The WEIRDEST Race Cars From Every Decade! (1950s to 2010s)

[@Skreamies]

A bit of a shame the Deltawing didn't take off (not in that way)

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

I always wish that if the delta wing survived le mans that day, the hybrid engine trend could be totally different or more advanced because of it

[@Skreamies]

@@alieffauzanrizky7202 it's just awesome seeing new and different cars being brought to the plate. Everything is repeated nowadays and this was a breath of fresh air honestly

[@themotorsportstory]

Completely agree with you. Maybe with a bit more refinement and a larger oem factory backing, it could have been more competitive. I'm sure part of it is also a learning curve for the drivers. I can only imagine it must feel totally different than an LMP car to drive. Nice pun btw too🤣

[@Trendyflute]

Ben Bowlby's a genius

[@x808drifter]

​@@alieffauzanrizky7202WTF are you taking about??? The Deltawing was never a hybrid. The car was shaped like that because the designer Ben Bowlby looked to fighter jets for the design. Thus the name. It was designed to have very little drag.

[@pgr3290]

The 806 definitely needs to end up in Gran Turismo or Forza. They have had the Espace, the Transit Super van, GMC Vandura and a few others so it's just another you can throw in there for some good class races

[@DaSpecialZak]

if they added the 806 into forza then they would have to add other peugeots

[@shadowguy128]

Forza needs to add the Super GT V8 Prius

[@Sharpey187]

@@DaSpecialZakthey’ve already got the 205 on there.. a 106 gti, 306 gti-6, 405 mi16 & a 309 gti would be great editions 👌🏻🙏🏻

[@DaSpecialZak]

@pgr3290 the renault espace isn't in horizon 5 but the other 2 vehicles you have mentioned (excluding the 806) are in the game

[@DaSpecialZak]

@@Sharpey187 I know that the 205 t16 and the 205 rallye are in the game but we do need more everyday cars that you see on the roads like the 106, 1007, 405, 3008

[@adrienmagos9946]

The 806 is now owned by Gipimotor in Belgium (pictures from Top Gear and Classic Driver are from them) and awaits restoration. The story is even crazier than "just" a racing minivan :)

[@themotorsportstory]

That's awesome! Hopefully we'll see it running hot laps again one day!

[@andreiapostol5906]

I saw it at "Interclassics" 2021 in Bruxelles, parked next to an XJ220 and a Marcos Mantis GT1; it was on sale at the time with a price of 80,000€.

[@skippylegrandgourou2069]

The Renault Espace F1 is also a crazy minivan hahaha

[@Qaianna]

@@skippylegrandgourou2069 I remember seeing its bio in Gran Turismo 2. Wish I could've made it work there but there was another 'I win' car.

[@SeverityOne]

While not a racing car, the Renault Espace F1 is pretty crazy. It's a large (by European standards) MPV with a Renault F1 engine in it. So you have a minivan with 789 HP, that takes 2.8 seconds to reach 100 km/h. It happened to be on display in the Renault showroom on the Champs-Elysées in Paris when my wife and I visited in 2002.

[@iulianesanu4237]

It was also a safety car x)

[@MartijnMuller]

I saw, and heard, it drive at Zandvoort for a demo in the 2000s. It was fun to see and absolutely glorious to hear.

[@etorepugatti9196]

@@MartijnMuller Agree 100%, powered by the best family of engine ever found on a F1, the V10 atmo.☺

[@Calilasseia]

I was waiting for someone to mention the Espace F1 people carrier. 900 BHP in what was effectively a minibus. :D Bear in mind Renault's F1 people engineered it properly. This is probably the world's only 200 mph minibus. :D

[@williamrae9954]

I have a mudguard on my Honda CBR900RR Fireblade made by Poly Acor,the fibreglass/carbon fibre genius who built the Espace F1 body panels...very few were made,probably the only one in the UK,if not,existence? I've been in his workshop near Nevers,France back in the 1990's!

