I was driving the black cooper S, (JPP 150 C) with 19 on the side. I couldn't get past the Mustang, made a last minute effort and spun into the rails, squashing the bumper a bit. Then my wife and I packed away our tent and drove back to Hayling Island. Good times.
@esv6837 жыл бұрын
I own the sister car JPP 162C 1275 S
@georgejacob31627 жыл бұрын
REAL men racing proper old school cars! Where was I when THIS magnificence was happening? Oh yes, I was two! The only thing close to this now is a track day on which you can take your normal production car onto a track with others. I've done 4 track days but NOTHING compares to THIS! I've seen footage of banger racing from the 70's and they didn't have half the safety bollocks that they do in today's banger cars. I know that quite a few banger boys stopped when safety was introduced as it got too expensive.
@haylingpete7 жыл бұрын
Oh happy days! Did my apprenticeship helping out mates with their Bangers, Stock Cars, Superstocks and Hot Rods, at Spedeworth tracks. Sunday-Matchams, Tuesday-Eastbourne, Thursday-Aldershot, Friday-Wimbledon, Saturday pist'n broke!
@haylingpete7 жыл бұрын
esv683 hi, yes there are a few old pics of the car, but they are packed away, we are moving house soon, and i do not know which box they are in. One day!
@johnnytenjobs6 жыл бұрын
Did you get your bumper fixed. A new one wasn't that expensive.
@steveredd357410 жыл бұрын
The Celica is driven by the late John Brundle, father of Martin Brundle. I was Martin's hot rod mechanic back then....god I'm old !
@stuartbritton74084 жыл бұрын
In Pott Row?
@jaredaikins73903 жыл бұрын
That is an amazing car! Great work!
@robertknight5429 Жыл бұрын
Guy in the open car has no helmet!
@sheldonlamey70105 ай бұрын
This was entertaining and hilarious at the same time.....the announcer added a lot of excitement to the racing.
@Stealthbong4 жыл бұрын
Fabulous video. Thanks for sharing. They weren't much fun when we were actually there, but in hindsight, the 1970s absolutely rocked! The geezer in the Convertible Mustang, with the luxuriant mop of hair, holding off the field.... pure class! Probably had one hand on the wheel, the other squeezing a Lambert & Butler, and Grand Funk Railroad blaring out of the cassette player.
@randomwalkingtours88662 жыл бұрын
HAHA
@pofrof49105 ай бұрын
@randomwalkingtours88662 жыл бұрын
I was born in Nov 1975, wow what a time that was!!!! to see that Mustang on a track no roll bar no helmet, just 70s hair in the wind......what a time to be a alive lol
@priceman14110 жыл бұрын
"Well.... It's their funeral" - best quote from a race announcer I've ever heard! Anyone else feel a bit worried for the helmet-less Mustang convertible driver?
@jasuscaredo10 жыл бұрын
It was in the 70's. People were tough, don't worry...
@bimbeano9 жыл бұрын
No, a shame he didn't flip his Mustang ....
@chiefrocka8604 Жыл бұрын
@@bimbeano shame your mum didn’t spit you on the council flat floor
@georgejacob3162Ай бұрын
It was the 70's when men were men & women were glad of it!
@MORRIS61614 жыл бұрын
I was driving the green Hillman Imp. I’m so excited I just turned 16 and so ready to drive again
@georgejacob31627 жыл бұрын
I don't know how this hasn't had a billion views! Bring this back! Drive in, race round and then try to drive home again! ...And bollocks to safety gear! Mustang man isn't even wearing a seatbelt!
@culcune4 жыл бұрын
I don't even think seatbelts were mandatory back then...they might have been optional?!
@69waveydavey12 жыл бұрын
He's not even wearing a seatbelt!! What has happened to the world? absolutely f'in brilliant
@AaronSmart.online2 жыл бұрын
It's a '66 Mustang (I think), so would have only had lap belts. Maybe he's wearing it, maybe not
@BadApe35111 ай бұрын
Look at those classics 😇
@tonyfordcosworth6 жыл бұрын
omg the blue and blue rs2000 rmo 253m is still on the road
@freddieparrydrums2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit man!
@turki_wz10 жыл бұрын
We need these Production car races back!
@culcune4 жыл бұрын
Here in the US, we are fortunate to still have our classic muscle car rivalry going with the Mustang, the Camaro, and the Challenger and Charger still being made. We could easily have a series of production car racing with just those 4 cars. With the several engine choices, I could imagine different engine classes where base engine V6 and turbo 4 go against each other, and then mid-level V8s, and then the supercharged V8s (I think there is actually one more tier of engine in there!) all battling for production car supremacy. That is just using American cars. I know there are other exciting rivalries in other parts of the world!
