1970's Sports Car Racing - All About Cars

#cars #supercars #1970s
The 1970ʼs were a classic era in sports car racing. Porsche and Renault were just two of the famous names that competed for glory during this time.
The Porsche short-tail 917 was one of the newer lightweight vehicles introduced during the early 70ʼs. The main opposition to the Gulf-Porsche team was Ferrari with their 512
model. Pedro Rodriguez set a new lap record of 3mins, 16.5 seconds, which was nine seconds faster than the current F1 lap record. With an astonishing speed of 257 kms an hour, these were the worldʼs fastest racing cars.

[@Dirtytechnique]

From my inner petrolhead I say thank you kind sir for uploading this so my kids ( and of course myself ) can enjoy 1970s SCR.

[@acrock21]

What a beautiful era for auto racing... Of course, filled with many a tragedy. None the less... Such astounding machines, and strong wills of daring drivers. The cars, the men that stood dominate. A beautiful era for motorsport.

[@racketman2u]

a lot of petty comments about the video quality; I'm just grateful to be able to see and hear legends like Denny Hulme again. He and Bruce McLaren both died doing what they loved, driving fast cars.

[@daleskidmore1685]

Beautiful cars, wonderful times, heroic drivers.

[@senorboardhead]

I was in the pits for many Trans-Am, Can-Am, and a few Endurance races. I saw all of these cars run. Fantastic ! The 917’s never ceased to amaze me. Fun to see this.

[@rayfabbri3759]

Can Am was terrific

[@jacksonyoung6919]

Can am was great I had sex with your mom in the pits all the time. But we always did like that 917. I think she came on herself probably 917 Timex.

[@Pihasanddunes1]

5:44. Watching the 2 x 917s and the 512 come around the high banking. Beautiful.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Lovely seeing those Ford GT40s & Porsche 917s....Wonderful machines

[@mariapires7170]

The most beautiful racing cars, ever. A amasing era for cars, drivers, teams and motor racing for endurance sportcars.

[@citizenfour9622]

2:04 - “Negotiations broke down.” What a polite phrasing for the outbreak of WW3. 🤣

[@jpkatz1435]

Brilliantly said.

[@gairnmclennan5876]

Great footage. Good to see and hear Bruce Maclaren. And Denny Hulme. Two NZ legends behind the wheel.

[@JohnJ-fj2xe]

It's odd to hear Denny Hulme in 1970 say how he followed some of the 'older' drivers. Three years earlier, he was already F1 World Champion...

[@edteach3r]

I count myself as very fortunate to have seen these cars and drivers in action. Legendary. Thanks for the video and the memories.

[@grant1712]

watching those cars sliding through the corners in the rain is just beautiful :-)

[@193322009]

This sure as hell beats any of today's racing! As a former race driver I really miss these cars and drivers.

[@torque-drive2488]

Woah cool!

[@carlsaganlives6086]

I hear ya, but IMSA today is super competitive, great racing, some of these same tracks....no fire-breathing Lola's or crazy Chaparrals , I get it, but in those days it wasn't uncommon for several laps separating 1st and 2nd, or even HOURS at the big ones.

[@VictorGate]

John Wyer was a brilliant operator. Many years ago, I obtained and still have a copy of his book, Motor Racing Management originally published in 1956.. Not just a behind the scenes view at Aston Martin, .but a complete description of how to run a successful Motor Racing team. From the justification for taking part, aims and ambitions and achieving the result. All aspects of running a successful operation. Of all management text books I have read in my business career, this is the the least complex and the most informative.

[@beeemm2578]

I absolutely loved this era and these cars. They just LOOKED fast...lol. They appeared to be moving at speed even when sitting still

[@mariapires7170]

They not just loooked fast, but they were really very, very fast, in other side, they killed many glorious drivers, but as we, petrol heads, know very well, racing, were and still are a dangerous sport, and in those days the safety of these amasing racing cars, doesn´t were the same as the today´s endurance sportcars.