[@perchancethishandleiswens]

I would like to add the F1 V10 powered Renault Espace for the 90s, That thing is insane.

[@jdcp8976]

I though the same until I remembered its not a race car, but it could kill any 806 or Estate in seconds

[@kylekaye9147]

​@@jdcp8976it should do aswell with that engine in there

[@corpsenugget455]

​@@jdcp8976 ok but the bmw hydrogen car isn't a race car either

[@yoanfernanda]

Don't forget the Transit Supervan

[@ronniewinn6149]

Great video. The Brabham bt55, arrows a2 f1 car, and the Nissan gtr lm nismo would have been cool to see on the list.

[@joaom2057]

I do not think the Arrows A2 to be a weird car. The weirdness was just superficial. I Hould unstead choose the Brabham fancar and the Lotus with the double chassis.

[@frontcapone]

@@joaom2057 totally forgot about lotus double chassis. One of the few cars that actually boggled my mind

[@nick4506]

in the 90s there were multiple actual indycars like new ones at the time that ran up the all dirt pikes peak. they had mini roll cages just around the drivers head to comply with the rules.

[@__Tazzzo]

Pikes Peak - Uphill Racer search that up in google 😊🏁

[@Puntatacosimuladores]

The escudo and the espace F1 woulda been my choice for the 90’s

[@23GreyFox]

@@Puntatacosimuladores Found a like minded GT2 player.

[@PenskePC17]

There were no brand new champ cars(Indy) being used, maybe like generation old cars. Up until the split in 96 new Indy cars came out every year, had up to 1000hp and outside of F1 cars were the most sophisticated racing machines on the planet.

[@nick4506]

@@PenskePC17 if I remember right from the broadcast one of them placed 11th in the previous years indy 500. id call that pretty new. the broadcasts from that era are on youtube if you want to check it out, grey car with orange roll cage and they next year a different car with a black one .

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Thank you for being genuinely informative and not clickbait dribble. The black Nissan Deltawing looked a lot a like a batmobile from the side

[@catjudo1]

There are a few that could be added: 1. Smokey Yunick's Pod Car - Indy racer where the driver sat to the left of the main body in a pod between front and rear wheels. 2. Junior Johnson's Yellow Banana - Heavily modified '66 Ford Galaxy NASCAR racer, tweaked for aero efficiency. 3. Brabham BT46 "Fan Car" - Vacuum car in the vein of Jim Hall's Chaparral 2J, fan reported by team as needed for engine cooling. 4. 1950 Cadillac Series 61 "Le Monstre" - Cadillac with custom aero body built to compete in Le Mans. 5. Miller Indy Car w/ Front Wheel Drive - Front wheel drive Indy racer which dominated races in 1920s and early 30s due to aero benefit. 6. Cummins Diesel Special (1931) - Diesel powered Indy car. Somewhat underpowered and slower but ran entire 500 mile race without stopping once. 7. Dodge M4S - High speed research car. Could run 194 mph with transverse twin turbo 2.2 liter four cylinder engine, unusual for American cars. 8. Craig Breedlove's Spirit of America (1963) - First application of a jet engine using pure thrust to set a world speed record (after rules change) 9. Thunderbolt speed record car - Two Rolls Royce aircraft engines, three axles and eight tires. Highest recorded speed of 357.50 mph, a world record. 10. Oldfield, Offenhauser, Miller "Golden Submarine" - Enclosed cockpit racer with aero enhancements when many cars lacked roofs. Won 20 races.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Ferguson P99 "Flying Tractor"? The first F1 car with 4WD? If it hadn't been banned, it was shaping up to be the greatest rain monster of all time!

[@catjudo1]

I had never heard of this one! Very cool!@@robertwilloughby8050

[@DroneStrike1776]

I don't know how you only have 24.5k subs. This channel is great. I find automotive history to be very interesting, I mean it did change how the world works. People risked their lives in the quest for speed. It united nations after the war to compete in racing. The internet got shit on the automotive history. I honestly hope you put out content more frequently. I made sure to have the notifications on when you do.

