Adrian Flux Trophy For Transatlantic Pre '66 Touring Cars | Silverstone Festival 2023

A monumental grid of SIXTY pre-'66 touring cars doing battle at the Festival this summer. A huge line-up of Cortinas taking on the mighty muscle of Mustangs, Falcons and Galaxies with nimble Minis charging up the field too. A premature race finish for one driver mixed things up for the final results. Enjoy the race! 🏁

[@WilliamKiene-yg7rq]

I lived through the years when these cars raced road courses on the West Coast of America in the 1960s and 1970s. Mustangs, Falcons, and Comets all use about the same running gear so they are extremely popular today for vintage racing. They all run first gen Ford small blocks, top loader 4 speeds and 9" Ford rear ends. I love sedan racing.

[@DRIVECLUBistimelessPS4]

That weekend was such a blast ! ! ! 🏁🏁🏁

[@MLC...]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@cx34r]

More passing in the first turn than in the last 50 years of F1.

[@etienneprinsloo6799]

If I could give you 100 thumbs up I would?

[@romemancer7905]

The Falcon is one of the all time greats...veteran driver Frank Gardner won the British touring car championships in the 1960s...After racing a GT 40 at Le Mans...

[@ronwhittaker6317]

its slightly bigger than the mustang but its ligther

[@DIARRHEA-PANIC]

The Cortinas have always been my favorite, but that Falcon was a ripper 😮

[@heyrodders]

Marvlous, thanks 😀

[@GIGABACHI]

Fantastic racing 🐎 ! 👌😊👍

[@jordipena7984]

Gracias gran carrera 👌👏

[@markhale8084]

FALCONS not Galaxies (though a single Galaxie is in race) … and yes, the Falcons were homologated with fiberglass fenders by Holman Moody in 1964.

[@gekolizzard]

The Cortina’s are awesome.

[@user-ju4wl9wu4d]

Neil Buxton Howard from south Africa Port Elizabeth says old school 60s racing still the best keep it up

[@rossbritton4008]

I'm An Australian, And LOVE Them all..Mini's Escorts, Galaxies,Falcons..Alfa's ALL available RHD.. The MUSTANGS as you know are available RHD now..FORD..

[@harrywalker968]

im an australian.. bathurst sucks.. after 88.. i own a dodge challenger, 340 r/t. #1.. & 4 u.s. ford 4x4rs, from 62 - 02.. s.a. moonta. you can polish sht as much as you want,, but its still a holden..[ with a 9'' diff ].. [ as run at bathurst.. ]

[@BW2212_TRS]

45:16 I was on the exit of copse, one of the best saves I've ever seen. He was about 10cm from the barrier but still kept so much speed

[@thomassmolenski2600]

IH WOW VERY COOL

[@fredflintstone505]

Big 5 liter V8? 5 liters is small for a V8. Some race cars in America are over 15 liters.

[@brelfpv1437]

It would be interesting if the evolution of car technology, much like how Gundam returned to close-combat due to Minovsky particles, leads to the resurgence of drift driving in racing.

[@MENQN]

The mighty Eco Hero Minis out to save the world vs the Monsters the mean V8 guzzlers

[@barrykochverts4149]

In the States, Falcons had nowhere to race that the public, at large, knew of. Grand National (Galaxie-sized) cars got all the headlines. In 1960, a race for compact cars was tried by NASCAR, the governing body of stock car racing, but it was a blowout for Chrysler Valiants, which had an enormous horsepower edge over the Falcons and Corvairs, as there were not yet V-8 engines in compacts, and the series was abandoned. Valiants came home 1st through 7th, I believe.

[@tangerinedream7211]

The Falcons stayed and raced as they were run in the Monte Carlo rally by Alan Mann racing. The Galaxies in the UK,63 and 64 were replaced by the 64 ex Tour de France Mustangs, the Falcons although older were replacing the Mustangs as the rules were more relaxed and allowed the Falcons better performance. Camaros came across the pond as well, 67/68 versions then the 1970 versions, always made for an interesting mix. Think in the early seventies there was even a 1970 hemi Cuda .

[@gekolizzard]

Love this type of racing beats the pants off F1.

