FIA GT Championship at Laguna Seca, 1997.

[@kinger41]

Incredible that someone actually has footage of an FIA GT race broadcasted by Speedvision.

[@saleemwaheed9956]

The greatest group of GT cars ever? Maybe!

[@BigMrSox]

100% agree

[@jamiecloughgaming25387]

Yes they are and by along way too.

[@jocksavard41241]

Not maybe, definitely

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@jamiecloughgaming25387 2020 is NOWHERE near this 1997 season.

[@jamiecloughgaming25387]

@@purwantiallan5089 Certainly not ,GT3's are basic compared to these late 90's GT1 machines...

[@fox6469]

I miss these cars especially the Panoz GTR-1 and CLK GTR. My friends used to think it was weird I had model cars of them in my room, but I didn't care, I love motorsports, always have and always will ❤️

[@jamiecloughgaming25387]

Its not weird there iconic machines

[@escortjas]

The variety, the colour schemes, and the sounds, oh the sounds! I know GT/Endurance racing is good right now, but i can't help but feel this brief period was better.

[@purwantiallan5089]

I miss those classic 1997 GT1 cars....

[@tonychavez2083]

I was there for raceday on Sunday, good crowd turnout.. too many Fosters beers that day, crazy hangover!

[@jstoli996c4s]

RIP Greg Moore

[@silentqueue2344]

Was there that weekend- hard to believe it was 20 years ago. These are some of my all-time favorite race cars. The Mercs were the business but McNish in the Porsche was the Man. If the Davidoff McLarens had had speed to match their looks, they'd have run off and hid. I can remember Autosport saying how '97 was a great year for sportscars and this last race of the year was proof of that.

[@alex680]

Hello Silent have you some pics of the Panozs at this race ?

[@jamiecloughgaming25387]

I personally prefer the BMW Motorsport "Works McLaren's" livery to GTC Competition's but its all a matter of personal taste the Lark livery of Parabolica Motorsports used at Le Mans in 1997 was also great it was indeed a great era of GT racing from 1993-1999 perhaps it will never be bettered and the development you had from production supercars lightly modified for racing such as the Jaguar XJ220 to purpose built GT1 racers which were racing cars first road cars as an afterthought like the Toyota Gt-One it was all great from the BPR to the FIA GT via the British GT and Le Mans in between luckily we have videogames where we can re-live the memories.

[@flyingoverthehills]

I was there! Some great sounding engines -- all different. The McLarens, Porsches, Panoz's. Incredible. Saw Greg Moore in one of the Mercedes.

[@Little_River_Forge]

I’m so happy I found this channel

[@TheSupradude26]

This was one of my favorite racing classes to watch all time. All of the different cars are now conaidered classics and the few street legal versions that they were required to make are all near the top of my list of cars that I would want if finances allowed me to have a garage full of million dollar cars. Eapecially the Mclaren F1. Several million for that one, even more for one of the ultra rare long tail versions, but just the fact that you sit in the middle and can bring 2 buddies for a cruise is awesome. That and the fact the inside of the engine bay doesnt have regular tin foil type heating shields, but they opted to line them in real gold stuff because it works just that much better.

[@kfyork]

Thanks for this one. I was on site at this race - 'twas awesome in every way!

[@SpatialDragon]

Glad you got this transferred off the old vhs tape. Some great GT1 cars battling at a great old track.

[@Kinggweeny]

I remember watching that race, loved those GT cars. 911 GT1-97 was strangled too much but held its own at Laguna.

[@sturmgewer44]

Turbo cars had worse air restrictor imposed by FIA, and this was specially true in the 911 Gt1s ( 993, 996 Gt1 and EVO) that had 30-50 hp less than mercedez and F1s

[@L8-APEX]

OMG THANK YOU. Legendary cars and racing.

[@lonesome_carboy]

I came here for CLK, But i stayed for the ads.

[@RandysRacingPlace633]

So weird to witness cars from 20 years ago that you can only drive in video games..... :-P

[@franzvonriedel378]

Hey oldSCCAguy, I noticed u haven't posted anything in awhile. Are you doing ok? I hope you know you've got a LOT of fans out here that LOVE your channel & hope you are well! Thanks for all you've shared with us. Would I see you at any of the vintage events at RA?

