THANK YOU! Food for my soul. I cant imagine a world without a V8. BTW, this is the most exciting racing ive seen in a LONG time. Thats wanting it bad! Well done!
love the car, what does is weigh and how much power is it making if you dont mind me asking? i have drove fast modern cars but this car sings the song of my people, and the thought of blasting that beast down some tight back roads in the middle of the night gives me goosebumps.
If he had wrecked and destroyed that vehicle, would it have been just fine with you? And what about any other vehicles he might have wrecked in the process? Is potentially destroying historic vehicles simply considered part of this type of racing?
Just imagine how terrified his fellow competitors must have been seeing this great battleship looming in their mirrors, swerving and wallowing all over the circuit threatening to wipe them all out😮
Mad respect to these drivers doing the slippidy slide and still keeping 3000 Lbs under control while making it all look easy. You guys are true beasts!
Heart in mouth for all 9.37 minutes as an Aircraft Carrier on a sea of marbles, navigated moving Cruisers, Destroyers, Frigates and Patrol Boats in the Sea of Goodwood; awesome navigating Captain Romain !!
Brilliant drive. Holy crap if that wasn't on the limit of grip the whole time. The man has some amazingly fast responses. He and Kristensen are just so much fun to watch.
Brilliant racing, if there's not enough track, I'll just have to use the grass too 🤣, couldn't get to Goodwood this year, but off to Legends at Silverstone in October, can't wait
Insane!! Racing a big, heavy V8 sedan In the rain! Bonus rearview camera shots; Watching tbe light Minis disappear as the V8 screams down tbe straights!
My parents had a 63 Ford just like that! Except it didn't have a 427, it had a 6 cyl. Neither did it have a 4 speed, but it did have 3 on the tree. It didn't handle very well, either. And it sure didn't sound as sweet as this car! Highly impressed by the driving in the rain. I noticed the Minis gave chase around the corners, but the 427 just motored away on the straights. American Muscle!
@@jimherman3059 I agree, but the styling also helped sell that 63 to my dad. He bought it used, and he hated it the whole time he owned it. Replaced the 63 with a 65 LTD w/390. THAT was a car he loved.
I'm guessing it has similar steering to my 1968 Mustang. I was able to get a slightly quicker ratio steering box from Cobra Automotive in Connecticut. And I mean box, not rack and pinion--it was recirculating ball, like Fred Flintstone probably had. It still had a ton of play in it.
My gosh those FE motors have one of the sweetest exhaust notes, and the power band is always on point too !! I've owned many of them, and driven pretty much all of them ! Stock through built to the hilt they all performed ! Even though I'm a Chevy guy those FE's always make me smile !
Msr. Dumas is a master! The way he took the lighter, more nimble cars in the lower classes! Wow! And then muscling his way past the other big Fords! Brutal! Masterfully done! BRAVO!!
I just love AMERICAN pushrod V8s. They just sound so mean and they can be easily souped up and creates enough horses and torque to pull down an old building. Couple it with gifted driver and this boat aint sinking on an iceberg anytime soon.
Romain Dumas on fire!! Met him a couple times in Long Beach and Laguna Seca driving the Porsche RS Spyder - but amazing he can whip a big V8 Ford sideways like that. He’s a great guy, real sense of humor and irony! 🏁
Man, if he doesn't bang some gears! Love his undsersteer and oversteer. I keep waiting for pistons to come flyin' oot the bonnet. He properly cranks it up!
This driver should be fighting ladies off for weeks after this!! Heel n toe, aggressive gearshifting, frequent patience, deft and gentle inputs a plenty.... A hero for the modern age 😍
60s American V8 race cars may create the absolute best combination of brute machine and driver finesse that motorsport has ever seen. The only thing better would be a 426 Hemi Belvedere or two in the field to mix it up with the 427 Fords! The smallblock Barracuda is awesome, but a Hemi is the real match for the big Fords.
@@stevelacker358 depends on what type of course you drive. You might do better in a Barracuda 340 due to the lighter engine you'll have a very fast car that will handle much better. The 340 was no Slouch.
@@danw6014 no argument… and you don’t even need a 340, the 273 Barracuda did beat all the Galaxies here. ;) part of the appeal of Goodwood is that the course evens out very mismatched cars. It’s not everywhere you would expect an Alfa, an Barradcuda, a Galaxie, and a Cortina to run neck-and-neck. Still would love to see a Hemi Belvedere in the mix, though.