[@fracturedlife1393]

Much Enjoyment. I had an old F1 history book, before the 6 wheels were outlawed, Tyrell gave up as the tyre manufacturer couldn't continue developing the smaller wheels at the same rate as the standard ones. Williams tried a double rear axle twice in the early 80's, something like a D evolution of the FW07 and a B evolution of FW08. It was that one which led to the ban, Patrick Head claimed the rule makers decided it would be bedlam in the pit stops!

[@themotorsportstory]

Fascinating stuff! I should have clarified this better

[@ThePapaja1996]

williams did try to have a cvt gearbox in f1 to.

[@Heavy_weapons07]

I think another weird car is the plymouth superbird and the dodge daytona that's infamous in Nascar. The wing and body are almost ahead of its time for stockcar and even most motorsport racing. It was even designed by missile scientists. It should be in part 2, maybe and also great video

[@happydays8171]

Granatelli and Parnelli Jones were household names when I was growing up in Indiana.

[@aleblasco39]

My parents did have a regular 806 when I was a child and I loved it so my mind is blown seeing it had a racing counterpart lol

[@kylekaye9147]

I have one on the driveway, wanting to male a rep

[@jmannetje1]

the Peugeot 806 Procar will forever be my favourite racecar

[@RunningOn7CylindersYT]

as far as Minivans go it is placed 3rd on my list behind the Renault Espace F1 and Ford Transit Supervans

[@Nozes..]

Up there with the BTCC Volvo T5 wagon,for sure.

[@FOWBOWZ]

Great edits and humor. Bro you're a pretty underrated channel. I'd love to watch it grow

[@themotorsportstory]

Thank you!

[@Perry_dAccard]

The engine of the Nardi is a straight four, but BMW Motorcycles didn't have those until the 80s and even that was derived from a Peugeot engine. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@mrpotatochips8741]

The Peugeot 806 was my favourite, I remember watching the race as a child.

[@ShadowRush2112]

Even though we're not even half way through the 2020's yet we've already seen some weird and revolutionary race cars. Peugeot 9X8 and the McMurty Spéirling come to mind. Even in terms of road cars we have the Gordon Murray T50.

[@casscroute8706]

Ford SuperVan pikes peak also

@@casscroute8706 Fiat 1000tipla by Vilebrequin > all

[@TornaitSuperBird]

My pick would be the Garage 56 Chevrolet Next-Gen NASCAR "Stock" Car

[@Tyindel]

The craziest thing about the Deltawing is that it started its life as a design render for the then next generation of indycar, losing out to what would be known as the DW12 from memory. Panoz would take the concept and run it open cockpit for a few years in ALMS before the P2 regulations changed and it had to be closed cockpit to comply with the rules. Had it not been for rule changes in the Weathertek sportscar championship around P2s that created the standalone DPi class, it'd still be racing

[@Midtable1881]

A brilliant video, love how these cars made it from sketch to fully working model regardless of race results. Here’s to what the 2020s can come up with.

[@jonas852]

Love to see more van racing cars, it looks so weird and cool

[@scottl.1568]

Tyrrell-Ford P34!

[@blazi2293]

My favorite weird car is the Super GT Toyota Prius, it just looks so cool

[@Happymali10]

If you ever do a Part 2 I'd nominate the VW T4 Bus Touring Car that competed in the Nürburgring 24h endurance race. In contrast to the Peugeot it had no fancy race-tech, they really just grabbed a T4 off a random used car lot and did the bare minimum of modifications required to participate.

[@Tyindel]

I seem to recall images of an early X5 doing something similar. also finding images of a toyota CH-R and a lexus RX400H at the same event. There's also the Dacia Logan which was sadly taken out in the night by a GT3 with the lack of parts meaning that it can't be repaired to race again

[@Happymali10]

@@Tyindel Yeah the "street car" class of the 24h Nbr used to be a crazy free for all, it's calmed down a little bit. The logan is actually coming back, but with a new chassis.

