Incredible Mini v Lotus track battle at Goodwood

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2020
  • The cars of the Goodwood Revival's Fordwater Trophy in 2019 might have been quite small, but that did not mean that the action was any less exciting than the big GT cars racing in the RAC TT. The highlight of this awesome race was this amazing battle between a Mini Marcos - in the hands of Goodwood legend Nick Swift - and a Lotus Elan - raced by Robert Barrie. It's not often that a Lotus Elan looks like the big-engined brute, but being pitched against the little Mini Marcos does just that. As the Mini catches through the corners, the extra power of the Lotus pays down the straights. Can Swift find a way through?
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Комментарии • 105

  • @GoodwoodRR
    @GoodwoodRR  3 года назад +39

    Have you seen a tighter battle?

    • @kevingomes6931
      @kevingomes6931 3 года назад +2

      Nope, never

    • @86Vili86
      @86Vili86 3 года назад +3

      I had the fortune to have 2 races this close with this amount of respect, the "downside" was that it was virtual racing only, never the less loved it just like this. Oh and btw it was againts the same guy, we each had a "win" respectively.

    • @talon1706
      @talon1706 3 года назад +2

      That was incredible racing.

    • @reginaldbowls7180
      @reginaldbowls7180 3 года назад +2

      that elan is winking at me

    • @steven1000000000
      @steven1000000000 3 года назад

      Nick Swift is an absolute legend and a pleasure to watch. Awesome racing and sportsmanship.

  • @DjNikGnashers
    @DjNikGnashers 3 года назад +144

    Just one lap of this, was better than the entire season of F1.

  • @Nemoticon
    @Nemoticon 3 года назад +17

    Lol, that Elan makes the Mini Marcos look huge!

  • @Buzz65
    @Buzz65 3 года назад +12

    Just 8 minutes of this was more exciting than the entire F1 season currently. Cheers and thanks for sharing!

  • @timvins
    @timvins 3 года назад +28

    8 minites more fun than the whole of an F1 season!

  • @EvanMoon
    @EvanMoon 3 года назад +36

    Very close racing in very different cars. That’s the Way racing should be

  • @euro1859
    @euro1859 3 года назад +27

    That's what you call entertaining racing!!

    • @RadeticDaniel
      @RadeticDaniel 3 года назад

      absolutely =)
      no need for crashes or safety cars or anything else
      great liveries, big readable numbers nd a lot of style from cars and drivers

  • @j.frankparnell6195
    @j.frankparnell6195 3 года назад +32

    Nick Swift is my hero. Always driving the underpowered cars to the absolute maximum to make all of the higher horsepower drivers crap their pants.

  • @5thgearouttahere
    @5thgearouttahere 3 года назад +20

    Just wonderful, proper racing!

  • @AliasHSW
    @AliasHSW 3 года назад +10

    First time knowing of the Marcos. It’s a cute and happy looking car.

    • @UberLummox
      @UberLummox 3 года назад

      That's an unusual one. Well, they're all unusual, but your standard Marcos were a little bigger.
      And I think they had plywood floors!

    • @steven1000000000
      @steven1000000000 3 года назад +4

      They raced in the 1966 Le Mans and placed 15th (that was the first one won by the Ford GT40). It's basically a mini in a fiberglass body which could get up to 141mph down the Mulsane straight.

  • @takotako7207
    @takotako7207 3 года назад +4

    素晴らしいエランとミニマーコスのバトル!見入ってしまいました。昔のモナコF1でのセナとマンセルのバトルを思い出しました!!

  • @jeffmullinix7916
    @jeffmullinix7916 9 месяцев назад +1

    This was more fun to watch than all of the high dallor or pound F-1 racing combind .

  • @elmerrichardson6413
    @elmerrichardson6413 3 года назад +2

    I love these Goodwood videos! Best racing on the Tube.

  • @sheilakijawani2526
    @sheilakijawani2526 3 года назад +4

    Each and every car is a character in itself. Lovely race :)

  • @evansc3580
    @evansc3580 3 года назад +7

    I would love to own a restored little Lotus Elan. Hope Lotus don't forget their heritage in moving forwards.

    • @LateNightCable
      @LateNightCable Год назад

      Their heritage is all Lotus will have left when they go EV. Nothing they build now truly reflects the historic principles of Colin Chapman, so the marque is dead to me.

  • @alanhindmarch657
    @alanhindmarch657 3 года назад +2

    When Nick Swift is in the race you know its going to be exciting!

  • @shelbykingnfs7216
    @shelbykingnfs7216 3 года назад +2

    Always so much fun to watch these little light cars, especially when nick swift is behind the wheel

  • @farque2842
    @farque2842 3 года назад +2

    fantastic on every level and great sportsmen both of them

  • @mariapires7170
    @mariapires7170 3 года назад +1

    What a fabulous couple of cars! There no more cars like these nowadays! There are still various Elan´s and Mini Marcos in Portugal that appears in classic races! Stay safe!