I wish the HP differential between GT4 and TCR in IMSA's Pilot series was akin to that of the Galaxies and Minis here: it'd make it a lot more fun for me, since my fave GT4 team has an AM driver who can't stay ahead of the TCRs/frequently wrecks before the PRO gets his stint - even staggered starting grids can't keep him from falling into their pack. This makes me yearn for my first car: a '64 Galaxie wagon with a 352 (small-bore 390 block)/4-bbl/dual exhaust with glass-packs - it was a beast!
QUESTION: Newbie here. When two cars racing on a track like this one where let's say there's two equally talented drivers and equally matched cars, but one being faster in the curves and the other faster on the straights, is one usually a clear winner, or is it still more often a crap shoot who wins? Just trying to figure if there's any advantage or disadvantage to either type of car if all else is equal. Please only answer if you know for certain.
wow! that thing is period correct too. judging by the squeal of the middle pedal and the entire car shaking when he breaks traction, that bad boy is running drums and leafs. fantastic. little european precision instruments getting run down by a tractor 💪
When I was a little kid, we had a Ford Galaxie. We didn't ever get to see the exterior of this machine, did we? But I don't remember the interior looking too much like this one! And my dad never wore a helmet as near as I can remember!!
Watch the full race here: ruclips.net/video/bVn8qGFricU/видео.html
Great to see these old Heavies driven with such Tenacity (Romain "Tenacity"Dumas!!!! )..Baller Racing team similar :)
Why is there so much blocking going on? Fastest car should win the race not the dirtiest driver.
The recovery at 2:12 is epic!
And he stayed in the gas the whole time!!
He’s a legend!! I’m lucky to watch such an awesome driver!! Wow!!
@@mikewest5529 So true... I had to watch the whole race after : )
That was pretty chaotic for a second or two!
Had to replay that part. They were both getting squirrely!
AGREED! But to be fair, he was in a similar state on and off for most of the race. Balls to do this stuff in the rain!
Those lightweight Galaxies with their 427 FE engines were legendary.
FE = F--k Everybody!! lol
What is scary is they would do well in IMSA even today.
@thomasb1889 brother, what?
@@masonhoeper9347 Well within their class while probably not podium.
@@thomasb1889 Well Yeah... even if "outdated", 600hp is 600hp.
These races are so exciting. F1 wishes it had this.
Same for Nascar.
F1 has lost it's wonder; too many rules.
This boat captain always puts on a great show as he steams his way through the fleet.
His setup and steering front links must need lots of 'fixn', way he constantly saws the stearing wheel.
amazing car control, love the grass racing line too!
"Agricultural racing".
THANK YOU! Food for my soul. I cant imagine a world without a V8. BTW, this is the most exciting racing ive seen in a LONG time. Thats wanting it bad! Well done!
@@kaptkrunchfpv Have yourself a look at the Bathurst 1000 racing in Australia if you want seat of the pants racing.
Romain at his very best in our Galaxie! 👏👏👏
love the car, what does is weigh and how much power is it making if you dont mind me asking? i have drove fast modern cars but this car sings the song of my people, and the thought of blasting that beast down some tight back roads in the middle of the night gives me goosebumps.
You guys have some beautiful Fords! That HM 59 Thunderbird is sweet!
If he had wrecked and destroyed that vehicle, would it have been just fine with you? And what about any other vehicles he might have wrecked in the process? Is potentially destroying historic vehicles simply considered part of this type of racing?
That little clutch kick after the chicane to get the RPMs back up!
Heck, I do that in my daily driver .... a 4.3L
95 4wd 1/2 ton p/u!
I thought that was what I saw, but I wasn't sure......
Yep, perfection.
Yep that's what I used to do when I was road racing.
What about it..
That was hilarious! Brings back memories of my 1972 Galaxie/LTD. Lots of throttle to steer and no brakes.
Just imagine how terrified his fellow competitors must have been seeing this great battleship looming in their mirrors, swerving and wallowing all over the circuit threatening to wipe them all out😮
lol
The ford FE 427 is an absolute beast!!
Mad respect to these drivers doing the slippidy slide and still keeping 3000 Lbs under control while making it all look easy.
You guys are true beasts!
When you won 24 hours Le Mans or 24 hours at the Nurburgring....racing at Goodwood is a piece of cake...great driver on a very difficult car to drive.
Dude also won Pikes Peak if I recall correctly.
his impressive victories at Sebring and Spa too, where he won overall in an LMP2 and N-GT car respectively
@@afa1515 yes more than once. ;)
@@almarn It's probably easier then some of the smaller Ford's out there. These are low and wide.
Not necessarily : racing on such a tiny track on wet weather with a big ol’ merican car is far from being easy
This is some of the best racing ever. Cars lite off of corners, spinning the tires, floating, and the lite minis fighting all the way. So cool.
