GT Racer

GT Racer is a TV series that features historic vintage GT races with 1950's and 1960's vintage race cars at tracks such as Nurburgring, Le Mans, Monterey, Lime Rock, Spa and a few others. You can see a list of the actual races and events at the Wiki link I provided. The show includes inside-the-cab (dash cam) high-definition videos as well as regular race HD videos and interviews of the drivers before, during and after the race.

The TV show is being aired on DirecTV for the past two weeks (9-04 and 9-11) on Fridays on the HD Theater (76) channel here in the US. Just one word for it... Awesome! If you missed the first two episodes, no fear. The link I just gave you has the schedule for the show, including repeats of the first two episodes, so don't miss it again!

This show is created by John Galt Films from out of NY. Their website shows nothing at this time, but will soon. I'm sure they'll have a lot of clips for us to preview. No doubt, Blu-Ray discs and downloads of the episodes will come soon on PSN or with GT Vision, if that's still up and running.

So far, the two episodes I've seen were Le Mans (aired 9-04) and Nurburgring (aired 9-11). I don't know how many episodes there are, but I plan to watch them all.

I understand this show is/was aired in the UK, also. On channel Dave but I didn't see it listed there. If anybody from the UK or Europe can provide more information, please do so. Please include when and where people can view the episodes.

I don't know how long exactly this show has been airing in the US, but I'm watching it now. I love it! I'm starting this thread to let others know that this show is out there. You don't want to miss this show if you like vintage GT races, or car racing in general. It's very well done!

Here's a trailer of the show on YT...

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I love this series! It's very well done, and very aspirational.

I can confirm the series can be seen on Dave in the UK. I'm not a big tv viewer, so don't really know about times etc but have caught a few eps (spa and laguna seca) randomly on weekends in the past couple months, usually mid-afternoon.

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see the related episodes for more.

It seems like a brilliant idea, and I love watching and listening to cars of that era, but in reality they have too many interviews with the drivers/teams, and not enough on track/in car action. They also ruin it with the music in the background when they go in car. 👎

I have only seen the Nurb episode and I like it already.

The older cars are what attracts me to watch such a show with interviews of the people behind the racing.
Videos of racing are good too, especially when presented in HD.

Thanks for the link with the schedule.

daan

It seems like a brilliant idea, and I love watching and listening to cars of that era, but in reality they have too many interviews with the drivers/teams, and not enough on track/in car action. They also ruin it with the music in the background when they go in car. 👎

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Agreed 👍

It could have also done with some narration of some description. It made it feel very impersonal without it.

I've got my DVR set to record the series, as I'm usually at work when its on. The LeMans episode was pretty awesome, and I look forward to the Nurburgring one. I just can't fathom putting that much money at risk when driving those cars. But hey, I enjoy watching them doing it.

Came in here to post this, saw a thread made and the OP covered it well. Its a really good series. I love the old cars, and love seeing them on the tracks we know and love.

The Nurburgring episode is my favorite. Did you see the father and son team that had no experience on the ring except for playing it on Gran Turismo. The son said he has never been to the track but played hours of it on Gran Turismo. I laughed cause I think we can all relate.

Great series. Check it out.