[@happymonk4206]

The Terryel p34 was a brilliant design. Perhaps too brilliant.

[@sevay696]

Great work as always!

[@themotorsportstory]

Thank you!

[@RAD-RC]

There is also a Honda oddessey race van that races with miatas. Very funny class to watch!

[@kyzrvlhlm1995]

Slight note, the Nardi Bisiluro was not powered by a 750cc BMW bike engine, but a Giannini G1 750cc inline 4. The earlier Nardi-Danese was powered by the BMW engine, however

[@themotorsportstory]

I sourced that info from a Road & Track article but it's very possible they made a mistake. www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a29718/the-nardi-750-bisiluro-was-the-strangest-car-to-race-le-mans/

[@kyzrvlhlm1995]

@@themotorsportstory yeah it seems it the article got it wrong. Giannini never tuned BMW engines and BMW had not made an inline 4 engine for over 15 years by 1955. I reckon the author saw they were both 750cc racers and assumed it must have been a direct development of the Nardi-Danese. But even I got my comment slightly wrong. The Bisiluro used the Giannini G2, not the G1 as I originally said. Main difference is the G2 was a twin cam motor and the G1 wasn't.

[@themotorsportstory]

Interesting! Good to know the real story@@kyzrvlhlm1995

[@itz_amouze]

Honestly a deep dive into Chaparral’s line of race vehicles would be a great stand alone video.

[@mmitanka]

First time ever I watch video from your channel. I like your style, instant subscription.

[@themotorsportstory]

Thank you and welcome!

[@olly69z]

Great little documentary. Some cars I hadn't ben aware of. Please add a note on the F1 Brabham with suction fan, similar to the Chapparal with its design.

[@DanBlackRacing]

I loved seeing the Delta Wing when it came out. I thought it was a great machine.

[@leo133636]

like your videos the style the topics thank you a lot weirdest races is another great video idea (swamp buggy racing etc pp.)

[@mishasamorodin9150]

And lawn mower races

[@themotorsportstory]

Thank you! Weirdest types of racing would definitely be a cool idea!

[@BeagleBageler]

These are very weird, but simultaneously very cool

[@johnherdman8241]

The Tyrrell P34 wasn't taken off the track by rule changes. It was stymied by Good Year not wanting to develop the smaller front tyres if there was only one team going to use them, so Tyrrell gave up on the idea after a couple of years. March and Williams experimented with four rear wheels, but they never saw race action. A general tightening up on the rules in the early 1980s limited the number of wheels to four, but this was a while after everyone had given up on the idea. Think I remember reading somewhere that Williams had trouble with the rear rear tyres overheating, due to the front rear tyres blocking the airflow.

[@themotorsportstory]

Yes, I should have clarified this better. Would have been interesting to see what would have happened had the March and Williams cars actually raced!

[@frankemerson8584]

A couple of corrections : The Paxton Turbocar used a Pratt & Whitney PT6B helicopter engine, not an ST6 one. The Chaparral 2J never won a race, its best result is a 6th place at Road Atlanta with Vic Elford driving. The Tyrrell P34 was not outlawed, it was just dropped after two years by Tyrrell. The rule limiting F1 cars to four wheels was introduced in 1983, along with the ban on skirts.

[@MrBrno]

Williams had a prototype with 6 wheels for the 83 season I believe

[@themotorsportstory]

Thanks for the comment! From the research I did, I was finding that the ST6 was used in the car which was a variation of the PT6. Could be wrong, but sources are in the description. As for the Chaparral, you're absolutely right. Thanks for the correction, and I've trimmed that part of the video so as not to spread wrong info. As for the Tyrrell I should have clarified this better. The way I phrased it does make it sound as though the Tyrrell caused the rule change which wasn't my intention.

