For all who complain about his driving, Christophe is a pure gentleman driver, a super kind person who keep the Le Mans Charger on the track instead of leaving it in a museum. Plus the car was too loud for the meeting so in some parts of the track, he had to lift the throttle. Spa Summer Classic is a meeting for gentleman drivers so he was in the right place. Not the fastest onboard that i have recorded but for me, the most particular, an onboard of a legend driven by a super friendly guy! Sorry for my grammar but you know, you understand me so it's the principal :)
Geowin97 Car Channel Too loud for the meeting??? Our local dragstrip ran nitro funnycars that could be heard 15 miles away! No joke! Two towns over you could hear them do a burnout then make the run 😁 We have an oval track about 5 miles away and on a warm summers evening you can hear them too.
Don't know the guy, never seen your onboards before, BUT... I sensed EXACTLY what you were saying!!! he was coping with corners in 2nd when others had the luxury of 2nd /3rd/4th!! and his respect of the other classic's is obvious, not to mention the respect he has for this monstrous 426cui inside a behemoth of a 40 year old former NASCAR -stock car.. I'm just glad you have 30mns of that thunderous 426 HEMI!! Thanks forthis vid!!
You all know this car is only a 4 speed right? To all of you yammering on about shifting, he’s using 2-3-4 each lap, so not sure how much more shifting he can do. Plus he’s got a 426 hemi under the hood that makes something called “torque” which is why he’s doing well against cars that are 1000 lbs lighter with more gears. For all of you that want to criticize, we’ll be happy to watch your videos of you driving a 5000 lb car with crappy brakes and 4 gears around a road course. BTW, this is awesome, thank you for sharing. This sounds awesome through headphones. More please!
vettepilot427 Yep, the 2 x 4barrel street version was rated at 425hp (+) and 500 ft lbs of torque. You can figure this to be around 650hp and I’ll bet the torque is well over 700. It is challenged in the twisties but I found myself on the edge of my seat waiting for a straight away to see him walk by them. I wonder if that Vett pissed him off as much as it did me watching him? 😁 you notice anyone pass him? This things a monster! Incidentally my Charger (73) weighs in at 3,600 lbs. I’d guess his is a tad lighter stripped down as it is. Still some impressive driving. I’d probably have put it in the wall 10 times. 😂
"Four" gears. Unless the car has different gear ratios than usual, it's more like "two and a half". In theory, NASCAR cars have such ratios that you only use second gear to engine brake, and first gear is useless everywhere but in the pitlane. Takes a really sensible foot to do what this guy's doing... It's like he is pushing the throttle in Morse code!
I mean, I get that NASCAR is a meme but this car is specifically a road course car with gears tailored to a road course. It did poorly in '76 at Le Mans due to gasoline not suited for the engine, and this video shows a driver showing the car to the public and not racing. That car as it sits will knock on 200mph all day long.
Yup, but accelerating out of a corner with less than 2000 rpm on the counter is still not smart if you could have just downshifted to second or first. The driver doesn't downshift in places where he really could have. Also full throttle in a high gear out of the low rev range isn't exactly healthy for the engine. I wonder what will go first though if he continues to drive like this, the rods or the crank bearings.
For everyone saying he should be downshifting one more gear. Richard Petty once said that on road courses he couldn't rev the engine too high on corners. The HEMI had so much torque it would spin the tires coming out of turns. He said he had to "practically lug the thing".
You're right about that. I was thinking why isn't he wringing out the gears but I remember Mopars have a thing called Torque. Spa is too short for the 833. 4th gear for that Charger is 200mph plus and he's stuck behind Porsche and BMW screaming away in 5th gear. When this Olympia Charger raced Le Man's in 1976, it rand found Ferrari and Porsche and was formidable the entirety of the race. Fast, reliable and very competitive. Watching the driver coast at 30mph in 2nd and lay on the throttle and speed up is always fun to see. Torque.
@@SomeTechGuy666 the original car made 600hp, the car in this video is a recreation with a restored original NASCAR race-hemi. This thing is most likely making well over 600hp and probably more torque than that.
Bought my 71 charger in 73, overhauled my 440 in 1990 and went quarter mile bracket racing. Wasn't sure about drag racing a 4200 pound car but sure was a lot of fun for the next 10 years without a problem. Won first and second place frequently, prize money and trophies made it all worth while driving that beast. Oh, still have it in my garage. just can't part with it.
Stuff like this is why I love watching Goodwood every year. You've got tiny little Ford Cortinas and Escorts and Alfas and Minis racing side-by-side with massive Ford Thunderbirds and 7-liter Ford Galaxies. And watching those drivers pitch and yaw those things around Goodwood driving them like they stole them is beautiful. Especially the big American muscle holding its own with the home team in the little Fords. You just don't see that sort of racing anymore.
Goodwood is amazing! I have so many of their races in my racing playlist. Cobras, Aston Martins, Ferraris, Ford GTs, etc. I love Goodwood Racing. I'm 70 so those are the cars of my childhood. This is great though. I really like seeing stock cars on road courses. This thing is a beast! I would not want to see the grill of it in my rear view. It looks like it coud eat smaller cars! 😂
Don't jump to the conclusion never again. We are actually living in times more powerful than ever with performance American V8s! Sure they are trying to force us all to electric, but at least until the 2025 model year all 3 of the big 3 have serious effort performance engines even in their trucks! For the past several years if you didn't make north of 900hp you might as well not show up. Now with this push for electric this movement from the OEMs may very well die out, but this kind of thing will never die altogether for many many more years.
Don't get me wrong, I'm 55 from and still in Detroit, and I've lived and breathed musclecar stuff my entire life. I'm more of a drag racer but remember plain going to Michigan International Speedway back in mid 1970s, dad and I would camp in the infield using the daily driver hot rod hippie van. I got poloroid pics of Richard Pettys 1973-1974 bodied charger in 1975 race year. I was little and couldn't get close but forced my way in down low and clicked a perfect picture of the driver's door, LoL. Loved how these cars sounded especially back then where you could tell the difference in sound between different GM makes compared to Ford and of course anything Mopar. By that 1975 model year pretty sure the hemi was no more and it was all small block stuff, but nonetheless it was 650ish horsepower small block stuff! They all sounded good. At the dragstrip all old muscle sounded even better to my ears. Far as the Mopar stuff goes, I always felt get a properly set up 440 wedge motor revving to the moon sounded a tad bit better than the looser ragged sound of a hemi, if all things being similar or equal. I mean we can't compare nitro burning Hemi's with anything else for example, what I mean is gasoline stuff at the local drags for comparison.
