Brilliant Racing Videos

This is live, but at 2:38 there’s a cool IROC demonstration grouping IROC cars from various years.
 
05XR8
This is live, but at 2:38 there’s a cool IROC demonstration grouping IROC cars from various years.
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Historic meetings are like all your happy memories in the same place on the same day.
 
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Now try and pick which car you would use if given the chance to do one run only.

The full list of vehicles is available in the description on the YouTube page.

Me? It would be very difficult to pass up an opportunity in the Bugatti Type 35.
It's of the period when the hillclimb was run, and you wouldn't have to push too hard to feel the car moving around close to the limit for the entire run.
 
More unusual than brilliant but an interesting look back in time nevertheless, a local Welsh TV station interviews Ayrton Senna as part of a news piece on McLaren testing at Pembrey in 1988.

 
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More unusual than brilliant but an interesting look back in time nevertheless, a local Welsh TV station interviews Ayrton Senna as part of a news piece on McLaren testing at Pembrey in 1988.

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I think I've followed Formula One as close as possible since the very first Adelaide GP in 1985.
I watched whatever I could on the box, and once I was working, I bought every edition of some magazines.
Having said all that, I cannot recall ever seeing the car featured in the video above.
It is the first time I've ever seen what I'll call the McLaren MP4/4B.
I just cannot believe it has taken 37 odd years for it to happen 🤯
I can recall the MP4/3 1987 car with the Honda engine as a testing hack, and can imagine in comparison to the above, it being a relatively easy conversion TAG to Honda.
To go from Turbo 1.5L V6 to 3.5L V10 in a chassis designed for the smaller engine though.
That's a whole new level requiring a virtual fresh sheet design from the fuel cell to the rear wing!

Besides McLaren, the only other I can recall seeing, was the Ferrari and IIRC, that car was started super early by Barnard so they could work on the semi-auto transmission.
 
Half an hour of Mika Hakkinen being excellent.

 
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NISMO posted the ‘94 season a little while ago. Time for the ‘95 season.
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As seen above, two different models from the same maker.
Was that a uniquely All-Japan thing during the Super Tourer era?
I know Nissan weren't the only one to do so.
Honda, Mazda & Toyota played the game to.
 
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As seen above, two different models from the same maker.
Was that a uniquely All-Japan thing during the Super Tourer era?
I know Nissan weren't the only one to do so.
Honda, Mazda & Toyota played the game to.
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Correct me if I’m wrong or misremembering, I only recall Mazda to run the Astina/323 and Xedos in BTCC. Toyota had the Camry in South Africa(I believe I posted the same one ran in New Zealand and Australia) and Carina running in BTCC. The Corona ran in JTCC. I remember the Camry was in the North America Super Touring Championship.
Adding to BTCC, for Honda, Accord Type R super touring and Accord Type R road car, along with the Integra Type R were run in the lower class.
 
05XR8
Correct me if I’m wrong or misremembering, I only recall Mazda to run the Astina/323 and Xedos in BTCC. Toyota had the Camry in South Africa(I believe I posted the same one ran in New Zealand and Australia) and Carina running in BTCC. The Corona ran in JTCC. I remember the Camry was in the North America Super Touring Championship.
Adding to BTCC, for Honda, Accord Type R super touring and Accord Type R road car, along with the Integra Type R were run in the lower class.
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Honda had the Civic & Accord Sedans in Japan.
I never saw the Civic raced outside of Japan.

Mazda ran the 323F V6 in hatch & sedan domestically, but the only other participation from the Hiroshima brand, was in the British championship. Firstly as a privateer outfit in 1993 using the Xedos, and then doubling up with 2 cars in a factory-backed effort for 1994. They were gone before the end of the season.

Toyota split their bets with Corolla & Corona before uniting with the EXiV.
They always used the local market Carina in the U.K. They did the same in South Africa with the locally made Camry.
The two South African Camrys were bought and imported into Australia to race locally.

Apart from the Dodge Stratus & the Tasman Motorsport run Honda Accord, my memory has erased the balance of North American Super Touring history, other than to say it ran for only two seasons and struggled for a 10-car field in year two before collapsing.
 


Some nice track history here. You get a on-board lap in a street car first and then you follow James Hunt for a lap during a race.
Quality isn't great but it's watchable.
 
Jezza819
The only problem I can see with this video is that it is not long enough!!!!
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100% this. The Group C Sauber and Mercedes cars are just absolutely timeless in my eyes.

On a channel filled with superb videos, this might be my favourite from Robbert Alblas.
 
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