[@magikjoe3789]

​@@MrBrnoAnd March, and Ferrari

[@themetalslayer2260]

the idea with the delta-wing was to recreate the same aerodynamics of a fighter plane but upside down (i think they forgot that these planes can fly only with the help of numerous computers)

[@jacekatalakis8316]

Oh the sound of that Granatelli one. I always love how it sounds and wish more people would do wild things like that. I though t for the longest time it was a turbojet engine for some reason though, not a turboprop, but... 3s throttle lag, hang on, was there something like an aircraft throttle in there so Parnelli would just close or back off the throttle going into a turn and then open it up again? I'm curious now

[@themotorsportstory]

Yeah it's kind of confusing. The engine was based on the Pratt and Whitney PT6 model which has all kinds of variants being used in anything from planes to helicopters, to boats, and even a train (called the UAC TurboTrain). I think a common misconception is that people think the engine produced a jet of thrust that directly propelled the car instead of it driving a 4WD system (apparently a Ferguson type which is pretty well explained here: www.jensenmuseum.org/ferguson-four-wheel-drive-system/) through a torque converter, like on an automatic car. As for the throttle I'm not positive but I believe it was still a pedal that he had to learn to modulate. The car also had a panel on the back that he could deploy as an airbrake. This is just what I've read about it, so if anyone reading this knows even more, feel free to enlighten us🙂

[@Tyindel]

@@themotorsportstory As a but if a sim racing enthusiast, i've played project CARS 2 which has what is essentially the evolution of this car, the Lotus 56, same engine and 4wd system from what it seems. Although rules were changed to reduce the turbine's intake size, they were still able to get pole and run at the front but a fuel pump shaft failure with a few to go caused it to retire from the lead. USAC would then ban Turbines and 4wd. Going back to project CARS, in game if you let off the throttle in the 56, it keeps its rpm pretty much constant from memory which makes me think that IRL the same thing happened as the delay would really only be an issue leaving the pits

[@edwardglamuzina3421]

The STP turbine car was owned by Andy Granatelli, not Grantelli. The 6 wheel Tyrell has always been one of my favorites. Worth mentioning might be the Cummins diesel powered Indy car that held the pole in 1952. Thank you for the entertaining video.

[@Sf_Mason]

I was working at Le Mans in 2012 , and saw this car first hand, it was quite the unusual car, but it ran well untill it got punted off.

[@kpegc]

Were you working as a track marshal or as part of one of the race teams? Not many people can say that they got to attend one of the world's greatest races in person. What an experience that must have been.

[@sandrinedefaux3290]

So you like French racing SUVs? Look at the Renault Espace F1! well ok technically it never raced, but it is one of the most bizarre "race cars" ever made in France

[@TheRCTAddict]

5:45 it's also worth mentioning the _reason_ it was outlawed was that all of the other manufacturers complained when it was getting pole position in every single race it entered by "at least" *two* whole seconds, and it was banned on a rules technicality by the other teams' argument that the skids constituted "movable aerodynamic devices," which had previously been banned. This was in a series where it was not uncommon to see cars that were so powerful that not even the manufacturers knew how powerful they were; the Porsche 917/30 is _thought_ to make over 1,600 horsepower, but no dyno at the time was capable of measuring this. Let that sink in -- a car with *less than half* the horsepower was lapping _as little as_ two seconds faster thanks to the fans!

[@themotorsportstory]

Absolutely wild! Great additional info

[@mrgandrnksrb]

its such a shame that there won't be any weird and quirky new racecars now

[@cpt_nordbart]

Peugeot 806 vs Renault Espace F1 Race Car vs ridiculous concept car. I guess the Renault would win handily since it had an Formula 1 engine.

[@ktvcars]

If this video tought me anything, it's to continue to Stay Weird and cool things will be made! Great job!

[@themotorsportstory]

Thank you! Keep it weird!

[@skylined5534]

Great video, very interesting! March Ford in F1 also tried out a six wheeled F1 car though that had four wheels at the back instead.

[@crusherbmx]

The mini van is awesome, but the Tyrrel P34 is always #1.