This is a special sound. I had a 440 Magnum 73 Charger and that thwop thwop idle, have heard since. It's not the fastest or quickest but it sounds like a murderer
@@brentwachter1274 Yes, you are. It's a NASCAR Stock Car modified for Le Mans racing. Stock Car is the name of the class it runs in. And there are a lot of stock parts on that car too.
What you described is what made the Pontiac shaker hood scoop so popular. Dad had a 1976 T/A with a 455 and a 4-speed. Hooker headers and just a few tuning sessions with the carb and ignition and not much else. Wind that car out and watch the scoop and the 4 speed shifter move in unison together and it wasn't a little bit, no they moved a substantial amount! Bang a 1-2 shift and the whole shifter/scoop combo just shuddered. It was a very neat option on top of the already classy yet sporty design of that trans am dash and steering wheel in pristine show room condition black. Dads car was silver outside with all the birds and lettering. The 455 made a lot of torque, didn't like to rev past 5600 rpm, but would find that number pretty fast and then just kinda hang there while the car was sideways and both tires smoking indefinitely. I learned to drive a manual in that car starting when I was 12. Had plenty of seat time in that car over the 15+ years dad owned it. We were both far guys and he trusted me so it worked out. It wasn't like I was gonna treat the car any harder than he did because we both put that car thru the ringer. It wasn't exactly quick but was a lot of torque and would literally burn the tires from here in Detroit all the way to Toledo with ease, and it did its antics sideways like a proper muscle car should. One more thing, in addition to the hooker headers, dad ran dual Thrush straight thru glass packs, the company with the woodpecker painted right on the mufflers, and then plumbed it all thru a brand new from GM parts counter set of trans-am tailpipes with fresh chrome splitter tips. Car looked stock but awesome. And loud. Did I say loud? In case you didn't know, Pontiac engines have their own sound and can be Very Loud. This car was like that. Had a beautiful mellow idle but once you dumped the clutch and let it rip that's when people heard you coming first and within earshot caused ear pain!
not really. manual steering gives more positive feed back. ofc this is a nascar machine, but the classic mopars ive driven have always been fine handling and very forgiving..ofc 300 hp 440, not 600 hp hemi, lol. but i never ran tires the size of nebraska, either :D
I'm a diehard Porsche fan, and that CSL looks epic... but there is something about this hunk of metal with wide pedals and 1 mile shift throw that makes me want to drive it the most out of this bunch.
That's a lot of mass to be swinging around those corners at speed ! Compared to the other cars in the race, he's driving two at the same time. He definitely has his hands full ! The sounds are pure bliss !
From Washington state here, this is the first time seeing this video. It's surreal seeing the full Olympia livery, late model full size charger body and a Hemi.... in Europe
ny Dad's two younger brothers retired from the Oly brewery in Tumwater (It's the water)and a cousins husband also worked there! Uncle Tom & Ken Philpott (RIP to both)
I SO LOVE THIS VIDEO! Christophe Schwartz is an excellent racing driver! He is a safe driver and never passes another competitor dangerously. I notice he doesn't double clutch on downshifting either that I found interesting. The Hemi pulls like a diesel locomotive at low revs exiting corners. Just appreciate the SOUND of the HEMI at work on the track. AWESOME!
I wish everyone would be able to experience being in a 70s dodge muscle car in their life. The feeling you get from the car is just impossible to put in words. Such a satisfying sensation of power like you feel the potential under the hood/bonnet.
@@iXallace LMFAO. Actually, it gets the oil out of its back yard and pond. Unfortunately it spills about a third of it all over the place and ignores it until the problem goes away. Merica’ baby.
@@F2PMegaGod those cars aren't exciting, like at all, if you want superb handling get yourself a Lotus, a Porsche or a Viper, if you want power, drive any muscle car or an European car, simple
That charger would utterly destroy all of those cars if it was allowed to unleash full potential out of every corner…this video said 600 go but I read up on the engine build, it’s a 700hp 426C.I. HEMI in a 3800 lb car and a 4 speed. You can tell at one point a BMW M1 is driving like a Jack hole and he finally opens it all the way up and dusts the BMW…pretty funny, killer ride.
What folks need to understand is this car has 600lbs of torque… if you notice the driver is very “dainty” with the throttle and the fact that this car weighs about 3400lbs. and you don’t want to barbecue your brakes. Driving a behemoth like this is like wrestling a bear. I think he did an awesome job. 👍😎
Everybody is pro and 70s NASCAR driver legend,And also world class driving instructors or so it would appear from many comments posted..Shut Up! Im glad the guy spent the money to get the car into shape and on the track...something that most of the shit talkers dont have..money nor the skill to set it up. Nice work on the car and i hope it keeps right on running hard for year
..as in..playing XBOX all day and trash talking truly great cars & super cool race drivers, baha..but that's normal. the fellow driving wasn't trying to set a record, win $ or race for pride, just out enjoying a fantastic car on a challenging course and having the time of his life. one lucky guy!
The one time he really opens it up is when that doucheflute bmw driver is all over him for playing it safe and he absolutely dusts him on the straight, you can tell the entire race he’s going easy, on his car, himself, and the euro trash nozzles egos ;?) bahahaha
Christophe & I met at Classic Le Mans 2014. It was his first Race. I showed him how to put his stickers & Race Numbers on.Nice guy. He invited me to his Chateau,at Ecomoy,that evening,as a Thank You. A Genuine Gentleman! Chris
bohemianracer that’s all I could think about! What a battle, those Porsche’s and 300z’s are worlds away. He fought and fought and couldn’t be anywhere but on a low line. Wow love the sound. Love that it’s out there. Thanks
Nah, you don't feel it so much. Only when you are going slow but that is why the wheel is bigger, gives you more leverage and control. You get a better throw on the wheel and more power, room to turn.
for all you critics you have to remember. this guy is driving one BAD ASS hemi car on a road course. He is out there having the time of his life with fellow racers trying not to wreck or break anything. That being said that in one monster to muscle around for 30 minutes. I bet my neighbors heard my TV and were saying WTF is that noise? AWESOME Thanks for sharing your passion for having such a cool car. That's one thing i will need to add to my bucket list!