  • @andrewanderson5297
    @andrewanderson5297 3 года назад +2

    I sat watching this on the edge of my seat, that was a blast!

  • @schummiehugo
    @schummiehugo 3 года назад +11

    WHATTTTTTTT. NO DRS ??????
    hahaha yes this is racing..

  • @polloloci21
    @polloloci21 3 года назад

    Love seeing these car race. So awesome

  • @kikiautorcman787B
    @kikiautorcman787B 3 года назад +5

    That's old racing cars... 👍💪🔥💯🏁🏎️

  • @phildavenport4150
    @phildavenport4150 8 месяцев назад

    Always a pleasure to watch a good dice between good drivers who know where the corners of their cars are, and who never feel the need to biff and barge when good driving will suffice. And why do we need to watch the rich boys in their V8s when this sort of spectacle is available? Driving beats dollars every time.

  • @alanhindmarch4483
    @alanhindmarch4483 9 месяцев назад

    I love watching Nick Swift Racing, he always seems to enjoy every race no matter where he finishes.

  • @auricom8472
    @auricom8472 3 года назад +2

    Thats a nice red colour on the number 48 Lotus Elite. I used to own an Elite after my father died. A nice blue Elite, it looked great in the Hawaiian sunlight my older sister in Seattle owns it now. I owned it for about a year. Fabulous little car.

  • @woopimagpie
    @woopimagpie 3 года назад +2

    How on earth does that Mini stay cool with such a tiny inlet at the front? Amazing.

  • @arthurbretas2003
    @arthurbretas2003 Год назад

    The Mk1 Elan is the quintessential sports car in my opinion

  • @lowellmccormick6991
    @lowellmccormick6991 3 года назад

    Goodwood is awesome. Thank you.

  • @doktorzappergeck492
    @doktorzappergeck492 3 года назад

    I once saw a race where it was the other way around, Elans vs. Corvettes. The Corvettes where blasting away at the straights, but the Elans where always catching them in the corners.

  • @SpatialDragon
    @SpatialDragon 3 года назад

    That was a great little battle.

  • @ryanwang6528
    @ryanwang6528 3 года назад +7

    1:45 Lotus be like ( , _ ' )

  • @grndiesel
    @grndiesel 3 года назад

    Good clean racing. Good clean fun.

  • @williampgalloway
    @williampgalloway 3 года назад +2

    never seen this kind of Mini before, great racing

    • @flyer3849
      @flyer3849 3 года назад +2

      mini marcos

    • @Radfordperson
      @Radfordperson 3 года назад +4

      I think another Mini based one was the Unipower GT.

    • @flyer3849
      @flyer3849 3 года назад +1

      @@Radfordperson yes, a good looking car too

    • @williampgalloway
      @williampgalloway 3 года назад +1

      thanks for the info fellas, it seems Nick Swift rings these cars neck around a track

  • @jhart7304
    @jhart7304 3 года назад

    brilliant racing

  • @tomhowe1510
    @tomhowe1510 Год назад

    Nick swift changed my life. Seriously.

  • @guysmalley
    @guysmalley 3 года назад +2

    What’s great about this kind of racing is a possibility to a reasonably successful person to race in this class

  • @user-lj9ni4so1d
    @user-lj9ni4so1d 3 года назад +2

    Damn..... very intense

  • @andreas1963ap
    @andreas1963ap 3 года назад

    ...wow...what a great race... 😎👍

  • @artgecko2645
    @artgecko2645 3 года назад +2

    On more than one occasion I was rocking forward when the cars were in the straights, trying to give the Mini a little more momentum. Nick Swift is as good a driver as he is an engine builder.

  • @douglasburnside
    @douglasburnside 3 года назад +1

    Nick Swift seems to have more fun than anybody racing at Goodwood. You can just tell he's grinning ear to ear underneath that helmet.

  • @simeonorive145
    @simeonorive145 3 года назад

    Heart breaking for me to see a 275 being overtaken by these two little toy cars. Having said that I drove a 64 mini cooper S mock up and it still is one of my favourite cars i have had the pleasure of owning.

  • @abcdoliveira
    @abcdoliveira 3 года назад

    Yesterday I was watching a 3 hours video with many races and today I could not find the video to watch to other races. Did you delete the video?

  • @alastairwatson3201
    @alastairwatson3201 Год назад

    I’d happily watch Nick Swift racing a tricycle, because he’d somehow make it entertaining!

  • @peterkoning21
    @peterkoning21 3 года назад +2

    BEAUTIFULLY driven, the Lotus Elan !!

  • @iantownsend500
    @iantownsend500 3 года назад +2

    As I’ve said in previous mini Marcus videos. My dad used to weld chassis is for them & then found out a family friends dad used to race them it’s a small world

    • @UberLummox
      @UberLummox 3 года назад

      Didn't Marcos' have plywood floors?

  • @Squril
    @Squril 2 года назад

    Is 5Kat the automotive version of 5head?
    I'm sorry....
    Delicious driving, beautiful cars.