[@suebrower2275]

This upload made my day! Got my heart racing and gave me goosebumps. I was at Road America for a vintage event. It was an honor to hear these beautiful machines roar as the earth rumbled.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Hell yeah - only thing better would be to be at mighty RA while these bad boys were running for real, to hear a pack fly through the woods in anger....went to one of the early Brian Redman vintage weekends, RA, back in the late 90's (!) and saw many of these beauties, too, and you can still see the same cars today, yesterday, tomorrow... time does wait sometimes, ya know?

[@spurrclassiccars1530]

Love those Can-Am cars, they're monsters!

[@beeemm2578]

Steve McQueen racing in these races....whatta badass.

[@andyharman3022]

The press always focused on McQueen and all but ignored Peter Revson, who did 75% of the driving and was many seconds per lap faster.

[@johndeere1951a]

EPIC period for Sports Cars and Drivers, 45-50 years ago! 🇫🇷🇺🇲🇬🇧🇮🇹🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇪 👍✌️

[@vintageman91]

The Porsche 917 and the group 5 935 where awesome. The Ligier as well. late 60s-mid 80s racing is my favourite era.

[@brinkee7674]

cant forget 88 Audi in TA series

[@jfv65]

​@@brinkee7674agreed, the Quatro revolution.

[@ricardovasconez643]

What a cars, the best period of wec races . . .😎😎😎😎

[@ricardovasconez643]

917 Best car of all times . . 😎😎😎

[@mattskustomkreations]

Late 60’s / early 70’s is the period of the most beautiful designs. They inspired me to feature LEGO Versions of these cars on my YT Channel.

[@rayfoster6980]

Well done coverage of important history, the older this gets the more interesting. Thanks to all involved with putting this together.

[@S.Alton.C]

Great video! I appreciate the walk around and you sharing your experiences. Big shoutout to Uncles and the influence they have on you. My favorite uncle threw me the keys to his 450SLC Mercedes Coupe when I was 18 years old and said, “Take it for a spin!” I will always be grateful for how he made me feel that day. Complete trust in me and made me feel like I mattered. I’m looking into to transitioning from my 370Z Nismo 6MT to a C8; Your video was very helpful. Love the way you spec’d your C8. Color combo is on point. First time I’ve been able to see what Carbon Flash looks like up close. Love the sparkle in the black.

[@Naniss1965]

The Ford GT40 was my favorite race car of the 1970's!🏁🇺🇸

[@dizzydolly722]

ffs PT & A, this is fantastic thanks. To see so much footage of this great era is just mind blowing

[@truettneathery4358]

I watched these cars go down the straight from the bridge at Riverside , little fans whirring away !!!

[@The-KP]

Quite good! One of the best auto racing synopses I've found yet on KZbin.

[@justinbelshe]

I like how the tape ops get top billing in the credits.

[@nicholascremato]

This brought back memories!!! Just great!!!

[@the_road__warrior6185]

I can’t think of a better video to watch on this Sunday morning.

[@elvispresley2542]

Excellent. Thank you for sharing.

[@prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs9998]

excellent documentary! thanks for posting.

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

The late 60s and 70s race cars are the most wicked looking cars of all eras, regardless of racing type. The drag racing cars had the just produced 426 Hemi or Boss 429. The Stock Cars were amazing looking. The Hemi and Boss were originally designed for NASCAR. Indy cars and the LeMans cars were the sexiest ever. The GT40 and Porsche 917 have never been surpassed aesthetically.

[@davidthompson5460]

Excellent.

[@rockinrolla102]

Awesome and informative video love those old Porsches

[@brandond5209]

This was when men were men and the cars were just BADASS!

[@renatofrancescotti9196]

A distanza di piu' di 50 anni, fa ancora venire i brividi

[@davidvos5865]

the 300SL drifting gave me goosebumps

[@RP-kr2kb]

What a documentary! Amazing!

[@GregDaGoblin]

Used to have a slot car like the thumbnail. Same color even lol

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Stromberg, Aurora, couple others, yep. Always fucking with the track connections, too! Rainy day fun with friends, my good man.