@John_B_Gage6 жыл бұрын
The days before health and safety. I was born in the 70s and looks like I missed a lot of good racing. I remember my Dad taking me to Wimbledon Stadium in the early 80s to watch car racing. Great times.
@MamboChapChap11 жыл бұрын
This has to be from 1875...because the idea that people this awesome still live and breathe on this earth is unreal.
@Ralph24 жыл бұрын
God I miss the seventies.
@2BMIKE15697 жыл бұрын
Fantastic ! Health and safety........Feck off :-)
@Hologhoul4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most amusingly crazy things I've seen in motorsport, it's more like what you can find in a video game. Superb!
@culcune4 жыл бұрын
I recently 'discovered' banger racing from UK and Holland...that is some GREAT racing, and fortunately, still going on! I must say, even with its corporate budget, Stadium Super Trucks is quite impressive, too!
@Hologhoul4 жыл бұрын
The trucks thing sounds insane, I'll look that up! Yeah banger racing is awesome, it was really cool in previous eras due to the variety of cars, all shapes and sizes. Great memories, but I'm also pleased to hear it's still going on!
@craig3960510 жыл бұрын
The blue mk 1 Escort is stunning.
@freddieparrydrums2 жыл бұрын
And it’s still taxed!
@congealedmeat11 жыл бұрын
That was awesome! I wish you could still do things like this...
@georgejacob31627 жыл бұрын
Track days is about the closest thing to this as you can do those in your own normal car but even then you HAVE to wear a helmet and abide by the track day rules.
@andrewkeen782827 күн бұрын
This is superb. Funny, mad, and perfectly 1970s. I grew up at that time and though lots of things are much better, life isn't so funny.
@ricbonnici48784 жыл бұрын
Straight from the car park Lol
@TheBoy04611 жыл бұрын
The convertible mustang with nothing but a human head as a roll cage MADNESS
@georgejacob31627 жыл бұрын
It's ok. His hair will save him!
@bensingleton39234 жыл бұрын
It's got a windscreen.
@sergiogoncalves471910 жыл бұрын
Epic!!! Great video. Regards from Portugal.
@TheMausymaus8 жыл бұрын
This is fucking hilarious. Damn I wish it was the 70s right now
@superbrit3845 Жыл бұрын
Love how the Yank Tank binned it on the first corner 😂😂😂😂
@martincurtis113 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!
@frazerguest28645 жыл бұрын
This. Was. Brilliant !!!
@Woody93185 Жыл бұрын
I’m guessing this is from the ITV world of sport show on Saturday afternoon great stuff
@tomlederle1960 Жыл бұрын
no helmets, no insurance, no roll cages. musta been fun (and dangerous)
@Hotrodngaz13 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thanks for uploading.
@longdog8413 жыл бұрын
Best vid I've seen in a long time, please keep them coming.
@1164mat2 жыл бұрын
what a hidden gem, love it
@izmirubel98214 жыл бұрын
I don't knew that our lovely german Opel Ascona A (black-green car) was ever sold in Great Britain......
@izmirubel98214 жыл бұрын
@ecky1965 Wow.....don't knew they were sold in GB! My dad had one from 1976-79.
@izmirubel98214 жыл бұрын
@ecky1965 me too!!!!!! I have two of them from ebay!!!! From Ascona A they are very rare!!!!
@stevemacfarlane39355 жыл бұрын
I remember watching world of Sport every Saturday afternoon from 12-15 -5pm and I miss watching this every 3 months a year Wimbledon stadium and Ipswich's Foxhall health stadium and Northampton stadium and Nigel kings commentary.
@timboharty7325 Жыл бұрын
In the days before ‘elf & safety ! Awesome
@Woollylinnet12 жыл бұрын
And note that even when they've been racing round like idiots for however long, the winning Opel driver still indicates when he's pulling over.
@bustadog1000 Жыл бұрын
haha great ain it ....
@-doggy-66704 жыл бұрын
My God,this is mental!!
@ratty3839 жыл бұрын
Is it me or does the RS2000 look virtually brand new ? great racing !
@jasoncooke19999 жыл бұрын
it is brand new it's 1975!!
@stephenhowlett63454 жыл бұрын
The good ole days before the nanny state took over and banned everything.
@senna1384 жыл бұрын
Go Capri!
@johnpenny96565 жыл бұрын
Saw one of these races at Mendip Raceways where a Triumph 200 came to grief big time.
