Classic racing car's ridiculous wet weather control

Sam Tordoff competed for BTCC titles, but perhaps his biggest challenge ever was keeping this mighty V8 Ford Falcon in a straight line at Goodwood.
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[@G35370]

“That was worth the price of admission alone” 😂😂

[@herbienbrian2]

That was some incredibly skilled driving. These cars are impossible in the rain. It's like they were designed to kill you the second a drop hits the ground.

[@Wildstar40]

Yes a real driver. No traction control, no ABS just pure driver skill.

[@ryoichiwatanabe648]

​@@Wildstar40 pure skill indeed

[@john1703]

So not rediculous at all.

[@Afriqueleblanq]

American cars handle badly. Barges at best. This driver had serious skill.

[@picax8398]

@@Afriqueleblanq 66-71 trans-am would like a word with you.

[@joec6108]

A boat in its natural habitat

[@confusedredditor1660]

xD

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

That's how you do it folks.

[@musicauthority7828]

Another AWESOME reason the Goodwood series is the absolute best racing on the planet. these drivers have absolutely no fear, you would never see American drivers racing in heavy rain, without whining like little girls. the Goodwood series has become my favorite, and only racing that I watch it's definitely the best there is.

[@69Dartman]

I love oversteer once you figure out how how the car reacts. I put a power lock in my Dart and had to relearn how to drive it. Once I got it down I could pitch it sideways and hold it just like that in the rain. I have a 06 Charger Hemi RT and when I fully turn off the traction control it tries to kill me wet or dry, especially wet but it has at least 100hp over the Dart, still figuring it out 😉

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Power lock?

[@invisibilianone6288]

@@MrJohnnyDistortion positrac rear differential

[@Drunken_Hamster]

IRS is probably making it harder for you in the Charger. Especially if it has poor camber curves where the inside tire (or trailing tire in a drift) is massively negatively cambered and only working on the inner 1/5th or less of the contact patch.

[@69Dartman]

@@Drunken_Hamster I'm getting used to the way it reacts now. The rear drops instead of raising but it also tends to spin both tires with the open differential so something is working. The Dart would jack the rear and the drivers side tire when I loaded it up, not the Charger. There probably are kits to fix that but don't have unlimited money to dump into it when I'm mostly just trying to drive it and not break anything, plus get better than 12 mpg in short trips. I just put Champion Platinum plugs in it so hopefully that helps. The old ones looked perfect though. Wow a year later and we I get a new reply 😉

[@kyle.1442]

That cornering was something very special

[@rudy_m_g6748]

That thing sounds angry! Amazing!

[@averagepal572]

It's terrible watching these skills in portrait, it hurts my eyes 🙈

[@kramer26]

My thought exactly! You don't get the full experience of a wide shot either🙄🤷‍♂️

[@deanhanmore4150]

What a lovely motor

[@cornbreadntatersalad1634]

Beautiful

[@ThatRailfan7]

“if you're goin' hard enough left, you'll find yourself turnin' right.”- Paul Newman

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Yep. Steering with the gas pedal...Paul would know!

[@yiannishayabusaofficial]

Awesome amazing fantastic superb

[@kevink363]

Well done

[@paulhogan7270]

1964/5 Ford Falcon

[@paulhogan7270]

My dad owned one.

[@bradleyjanes2949]

Tires from Walmart 👍

[@xvadripzx]

A falcon killed my father

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

A lot of talk from the announcer almost seemingly wanting the car to fail, but consistently being wrong.

[@troyfitzmaurice6834]

Ii love how they turn 2 miles before the corner

[@peterjoseph2803]

☆☆☆☆☆

[@AiOinc1]

They're sitting here insulting the car because it's American, but it certainly seems to be doing well

[@musicauthority7828]

It's a Ford they should be insulting it.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Exactly what I'm saying. A lot of talk and no matching result.

[@De19thKingJulion]

It doesn't want to go in a straight line?! That's all which that car was built for! 😝

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Maybe because it's 59 years old. Did absolutely fine on the highway in rain back in the early 1960s. Don't stereotype these automobiles.

[@modelracecar]

The Falcon Sprint also competed in the 1963/4 Monte Carlo Rally...in the snow!

[@mattosoffice477]

the car down force is created from the weight of the driver balls

[@mcmaddie]

And now if they'd release the actual video where you could see the whole car that would be great! I don't understand why the go for these 'shorts' on purpose.

