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Best Racing Ever?
MikeCapon - 25/7/08 at 08:41 AM

After last weekends F1 race and the huge excitement of three or four real overtakes someone sent me this link for what is probably some of the best racing ever seen.

Best Racing Ever?

Anyone got better?

Paul TigerB6 - 25/7/08 at 08:50 AM

Yep, go and watch a Locost race any weekend. You will see 3 or 4 overtakes each and every corner in that!!

D Beddows - 25/7/08 at 08:55 AM

Norick Abe's wildcard debut at the Suzuka 500GP is an all time classic - Kevin Schwantz and Mick Doohan at the height of their game and this completely insane Japanese bloke riding rings round them. Rubbish quality vid on the link but you get the idea. I still get goosbumps watching it and I've lost count how many times I've seen it

Norick Abe:

Richard Quinn - 25/7/08 at 10:35 AM

I'm at work so I'm not sure what the video is but I would agree with Paul's comment about the Locost racing. Cornering 3 or 4 abreast is quite common. Occassionally I have caught some Kids Karting on Motors TV and that can be quite spectacular. you really don't know who will win until the chequered flag drops!

scootz - 25/7/08 at 10:43 AM

This is BETTER

wheelfelloff - 25/7/08 at 01:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeCapon
After last weekends F1 race and the huge excitement of three or four real overtakes someone sent me this link for what is probably some of the best racing ever seen.

Best Racing Ever?

Anyone got better?


Always a good discussion but "best" is always relative to time and place. If you are looking at F1 then look at the 1971 Italian GP won by Peter Gethin with a margin of 0.01 seconds.

I agree with the Locost racing comment and many 750 Motor Club series have been excellent, at least in the 40 years since I started watching them.

I know I'm an old f**t but you younger guys don't get the same entertainment from top line racing as we used to, all they want today is your money. In 1969 as an ordinary fee paying spectator at Thruxton (F2 Meeting) having wandered into the open paddock area, I sat on a rear tyre of one of the F2 Lotus 59B Cosworth FVAs talking to Graham Hill (1968 F1 World Champion) and Jochen Rindt (who won the race). The topic of discussion was a pi** take of the Bayerische Motoren Werke fitted to the Lola T102 of Jo Siffert.

Have a look here for the entry list of a F2 meeting of the time, I'm sorry to say that we will never have the same "access" again:

http://www.formula2.net/F269_1.htm

How times have changed - in more ways than one!!

Keith

skydivepaul - 25/7/08 at 01:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
This is BETTER


that race shows the drivers and backmarkers have total respect for each other. fantastic racing, not seen that one before.

One race that sticks in my mind is european GP at Donington 90 something??? Senna was unbelievable, I had the privilage to be there on a very rainy and muddy day in spring. the other is monaco GP with mansell and senna when they had to drag mansell from the car at the end of the race because he was too exhausted to get out himself. Thats commitment

linky

[Edited on 25/7/08 by skydivepaul]

scotty g - 25/7/08 at 03:08 PM

One of my fav races ever was actually a touring car race some years back.
Nigel Mansel was having a go at the touring car thing and had a few sessions in a works Mondeo.
First race he spun out and damaged the car so started the second race from pretty much the back of the grid, it was pi55ing it down with standing water everywhere, he drove like a man possessed and I think finished in 2nd place. Amazing racing.

Just found it, he finished 3rd, it was dinnington in 98
here

[Edited on 25/7/08 by scotty g]