@culcune4 жыл бұрын
As an American who knows how poor handling those passenger car skinny tired Mustangs handled, I was completely baffled by how well the Mustang did; more so being a convertible!
@georgejacob3162Ай бұрын
It was the hair that made it go well! You can do anything with hair like that.
@gosportjamie5 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much that bent Chevy Impala would be worth now... Mad, just totally and utterly bonkers. I love it. I believe Barry Lee ran out of brakes in the Rolls... He did that quite a lot, apparently, mostly not on the track...
@otterspocket28265 жыл бұрын
Unless Barry Lee made a habit of doing this in his Roller I remember seeing this on tv at the time, and have always thought about it ever since whenever I see stock car racing. I would've been 12 back then, and in my innocence I thought that HE was the lunatic, without it occurring to me that he was probably the only one on the track not risking cycling to work for the next few months.
@josephmifsud8261 Жыл бұрын
Wow. These are brave people to race their own cars with no safety gear and no prepared cars. That was sad when the Chevy went out
@ussakira72945 жыл бұрын
This race happened 4 years before I was born it looks like a really great race
@musicds12 жыл бұрын
Brilliant...
@cutterjones134 жыл бұрын
back when racing was actually fun! ( and before the track insurance threatened to take the policy and tear it up if they had another one like this)
@rogerfrancis652 жыл бұрын
Excellent, total madness;
@rorycampbell73605 жыл бұрын
Saturday afternoons are not same for, 5 yr old boys today.
@neverbeen213 жыл бұрын
great line 'if their silly enough to go into the event,it's their funeral' :):) mad racing :)
@Nick68S7 жыл бұрын
Bravest (or daftest) bloke, is the one standing on the boot of a Mk3 Cortina with some sort of scaffolding poles for protection while waving flags.
@FT29V610 жыл бұрын
wow! amazing! just imagine if they did it today all the airbags going off lol
@clarkey198413 жыл бұрын
yank put himself away lol, crackin video!
@wozzer272710 жыл бұрын
In1975 helmets were for puffs!
@bradgotch12 жыл бұрын
I cant believe what i just watched.
@Hologhoul4 жыл бұрын
LoL - I said exactly the same thing!
@Kandi-tg3 жыл бұрын
Well that was fun
@revenblood10 жыл бұрын
Chevy VS Corner, Corner Wins
@culcune4 жыл бұрын
As an American who has driven or been a passenger in his fair share of 60s and 70s American muscle cars, I could see this from before the race began. However, what utter surprise to me to see a Mustang on those skinny tires, a convertible, no less, lead the pack and finish in the top 3!
@georgejacob31624 жыл бұрын
Culcune. Mustangs and Minis have been battling each other on the race tracks since the 60's here in Britain. Australia too. The battles in Historic Racing are always epic. Australian Historic Racing even had a Minis Vs Mustangs Race with no other cars involved! A Mustang won that race with 3 Minis behind it much like in this race!
@stevemacfarlane39356 жыл бұрын
Priceman141tht was commentary from Nigel king from the Foxhall health stadium
@ricbonnici48788 жыл бұрын
This had me on the edge of my seat proper racing 1970s when the normal motorist knew how to drive feel as for the Chevy the car just a bit to heavy to chuck into the corner like that but that Mustang wow and convertible and no crash helmet....bless the 1970s
@georgejacob31627 жыл бұрын
Mustang man wasn't wearing a seatbelt either!
@Retrobeemer13 жыл бұрын
Mich Bayliss in the green Opel is my neighbour,
@purplereign84 Жыл бұрын
they just left the chevy in the middle of the track lol
@64fairlane3054 жыл бұрын
It takes big balls to drive a big car..
@andrewphillips48974 жыл бұрын
IN 1968 there was nothing like the Morris Copper 'S'. I went away on my honeymoon from Sydney to Brisbane in 1968.
@pistre1412 жыл бұрын
OPEL rules ! :)
@MX-Mug4 жыл бұрын
Mk1 RS2000 in Olympic Blue, just pull up pop it in a heated garage for 40 years and it will be worth 50k
@freddieparrydrums2 жыл бұрын
And it’s still taxed and everything!
@RalphColmar9 жыл бұрын
#13 John Brundle, that will be F1 pundit Martin Brundles Dad then.
@darren31106712 жыл бұрын
wow top stuff , the days of naff all health and safety , and no whos suing who ?
@jaredaikins73903 жыл бұрын
James May would be proud of that Shadow!
@georgejacob3162Ай бұрын
He'd also be proud of Mustang Man's hair!
@gatenbee12 жыл бұрын
John Brundle, Martin's dad, recovering nicley from that spin there.
