Great memories! I remember going to Brands and Thruxton as a boy from about 75 onwards, special saloons were always my favourite. I think no4 could be Colin Hawker in his DFVW, he had some tremendous battles with Nick Whiting in the All CarEquipe Ford Escort around this time. Thanks for posting !! 👍👍

I was in the pits with the Mini Se7en's With Terry Pudwells car and remember watching the miglia race. Alan Curnow and Steve Harris were quite spectacular then but the Se7en's were the ones to watch with the out breaking each other. The lead always changed

Thanks for uploading. Donnington has changed ! Did I see Walter Robinson , Jeff Wilson and Peter Baldwin ? . Great days !!!

Also of interest among the numerous Escorts and Minis is the Janspeed Datsun - although I don't remember if it was a Cherry or a Sunny.

This happened on my birthday, i was 2. Lol

That's me at 1.32 no 22 mini, love to see more, thanks Paul Craymer.

I was there that day as a 14 year old lad.Watched from the Red Gate corner grandstand so was very close the camera location.Mick Hill's debut of his 7 litre Skoda.

Good stuff, thanks for posting - touring car racing was badly served by mainstream TV, until they discovered what they were missing.

where sound?

Wow, that Jaguar at 1:21 is fast.

Some great footage there.Thanks... I think I might have actually been there that day with my dad, parked on South bank.

Go u little beauty great we car love imps had a modified imp in the 70s in nxt bk then didn’t have I quess the good bolt on bits then but with what we did bk then would still do 90 mph in third gear alittle motor willing to rev

Dogbox?

Alittle rocket imp engines people wrote them off that’s because they didn’t no or understand that wow these little engines have pure race history but u need to no what you are doing fantastic go u we beauty 👍

Excellent video! Loved that sprint, I never expected to come away with a 36 second run.

Brilliant bit of camera you must have to get the distance of the start line included..

very good video an picture thanks for the upload

very 80'ies with the back and forth and such. I love the video but could have done with a more straight forward video "mix" :D thanks for adding it

The A303 going passed, in the background. I remember people parking on the grass verge, next to the 303, watching the racing all day to, avoid buying tickets ! !

DFVW.

That's how I remember Silverstone, a bit different now!

what bhp are they running?

Would love to get more footage of Doug Emms to show him. He just turned 81 last week

Have you got any more clips on my father in law Doug Emms in his Camaro ?

Jesus, those lil Metros were flying!!

Same here : just spotted myself in my blue and white Mini 997 at 1:56. I was 21 years old and running on a proverbial shoestring, but by God we had some fun....Happy Days and thanks for posting.

Excellent!

My Ex car number 72 before i purchased it in late 1979 .At present being restored by present owner ,but not me..I failed it three times.

Only one Imp,bah! Who is the driver of the black Imp?

I'm so glad that you have brought these films to the youtube platform. This 11th June '78 is a particular joy for me, I'm in the green and yellow Escort, car no. 12. Thank you for rekindling the memories.

can confirm its april 15th 1979. Rare shot of the Richard Jenvey Polaroof Esprit starting at the back on its only Don GT outing of the year ahead of its international races. -+

Thanks for uploading this precious footage from a time when touring car racing was almost completely ignored! Race results and a short description of the race can be found here. www.touringcarracing.net/Races/1976%20Silverstone.html

Great film mate. Gerry Taylor.

Silverstone, as we knew and loved her. gerry taylor ex-saloon racer.

Excellent! Thank you. Gerry Taylor-Ex-Swish Anglia.

Brilliant! Gerry Taylor. Ex-Special Saloon racer.