This video made my day, this brings back a lot of memories, my first hot rod project as a kid was with my Dad, a 71 Charger with a 440 & a 4 speed. It was so much like this, once this is in your blood, it ain’t never getting out, you’re infected for life.
13:52 I'm glad I watched up to this point. He puts it in 4th for the first time through Eau Rouge, and the rise from the low growl to the crescendo before he lifts off... Pure eargasm material.
a 600 HP un muffled NASCAR Hemi. like..apex of audio. don't miss the video of richard petty's plymouth on a track..not a race, but some fine looks & sounds :)
Bruh for 10 seconds that thing became a full fledged Stock Car again 🤣 I couldn't do it. Once I got the first real taste I'd have to do a full send lap
It’s like he’s hauling a massive truck around the track, it looks heavy and powerful, I’m imagining the force he has use to get the breaks to do something useful. Awesome balls ripping this behemoth around, respect! 👍🏻
High quality audio.Put your headphones on or a high powered stereo. The sound is pure opera.Watching him work effortlessly is bliss. You wont be dissapointed.
racers of these classics prefer manual steering for the more positive feedback + less hp loss, less things to fail. no one wants to lose a belt on a pwr steering equipped car, baha. i did once at about 140 mph in a 71 satellite 2 dr with a 440..you can still steer, but major nightmare, bc power steering cars have a different setup ofc..diff ratio. manual is mainly only rly stiff at fairly low speeds..at speed it's fine. & yes, this guy was having a blast and did fine, indeed. not racing for points, nor purse..but still making a heck of a show for us :)
They all have doucheflutes in their mouths and are asking $70k on Craigslist for their clapped out Subaru STI with a broken drivetrain cuz they lost their job again and think they’re sitting on a gold brick forgetting it’s a Japanese econobox.
You imagine going through Eau Rouge with the weight of that. Then going through Blancimont. Great video ty for sharing. This American monster sounds...AWESOME.
Very cool. It's a good display of how a chassis makes for handling. I can just feel this thing lumbering while the Euro cars dance around the corners. Then the huge engine of the charger makes its gains on the straights. I like the huge throttle pedal for the heel/toe. And spa is absolutely wonderful track. This must have been a blast.
Great car, the driver did ok 👍, he had a few shifting issue's, but he kept everything in one piece, and brought it back clean!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠
A Porsche 917 takes 11mins to complete a lap at Le Mans, I wonder how the Charger does. This monster ruled NASCAR for a time. Beautiful piece of Americana and it is SEXY as hell!
a late 60's, early '70's Hemi Charger weighed 4,000 lbs stock. idk how many lbs of tubular steel is in a NASCAR prepped example. he has to be around at least new Charger weight, ie 4,400 lbs.
@@gzuzsavz No telling how much of this car was replaced with fiberglass and plexiglass though. The motor could be all aluminum, I don't know. I'd assume they took as much weight out of it as possible. I think Uncle Tony got his Coronet under 3100 without resorting to fiberglass parts. It is a 318 car though.
At first, I was very upset. I felt that he was driving like a Beeeotch!!! Then I read the first comment and realized that, he had rules he had to follow. I don't think I would be able to do that. But, the sound!!! Amazing.
well it's been 4 years since my last watch , great to see , at 11.33 min no brakes , tyres cooked but the horses are still pulling hard :) love this car
What an amazing ride I’ve been waiting for something like this with this car Thank you sir For all of the haters out there this is not a race for money or points or glory It’s for FUN
I'd take the Dodge any day of the week, just for the sound....I know I'm biased being a Mopar fan, still though! Would have loved to see him drive this in a '64 Dodge/Plymouth NASCAR racer, my favourites.... Either way, the Dodge look and sounds brutal, had it been all black, it'd have looked pure evil! There's NO school, like OLD school! Excellent video!
Loved it! All the skill factor demonstrated right here and unabashed. A NASCAR looking Charger on this type of track and loving all the "could a beens" and "if onlys".
Uphill through the Eau Rouge complex, 3800 rpm in top gear, doesn't need to downshift, just floors it and she pulls without protest. That, folks, is 'Murrican V8 torque. What an absolute beauty of a car.
thats when fast cars were beasts to drive and the men who drove them were truly skilled drivers..no TC, no computers to minimize bad input...look how long of a throw it is to each gear...love it!
Aj Rodillo - all the way back a whole year, to 2017. I kid. I agree with you, these cars and their drivers had 'balls'!!! It's no wonder NASCAR is losing viewers. Bring back real 'stock car' racing!
I know it's boring and depressing cars nowadays, but those muscle beauties have high pollution emission standards, which it is not cool at all, we can have better cars like those muscles of old times, but with a more ecological engine...
These are the cars I drove in the 70’s , they’re hard to handle but if you can learn to compensate , for eg it will float to the left so you turn to the right but your about to turn left but under braking the steering comes back. Once you work it out tears well up in my eyes over how much joy it gave me. I’m 59 and I’m still trying to get one back. I will be 100 and ,so help me God, I’m gonna be reunited with one and driving it like this bloke and smiling from ear yo ear
My first car was a 72 charger with a big block 400ci. Damn thing was a beast. Loved the heck out of it. Still till this day was my absolute favorite car.
68 chargers,,always the favorite in my book. . 73 chargers, never really cared for that body style., but this car is gorgeous. And has the history and pedigree that just puts it over the top. I cant get enough of wathching this car. 110 percent love at first sight, huge fan of the olympia charger
Always made their cars tooooo big and cumbersome . Late 60 darts on the other hand are the way to go . Here we have right and left hand turns and no roundy rounds . yawn !!
I have seen this Car in 2006..in Le Mans. A Monster...but, weight and a very Long wheel Base...you named IT...on the straight Just eating Them all Up because of pure Power... beautiful machine
Man, I'm listening this without headphones (all sound) and I swear of god I can feel all those 600 HP of power in the form of vibrations through my hand... What a beast from hell!!!
