@@510jon i believe the vintage GTO class is racing at every IMSA event in 2019 to commemorate the 50th anniversary. But thats cool the LBGP and HMSA got the ball rolling
@@uncay2769 at 1950's Merc got banned after the insident when the silver arow crash in barrier and explode, many was died from the flying engine, the a many years past at 1999 the Mercedesbenz CLR driven by Mark Webber take off and fly during warm up lap, then during race, Peter Dumbrick also take offhis car and fly behind the Toyota GT-One, the 3rd car sudenly retired after the incident, luckily both driver in different car where safe and uninjured,due to those incident, Mercedes Benz Promise they will not return to Le Mans.
with all due respect, the commentary sucks. So much dead air time, the guys didn’t talk about the cars, didn’t tell us anything about the drivers. It’s like sitting in a little league game in a small town listen to Jimbo trying his best to match all the numbers and names of each players while mentioned nothing about the play or the team
@pagansforbreakfast well isnt that a smarmy way of saying you disagree. If we can be objective here, there is a significant amount of dead air which is one of the most important things to avoid as a broadcaster or commentator. Like an uncomfortable amount of dead air. And the sound engineers for the broadcast don't turn up the audio of the race, it's just quiet with faint engine noises. Not to mention nothing insightful is added that we can't see for ourselves and unless you actively follow this particular series, you have no idea the circumstances of the race or anything whatsoever. But yeah we're all just nascar watching idiots. Wish we could all be like you =/
Friggin sick, its always been my dream to see old cars like this in high def video and sound. It's so hard to do these cars justice with old TV broadcasts, and I wasn't alive to see these in person.
Man. I witnessed this in person. I have been to every LB GP since like 2010. This was by far, the coolest most exciting race. I'm into old school historical stuff, and I just have a huge affinity towards cars of the 80s and 90s. I mean this really did it for me. I loved every second of it. I loved that I got to go see the cars. I hope they continue with vintage and historic race cars. Legit the pinnacle of all of LB GP to me.
God I’d loved to have been there for this. These and the GTP cars where the cars of my childhood. I like modern racing but nothing compares to Imsa in the 80s and early 90s. I miss going to the Camel GT at Portland’s PIR every summer. I was out there today watching some club racing. When I’m at the track I spend more time reminiscing and talking about the “good ol days” then I do watching the cars. At least I can relive it through sim racing with VR. Ha!
So cool. I bought the 1991 Ford Roush Mustang GTO on Forza and am so curious about this epic class of cars. Definitely gonna save this video and watch after work.
Oh my God that’s an insane lineup dude!!! So many classics in one spot probably opened up a portal to another universe. Thank you so much for uploading this.
Great to see all these cars again! Then I realised something...I saw 'em race when they were new and now they are rated as being HISTORIC! Oh well...must get back to hooking up my Graphic Equalizer...
man i miss these days it was so different back then, i have every car here in 1/18 gmp diecast bout $20,000 worth of em ...gto was a fun class 2.3l to V8s that’s whistler radar detectors ✌🏻and roush’s old Xr4ti was the first car i started racing in 88
Rick Hoppe It’s because the commentary is for the track radio that the spectators can tune into. It’s not really meant for video really hence the dead air, why he is saying ‘on the big screen’ etc. Might be bring captain obvious with this but seen it being mentioned a lot
Theyre broadcasting to the track over the loud speakers, so I guess theyre just updating everyone that has a screen to look at it lol even though at a street course thats all you usually do lol
![1989 IMSA Nissan Grand Prix of Miami [GTO/GTU]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/siNkHcVEcUM/mqdefault.jpg)
Such a good idea to include vintage racing by IMSA.
Vintage was brought in by LBGP association
,HMSA has been doing this since Toyota quit the celebrity race
@@510jon i believe the vintage GTO class is racing at every IMSA event in 2019 to commemorate the 50th anniversary. But thats cool the LBGP and HMSA got the ball rolling
the FC Rx7 and Mercury Cougar are by far my favorite of this group.
I play online with the cougar on forza 7..and the 300zx
Cougar on Forza 7 is one sexy beast!
How can anyone not Love IMSA?
These cars look way better than modern race cars
dave hall you can have that opinion but your wrong
@@scriblestingray5713 yeah they just look like old nascars from like the 2000s but with giant wings and spoilers
you guys must be a little blind, to not see those beauties. modern race cars are plain
@@scriblestingray5713 these cars are sexy, but I fully agree. Modern GT, LMP, F1, and IndyCars look better
New generation have no idea lol 🤦🏽♂️ im new gen btw
If only The FIA did this with the GT1 class
Bring back the Mercedes Benz in Le Mans
@@ryanc00p3r3 what happen with the merc did they got banned
CaR_ B0I They left on their own terms.
