Beautiful race. And probably my favorite track next Laguna Seca. Thank you for the ride. It was totally enjoyable, even the couple spots when it got loose. Perfectly handled, and clean.
Excellent drive! My step father raced his own Chevy special roadster in the 60’s in Cal Club. He raced against a Cheetah Coupe in 1968 at the Stardust GP Can Am weekend in Las Vegas. The Saturday Amateur race, not the pro race. That’s the weekend Jim Hall went upside down in his his Chaparral. I really enjoyed your video and congratulations to your whole team for a really great presentation. What a ride!
As a slot car kid of the 60s Cox Cheetahs and Chaparrals were some of my favorites, but never got to see any real Cheetahs in a race. Hard to imagine that there were two in this one. Must have been different gearing. Sounds like it has the torque of a train. Fun video!
Me too revell track at home Knoxville Iowa had the biggest track in the country and I got fast time with a 2 volt armature in a champion alum frame and gt 40 looking body..the alum gears acted like brakes over the plastic ones..the 3 of those combos were the advantage I had.... Those were the days
took a few for those tires to come in but when they did,wow! except for that vette for a brief second it seems the only thing that can catch a cheetah, was another one! and the only reason the vette did was a slightly hairy corner, nice save by the way! a roller skate with a small block Chevy in it is the way I believe Bill described her originally, lol, no doubt! sitting on the differential reminds me of a 7-8 second 1/4 mile rail dragster racer a buddy had back in the 1980s. nice victory! and thanks for taking us along, great luck in future endeavors! ☆☆☆
My son took me toRA a cuuple months ago for a weekend, he owns a 2019 ZL1 1 LE ,and i must say it was a blast , it is a very capable track car. Thanks for posting this video , you machine is wicked and really enjoyed the ride.👍👍🏁🏁 I would like to know moer about your car , is there any videos posted for that? Thanks.
Lovely car well driven... A symphony of mechanical sounds in harmony.. Love the aerodynamic of the cars in those days... 'lets just make a hole in the air and let the tyres deal with grip - whats downforce?' Unlike today where its nearly opposite..
I would enjoy attending these races. Is this Track located in Indiana? If so, where please? And, Congratulations on your Win! These vehicles, especially the 65 Cheetah have now tied for 1st place among my favorites rivaled only by Vintage Can-Am races which I attend in Long Beach, CA.
Excellent drive! Would love to see an onscreen readout of the telemetry going on. Speed, braking, etc. Probably doesn't even matter in a race. Are you winning? No? Go faster! Are you winning now? Yes! Go even faster!
that stingray the goldish green one must have a big block in it it pulls out hard seems like they could of pushed the cheetah a little harder but it easy to be a spectator and talk shit different when your behind the wheel actually doing it.... looks like a hell of alot of good clean fun! the red cheetah must have a hell of a motor as well but that guy dont drive as good as the guy in roadster cheetah if they switched cars they would have a winner ,... wonder if the areo dynamics is playing into the factor like phil remington or pete brock built the daytona cobra coupe so it would cut threw the wind better and it did
Just awesome!!! At least 2 recoveries on the turns, but amazing driving skill and incredible acceleration of this car on the straights really put this team in front...👍
I am impressed of how fast the Corvette and the other Cheetah were .. at 8:29 Cheetah be like : " See yaaaa" .. this driver is a lot better than that guy but that guys Cheetah is faster.... and seems like this car has transmission problems?
This seems to be a convertible Cheetah. The other one was a coupe. I know with the Cobras the convertibles simply did not have the aerodynamics to beat the Ferrari GTOs. This is why Shelby developed the Daytona coupe. It was necessary to run at really high speeds. Could be the same story here with this convertible Cheetah.
Brian Burns - no this is one of the continuations (Chassis 016) that Bill Thomas commissioned before he passed away in 2009. The original is stashed away in a private collection in the Carolinas somewhere.
I think the driver are to late with full troutle when he come out from the curve,and he drive in long gear but he must go out of curve with a smaller gear! but i think he can drive much more faster, have the engine a problem??
Now that is auto racing, cubic inches, manual trans, big brakes and driver skill, none of this boring turbo down force single file farce the sport has become.