[@the.flat.six.]

The best year of racing with the newest Porsche 911 GT1.

[@primasudiman3349]

Best FIA GT1 LE MANS EVER

[@ducedevlstear2471]

Schneider vs McNish was the main men of these 2 years but, Greg Moore ...

[@Dilberto88]

True Supercars, in action! They need to come back!

[@spacedragon5248]

I know this is a long shot, but do you happen to have any media from the IMSA races on the same weekend? Either the GT or WSC rounds. I'm particularly fascinated by the GT round as it was a neck-to-neck fight between Panoz and Lotus.

[@SaidHead2]

What IMSA WSC races have you got in your collection?

[@ivanhool7322]

Охренеть, 97ой год! Просто с ума сойти!))))))

[@SaidHead2]

Do you have the 1998 races at Laguna Seca and Homestead?

[@oldsccaguyyah9901]

SaidHead2, I don't think so, but I really don't know. I didn't even know I had this one until I found a box of unlabeled stuff. My VHS collection is like a pinata. I don't know what's going to come out of it before I get it open. :D

[@losangeleslakers1650]

Looks at all those Mf1's

[@downnice95]

It's cool how gt1 is coming back in a way via the Hypercar

[@randydubin7118]

Do you happen to have the Sebring race that was the round before this?

[@oldsccaguyyah9901]

Randy, I don't have it, but I'll ask my friends. Most of us have a big box of VHS laying around.

[@jstoli996c4s]

I would love to see the Sebring race, I went to it!

[@SGT12XU]

I was there.

[@alex680]

If you have all the 97 GT race I will be happy !!!

[@87Maroon]

Was broadcast television really this bad 20 years ago? I know that I watched a lot of TV back then, but I don't remember it being quite so poor.

[@bobaloochi]

VHS tapes aren't the most optimal way to store things, they don't exactly capture everything and they lose data over time, as well as losing some data every time they are played, IIRC.

[@oldsccaguyyah9901]

Well, that's VHS for ya. It's not the signal..it's the way I recorded it. This race was actually on cable, it was better than broadcast! bobaloochi got it right in his comment, but only tells half the story. This particular tape had been stored in a non-climate controlled mini-storage shed for ten years or so, and more than a few cheap rental house closets & garages since then. Also, the VHS machine I'm using is the last one I ever bought new (in 1995!), and is a perfect example of an end stage obsolescent technology. It has 'bells & whistles' like automatic tracking, and really starts to panic if the tape isn't in good condition.

[@daltonbedore8396]

oldSCCAguy yah you're a hero, many of these races seem to be lost, glad at least this one was saved. complete with cheesy commercials!

[@cartoonfan959]

even the commericlas were much better in the days

[@cesargonzalesviera1954]

30.03 what this white car here? its a camaro z28 ?

[@theflagstand]

I think you're talking about the car on the right, it's a Mustang if I'm not mistaken. The other white cars in the shot are a Porsche 911Gt1 Evo and a Panoz Esperante GTR-1.

[@csonkaperdido]

15:30 lol $19.99 for 3 VHS tapes of crashes... Hooray KZbin! Crash videos are now free 👍

[@hdsempro62]

Haha yeah I loled at that one xD

[@cool3865]

i actually have all three of those VHS tapes, there are alot of crashes on those tapes that are not on youtube

[@MrB590]

Wtf its a mclaren not bmw

[@scesarangelo]

BREN AU85 the Mclaren F1 GTR had a naturaly aspirated engine (created by BMW)

[@MrB590]

@@scesarangelo i know that

[@jamiecloughgaming25387]

BMW Motorsport ran the factory McLaren F1 GTR's that's why there referred to as BMW's.

[@cesargonzalesviera1954]

28.59 lotus elise gt1

[@cesargonzalesviera1954]

4.17 , blue ,morgan?

[@cesargonzalesviera1954]

2.28 ,look a small laguna