[@andrewgillis8572]

Daytona with no chicane on the back, January 1970 - this must be the highest speed race footage on KZbin, surely

[@thethirdman225]

Hardly.

[@ray.shoesmith]

Crazy racing with cars doing half their speed

[@EduSanjuan777]

This is gold!

[@machfiver753]

There's something special about this era and the ones before it that has been lost today. The cars back then and the technology behind them had way more porno appeal than todays cars that are sterile and built by nerds for drivers with 8yr old video gamer like reflexes

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

Dude I love your channel!

[@roywinchel3620]

The Can Am cars/series were absolutely the fastest and best paying series in the world 👨‍⚖

[@pacogarciacarnero6815]

Magnific video 👍👍

[@brentritchie6199]

Such a great doco very interesting indeed

[@MrSlotracer]

Thank you Thank you Thank you!

[@lorelabb8220]

Excelente!!!

[@arklat]

I actually owned a Simca Deluxe. Such a comfortable car. The ride reminded me of a Rolls Royce.

[@oAlize]

Супер! Спасибо!

[@michaelslack5269]

Thank you

[@Hchris101]

Very cool 😎

[@petertimowreef9085]

Cool footage, excellent upload!

[@mikerix7626]

Peter Timowreef ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/16ADA/production/_99409829_thaibhat.jpg

[@michaelhaskett2113]

917 said the twin flat sixes with the transmission in between both the motors that was pretty cool yeah that was pretty high tech

[@michaelhaskett2113]

I believe I saw a red Corvette go by I thought that was pretty cheesy I mean that's kind of like my God why why put a hamburger amongst steak

[@DJAC63]

Cool footage. Great sounds. Profoundly irritating non stop commentary. Intrusive. Overbearing. Renders the footage unwatchable, at least IMHO.

[@paulreilly3904]

@@DJAC63 well don't watch it then. Jesus some people.

[@tacklefatkids]

Pedro Rodriguez is one of the best race car drivers of all time. As an American with a Mexican background from Mexico city he is simply the best Mexican racing driver next to Adrian Fernandez forget checo he is just a sponsors wet dream. They didn't call him the rainmaster for nothing before ayrton senna.

[@jondransfield2828]

Pedro Rodriguez was born in MEXICO CITY. He's NOT an American .

[@elwap0]

Pedro Rodrigues...was probably the fastest driver ever scary always

[@robertogarcia6787]

rodriguez era uno de los mejores pilotos de autos sports , siffert tambien lo era , ambos en f1 eran buenos pero no tanto .

[@paulreilly3904]

@@jondransfield2828 no he isn't. He's Mexican, you're right and he's brilliant. Being American is nothing to shout about anyway.

[@mkay1957]

@@carlsaganlives5112Oh look! Another leftist shows up in a motorsports thread spewing childish talking points. 😂🤣 It would have been preferable if Trump had deported all of the shrieking, virtue signalling leftist cockroaches instead of Mexicans. At least Mexicans contribute something to society. Most leftists are merely parasites.

[@a2b235]

CAN SOMEONE SHARE WHAT VIDEO THIS IS FROM, OR IS THIS THE FULL VIDEO. I WOULD LIKE THE FULL VERSION SOMEHOW

[@m.mgnmark9186]

The good old days!!!!!

[@michaelhaskett2113]

I love those gt40s and 917s myself yeah I mean I had a couple of models when I was a little kid about Porsche 917s and it was a really complicated model for when you're like about 12 years old you know

[@marklangren3142]

Got to watch most of tgese cars at Donnybrooke and Road America

[@wademorriss1624]

Ford GT40 best car of all times won LeMans two years in a row with the same exact car..😊😊

[@michaellorenson2997]

Excellent, thanks

[@95bochamp]

McLaren, Rodriquez, Siffert, Revson. All gone far too soon, among others.

[@BeselerSimRacing]

I'll add Donohue to that list

[@justagamer182]

Can I add Ken miles to this to?