[@user-zb5hd8yl6w]

Why do the cortina’s run the exhaust out the back of the car and not out the side

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Who was the mad lad that went flying thru the runoff in the 1st 3 corners? the black ford 😂

[@michaelhubbard5246]

They should do as nascar does and throw a safety caution where everyone comes in at the same time 48 ninety second pitstop, and then proceeds in the order they came in.

[@richard63]

Such a shame about the Hart's Alfa Romeo. Did not see it again after Pit Window. Does anyone have any info about the car? At the beginning it really put on a show and was passed over , for a while, by the commentators as they were more interested in talking up the Cortinas.

[@leightonhughes1635]

who are the commentators ? Both are brilliant but one sounds like Jeremy Vine ? he does Goodwood too

[@bobstuart2638]

The Mustang is a re-bodied Falcon.

[@markkuahlamaa770]

Thanks This The Great Video & Channel ! I Have a Same Car Channel too , From Finland ! Have : Drag Race , Street Race , History Car Race , Vintage Car , Muscle Car , Cruising ,... #Retired4You

[@joeedwards627]

Thinking about going this year, was it any good?

[@silverstonefestival]

Always! But then we're biased 😆

[@64fairlane305]

Ford Falcon, the car that actually won Rally Monte Carlo in 1964

[@wilberthickmann]

Paddy Hopkirk & Henry Liddon won the '64 Monte Carlo Rally in a Mini Cooper S

[@64fairlane305]

@@wilberthickmann That`s the official result but they only "won" because Holman-Moody`s Ford Falcon was given a "too big engine penalty" late saturday night after winning every stage.

[@flashgordon3715]

A Mustang is a Falcon with bucket seats

[@Yardbird68]

Yeah, the Falcon won! And what is a mustang? Just a re-skinned Falcon!

[@barrykochverts4149]

Correct! The commentators are unaware that the Mustang used the identical platform, originally created for the Falcon. Perhaps there's a different weight bias. I owned a '67 Mustang with the 4.7 V-8, and it was quite tail happy.

[@user-sv9tn6bx7y]

@@barrykochverts4149 I owned a 67 Mustang fastback GTA with a 390ci 335 hp engine. There was not a 4.7 V-8 in that year.

[@muddymo7641]

I had a 67 coupe with a 302. Was not stock I don't think

[@retrosperspective]

Mustangs I think have a 1200kg homologated weight the falcons thanks to the work of Holman moody has lots of trick bits homologated and have a much lower weight they can run at. Although I seem to think Mustangs can run fatter tyres than the falcons. Both run 400hp plus engines some probably have. Questionable engines too

[@marymendes5100]

Estafa empleo estable

[@nickraschke4737]

Far out. We only get to see the mustangs.

[@marcedrickirby6348]

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[@jonathanwoody7242]

Falcons were better balanced cars and could outhandle mustangs, ford hated that.

[@markholroyde9412]

Nothing left of the original cars apart from the shape and maybe the engine block LOL, everything has had massive money spent on it or been changed...just for those folk who think this is how they drove🤣

[@samuelgarrod8327]

We're so glad you know so much about each of the 60 cars. Thank you.

[@markholroyde9412]

@@samuelgarrod8327 You're welcome...Ive owned them 40 years LOL The "big, heavy" cars are not at all, they are empty red bull tis,...drama hype

[@leftpastsaturn67]

@@markholroyde9412 You must be new to touring cars.

[@markholroyde9412]

@@leftpastsaturn67 .....and you must be new to "life" snowflake🤣 born after 1990? cant grasp reality versus fake news.🤣

[@porkyswelding]

thank you for having male announcers, Goodwood was barely watchable this year

[@AG9229]

You must have been watching a different Goodwood. One from the 1950s perhaps.

[@nickraschke4737]

Rubbish.

[@ramblerdave1339]

You mean the guy who can't tell a Falcon from a Galaxie, in this race? I saw Goodwood , it was fine. Go back to welding, porky. Maybe you'll get better at it, than your race watching.

[@davidhenryford01]

😮

[@yankeeairpirate1799]

I rather enjoyed the weaker sex

[@zackjay71]

Real cars. Real racing. This current breed of cars suck. Computer controlled