It's amazing to see the true potential of these mid to late Seventies brutes. To realize just how restricted their civilian counterparts were on the streets with their power-sucking emissions kits and fuel-regulating handicaps.
Considering his power to weight ratio and the extra amount of vehicle weight he needed to slowdown I think he was doing just fine. It's not like you want to go out and push it to the edge either. It's great to see it on the track where others can see it and experience the sounds of an American V-8 Mopar.
Wow, this is amazing, thank you. Let's recall, this is am American Car doomed pretty much uncapablabe for racing by general European attitude..... It does pretty much well.
pooh pooh'ed by ppl that either never drove one or are envious secretly..or just plain paint themselves into a corner..parrot malarkey from know it alls..only ever drove poorer handling non-mopar muscle..etc etc, baha. cool seeing a vintage NASCAR monster tuning more than one direction. I wish more of the original races were remastered and aired/put on YT here. I bet the racers had a blast back when on courses like this.
Anyone who can wrestle one of these big bangers around a track competitively deserves much respect.... too many armchair pilots with little experience of driving a big animal let alone racing one... work out the physics then consider what it has to do compared to a lighter car... Great to see and lovely to watch :-)
I wish I still had my 1974 Dodge Charger they are very well made cars, never a recall, never left me stranded! They were built to last and built to run. The most aerodynamic car I ever drove and owned, the texas wind at 120 mph flows over the car with no resistance. It's made heavy so it will stay on the road. That Charger could easily approach 215 mph with the hemi
It would have fascinating to see this car and the Truxmore Ford running on the old Spa circuit, a track much more to the liking of such cars. A very fast track with little in the way of major corners, and lots of flat out sections.
What a joy to be able to watch this; Glad some people out there "got away" and are living the dream hahahaha. Especially loved the sound when you'd keep it in 4th at low RPM and let the torque do the work, purely beautiful sounds.
i guess i must not know anything bc i thought this driver was doing a great job. he seemed fluent and must be very skilled to drive such an old race car, did u see that tail kick out?? he made it look easy to driver that thing. i loved this video, that sound is incredible.
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For all who complain about his driving, Christophe is a pure gentleman driver, a super kind person who keep the Le Mans Charger on the track instead of leaving it in a museum. Plus the car was too loud for the meeting so in some parts of the track, he had to lift the throttle.
Spa Summer Classic is a meeting for gentleman drivers so he was in the right place.
Not the fastest onboard that i have recorded but for me, the most particular, an onboard of a legend driven by a super friendly guy!
Sorry for my grammar but you know, you understand me so it's the principal :)
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Too loud for the meeting???
Our local dragstrip ran nitro funnycars that could be heard 15 miles away! No joke!
Two towns over you could hear them do a burnout then make the run 😁
We have an oval track about 5 miles away and on a warm summers evening you can hear them too.
I’ll ad that the only noise restriction we have with the towns is not before 10am or after 9pm, 10 Friday and Saturdays.
Don't know the guy, never seen your onboards before, BUT... I sensed EXACTLY what you were saying!!! he was coping with corners in 2nd when others had the luxury of 2nd /3rd/4th!! and his respect of the other classic's is obvious, not to mention the respect he has for this monstrous 426cui inside a behemoth of a 40 year old former NASCAR -stock car.. I'm just glad you have 30mns of that thunderous 426 HEMI!!
Thanks forthis vid!!
11:24 explain that then
Ya, you can see hes really holding it back, has more in every aspect than we see here. Great vid by the way, thanks, love that V8 sound!
You all know this car is only a 4 speed right? To all of you yammering on about shifting, he’s using 2-3-4 each lap, so not sure how much more shifting he can do. Plus he’s got a 426 hemi under the hood that makes something called “torque” which is why he’s doing well against cars that are 1000 lbs lighter with more gears. For all of you that want to criticize, we’ll be happy to watch your videos of you driving a 5000 lb car with crappy brakes and 4 gears around a road course.
BTW, this is awesome, thank you for sharing. This sounds awesome through headphones. More please!
vettepilot427
Yep, the 2 x 4barrel street version was rated at 425hp (+) and 500 ft lbs of torque.
You can figure this to be around 650hp and I’ll bet the torque is well over 700.
It is challenged in the twisties but I found myself on the edge of my seat waiting for a straight away to see him walk by them.
I wonder if that Vett pissed him off as much as it did me watching him? 😁 you notice anyone pass him?
This things a monster!
Incidentally my Charger (73) weighs in at 3,600 lbs. I’d guess his is a tad lighter stripped down as it is. Still some impressive driving. I’d probably have put it in the wall 10 times. 😂
"Four" gears. Unless the car has different gear ratios than usual, it's more like "two and a half". In theory, NASCAR cars have such ratios that you only use second gear to engine brake, and first gear is useless everywhere but in the pitlane. Takes a really sensible foot to do what this guy's doing... It's like he is pushing the throttle in Morse code!
I mean, I get that NASCAR is a meme but this car is specifically a road course car with gears tailored to a road course.
It did poorly in '76 at Le Mans due to gasoline not suited for the engine, and this video shows a driver showing the car to the public and not racing. That car as it sits will knock on 200mph all day long.
@@alcarreon you can clearly see him heel toe. And I dont think it's like an actual race. All these cars are pretty much museum pieces
Yup, but accelerating out of a corner with less than 2000 rpm on the counter is still not smart if you could have just downshifted to second or first. The driver doesn't downshift in places where he really could have. Also full throttle in a high gear out of the low rev range isn't exactly healthy for the engine. I wonder what will go first though if he continues to drive like this, the rods or the crank bearings.
That is the most bad ass sounding car I’ve ever heard.
Classic american muscle sound
Don't get me wrong, it sounds absolutely fantastic but... look a little more on YT :P
See also the vid " Richard Petty's 200mph Plymouth Superbird On The Road " on the channel "Goodwood Road & Racing "
The whity M1 in this Video Sounds awesome too
@@bobroberts2371 Hey, that's what I was going to say!
For everyone saying he should be downshifting one more gear. Richard Petty once said that on road courses he couldn't rev the engine too high on corners. The HEMI had so much torque it would spin the tires coming out of turns. He said he had to "practically lug the thing".