[@bensteward8937]

The volvo 850 estate in the btcc in 1994 is a good shout

[@mbwoods2001]

I was thinking that as i have a model of it! An estate(station wagon) car amongst the saloon(sedan) cars!😂 I think Honda did similar with the Civic a couple years back.

[@minibus9]

awesome video

[@brucelamberton8819]

Not quite a race car but more of a show car, similar to that 1980s Peugeot 806 was the Renault Espace F1 of the mid 1990s. Based on the road-going people-mover, it featured carbon fibre bodywork and was powered by Renault's 3.5L V10 F1 engine which developed almost 800hp and propelled this minivan to just a tad under 200mph!

[@dd-uj8jx]

I had a few dreams off mini vans racing in Nascar its crazy that it really happened in a touring car series😂

[@andrewince8824]

It's so cute that the American fan car was built chasing ground effect, a field Colin Chapman and his team at Lotus cracked and utilised to great effect.

[@CanonicalBomb]

The Chaparral 2J should’ve been paired with the Brabham BT46B as both concepts were very similar merely differing in Race Series

[@milesr4609]

The Deltawing with Catherine Legge at the wheel led the 24 hours of Daytona for a couple of hours back in 2016, until the car broke. The Cadillac Le mans "mostre" of the fifties, the Volvo rural BTCC touring car and the Autobahn record breakers of Mercedes and Auto union deserve a place on this list.

[@cbremer83]

With the way racing regulations are these days, the Delta Wing will probably be the last truly wild car design we see for a really long time.

[@kimiicemanmz]

The eagle aircraft looks great..cool machinery...

[@gregorygolden1296]

Maybe should of shown Smokey's sidecar Indy car. Smokey was so far ahead of the curve in so many of his ideas....like his "Softwalls" using old tires.....NASCAR wasn't interested. I am almost certain he was the first builder to use wings at Indy. They say NASCAR's rulebook got a lot thicker thanks to good 'ole Smokey. GOD BLESS him.

[@midorifox]

Speaking of racing minivans, it's odd not to see the Renault Espace F1

[@ThePapaja1996]

They didnt race whit it saddly

[@descorulez]

Nice vid ty

[@RazingthenRaising]

Babs was actually one of the Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang cars!

[@quentinbijix372]

The Peugeot is so crazy!😃

[@nguyetminh8733]

9:20 i love the racing minivan😄😄😄

[@noviranger88]

Austin McChord’s combat robots are very similar to this.

[@steenlarsen4892]

Delta Wing all the Way! That car was controversial but also genius. Nevertheless it was a cool piece of kit.

[@nightowlrally]

The Delta Wing reminds me of one of the cars from F Zero! The Blue Falcon! :D

[@PopExtra]

Bisiluro is my favorite on this list XD

[@bigCobaltguy]

Im heartbroken that the deltawing had been banned from most competitions and was forced into retirement, i mean it wasnt overly overpowered, so why people complained about it ill never know, it always made me smile when that thing would flyby the camera

[@squidcaps4308]

Because if it was superior everyone would have to build one from scratch and that shit ain't cheap. If a car is not unsafe and it is banned, usually it is about cost of development for everyone else, which can sink the WHOLE RACING SERIES.. You will see team withdrawing because they don't have the resources to do it, big names don't want to spend money on something that has no relation to their road cars and so on. And sometimes it is just petty jealousy that gets cars banned, but usually there is another reason that no one bothers to dig up because "they banned it because it was too good" is much better narrative than boring budget constraints and tech development pipelines. Fan cars for ex were not banned really for being too quick but because they spew rocks from the rear end. They have a hoover and an exhaust fan. They literally suck the road clean and throw all the crap behind. 6-wheeler never took off really in the first place, because it was way too costly for tire manufacturers to develop tires for it.

