Showcasing powerful American V8 muscle cars, the inaugural Pierpoint Cup saw Ford Mustangs, Falcons and Galaxies battle against contenders from Dodge, Plymouth and Mercury in a raucous showdown. #75MM
I LOVE old school V8s... I watched this race with decent, bass enhanced earphones, for the sake of that magnificent soundtrack... That’s *a must* for the Goodwood Revival... Every time a group of these powerful monsters swept past the camera, they sounded like a mix between a pride of snarling, angry Lions and a flight of bellicose, fire breathing Dragons! 😂👍
I drive a ‘66 mustang coupe and this plus the GT40 races are my favorites. Great fun watching them battle it out! I’m in Georgia, USA. 66 years young too! Love Goodwood racing!
Wow!! These boys are serious!! Hard to watch when they trade paint!! Amazing driving!! V8's pounding the pavement. Super fast big heavy cars. Love tap?
One thing is for sure, he's incredibly good at it. He also normally paired with his father driving an AC Cobra 289 successfully in historic races, his father is quick, but he's even quicker!
Awesome event.. love watching it annually, since many many drivers don't hold back. Even though cars are extremely old fashioned, or expensive, or difficult to drive.. jolly good
Difficult to drive is very apt . Some muscle cars were built for straight line 1/4 mile runs , not cornering . They were heavy in the rear to increase traction on launch , which actually ruins it's cornering , by causing pretty dramatic over steering . Sometimes it is seen as extremely rapid loss of control in corners . Another contributor to the wierd handling of these cars is frame rigidity, rear diff. set up . The motor wants to twist the front end of the car under load , causing uneven pressure on rear tires . It takes some really cleverness to drive like these bat nuts lunatics .
Been to a few reunions and many times at Le Mans.. There's always something that stands out. Usually it's a spectator which drove the car there. But I got a feeling that Goodwood is a hotspot for these unique or quirky cars
@@texasdeeslinglead2401 the weight really has a lot to say.. figures. But also the low rpm torque, in the engines and transmission setup can be dramatic. It's racing with more to it. Will the brakes last.. tyres/tires and how sensitive the throttle, steering and redline is
Trouble was you could not get a decent engine in a Falcoon. The K code 271 horse 289 was only available in the Fairlane and Mustang in ‘65. Early ‘64 Mustangs only came with 6’s or 260 ci v8’s. Neither had much power.
What an absolute delight to watch! There must be close on a million quids worth going around the track and they're not afraid to use them for what they were built for, rather than be hermetically sealed in a plastic bubble in an air conditioned vault!
I love those FE Fords. I swapped a jet engine out of the lunar module in my Mustang last spring, and the chicks really dig me. My uncle used to work at NASA and he got it for me.
fun to watch! Although in the U.S. the big block Galaxie would have been a NASCAR contender (7 liter limit at the time) and not mixed in with these pony cars, which would have raced with small blocks (5 liter limit) in the SCCA TransAm series. plus there would have been a lot more A-body Mopars instead of this lone Barracuda. And Studebaker had already ended production by the start of the TA series. However, its great to see them driven in anger in any configuration now. In the states the SOVREN series has a Group 5 class that has a good mix of these cars...you have to wear ear plugs!
Steve S In Europe, 4 Holman Moody lightweight cars were sent over in 1963 to compete against jaguars domination of british and European racing. The galaxies at the hands of great racing drivers such as Jack Sears, Jim Clark, and many more, were wildly sucessful. The Shepherd Galaxie is one of those original 4 that ended up with the late Alan Mann, and after it’s extensive racing acted as a brake development car for the (at the time) new GT40 program.
I visit The Mitty at Road Atlanta every chance I get to watch a SVRA event. Drivers here that really race are just a few. Drivers at Goodwood seem to have more balls and are not afraid to rub fenders on these expensive machines.
A 1963-4 Classic or Ambassador might be the choice but it would take a considerable amount of modification before one would even be close to being competitive.
From memory LHD has never been an issue in the UK. It was in Australia, until about 10 years ago most states made you convert them. It's possible they came via Australia.
No rules actually. Anything goes except the tires. Tires size determined by vehicle weight, per rules formula. I put a jet engine in my Mustang last spring, and the chicks really dig me.
Is there something about the weather over there that allows so many of these beauties to not only survive but be so plentiful that they are commissioned for hazardous race duty?
Too bad the Camaros can't run in the Pierpoint. I would love to see them door to door with the Mustangs. BTW what do the letters in the parenthesis mean?
I wondered that myself so did a bit of Googling.The letters refer to the four houses of Goodwood - Methuen Torbolton, Darnley and Aubigny. They battle for a trophy with points coming from the races as well as other activities.Check out the article in this link:www.goodwood.com/grrc/event-coverage/members-meeting/2017/3/75mm--the-house-prizegiving/
aefuze Agree, and destroyed the sport in the process. Any overtaking is now done by punting/nudging the car in front either off of the island or into a slide or spin‼️ Stopped watching F1 & ALL modern saloon car racing years ago and don’t miss either, and that says something from an ex-Flag Marshall in the ‘60s and saloon car racer in the 70s. F1 should be called the ‘Aeroputer Championship’
@@geoffhalstead1811That's something i could agree on. I think minor league racing is more entertaining to watch now since that where people really go all out on their cars!
aefuze Forgot to mention the utter stupidity of the FIA’s moronic DRS, thought up by idiots instead of fixing the broken fundamentals, as where their horrendous ‘crash fences’, which says it all about that organisation.
Mr. Cairo Still muscle. You can't classify a muscle car by its make and model. Most of these are all heavy cars fitted with V8's, made for straight line performance. And that's what a muscle car is.
Hmmm throw in a Datsun 240z and a Toyota 2000 and it'll easily mix with the top.. perhaps not on this particular track. The Mini's keep up quite well with the 3x bigger engines, in other videos