You're right about that. I was thinking why isn't he wringing out the gears but I remember Mopars have a thing called Torque. Spa is too short for the 833. 4th gear for that Charger is 200mph plus and he's stuck behind Porsche and BMW screaming away in 5th gear.
When this Olympia Charger raced Le Man's in 1976, it rand found Ferrari and Porsche and was formidable the entirety of the race. Fast, reliable and very competitive. Watching the driver coast at 30mph in 2nd and lay on the throttle and speed up is always fun to see. Torque.
That car is only 600 HP and it weighs at least 3,000 pounds. There is no way it has a traction problem at those cornering speeds.
@@SomeTechGuy666 the original car made 600hp, the car in this video is a recreation with a restored original NASCAR race-hemi. This thing is most likely making well over 600hp and probably more torque than that.
@@SomeTechGuy666 it's an old Hemi big block, while its "only" 600 hp, the torque this thing makes is monstrous
@@SomeTechGuy666 3800 lbs. Traction has nothing to do with total weight of the car.
Bought my 71 charger in 73, overhauled my 440 in 1990 and went quarter mile bracket racing. Wasn't sure about drag racing a 4200 pound car but sure was a lot of fun for the next 10 years without a problem. Won first and second place frequently, prize money and trophies made it all worth while driving that beast. Oh, still have it in my garage. just can't part with it.
Never part with it, ever.
Stuff like this is why I love watching Goodwood every year. You've got tiny little Ford Cortinas and Escorts and Alfas and Minis racing side-by-side with massive Ford Thunderbirds and 7-liter Ford Galaxies. And watching those drivers pitch and yaw those things around Goodwood driving them like they stole them is beautiful. Especially the big American muscle holding its own with the home team in the little Fords. You just don't see that sort of racing anymore.
Goodwood is amazing! I have so many of their races in my racing playlist. Cobras, Aston Martins, Ferraris, Ford GTs, etc. I love Goodwood Racing. I'm 70 so those are the cars of my childhood.
This is great though. I really like seeing stock cars on road courses. This thing is a beast! I would not want to see the grill of it in my rear view. It looks like it coud eat smaller cars! 😂
the engine noise is pure nostalgia for a glorious time that will never be again.
See also the vid " Richard Petty's 200mph Plymouth Superbird On The Road " on the channel "Goodwood Road & Racing "
Don't jump to the conclusion never again. We are actually living in times more powerful than ever with performance American V8s! Sure they are trying to force us all to electric, but at least until the 2025 model year all 3 of the big 3 have serious effort performance engines even in their trucks! For the past several years if you didn't make north of 900hp you might as well not show up. Now with this push for electric this movement from the OEMs may very well die out, but this kind of thing will never die altogether for many many more years.
Don't get me wrong, I'm 55 from and still in Detroit, and I've lived and breathed musclecar stuff my entire life. I'm more of a drag racer but remember plain going to Michigan International Speedway back in mid 1970s, dad and I would camp in the infield using the daily driver hot rod hippie van. I got poloroid pics of Richard Pettys 1973-1974 bodied charger in 1975 race year. I was little and couldn't get close but forced my way in down low and clicked a perfect picture of the driver's door, LoL. Loved how these cars sounded especially back then where you could tell the difference in sound between different GM makes compared to Ford and of course anything Mopar. By that 1975 model year pretty sure the hemi was no more and it was all small block stuff, but nonetheless it was 650ish horsepower small block stuff! They all sounded good. At the dragstrip all old muscle sounded even better to my ears.
Far as the Mopar stuff goes, I always felt get a properly set up 440 wedge motor revving to the moon sounded a tad bit better than the looser ragged sound of a hemi, if all things being similar or equal. I mean we can't compare nitro burning Hemi's with anything else for example, what I mean is gasoline stuff at the local drags for comparison.
@@williamstamper442 thanks for sharing! Greetings from Brazil 😅
This is a special sound. I had a 440 Magnum 73 Charger and that thwop thwop idle, have heard since. It's not the fastest or quickest but it sounds like a murderer
70’s stock car at Spa! It doesn’t get any better than this!
Stock really? People are so stupid!
@@brentwachter1274 Yes, you are. It's a NASCAR Stock Car modified for Le Mans racing. Stock Car is the name of the class it runs in. And there are a lot of stock parts on that car too.
Looks like a really physical experience. Love how the shiftier moves around with the torque and how the key chain acts like a primitive g-meter.
When things were simpler
What you described is what made the Pontiac shaker hood scoop so popular. Dad had a 1976
T/A with a 455 and a 4-speed. Hooker headers and just a few tuning sessions with the carb and ignition and not much else. Wind that car out and watch the scoop and the 4 speed shifter move in unison together and it wasn't a little bit, no they moved a substantial amount! Bang a 1-2 shift and the whole shifter/scoop combo just shuddered. It was a very neat option on top of the already classy yet sporty design of that trans am dash and steering wheel in pristine show room condition black. Dads car was silver outside with all the birds and lettering. The 455 made a lot of torque, didn't like to rev past 5600 rpm, but would find that number pretty fast and then just kinda hang there while the car was sideways and both tires smoking indefinitely. I learned to drive a manual in that car starting when I was 12. Had plenty of seat time in that car over the 15+ years dad owned it. We were both far guys and he trusted me so it worked out. It wasn't like I was gonna treat the car any harder than he did because we both put that car thru the ringer. It wasn't exactly quick but was a lot of torque and would literally burn the tires from here in Detroit all the way to Toledo with ease, and it did its antics sideways like a proper muscle car should.
One more thing, in addition to the hooker headers, dad ran dual Thrush straight thru glass packs, the company with the woodpecker painted right on the mufflers, and then plumbed it all thru a brand new from GM parts counter set of trans-am tailpipes with fresh chrome splitter tips. Car looked stock but awesome. And loud. Did I say loud? In case you didn't know, Pontiac engines have their own sound and can be Very Loud. This car was like that. Had a beautiful mellow idle but once you dumped the clutch and let it rip that's when people heard you coming first and within earshot caused ear pain!
My 68 charger with a 440 has a primitive g meter as well. I used to call it my rear view mirror.