[@bigCobaltguy]

@@squidcaps4308 you have explained that better than anyone else could, thank you bro, i get it now

[@milfordh.mercado2787]

Omg i never thought that until this video they where so many odd race cars like the eagle aircraft flyer special, the 50s red torpedo car, the bmw h2r are the most darling ideas to exist in history my buddy so thank you for the video and have a nice day bye now. P.S Hey The Motorsports Story i got you very cool story on ford back in the 70s nascar where having fighting big time with dodge/plymouth aero cars so blue oval where planning to do same thing by making then 70 torino go fish as in the front end completely changed (b.t.w mercury was also in nascar too with the cyclone spoiler 2 hence the same treatment) on getting competitive edge against mopar but unfortunately had no time in getting it approved+ the officials were going to banned the aero cars after 70 season anyway so with that i got to go see you later bye now.

[@themotorsportstory]

Glad you enjoyed! Awesome NASCAR story, I'm going to have to read up on it, thanks!

[@milfordh.mercado2787]

Oh, please do as this is one interesting part of nascar's aero war for all us.

[@randyk636]

I loved the 6 wheel Tyrell!!

[@GuzziHeroV50]

If a hovercraft blows air downwards, since the Chapparal 2J sucks, is it a Hoovercraft?

[@themotorsportstory]

Ba-dum-tss! If they did a licensing deal with Hoover they probably could have sold a ton of vacuums!

[@stevie-ray2020]

Having the turbine's exhaust so close to the driver of the STP-Paxton Turbocar would've been deafening even if wearing ear-plugs and helmet!

[@themotorsportstory]

It's no wonder most of the racing greats were deaf by middle age.

[@samajier2566]

Nice video

[@Puntatacosimuladores]

I think the new Peugeot hypercar is probably the most unconventional car of the 2020’s so far I’d even risk saying it’s unlikely for us to see anything crazier for this decade unless Nissan makes a wingless front engined thing to be the sucessor of the GTR LMP1, but thanks to Alpine LMDh that won’t happen

[@TmnTyler2020]

There absolutely NEEDS to be a mini van stock car oval series.

[@davidwalsh3675]

You need to look at thr Ford UK Transit Supervans. Yes one had a F1 engine in the back!

[@MemesbroOnScratch]

The Chaparral 2J is a beast in Gran Turismo

[@chatmaigre]

Renault Espace .... F1 1994 💚💛❤👍

[@Roddy_Zeh]

Despite that some may disagree, I think the world needs more racing vans. From asphalt to rallies.

[@maestro4287]

Fascinating

[@Horizon2509]

If i designed the deltawing, I would have probably tried to add a Nismo V6 if it could fit. Overall, such a bizzare car!

[@nephthysnyx]

Love your videos!!! Thank you! Mazda 787B

[@themotorsportstory]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@twistedaxles9126]

There is a HW car that does kind of resemble the Eagle Flyer, its called the Shredster, it looks alot like it because of the funky body style

[@themotorsportstory]

Just looked it up, it is quite similar! Maybe inspired by the Eagle

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Still reckon there should be an "unlimited" motor racing series. Other than a 3D "box" of dimensions the car needs to fit within (a generous one, at that) and all the safety gear, builders can go crazy. Petrol, diesel, turbine, electric, steam, DRS, 3 wheels, 8 wheels, crazy aero... anything!

[@gchampi2]

While I agree with you in principle, in practice all that would result of such a ruleset, would be a set of cars that were physically undriveable by any human. With the modern understanding of aerodynamics, it is possible to build a car with so much downforce/grip that it would produce G-forces that would make the driver lose consciousness. Heck, this has already happened - there was a CART race at (IIRC) Texas speedway that was cancelled on the day of the race, because the drivers were complaining of dizziness after running 5 laps of the track, and there were concerns from medical experts that drivers would start passing out during the race purely from the side loading produced by the cars. And that was roughly 20 years ago... TL;DR:- Nice idea, too dangerous to implement.

[@samghost13]

Renaults Espace F1 was so cool!

