEN? It is in both Purwanti Allan and Damar Fadlan RU-vid channels. One clip featured all 12 Nijigasaki members singing Ryoran Victory Road.

I´m pretty sure that it objectively has the best backstory out of all the Vipers and probably one of the best of all gt cars ever.

There's a pretty good video detailing the story of Zakspeed Viper at the 24H of the Nurburgring by a channel named Stijn Paspont, if you're interested

B sport just made a video on that😂

@@JoshuaC923 I just had it in my recommendations haha

but he mentioned it in this video

Still cherish the Day late '90 on the way to 24h le mans. We were overtaken on the peage by a whole colonne of viper gts. That memory still give's me goosebumps!

No US car ever took anything in Europe.Only few,half literate dudes use it as a penis extension.Nasty,ugly, unfinished product.

_"It encapsulates America perfectly"_ You mean the fact that it was the Europeans who made it competitive, because the Americans failed when they tried to do it themselves???

Yep. Especially the C5R, one of the cars that appeared from GT3 to 6.

when europeans has to put tons of regulations because their cars cant keep up, 1st place or not, youre the winner

Yep. 1998 and 1999 are Oreca Viper golden years.

What?

@@purwantiallan5089 and 2000!!!

Oh yes that one, the one I always read as the "orca" viper

@@101jir yeah honestly most of my friends read it that way at first and it's an easy mistake tbf🤣

You mean French 😅

It's unfortunate that the US car stereotypes are that of gas guzzlers and the crapiest of handling. Which has an element of truth. I however, think that Corvettes are awesome. Perhaps with Ferrari and Mclaren type handling, fuel consumption and tuning they would be extremely impressive. US car company business models don't help with improving these cars and how they are perceived.

@@subject_7 The C8 apparently handles similarly to a 720S

​@@Atticus3lack American engine. You lose.

​@@subject_7 American sports cars like the Corvette and the Viper have better Fuel Consumption and Reliability than their European Counterparts. Ferrari 458 is 13/17 MPG City/Highway, Nissan R35 GTR is 16/22 C/H, The Dodge Viper SR1 did 12/20 C/H, 5th Gen is 12/21 C/H, the 5th Gen being 200 hp more than the R35 and 100 more than the 458 with even more peak torque. The Corvette is even more impressive, the C5 did 18/25 C/H, the C7 and C8 Both do 16/24 C/H. The Torquey nature of those engines were one of the reasons why they were so dominant in Both Sprint and Endurance races in Motorsport, Torque > Revs for both efficiency and power. The stereotype of them being fuel eating boats came from the muscle cars of the 60s, which ironically were far more faster and sportier than 90% of what Europe had to offer at the time and everything Japan offered. People also like bringing up the HP/Liter to push this narrative of European/Japanese Superiority Forward, which is ironically a good argumentative case against the fuel efficiency, power curve and reliability of those with higher HP/Liter Figures, often smaller cars with smaller engines. Often those who have no engineering knowledge are very susceptible to this argument.

Thanks! glad you enjoyed

its called jealousy my friend, its underappreciated like the c6 corvette because it showed the euros that their cars are overrated and overpriced but some of them like the guy who made the video is non biased and just love cars that saves the day

@@retrocompaq5212 JEALOUSY THAT AMERICANS NEED 8.3LITERS TO BEAT 3.6 OR 3.8 PORSCHE... LOL. edit : don't get me wrong corvette and vipers are very cool ( and rare)cars in europe

Glad you enjoyed the video! I'm not sure what you mean about "nagging" me though, this is the first video I have ever done about the viper, you might be confusing me with someone else :)

@@automobilistic indeed I did - sorry, nagged at someone else who did a nice video on the 'civilian' Viper, and was hoping to find something about its racing history. Found it here :D

Glad you're enjoying the videos!

Yeah listen to the sounds on you tube because doesn’t sound anything like it the game 😂😂

You know there's a video on Zakspeeds viper if your interested.

@@milfordh.mercado2787 i watched it

@YupThisIsFico so you the name of the channel correct.

@@milfordh.mercado2787 Stijn Paspont

@YupThisIsFico thank you and did you see camaros in le mans video.

British GT and the TVR speed 12 and lister storm I see them all take me back to my childhood at brands hatch

If you ever do buy one, can I have a go? 😂

@@automobilistic 😄 I'm 32 now and it doesn't look likely I'm afraid! But if by some miracle it happens, I promise I'll let you race it round brands or something 😄

Glad you enjoyed the video! I did mention Zakspeed's success briefly a couple of times, but delving into all the details of that story was beyond the scope of this video. For a more detailed look at that specific story I know @stijnpaspont has a video about it

@@automobilistic thank you for the quick reply and the suggestion. I hope you have a nice day.

Well, Viper history has essentially been made by Viper Team Oreca for 5 years and customer cars like Zakspeed were build by Oreca.

Sadly most buyers aren't enthusiasts