That iron must be HARD to control, what a PURE V8 SOUND, I love it
not really. manual steering gives more positive feed back.
ofc this is a nascar machine, but the classic mopars ive driven have always been fine handling and very forgiving..ofc 300 hp 440, not 600 hp hemi, lol. but i never ran tires the size of nebraska, either :D
70's stock car aesthetic has always been bad ass, they look so good.
IN TORQUE WE TRUST!
I'm a diehard Porsche fan, and that CSL looks epic... but there is something about this hunk of metal with wide pedals and 1 mile shift throw that makes me want to drive it the most out of this bunch.
It is a "man's car" and must be man-handled. It is a brute.
That's a lot of mass to be swinging around those corners at speed ! Compared to the other cars in the race, he's driving two at the same time. He definitely has his hands full !
The sounds are pure bliss !
3800 lbs
i'm so glad i have ears to listen to this thing rip
He never let it loose........ that thing was ready to stall most of the time. Hemi's didn't begin to eat till after 6,000 RPM's.
Mopar and Olympia beer! Bad ass! My pop worked at the brewery for 36 years. It's hard to beat the sound of a hemi!
You can't* ;)
From Washington state here, this is the first time seeing this video. It's surreal seeing the full Olympia livery, late model full size charger body and a Hemi.... in Europe
@@oceania2385it sure makes me homesick for those days, I was 10 in 76’ and damn I’d love to have another go at it.
ny Dad's two younger brothers retired from the Oly brewery in Tumwater (It's the water)and a cousins husband also worked there! Uncle Tom & Ken Philpott (RIP to both)
I SO LOVE THIS VIDEO! Christophe Schwartz is an excellent racing driver! He is a safe driver and never passes another competitor dangerously. I notice he doesn't double clutch on downshifting either that I found interesting. The Hemi pulls like a diesel locomotive at low revs exiting corners. Just appreciate the SOUND of the HEMI at work on the track. AWESOME!
I could listen to that Hemi all day
I wish everyone would be able to experience being in a 70s dodge muscle car in their life. The feeling you get from the car is just impossible to put in words. Such a satisfying sensation of power like you feel the potential under the hood/bonnet.
We did , sold it for a much superior car !
Comon' man rev that puppy !
You're playing catch up the whole video
@@theflyingscotsman9902 You bought a Plymouth?
Look at that big hunk of steel keeping up with those little European and Japanese cars. American muscle baby!
@@iXallace and yet, You would like to have one, because You know that's faster than your shitty 1980 Toyota corolla
@@iXallace LMFAO. Actually, it gets the oil out of its back yard and pond. Unfortunately it spills about a third of it all over the place and ignores it until the problem goes away. Merica’ baby.
well, its engine is almost 2x the other's. You should be saying look at those small efficient blocks keeping up with a absurd-ammount-liter v8
@@F2PMegaGod those cars aren't exciting, like at all, if you want superb handling get yourself a Lotus, a Porsche or a Viper, if you want power, drive any muscle car or an European car, simple
That charger would utterly destroy all of those cars if it was allowed to unleash full potential out of every corner…this video said 600 go but I read up on the engine build, it’s a 700hp 426C.I. HEMI in a 3800 lb car and a 4 speed. You can tell at one point a BMW M1 is driving like a Jack hole and he finally opens it all the way up and dusts the BMW…pretty funny, killer ride.
It's like 30 yards between gears! Longest throws ever! Lots of fun to watch. American V8 roar!
What folks need to understand is this car has 600lbs of torque… if you notice the driver is very “dainty” with the throttle and the fact that this car weighs about 3400lbs. and you don’t want to barbecue your brakes. Driving a behemoth like this is like wrestling a bear. I think he did an awesome job. 👍😎
Everybody is pro and 70s NASCAR driver legend,And also world class driving instructors or so it would appear from many comments posted..Shut Up!
Im glad the guy spent the money to get the car into shape and on the track...something that most of the shit talkers dont have..money nor the skill to set it up.
Nice work on the car and i hope it keeps right on running hard for year
..as in..playing XBOX all day and trash talking truly great cars & super cool race drivers, baha..but that's normal.
the fellow driving wasn't trying to set a record, win $ or race for pride, just out enjoying a fantastic car on a challenging course and having the time of his life.
one lucky guy!
Gotta start somewhere . we all remember our first car
@@theflyingscotsman9902 how much would this car cost now?
@@sarasarah1810 With a 426 hemi,they run anywhere from 50-140k.USD
The one time he really opens it up is when that doucheflute bmw driver is all over him for playing it safe and he absolutely dusts him on the straight, you can tell the entire race he’s going easy, on his car, himself, and the euro trash nozzles egos ;?) bahahaha
Christophe & I met at Classic Le Mans 2014. It was his first Race. I showed him how to put his stickers & Race Numbers on.Nice guy. He invited me to his Chateau,at Ecomoy,that evening,as a Thank You. A Genuine Gentleman! Chris
That big car without power steering must be handfull, sounds like the driver had a great time driving it.
bohemianracer that’s all I could think about! What a battle, those Porsche’s and 300z’s are worlds away. He fought and fought and couldn’t be anywhere but on a low line. Wow love the sound. Love that it’s out there. Thanks
Nah, you don't feel it so much. Only when you are going slow but that is why the wheel is bigger, gives you more leverage and control. You get a better throw on the wheel and more power, room to turn.
Power steering not required. It actually handles well but you get a lot of feedback. It's a good thing
I actually think these cars had power steering
Nope . Super easy handling car . Parking did take some effort .
Wonderful. I really enjoyed this ride along. Fantastic machine.
for all you critics you have to remember. this guy is driving one BAD ASS hemi car on a road course. He is out there having the time of his life with fellow racers trying not to wreck or break anything. That being said that in one monster to muscle around for 30 minutes. I bet my neighbors heard my TV and were saying WTF is that noise? AWESOME Thanks for sharing your passion for having such a cool car. That's one thing i will need to add to my bucket list!
This video made my day, this brings back a lot of memories, my first hot rod project as a kid was with my Dad, a 71 Charger with a 440 & a 4 speed. It was so much like this, once this is in your blood, it ain’t never getting out, you’re infected for life.
The sound is godlike !!!