@@r92cp49 oh ok
@@uncay2769 at 1950's Merc got banned after the insident when the silver arow crash in barrier and explode, many was died from the flying engine, the a many years past at 1999 the Mercedesbenz CLR driven by Mark Webber take off and fly during warm up lap, then during race, Peter Dumbrick also take offhis car and fly behind the Toyota GT-One, the 3rd car sudenly retired after the incident, luckily both driver in different car where safe and uninjured,due to those incident, Mercedes Benz Promise they will not return to Le Mans.
Announcers are having the hardest time of all
You can tell they either don't know much about the cars/drivers unless they're holding back for whatever reason.
I would love to hear better the cars, but well, at least i can hear that rotary every time he's passing the finish line!
3 Rotor screaming !
with all due respect, the commentary sucks. So much dead air time, the guys didn’t talk about the cars, didn’t tell us anything about the drivers. It’s like sitting in a little league game in a small town listen to Jimbo trying his best to match all the numbers and names of each players while mentioned nothing about the play or the team
@pagansforbreakfast well isnt that a smarmy way of saying you disagree. If we can be objective here, there is a significant amount of dead air which is one of the most important things to avoid as a broadcaster or commentator. Like an uncomfortable amount of dead air. And the sound engineers for the broadcast don't turn up the audio of the race, it's just quiet with faint engine noises. Not to mention nothing insightful is added that we can't see for ourselves and unless you actively follow this particular series, you have no idea the circumstances of the race or anything whatsoever. But yeah we're all just nascar watching idiots. Wish we could all be like you =/
The cars are the thing to listen to and watch, commentary is just an optional luxury
Friggin sick, its always been my dream to see old cars like this in high def video and sound. It's so hard to do these cars justice with old TV broadcasts, and I wasn't alive to see these in person.
historic IMSA GTO going at it in full tilt mode, at the gorgeous LBC circuit , beautiful !
Man. I witnessed this in person. I have been to every LB GP since like 2010. This was by far, the coolest most exciting race. I'm into old school historical stuff, and I just have a huge affinity towards cars of the 80s and 90s. I mean this really did it for me. I loved every second of it. I loved that I got to go see the cars. I hope they continue with vintage and historic race cars. Legit the pinnacle of all of LB GP to me.
I remember when these cars raced for competition here back in the late 80s and early 90s. Takes me back to some good memories
Man this bring back memories. Missing this era of motorsports including Group B rally, the Group C cars, Formula 1etc..
This is one of many reasons why the 90's was so great.
A lot of this racing was done in the 70s and the 80s.
and the 80's era
I would love to see these on Road America!
You can see some of them at the vintage races in july
This is such a cool opportunity to see this cars racing and learn about their history and it is kinda ruined by the aggressively bad commentary.
Yes , anything related to tv/video/audio needs to be top quality, that's the face of the event.
@@NickKautz as a guy who's done a bit of iRacing and likes racing I feel like I could have done a better job :/
@@xpkkingx I don't think I could talk and listen to the headphones and keep track of the standings at the same time.
When I saw that #95 Exxon, I felt a feeling in my chest I haven't felt since my high school crush.
God I’d loved to have been there for this. These and the GTP cars where the cars of my childhood. I like modern racing but nothing compares to Imsa in the 80s and early 90s. I miss going to the Camel GT at Portland’s PIR every summer.
I was out there today watching some club racing. When I’m at the track I spend more time reminiscing and talking about the “good ol days” then I do watching the cars.
At least I can relive it through sim racing with VR. Ha!
"Lost some positions, did Leadenburg." - has this guy been taking dictation lessons from Master Yoda? Haha!
God I wish the commentary was turned down, these are by far the best sounding cars of the weekend
Where's the Audi Quattro IMSA GTO and the Toyota Celica IMSA GTO?
the audi was there but didn't run. don't know why
they run with CSRG at Sonoma, The only cars that I know of that are banned in vintage racing are turbo era F! cars
Or the mazda mx6 gto
Racing these historic cars at Long Beach!? That’s ballsy as hell
Right! Bet it was fun though!
So cool. I bought the 1991 Ford Roush Mustang GTO on Forza and am so curious about this epic class of cars. Definitely gonna save this video and watch after work.
These are my favorite cars to race in on FM7 :)
The RX7 is a Flamethrower mobile
Oh my God that’s an insane lineup dude!!! So many classics in one spot probably opened up a portal to another universe. Thank you so much for uploading this.
Where is Mike Joy when you need him?!?!
AMEN! These guys are BOOORING!
Takes me back to Riverside, watched IMSA GTP 6 hour endurance race from 1982-1987.
My favorite class of all time!
Great to see all these cars again! Then I realised something...I saw 'em race when they were new and now they are rated as being HISTORIC! Oh well...must get back to hooking up my Graphic Equalizer...
Best looking race cars in my opinion. GT close second.
These cars are amazing
man i miss these days it was so different back then, i have every car here in 1/18 gmp diecast bout $20,000 worth of em ...gto was a fun class 2.3l to V8s that’s whistler radar detectors ✌🏻and roush’s old Xr4ti was the first car i started racing in 88
That Z on the pole, what a beautiful machine. I remember seeing that car in Gran Turismo 2, as a kid and developing a strong affinity for it.