[@stzw613]

I'll ad Didier Pironi

[@Darkwell0071]

I remember this series. Couldn’t watch it but only. Daytona and spa Le Mans what series,cars,drivers

[@thethirdman225]

This was really good but there was obviously a problem with interlacing in a lot of the tape transfers. It would be nice if that could be sorted out.

[@marcusrussell8660]

Thank you so much. Racing was so much better then, now we are stuck with F1 dominated by vettel, Indy which is nascar with commercials ever three minutes, and I can’t say what I think of nascar. Sad, at least the cars are much safer. It is a shame that they seldom carry motorcycle racing here in the states.

[@jaimeb3587]

F1 dominated by Vettel??? HAHAHA!!! Is this a joke???? Marcus, it looks that you haven't follow F1 for a loooong time ago!

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

@@jaimeb3587 can you blame him f1 is gay now.........fuck Hamilton.........

[@carlsaganlives5112]

American Flat Track is making a big comeback, super cool. MotoAmerica road racing, too. Both on NBCSN, along with IMSA - the best series in the world today, I say. Lots of friendly US drivers and riders. That's a big bonus.

[@CosmicSeeker69]

6years later: Max Verstappen - hold my beer

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

The golden era, IMO

[@ronaldderooij1774]

No, in my opinion it was the eighties with Rothmans Porsches and Group B rallying and four different types of engines in F1 (4, 6, 8 and 12 cylinders) in that decade.

[@carlsaganlives5112]

@@ronaldderooij1774 Camel GT. 'Nuff said.

[@rbell3109]

I think you have Sebring footage mixed in with the 1970 Daytona 24 hours. Some footage looks to be 917 racing on an old airstrip

[@ITProjectManagerMan]

Awesome! Great to see these amazing cars. Is that the Chapperal 2G?

[@texleeger8973]

The high rise flipper wing and auto transmissions were quite the items. 66.

[@he162a]

I'm glad the newer people can see this but most won't be watching. Who even knows who Peter,Sam,David,Denny,etc was anymore? I'm still just living off the fumes. I

[@cb874]

@ 20:37 sec. it says the Wyer team won 7 of 9 races they entered. I believe they only entered 8 races out of ten total that season. The 2 races they did not enter were Targa Florio and Nurburgring which was left to the 908 Porsches to enter of which they won 1 of the 2.

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Holy stats Batman! This guy knows his shit!

[@beeemm2578]

John Wyer looked like he never laughed or cracked a smile. Dude was serious...lol

[@marks7197]

The JW team did enter the Targa and Nurburgring races, but they used the 908/03, as they were better suited to those circuits due to handling better than the 917. Siffert and Redman won the Targa for JW so there's no question they were there.

[@redthorn-gj7zu]

Cars are now Worth money now

[@markzebr6463]

Great content. Poor video at times. Still give it a thumbs up.

[@RammYou2]

yes

[@Pandamasque]

"1970's Sports Car Racing" with a distinctly '60s car on the thumbnail.

[@CatheLeiper]

Overall quite enjoyable--especially the Targa footage. Erratic re specs and racing chronology. And, IMO, unforgivable that Rodriquez and Siffert simply vanish from the commentary. Aside from McLaren's accident, no fatalities mentioned. (Siffert killed in F1, but Rodriquez died in a sports car race. I'm principally an F1 fan, but I imagine the 70s were similarly lethal for sports car drivers.)

[@sidx45]

Yea, was thinking the same thing

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

sidx45 Late 60s also lethal... Ken Miles died in GT40 testing.. just testing! Crushing disintegration and fire were big problems resulting from pursuit of lightness. David Piper lost a leg doing stunt crashes for Steve’s movie. Jim Clark died in an F2 car, minor off course excursion into small trees obliterated the car. In the usa, Donny Scogmo was killed cutting a T-70 in half at the pit wall end at Road America in Wisconsin. I love the looks and sounds of the formula and sports cars of this era... fantastic... but not good for survivability like todays composites tubs...

