1980s Racing Vids

[wulos]

Was doing a bit of a search on youtube earlier on & found a few vids from a CLASSIC era in Aus motorsports. A few one the cars in this bring back some awesome memories for me.
Enjoy....
Seto showing how it's done - Slicks at a wet Bathurst
Dicky pedalling the Mustang @ Lakeside 85
DJ's Greens Tuff & that HUGE off Bathurst 83
80's highlights
Franscevic's Volvo240 v BMW 635
'83 ATCC Rnd4 Waneroo Pt1
'83 ATCC Pnd4 Waneroo Pt2
Redbacks on the Racetrack
Bathurst79 with a super8 cam


And something that you'll wanna see to believe (Not from the same era)WRX hangtime

[Rob]

That greens xe was such a beast..

nice finds!

[Van D]

Cheers mate! Good to watch those vids. That greens XE was just tuff as. I watched the video that was in response to that one as well and showed brocky and dick talking about it and showed the team changing the number 9 over night, haven't seen that video in a while. Much better days of racing IMO.

[xbgs8]

that greens tuff crash still brings so much emotion with it when you watch it ... even now!!!!!!

But dam that clevo was on song that day.

[dallasv8]

man, it cut out too quick on that greens tuff vid.

sweet assed sounds those old clevos put out

[EDXRSW]

greens Tuff best race car eva.Hows the sound of it going up mountain straight.
still gives me goose bumps.

[SpoolMan]

Man how good is that footage ''Dick Johnsons 1983 Top Ten Shootout Lap'' they really had to drive and work hard the car slide all over the track and that sound of the Clevo that's real sound AWESOME.
Thanks Wulos we forget what it was like back then...
Now I cant stop looking at them..
Dick Johnsons 1983 Bathurst Campaign
DJR and the rebuild comments by Peter Brock and a few other legends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OoFq...elated&search=

[svo347]

Cheers mark wikkid to say the least...
Aural symphony of the V8 kind

[Sam_Boss260]

The sound of that TUFF falcon, is nothing like the sound of the supercars now. It is just awesome...

[ReVd_uP]

As much of a V8SC fan I am, they dont compare to the old formula of racing,.... bring back the ATCC to it former glory i say

[wulos]

It is a pity that there is NOT a similar category out there today.
What I mean is how cool would it be to have a formula that encouraged big displacement thumper motors (as against high reving overstressed sewing machines) with wide rubber (could limit traction by requiring 'spec' grooved street tyre) along with basic 'street registration approved' bodywork.
Sure the speeds may NOT be as great, but I would be VERY suprised if the racing wouldn't be just as close, and it WOULD make for more interesting racing. Rather then the 'sterile' make a mistake and you're out type racing that the V8SC series has become.
At the end of the day spectators want entertainment, that they'll remember. Tis extremely rare these days to see a v8sc with the tail hanging out there in a controlled prolonged slide (unless of course it ends up into a tyrewall). There's more to car control then outright speed. With the group C's you could see it in the car. In V8's the only way of telling is by laptimes unfortunately.

[FORD3V]

Geez that green xe looks and sounds so tough :jab: pity about the end of the clip :

[HSVETAR]

Dam they are awsome clips.... It would have been interesting what sort of lap time DJ would have pulled that lap... he was flying.... Ahhhhh.. the good ol days of racing... Bring em back i say......

[XD 351 Ute]

If you blokes want to hear the sweet sound of a race clevo at full noise, then get yourselves to any of the Historic meetings when the Group C cars are running.
I've given up on the V8 Supercars to go and see these instead, and I can't reccommend them highly enough.
They are the real deal, the original cars as raced back in their glory days.

There's nowhere near the crowds, and you can get quite up close and personal with the cars within reason.

There's good representation from all classes, with more cars coming all the time.

You won't regret it! http://www.groupc.com.au/

Ed

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by popinfresh

Cheers mate! Good to watch those vids. That greens XE was just tuff as. I watched the video that was in response to that one as well and showed brocky and dick talking about it and showed the team changing the number 9 over night, haven't seen that video in a while. Much better days of racing IMO.

I agree, I was only thinking the other day when watching the V8's racing that it was very clinical and boring. All the cars are within thousands of a second of each other and just go around the track in a freight train.
One of the joys of being older was being around to watch these fantastic true muscle cars hammer it out.
How good was it watching Brocky in an XU1 battling with GT's.

[bdennis]

Originally Posted by XD 351 Ute

They are the real deal, the original cars as raced back in their glory days.

There's nowhere near the crowds, and you can get quite up close and personal with the cars within reason.

There's good representation from all classes, with more cars coming all the time.

You won't regret it! http://www.groupc.com.au/

Ed

Im with XD 351 Ute.
They are the REAL deal and are great to watch / get up close. Have a mate that has a Group C XE and a Group A Mustang.. Just fantastic...! :