That one of the cars in Newman-Sharp stable. When I say Newman, I mean the late Paul Newman the actor.
@@peterresetz1960 no; that car was campaigned by Clayton Cunningham out of El Segundo CA, they were the defacto factory Team
@@peterresetz1960 I did NOT know he had his hands in motorsports.
Great to watch these awesome cars. Shame the microphones where not picking up what we where watching.
Why do we need announcers
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE CARS BETTER NEXT TIME
Video quality and camera work is great though
terrible announcers, like cmon
They were taken back by the awesomeness. this is their era of racing, so they have very fond memories of them.
Thank you for your contribution to humanity
Love and miss those cars
Where's Audi 90 GTO?
Somewhere in Forza Motorsport winning races most likely...
I got a couple shots of them in the garage area, but I never saw them on the track all weekend
Finally banned!😂
I really liked this era sports car racing..the best..!
Mazda's Perfect Sound.
This is the stuff I like to see! Wow, these cars are sweet!
I really hate that I missed a race like this. Such historic race cars ❤️❤️❤️
To anyone wondering, I did set up in the Expo area for LBGP, and let me tell that rx7 is ripe in person. Best sound in the world.
I absolutely appreciate the new forza for including more of these cars
Whenever I see this era of racing, it reminds me of Paul Newman.
Dear God, it's 2019, you should be able to have a proper mix between annoying announcers and those lovely engines...smh
How many times is he going to say "on your big screen"?
Rick Hoppe It’s because the commentary is for the track radio that the spectators can tune into. It’s not really meant for video really hence the dead air, why he is saying ‘on the big screen’ etc. Might be bring captain obvious with this but seen it being mentioned a lot
That Nissan 300ZX was a beast back in the day!
Why is every other line "On your big screen"
Theyre broadcasting to the track over the loud speakers, so I guess theyre just updating everyone that has a screen to look at it lol even though at a street course thats all you usually do lol
I would really like to see the Historic F1 Races to be uploaded because unfortunately I missed both of the races🥲
Terrible commentators. Why not speak about the history of the cars, the different makes and engines, original drivers of the era etc?
NASCAR needs to do the same thing. Historic NASCAR.
I think they dump the chasis
What's that yellow car in 3rd that took out the pink Chevy? Sounds like a v6?
Love seeing these at Monterey
Gorgeous cars!
Isn't that 300ZX an IMSA GTS car though? I mean, the only 300ZX that's the actual IMSA GTO car is the Z31 in Planters livery? No?
Glad to see these cars surviving and being driven still
Great video. But 1/2 the field is trans am not GTO. And the 33 Duracell car was driven by Scott sharp not Scott Pruitt
dude I just had a friggin old school trans am sugar rush like a mug ,maaaaaan I love these things
Nice Cars but i missing the Audi 90:-)
No Audi?
Will these cars be coming back anytime soon?
Best looking Racecars is so nice
Love my Z32 🎯❤🔥
@ 5:20 that would be Scott Sharp in the past at the wheel of #33 not Pruett...... just saying
Where is Audi 90 gto
I think my favorite car is that FC3S RX-7.
I wonder what the repair costs were. That contact made my gut sink.
GRAND TOURING OVER
IMSA should bring this class back
commentators are so young they confuse camaros with foxbody mustangs😂😂😂😂
How Quick are these cars? Their lap times??
That 300zx !!
Amazing cars ! 😱
They really need to special production/super silhouettes regs to return
Super cool! Are they gonna have the GTO cars back next year?
Seit froh das kein Audi dabei ist 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
awesome. couldn't find a scanner feed for this race, so had no real idea on what was going on!!
That 300ZX loves to throw flames...such a beautiful race car 😍
wish the trackside audio was louder.
"There's a different #8. That isn't a Mustang" "...okay..." Event is cool, perhaps the comms guys need to lighten up a bit
Those complaining about the commentary.... it was a radio commentary and not actual live TV commentary hence the challenges they had. #fakenews
😍😍😍
Where is the Audi
They should have gotten Ken Squire or Martin Haven to commentate this race in all honesty.
I bet Tommy Kendall could still drive the snot out of that Beretta.
These cars are beautiful I've never seen them before. It's like a sports version of Nascar. Very cool.
3:09 - I got the Hot Wheel Di-Cast of that car!!
I heard 10 seconds of the commentary and I won’t watch the other 40 minutes because of it. What a waste of a beautiful gathering of cars.
21:56 how could you ruin the bodywork and get into a wreck? Those are lovely cars!
Where are the imso gto from audi?
This is awesome, and the Nissan... Ftw!
And AUDI?
interlaced video hurts my head.
ロビーゴードンのダッシュは上手く行かなかったみたいですね☺️
They're way smaller than I imagined
Willie t ribs and the Toyota would slay