@bensingleton39234 жыл бұрын
Martin Brundle started his career on the short ovals in some form of Hot Rods (possibly Nationals?)
@edd55r12 жыл бұрын
Don't know which is madder the open top Mustang or the Rolls Royce
@ScottiesVlog12 жыл бұрын
5:20 ... From Bracknell my home tome :D.
@badad01662 жыл бұрын
Imagine. That Mustang was just a ten year old Ford at the time... Had they only known what they had...
@mikescarhaven Жыл бұрын
The Celica was the car to beat, I think...
@georgejacob3162Ай бұрын
Driven by John Brundle father of Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle.
@SharonD3692 жыл бұрын
How much would that blue Escort be worth now lol or any of them really. 👌
@AaronSmart.online2 жыл бұрын
The Escort's still on the road!
@georgejacob3162Ай бұрын
Probs worth 50k+!
@csykes2311 жыл бұрын
I'm 22 years old and am I seeing what I think I'm seeing???
@georgejacob31627 жыл бұрын
See the fun they had back in the 70's!
@rhondaprice5202 Жыл бұрын
Those were the days!
@tucka12342 жыл бұрын
I wonder if any of these actual cars still exist
@AaronSmart.online2 жыл бұрын
As others pointed out, the blue Escort RS2000 is still on the road as of 2022. Celica hasn't been taxed since 1986, Rolls Royce since 1985, couldn't find anything else in the DVLA database so they're probably long gone.
@robinlee197211 жыл бұрын
Whts the song called that they are playing at the beginning ? I remember it from my childhood. anyone please?
@philt43466 жыл бұрын
PA muzak on the parade lap was Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra's A Swingin' Safari. I'd like to see the guy in the Mustang do a lap at Longleat.
@josephmclennan12294 жыл бұрын
Lawyers wont let them do this anymore.
@R1CH13011 жыл бұрын
That's when men could be men, before the health and safety jobsworths came along!
@georgejacob31627 жыл бұрын
The world is definitely getting worse! Health and Safety execs interfering with natural selection and authorities cracking down on FUN!
@georgejacob31624 жыл бұрын
Minis Vs Mustangs again!
@davidbrown85172 жыл бұрын
And no crash helmets.
@georgejacob3162Ай бұрын
The hair alone would have protected him here!
@garybrinker45224 жыл бұрын
How safe is a convertable?
@MosportRacingSchool3 жыл бұрын
Perfectly fine as long as you don't get it upside down. :)
@garybrinker45223 жыл бұрын
@@MosportRacingSchool Thanks..Hope that never happens...
@georgejacob3162Ай бұрын
Don't worry. That head of hair would have protected him on this occasion!
@Skoda1305 жыл бұрын
Why on a banger circuit?
@donroberts21265 жыл бұрын
This one question sums up the contrasting attitudes of forty years hence. Now, we fling our arms and yell: "Why!" Forty years ago, we shrugged our shoulders and grinned: 'Why not!"...
@georgejacob3162Ай бұрын
Because it was the 1970's!
@revenblood10 жыл бұрын
240Z, :D
@TheLeedsAppreciationSociety12 жыл бұрын
Just like the sweeney.
@nicolaandria5224 жыл бұрын
great fun before the H. and S. shite
@garrywitcomb23342 жыл бұрын
Imagine doing this now !!!! Modern world sucks ! Health and safety would have a shit fit ! Get at it !!! I'm game haha !!!! Brilliant . . . Now,where did I park that Datsun Laurel ! . . . . 😆😆😂😂😂
@Kenjock300012 жыл бұрын
So the winner had his name announced..finally.He hung it out there..and the Mustang pilot? Balls of steel,or ballbearings for brains?
@chrismanuel17955 жыл бұрын
weres there helmuts
@georgejacob3162Ай бұрын
Yes I think the guy in the winning green Opel is wearing a helmet. Mustang Man just didn't want to ruin his hair!
@jimeditorial3 жыл бұрын
Utterly mad. Safety? Not even helmets!
@DriverSeat211 жыл бұрын
Everything will be tickety-boo until there's a serious accident & someone gets hurt. Then, good-bye to this one...............
@matmiller52564 жыл бұрын
Excellent ! Imagine this happening today (2020) The lil snowflakes would wet themselves... No public liability insurance, road cars, lil/no PPE.... Looks like a good laugh !
@Ghengis_KhantАй бұрын
dude in the Mustang...no roll cage...no helmet...makes you cringe to think what could happen in a contact race...
@Pervalot13 жыл бұрын
Helmets anyone?
@georgejacob31626 жыл бұрын
Don't need helmets when you have hair like Mustang man!