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

ZebsFrend considering that I spent 8 years doing suspension and chassis engineering on race cars in the 70s before moving on to more fruitful engineering endeavors, I say you assessment of my comment is pure shit. Testing is essential, you have no friggen idea how many hours I spent at skid pads, taking high speed film of suspension in and out of corners.. Non of the teams I worked on killed anyone, or maimed them. If death is your marker of successful limit finding, you sir are absolutely freaking sick.

[@LaPabst]

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jhendricks203]

?no mention of Peter Gregg/ Hurley Haywood with all the wins at Daytona & Sebring, sounds like that p/o speaker had a prob...

[@ianthepelican2709]

Such a shame the person who created the original release of this video couldn't be bothered to fix the interlaced stuff.😞

[@Sauceyjames]

This is more of a Porsche Documentary during this time...

[@nyx7255]

Because Porsche was what you saw the most back then in the tracks, still a great video though.

[@BobGeogeo]

There's a lot to like here but... 1971 Le Mans is presented with a lot of 1970 footage intermixed including some of Steve McQueen and from the LeMans film.

[@able-fox]

"Sports car racing is much more about the car than the driver. In Grand Prix racing, the driver wins the world championship." My, my, my How things have changed. Midfield McLaren makes midseason upgrades and suddenly is running 10 seconds behind the magic Red Bull instead of 30 seconds.

[@ray.shoesmith]

Can-Am was the greatest series for innovation

[@racketman2u]

haha bet you are thinking of Jim Hall and his Chapparals!

[@ray.shoesmith]

@@racketman2u When you look at what's come since, Jim Hall is one of the most influential, unsung engineers in the history of motorsport. He was first with so many things.

[@jean-marcelgoger]

A nice wiew about mechanical racing cars of the seventees could be! 💙💟💗🏵🌸💮🌹🌷🌼🌻🌺☮☯🏳‍🌈!

[@paxwallacejazz]

They didn't mention the turbo 917s of Can Am

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Team Penske! How many cars/drivers/tracks/era's/series/trophies, this insanely talented, shrewd icon been associated with? Wow.

[@thethirdman225]

Tough luck.

[@davidmandziuk8493]

John Weir , of JW Engineering could be Higgins of Magnum PI

[@lestupidshoes]

Or Graham Chapman of Monty Pythons Flying Circus

[@boholde2757]

It’s a small detail, but, I still feel the need to make this correction……The red Ford GT #1 that won Lemans in 67 was a Mk4, not a Mk2. The Mk2 won in 66.

[@texleeger8973]

Yes, a product of the J car project. A brute of a machine. Driven by a brute of a man, A.J. Foyt, at Le Mans of that year.

[@arthurteo8111]

These are the Real Men.

[@rickstevens1479]

Can am was when I got into racing. The Chaparrals were my favorites..now Imsa is more exciting than F1 passing in F1 is non-existent today..

[@shorty808100]

I like I think it’s the 88 Mercedes sauber that thing is smoking fast hard to corner though no power steering, I kinda wish they wouldn’t have changed Spa I liked the old layout, that back straight on leman is kinda bumpy to me

[@gothicpagan.666]

The 60's and especially through the 70's it seems a stretch to call what was built and raced, a sports car. Prototypes, with the technology greater than F1,they arecfar removed from a Porsche 911, MGB or TR6 of the era.

[@russelvorster1923]

This era the yanks had put menon the moon!!!

[@stevenduke260]

👍👍

[@paxwallace8324]

I simply can't believe that you completely left out the entire saga of the Can Am 917 turbos after they were so unfairly politically squeezed out of endurance racing.

[@MrStrollerisme]

I love them old cars. They had personalities like a bad ol bitch.

[@georgelackey622]

Cool video! Doesn't John Wyer look like Mr. Bean's dad?

[@sidx45]

14:58 geez

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Old radio ads for upcoming events at beautiful Road America, featured a very excited, fast talking voice guy, who finished his over-the-top presentation, with a resounding "WITH MEN INSIDE!!! 14:58 is the kind of shit he meant. Oh, yeah.

[@RNKel1]

Exited to see ford vs Ferrari

[@Crudux-Cruo]

one of the insta-thumb up videos