13:52 I'm glad I watched up to this point. He puts it in 4th for the first time through Eau Rouge, and the rise from the low growl to the crescendo before he lifts off... Pure eargasm material.
a 600 HP un muffled NASCAR Hemi.
like..apex of audio.
don't miss the video of richard petty's plymouth on a track..not a race, but some fine looks & sounds :)
Bruh for 10 seconds that thing became a full fledged Stock Car again 🤣 I couldn't do it. Once I got the first real taste I'd have to do a full send lap
It’s like he’s hauling a massive truck around the track, it looks heavy and powerful,
I’m imagining the force he has use to get the breaks to do something useful.
Awesome balls ripping this behemoth around, respect! 👍🏻
Christophe must have arms like Popeye after hauling that monster around for 30 minutes.
Man, what a sound.
i would think the original driver for this had to be built like chef from total drama
@@omega1575 lmao
this car was built for le mans meaning those lads drove it for 8 hours each. they probably couldnt lift a fork to feed themselves after!
If that shifter moved any more, hed be throwing it into another car lol
Hahahaha
Typical A-833 hemi 4 speed....
I thought my kenworth had throw !
😳
30 laps throwing that shifter around and you would need reconstructive shoulder surgery
You’re obviously used to new vehicles.
High quality audio.Put your headphones on or a high powered stereo.
The sound is pure opera.Watching him work effortlessly is bliss.
You wont be dissapointed.
I have a big block wedge 1969 Plymouth and this video sets my spirit free watching ,understanding low rpm grunt.Thank you so much for the video!
WOW what a badass car and a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing.
I thought he was doing a great job. You could feel the weight of the the car just watching the video. That steering looked really heavy.
racers of these classics prefer manual steering for the more positive feedback + less hp loss, less things to fail.
no one wants to lose a belt on a pwr steering equipped car, baha.
i did once at about 140 mph in a 71 satellite 2 dr with a 440..you can still steer, but major nightmare, bc power steering cars have a different setup ofc..diff ratio.
manual is mainly only rly stiff at fairly low speeds..at speed it's fine.
& yes, this guy was having a blast and did fine, indeed. not racing for points, nor purse..but still making a heck of a show for us :)
It's not, but you get feedback.
@@gzuzsavz My manual mopar is only a bitch when stopped. As soon as you move over 1mph it's easy.
Love the ignition key ring flying around.
shift intohigh poor man's g-meter :)
ahaha, i saw that!
@@IASEAGLE5 Now that is funny:)
So many armchair experts out there!! Just appreciate this awesome video.
They all have doucheflutes in their mouths and are asking $70k on Craigslist for their clapped out Subaru STI with a broken drivetrain cuz they lost their job again and think they’re sitting on a gold brick forgetting it’s a Japanese econobox.
I think the MOPAR starter is the true hero of this video
Fantastic video, and to think........ a Dodge charger chasing a Porsche!
Awesome sound!
I was born in 1976, this my soundtrack. I can tell you the intake manifold is crazy, and the cowl induction ram air is priceless
What a beast of a racecar, so cool!
back when racers were men
You imagine going through Eau Rouge with the weight of that. Then going through Blancimont. Great video ty for sharing. This American monster sounds...AWESOME.
Very cool. It's a good display of how a chassis makes for handling. I can just feel this thing lumbering while the Euro cars dance around the corners. Then the huge engine of the charger makes its gains on the straights. I like the huge throttle pedal for the heel/toe. And spa is absolutely wonderful track. This must have been a blast.
Great car, the driver did ok 👍, he had a few shifting issue's, but he kept everything in one piece, and brought it back clean!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠
I'm jealous. Great video. Brings back memories of Cale and Richard. My Dad loved them all. Thanks!
A Porsche 917 takes 11mins to complete a lap at Le Mans, I wonder how the Charger does. This monster ruled NASCAR for a time. Beautiful piece of Americana and it is SEXY as hell!
Love it ! What a beast to drive. That is one heavy car.
a late 60's, early '70's Hemi Charger weighed 4,000 lbs stock. idk how many lbs of tubular steel is in a NASCAR prepped example.
he has to be around at least new Charger weight, ie 4,400 lbs.
@@gzuzsavz No telling how much of this car was replaced with fiberglass and plexiglass though. The motor could be all aluminum, I don't know. I'd assume they took as much weight out of it as possible. I think Uncle Tony got his Coronet under 3100 without resorting to fiberglass parts. It is a 318 car though.
Should have removed the tires hanging off the side of that tug ! Better aerodynamics !
This is how Nascar should still be today
agreed!
we need a vintage series on tv
So good bringing how an absolute classic.
At first, I was very upset. I felt that he was driving like a Beeeotch!!! Then I read the first comment and realized that, he had rules he had to follow. I don't think I would be able to do that. But, the sound!!! Amazing.
well it's been 4 years since my last watch , great to see , at 11.33 min no brakes , tyres cooked but the horses are still pulling hard :) love this car
That gear shift has a mighty throw .
Yes it has as that is typical Yank Tank behind technology stamped all over it...........
it's a mopar big block you drive it like a truck XD
mine doesnt. its super short.
I thought for a minute he had a slot machine mounted in the dash.
Dutch Oh that’s a good one !
Thank you for this video. So cool to see a 70s Charger at Spa. Kudos to the driver!
absolute pleasure to watch how it was done back in the day ! and that was probably a short shifter as well , thumbs up !!
What an amazing ride
I’ve been waiting for something like this with this car
Thank you sir
For all of the haters out there this is not a race for money or points or glory
It’s for FUN
I enjoyed this immensely, no complaints whatsoever ❤
Oh my god dude thank you. I've watched this three times with a hard on that won't go away
OMG the sound of that engine 🤘🏼💯
I'd take the Dodge any day of the week, just for the sound....I know I'm biased being a Mopar fan, still though!
Would have loved to see him drive this in a '64 Dodge/Plymouth NASCAR racer, my favourites....
Either way, the Dodge look and sounds brutal, had it been all black, it'd have looked pure evil!
There's NO school, like OLD school!
Excellent video!
That throw on the 4 speed probably a 833A is really long! That’s one monster of a car!
Loved it! All the skill factor demonstrated right here and unabashed. A NASCAR looking Charger on this type of track and loving all the "could a beens" and "if onlys".