[@bencns]

We need a series where once a year, without any design rules (aside from it being a ground going vehicle) engineers turn up with whatever abominations they can think up and the drivers crazy enough to drive them put on the greatest race the world has ever seen

[@ThePapaja1996]

Pikes peak and goodwood

[@landiahillfarm6590]

1964 - Smokey Yunick turned Indianapolis on it's head with his Hurst Capsule Car

[@themotorsportstory]

Excellent choice!

[@caseysmith544]

@@themotorsportstory Or, his car from 1962 that was unique too with the big single scoop on top.

[@Mr.Scootini]

I think the 787b deserved to be on this list. As in it sort of followed the “race one season, gets banned the next”

[@x808drifter]

This entire vid could be all Pikes Peak cars. XD Maybe another video that is just the crazyness of Pukes Peak cars. Before they paved all the way would be even better.

[@milfordh.mercado2787]

Yes please do one in the future as there not enough videos on this subject and one more thing to add is that ford went to pikes peak with 69 torino talladega nascar back in later 60s i want to include it for future video 😊😊.

[@jonasheckmann6865]

Honorable mention: in 2000 a vw t4 bus raced in the 24h Nürburgring

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

That deltawing crash was so deliberate. There was no reason for that toyota to dive like that. How much you wanna bet the delta was the victim of some backroom chicanery? Especially with the rules mandating bad aero changes.

[@anthonyhealey7120]

Then there was the Volvo 850 wagon entered by TWR in the British Touring Car Championship. It was going quite well, with ongoing development, but a rule change allowing big rear wings made it uncompetitive as with the long, high roofline they couldn't fit a useful wing within the permitted dimensions.

[@WolfeSaber]

I clicked on this video because of the Tyrrell P34, since I saw that vehicle as a part of the Stunicons from G1 Transformers.

[@casscroute8706]

for the 2020s we could mention the Ford SuperVan Pikes peak or the Peugeot 9X8

[@treszenrv9401]

Have a look to the 1000tipla. Mix of a Corvet and Fiat minivan

[@guessundheit6494]

Look up the Deltawing's results at the Road Atlanta, 2012, finishing 5 laps behind the winner ... because experimental cars weren't allowed to unlap themselves under yellow. It would have won if racing under the same rules. I'm surprised the Cummins Diesel wasn't among the 1950s cars. It only raced once at Indianapolis (1952), but blew the doors off everyone in qualifying. It was a front runner for 71 laps until mechanical problems force its retirement.

[@themotorsportstory]

There were some really fascinating diesel Indy Cars for sure!

[@Jackthesmilingblack]

Be advised that the correct abbreviation for kilowatt is kW (not KW).

[@CudaRebelsAutoModeling426]

Awesome video and great choices! even though the '69 Dodge Daytona and '70 Plymouth Superbird didn't "quite" make the list (I did see the honorable mention you put for the Superbird) I would love to maybe see a story on them sometime. even though they weren't the winningest stock cars, (most 1970 race wins were won on short tracks without the nose and wing unfortunately) my grandfather worked for Chrysler at the time and got to work around these cars during the "aero" program. From what I've heard from him and read about it from the NASCAR history sites It's quite an interesting story (from my point of view at least) anyways apologies for the long comment, And again, really well put together video. Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@themotorsportstory]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! The Daytona/Superbird era would be a really fun topic to cover. What your grandfather got to see during that time must have been pretty cool!

[@julianr.7186]

the Deltawin concept should have had more backing. It was rather competitive as it was...I wonder how would have performed if they had kept on developing it...

[@Db_SpaceFace]

It wasn't ever really competitive. And honestly, it had essentially an open rulebook compared to the competition in it's class which were heavily restricted. The Delta Wing should have been able to beat everybody easily with such free-range to do whatever they wanted while their competition had to buy off-the-shelf cars and make zero modifications/improvements. Instead, they could barely keep up, despite being in continuous development until the day it was reitred.

[@SNOWDUDE13]

The 2J wouldve absolutely domiated the racing scene.