[@mike_oe]

Goodwood Road Racing has a wonderful YT channel with high quality, well edited videos. In the correct format.

[@mcmaddie]

Oh I know that. That's why I'm wondering why they feel like putting these 'shorts' out.

[@ghostinthemachine5821]

I love calling a Falcon a big car 😎👍

[@Stuntman175]

Compared to a Ford Cortina of the same vintage, the Falcon is as big as the Queen Mary cruise ship.

[@codyC423]

​@@Stuntman175 Not really. it's a bit bigger but not by that much. The proportions of this car make it look a bigger than it is. I'd love to see one of these and a cortina side by side

[@AKHyder01]

@@Stuntman175 Yep. But small by American standards of the time (or today!) "Full Size" cars like an Electra or Galaxie were nearly 3 feet longer!

[@pilote_989]

We have to keep in mind that this car races against Mini Cooper's, so even if they aren't that big compared to other american muscle cars from the time, it's huge compared to a Cooper!

[@musclecarmaniac6914]

​@@AKHyder01 Those Galaxies we're some boats weren't they lmao! 65 has enough room you can use the hood as a table for everyone at the family BBQ 🤣

[@ultimatefreedom6283]

Before the Mustang.....there was The Falcon....

[@zaphodsrealm1549]

yep, the first generation Mustang was just a rebodied Falcon.

[@De19thKingJulion]

​@@zaphodsrealm1549 The "Falcon Body" Mustang!

[@Draconior87]

easy-win comment: this short is far more exciting than the whole f1 championship.

[@AmbroseBurnside1824]

Dude really knows how to pedal that thing!

[@CurboroughSprinter]

When you’re so badass you don’t even need windscreen wipers. 😎

[@irfanysff]

This driver got some serious game. No joke.

[@hubertdeyette5070]

Ford falcon at its best

[@musicauthority7828]

Ford's are garbage.

[@AtZero138]

Absolutely Amazing.. wish more of my fellow American Classic Car owners watched these.. Stop putting around.. drive them

[@PAHighlander24]

Did this car have radial tires on the track? Or the bias ply tires of its vinntage? The bias ply tires would have been even more dangerous.

[@confusedredditor1660]

Beautiful, see how he positions the car and inputs so that the car uses all the track when exiting the corner, drifting laterally, 4 wheel drift

[@zeruiahwild1]

I've seen this guy race quite a few times and the control he has over that massive car is absolutely insane😂

[@jeta1ininuviknwt]

Every VW bug driver did this every winter.

[@jamesrafael6794]

Cubans think its a modern car.

[@ahimeirhadad4836]

V8 RWD Drifting

[@wardy98px1]

He's a driver

[@jamesramirez8685]

Beautiful

[@AndyGreenFox2005]

Nascar?

[@andreasburbach5791]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Elpresidente-ej6dc]

1

[@yandymedina2637]

Ford powaaaa

[@musicauthority7828]

Ford's are garbage.

[@kerrykelaher2607]

" its australian racing driver jim richards !"

[@demondeano]

If you've ever driven a classic car in the rain, let alone a yank, you'll know how frightening it is! Amazing skills demonstrated here! Incredible!

[@tfalcon1428]

LOL I have / had these classics in the snow and ice still have 3 I think people forget How to drive in the snow and rain with out all the extra added to cars now a days . Put a blower in one like in video with 450 Hp at the rear wheels 0 to 60 in 3.3 Seconds is alot of Fun other than the GAS ⛽️ PUMP

[@sandrokeine4365]

👏👏👏👏🏁🏁🏁🏁

[@flashgordon3715]

67' Falcon in USA basically, a Ford Mustang Sedan, 240ci inline 6 cylinder usually

[@Norm_Alman]

Small tyres. Big balls.

[@zeus-mt7wx]

Errr. You mean they were racing American muscle cars in a race, but it was raining. Whaaaat, no rain tiers. Whaaat, they turned left and right. Whaaat, no ABS. Whaaat no flashing rear lights. Pfffff call that racing 🤣🤣

[@christianobabalao9302]

You’re so wrong, so much so that I thought that this comment is supposed to be satirical.

[@Afriqueleblanq]

Real men don't use sissy pissy TC or ABS. We could actually drive, not ride cars like Merrikuns do nowadays.