What I love about vintage car racing is that it's very expressive, you see the car slide, the suspension move and tires sidewall bend, you can feel the forces on the car just by looking at it, something we miss from modern racing, it's like modern cars wear this poker face and go fast around the track without any expressions.
I'm afraid that one of the worst changes to motorsports was the move to radial tires. They're basically better than bias plies all around, they have more grip, stiffer sidewalls, put power down better, wear more evenly, etc. But all of that also means that, compared to bias plies, they're very unforgiving, when you lose traction it falls off in an instant instead of falling off progressively, and they're often very hard to catch a spin because it happens so sudden and there's so little grip recovery when you begin sliding. With bias plies, you can slide a car around all day long and it's going to do it easily and be very forgiving, especially in the start of a spin. IndyCar & F1 were the last major holdouts on bias plies, but they switched over too and, just like every other motorsport, the cars became much more difficult/less forgiving to drive, there were more crashes, and only the drivers with the quickest reactions tend to save spins on the radials. Mind you, I'm a min/maxer, you bet I want radials on my track car cuz I want the lowest lap times(even if it doesn't matter because it's just a track day LOL). But, for motorsport where entertainment matters, radials were a mistake - we need to go back in time to bias plies. Or at least make some radials that work much more like bias plies(we're seeing that in drag racing, there's been a few radial drag tires released that act more like a bias ply slick instead of a radial slick, interesting development).
@@jody024 10 would be insane and cool. However I think TK likely decided that having 50% more wins than anyone else has ever achieved was enough, also I suspect that after his horrible DTM crash which he nearly did not come back from he may be thinking just showing he could still race was enough.
F1 isn't too exciting these days, unfortunately. Too many regulations, rules and restrictions that restrict teams from improving their cars. These rules have given Mercedes a golden ticket for multiple CWCs. You could say that Ferrari had a dominant era during Schumacher's reign, but still.
Man, am I impressed with the power and handling of that Ford Fairlane. That thing was flying and the sound from that big bad boy was awesome. Tom Kristensen's ability to keep from burning up his brakes is a tribute to his driving abilities. I wish that I was there to witness this stuff.
Absolutely some of the best racing to be seen nowadays is found at the Goodwood Revival! Fantastic stuff! Those guys driving the stuffings out those Cortina's and that Remeo were superb! And that Tom Kristensen was driving the wheels off that big Fairlane! Great stuff.
Without a DOUBT Tom Kristensen's one of the best wheelmen of our era. 9 wins at Le Mans and can jump into any old car and still take 1st at goodwood...enough said. Just wish he was able to go for the triple crown cuz we know he kill it lol
Yup, alway fun to watch old F1 clips as the drivers slip, slide and drift around the tracks. Ascari, Moss, Fangio, Carricciolo, Rosemeyer, Seagraves, those guys could really drive.
The driver was doing a good job of keeping the corner momentum without over driving it or using up the tires. The car looked stable and well-prepared. Great racing all over in that one!
Another clip out there of TK wheeling a '58 Thunderbird road racer blowing by folks until the exhaust pipe started to drag and he got black-flagged. That guy can wheel a race car.
The Fairlane looks like a Big Bully amid the Alpha and the Cortinas.....Still that was some truly amazing racing!!..Glad to see the cars on the track and not sitting atrophied in a museum
You might call the car an alpha-Romeo if it was the race-winner - but it was third. The car is actually an Alfa Romeo. Alfa stands for Anonima Lombarda Fabbricca Automobili - in other words, Public Company making Cars in Lombardy, northern Italy. Romeo was an enginneer who took over the company in the '20s.
In Alms ..Corvette C7R has won the last 3 years in a row and the Corvette has dominated over 20 years with a front engine awesome V8 beating mid engine porsche bmw ford gt jaguar aston martin ferrari etc.
This is the kind of racing that keeps me entertained! Drivers actually driving the piss out of their cars and doing it cleanly! Also that old Ford my God does it handle with the best of em! WOW
What an exhibition of great driving and great cars. I can relate to these vehicles as they're from my era; it's so exciting to see. I salute Goodwood and those who risk their valuable cars for producing such a revival of automotive history.
@@mwhitelaw8569 The Can-Am cars with the FI big block Chevys and Fords. Cars flying down the track, not even sounding like the engines are working that hard.
Battleship? In it's day, that was a compact car!!! And on a tight circuit, with the Chevy in front, the HP, it could pull a gap but use up too much track entering the turns. Put the Mustang in front, the tight track would favor the Mustang, and he would be dust off in the sunset.
Wow, I grew up drooling about these cars. Saw many races at Kyalami in South Africa. Saw many a duel like this. The beast was a Ford Galaxy 500 driven by Bobby Oltoff. Great stuff.
Frank Stippler is the man of the Race! I've never seen a racing driver putting so much pressure on his rival (the red Cortina) and driving at the same time so clean without any touching. Great drive in your wonderful Alfa GTA, Frank!!!
Good Driving by Kristensen considering he'd only done 1 lap the previous day. The Fairlane was obviously set up well, drifted nicely. Good Racing and Driving by all.
DEANOGTO - And it's NOT a Thunderbolt. It is a Fairlane 500 with the High Performance 271-horse 289. Thunderbolts were 427s and were 2-door "post" or sedans specifically developed for drag racing. Search Thunderbolt record for some awesome drag racing cars, even in today's competition...
Partly true Alan, it is a 427-equipped Holman-Moody race prepped 64 Fairlane. Not a "Thunderbolt" though, they were pure drag-racecars. Another one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UD48OX1wu14.html
that car is a tribute to a galaxie R code which won the british saloon car championship the year prior it was a nascar inspired 427FE that was under the hood
that car is a tribute to a galaxie R code which won the british saloon car championship the year prior it was a nascar inspired 427FE that was under the hood
At least not with the correct parts on it. Bumpers being the easiest to spot. They aren't painted fiberglass. True Thunderbolts were drag cars. Not an easy car to convert for road racing.
Gets to show you the most important performance part is still the driver. Put a multi year Le Mans winner behind the wheel of a car that struggles to corner against more lightweight ones, and watch him run circles around them instead. Fantastic race here.
Every time I see him race he seems to never push the car until he is open. He seems to thrive in chasing down others and keeps the exact amount of power in reserve to pass quickly, no wasted energy.
as someone who had a fairlane like this one but only a 289; 2 barrel, watching him slide around the corners was exactly what i used to do with mine on rallies, it drifted beautifully and for the power plant i had with my four speed i kicked a lot of ass with it and the funny part is one day i found out that one bank of my carburetor was not working properly but it was still amazing for its day. i won a trophy at the drag strip with it in pure stock form and had a lot of fun with it while i had it, would love to get another one like it, i had the sports coupe with bucket seats counsel and four speed with the hardtop verseion with tan interior and gold bronze metallic exterior and it attracted a lot of attention where ever i went.
Recall that there were a small number of Shelby Cobras that were built for the dragstrip. Who is to say that some guy didn't convert a Bolt to go left & right? JS.
Perhaps, but why wouldn't he retain the teardrop hood or the headlight/air intakes? Also, the thunderbolts had fiberglass front bumpers and fenders, and final drive gears of 4:44 to 4:57. Yes, you could change all of that, but it would be a lot easier to convert a stock Fairlane in my opinion. But anything is possible. Well I just googled it and all the articles call it a Thunderbolt. Turns out this one is called a Thunderbolt because it was made by Holman & Moody in 1964 from a stock bodyshell to show it to NASCAR. H&M made 100 Thunderbolts in 1964.