Btw looks like really hard work! But great driving and massive Sound.
Uphill through the Eau Rouge complex, 3800 rpm in top gear, doesn't need to downshift, just floors it and she pulls without protest. That, folks, is 'Murrican V8 torque. What an absolute beauty of a car.
That looks like a bag of fun! Great machine
11:14, He actually takes a look at the guy driving the black Corvette like "You idiot"
thats when fast cars were beasts to drive and the men who drove them were truly skilled drivers..no TC, no computers to minimize bad input...look how long of a throw it is to each gear...love it!
Back when cars were handled by men
Aj Rodillo - all the way back a whole year, to 2017. I kid. I agree with you, these cars and their drivers had 'balls'!!! It's no wonder NASCAR is losing viewers. Bring back real 'stock car' racing!
Back when cars were allowed to be cool!
I know it's boring and depressing cars nowadays, but those muscle beauties have high pollution emission standards, which it is not cool at all, we can have better cars like those muscles of old times, but with a more ecological engine...
@@oscavaleirosdeoutrora.2232
In terms of public health I agree... In terms of political agenda pushing, I do not
Can someone clarify how this driver is bad? Seems like he’s living a pretty damn good life so I could care less about his skill, just curious.
from the comments other people are talking about, people are calling the driver bad for not using the gearsfully (so he doesnt spin out from torque)
These are the cars I drove in the 70’s , they’re hard to handle but if you can learn to compensate , for eg it will float to the left so you turn to the right but your about to turn left but under braking the steering comes back. Once you work it out tears well up in my eyes over how much joy it gave me. I’m 59 and I’m still trying to get one back. I will be 100 and ,so help me God, I’m gonna be reunited with one and driving it like this bloke and smiling from ear yo ear
My first car was a 72 charger with a big block 400ci. Damn thing was a beast. Loved the heck out of it. Still till this day was my absolute favorite car.
I love this !! A real Charger !! Just two doors !!!!
68 chargers,,always the favorite in my book. . 73 chargers, never really cared for that body style., but this car is gorgeous. And has the history and pedigree that just puts it over the top. I cant get enough of wathching this car. 110 percent love at first sight, huge fan of the olympia charger
Always made their cars tooooo big and cumbersome .
Late 60 darts on the other hand are the way to go .
Here we have right and left hand turns and no roundy rounds . yawn !!
Even still rocking the Olympia Gold trim! Awesome video!
The corvette spitting flames at 8:20 is awesome
I have seen this Car in 2006..in Le Mans.
A Monster...but, weight and a very Long wheel Base...you named IT...on the straight Just eating Them all Up because of pure Power... beautiful machine
wow, merci pour la balade ;) super course, exxelente camera on board, love it!
That car looks tough to handle. Video really puts it in perspective.
My dream sunday afternoon ...
Great onboard capture, we see the driver, the track, the shifting !
Spa is definitely a track I must drive on someday
Man, I'm listening this without headphones (all sound) and I swear of god I can feel all those 600 HP of power in the form of vibrations through my hand...
What a beast from hell!!!
damn that m1 sounded awesome, probably the only car we can hear over the huge hemi
It's amazing to see the true potential of these mid to late Seventies brutes. To realize just how restricted their civilian counterparts were on the streets with their power-sucking emissions kits and fuel-regulating handicaps.
I’ve got the fever. Build a G-body for American ChampCar Endurance. It’s that sound that did this to me.
Considering his power to weight ratio and the extra amount of vehicle weight he needed to slowdown I think he was doing just fine. It's not like you want to go out and push it to the edge either. It's great to see it on the track where others can see it and experience the sounds of an American V-8 Mopar.
G-force indicator keyring
I was watching that. Looks like he is exceeding 1G in the corners fast enough for his aero to work.
Great catch!
Tech
Wow, this is amazing, thank you. Let's recall, this is am American Car doomed pretty much uncapablabe for racing by general European attitude..... It does pretty much well.
pooh pooh'ed by ppl that either never drove one or are envious secretly..or just plain paint themselves into a corner..parrot malarkey from know it alls..only ever drove poorer handling non-mopar muscle..etc etc, baha.
cool seeing a vintage NASCAR monster tuning more than one direction.
I wish more of the original races were remastered and aired/put on YT here.
I bet the racers had a blast back when on courses like this.
Anyone who can wrestle one of these big bangers around a track competitively deserves much respect.... too many armchair pilots with little experience of driving a big animal let alone racing one... work out the physics then consider what it has to do compared to a lighter car... Great to see and lovely to watch :-)
I love the sound when he shifts down from 3rd to 2nd...
I don't care if it finishes in last place. I could listen to this sound all day!
I wish I still had my 1974 Dodge Charger they are very well made cars, never a recall, never left me stranded! They were built to last and built to run. The most aerodynamic car I ever drove and owned, the texas wind at 120 mph flows over the car with no resistance. It's made heavy so it will stay on the road. That Charger could easily approach 215 mph with the hemi
How to do a lap of Spa in almost one gear!
It would have fascinating to see this car and the Truxmore Ford running on the old Spa circuit, a track much more to the liking of such cars. A very fast track with little in the way of major corners, and lots of flat out sections.
Yep, that's the sound of America 🇺🇸🦅
MAGNIFICENT!!!
man what a ride ! thanks for letting us ride shotgun. you ate through the grid in that American beaute brute ! :)
Super rich on startups. Lean the mixture a bit and that may solve the hard rich startups.
Great driving & great car. Miss those days.
What a joy to be able to watch this; Glad some people out there "got away" and are living the dream hahahaha. Especially loved the sound when you'd keep it in 4th at low RPM and let the torque do the work, purely beautiful sounds.
I think he drove that beauty well considering the other drivers who were all over the place - Danger!!!!
The belief the brakes are going to work heading in to Les Combes and Chicane...that’s commitment. So much torque, third gear is a monster.
i guess i must not know anything bc i thought this driver was doing a great job. he seemed fluent and must be very skilled to drive such an old race car, did u see that tail kick out?? he made it look easy to driver that thing. i loved this video, that sound is incredible.
You are right-there are never any shortage of keyboard warriors that like to criticize others. Usually the bigger the criticism the dumber the critic.