  • @frankbob6664
    @frankbob6664 3 года назад +1

    Never heard of a Mini Marcos. Looks alot like a toad but I do like it.

  • @lefthandedluke
    @lefthandedluke 3 года назад

    Proper racing.

  • @Gigi-ei4ew
    @Gigi-ei4ew 2 года назад

    Incredible mini marcos

  • @kevingomes6931
    @kevingomes6931 3 года назад +6

    N. Swift was trying his best for over taking Barrie. 😃

  • @UberLummox
    @UberLummox 3 года назад +1

    Intriguing body style. Those Mini Morcos' look more French than Brit for sure.
    Didn't they have plywood floors?

    • @andrewhicks9388
      @andrewhicks9388 3 года назад +3

      You are thinking of the Marcos GT, plywood chassis and fibreglass body from the 1960's. From approx 1970 they switched to tubular steel chassis as the plywood expensive to fabricate. Jackie Stewart raced a Marcos early in his racing career. See more on Marcos website.

    • @UberLummox
      @UberLummox 3 года назад

      @@andrewhicks9388 Oh wow. Very Cool!!! Didn't know all the details. Thanks for filling me in!

  • @texleeger8973
    @texleeger8973 3 года назад +2

    Up with SpeedWeek! Down with F1!

  • @DVSNTHERE
    @DVSNTHERE 2 года назад

    Sweet

  • @IROCMAN666
    @IROCMAN666 3 года назад

    Never a battle for a 14th place had been interested. ;)

  • @georgebeard2337
    @georgebeard2337 3 года назад +6

    Is that the same man who chased an Alfa with a rattling mini?

    • @Radfordperson
      @Radfordperson 3 года назад +1

      I believe so, said it before Nick Swift for Prime Minister!

  • @pauln1557
    @pauln1557 2 года назад

    Mini Marcos - possibly the ugliest mini based kit car, but vert light and great fun to drive!
    I drove one in early the 80's, with a 1380cc motor, it was very quick compared to the cars of that era. I would have loved an Elan but couldn't afford one.

  • @plumedargent4459
    @plumedargent4459 3 года назад

    Small-bore racing always feels more real.

  • @michaeltb1358
    @michaeltb1358 2 года назад

    The Elan was running on standard skinny tyres.

  • @gseric4721
    @gseric4721 3 года назад

    Oh wow, I completely forgot about Mini Marcus xD

  • @sylvaincompagnon6436
    @sylvaincompagnon6436 2 месяца назад

    Waouh 👍👍👍👍

  • @tooge47
    @tooge47 Год назад

    Soooooooooooo much better than NASCAR and their demolition derbys

  • @buildindian8169
    @buildindian8169 3 года назад +2

    Misleading indeed, I’m still waiting to see the mini

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 3 года назад +2

      Build Indian
      Mini Marcos.
      Not too difficult to figure it out

    • @buildindian8169
      @buildindian8169 3 года назад

      Kasper Kjærsgaard I know but just say it..we know what mini is

  • @flyer3849
    @flyer3849 3 года назад

    i have a little marcos on my desk

  • @victorvandyke9898
    @victorvandyke9898 3 года назад

    Yeah incredible racing. Nothing comes close.

  • @tesmith47
    @tesmith47 3 года назад

    He'll of a race, HP wins again

  • @fadzlenkadir6014
    @fadzlenkadir6014 3 года назад

    Mini Marcos looks like pufferfish ..

  • @jiroyamamoto2878
    @jiroyamamoto2878 3 года назад

    While the Mini has a less powerful OHV engine, the car itself is clearly more voluminous than the Elan.

  • @possibly8180
    @possibly8180 2 года назад

    Mini marcos
    Mini marcos

  • @jody024
    @jody024 3 года назад

    Swift could get passed the Lotus but couldn't Shake it off.

  • @polygamous1
    @polygamous1 3 года назад

    But still the Lotus Is the King

  • @shadmonk
    @shadmonk Год назад

    mini marcos. (not mini)

  • @tonylang7526
    @tonylang7526 3 года назад +1

    ITS THE SIGHT, SOUND, AND DRIVING SKILLS, NOT THE YAMMERING OF A FANATIC OVER THE BEAUTY OF THOSE ENGINES -- PARK IT!!!!!

  • @TheWahyuwirawan
    @TheWahyuwirawan 3 года назад

    this is real men racing. meanwhile in f1....

  • @gregtaylor6146
    @gregtaylor6146 3 года назад +1

    Given that the MM is makIng 140hp, how can the talking head describe a deficit of 40hp as a 'little?' Ridiculous!

    • @ferrumignis
      @ferrumignis 3 года назад +2

      Exactly, it's getting on for 30% more power in the Lotus which is an enormous difference in racing.

  • @Alan1970B
    @Alan1970B 3 года назад

    a good metaphor for class struggle

  • @claywebb8199
    @claywebb8199 3 года назад +1

    That MM is quite possibly the ugliest car ever made. It makes a Frog Eye Sprite look like an E-type!!!!