Heart in mouth for all 9.37 minutes as an Aircraft Carrier on a sea of marbles, navigated moving Cruisers, Destroyers, Frigates and Patrol Boats in the Sea of Goodwood; awesome navigating Captain Romain !!
Brilliant drive. Holy crap if that wasn't on the limit of grip the whole time. The man has some amazingly fast responses. He and Kristensen are just so much fun to watch.
"Bit of a handfull" is an understatement, but great fun I expect
I thought the same thing,but I couldn’t help but watch , and what’s not to like about the sound of an American V8?
A couple of tons of pure delight! 😮❤❤. Masterclass of sliding a battleship around the track.
2:12-2:16 Survives a terrifying tank slapper 6 inches from the car in front. Never takes his foot off the throttle. Keeps driving. Respect!
He's on fire!!!💯🔥💯🔥💯
I’m not a Ford guy but, that thing is a beast. Sounds awesome!!
Brilliant racing, if there's not enough track, I'll just have to use the grass too 🤣, couldn't get to Goodwood this year, but off to Legends at Silverstone in October, can't wait
Man, what brilliant driving!
What a beast of a driver!!!!
Insane!!
Racing a big, heavy V8 sedan In the rain!
Bonus rearview camera shots;
Watching tbe light Minis disappear as the V8 screams down tbe straights!
My parents had a 63 Ford just like that! Except it didn't have a 427, it had a 6 cyl. Neither did it have a 4 speed, but it did have 3 on the tree. It didn't handle very well, either. And it sure didn't sound as sweet as this car! Highly impressed by the driving in the rain. I noticed the Minis gave chase around the corners, but the 427 just motored away on the straights. American Muscle!
I always thought those galaxies were the best looking Fords of that era.
@@jimherman3059 I agree, but the styling also helped sell that 63 to my dad. He bought it used, and he hated it the whole time he owned it. Replaced the 63 with a 65 LTD w/390. THAT was a car he loved.
@@jimherman3059 1963 models
I see 3 of these puppies!
Highlight of the weekend
Fantastic clip, thanks
that thing sounds really mean!
Probably a 390!
@@revvyhevvy Info that can be found says it a 7.0, so an 427". Apparently an original racecar that was raced by Alan Mann when new.
@@revvyhevvy 427 cid.
It is mean… trying to off the driver the whole way 😂
2:12 awesome save wow fast hands i wonder if the steering rack has stock ratio. He clutches it like I used to do with my old dirtbike what a beast!
I'm guessing it has similar steering to my 1968 Mustang. I was able to get a slightly quicker ratio steering box from Cobra Automotive in Connecticut. And I mean box, not rack and pinion--it was recirculating ball, like Fred Flintstone probably had. It still had a ton of play in it.
@@ald1144worm and roller (at least in GM's)
My gosh those FE motors have one of the sweetest exhaust
notes, and the power band is always on point too !!
I've owned many of them, and driven pretty much all of them ! Stock through built to the hilt they all performed ! Even though I'm a Chevy guy those FE's always make me smile !
Used to watch these big American cars racing at Oulton Park in the 1960's, and they still give me massive goose bumps !!
The sounds of that engine are music to the ears.
Wow! Always amazing to see how hard the vintage crowd goes at it!
Msr. Dumas is a master! The way he took the lighter, more nimble cars in the lower classes! Wow! And then muscling his way past the other big Fords! Brutal! Masterfully done! BRAVO!!
I think the other drivers are trying to preserve their classics, while this guy is driving his like a rental.
I just love those ford's in those days an after the tourq range with that sweet sound gearing setups an that sweet aroma coming through the car.
That’s the sound of real American muscle Fantastic job of working the steering wheel
Excellent 👌👌👌👌👌. Pro driver... Best noise ever... No band can play this tune!!!!! Loveit!!!!!!
I just love AMERICAN pushrod V8s. They just sound so mean and they can be easily souped up and creates enough horses and torque to pull down an old building. Couple it with gifted driver and this boat aint sinking on an iceberg anytime soon.
She's a BIG TANK to hold onto well done mate
Romain Dumas on fire!!
Met him a couple times in Long Beach and Laguna Seca driving the Porsche RS Spyder - but amazing he can whip a big V8 Ford sideways like that. He’s a great guy, real sense of humor and irony! 🏁
Gifted driver. Insane saves
He was a man on a mission👍
2:19 Nearly losing in the battle with the other Falcon. Well done for handling it. Great driving.👍🏻
Galaxie
@@michaelcarney6280 Oh yes, oops. Sorry!🙄🤦🏼♂️
@@MichaelMyers5678 no need for an apology I was simply offering a correction.
All 3 Galaxies.
Great save at 2.20
Don't forget - he was also behind that sub-9 minute run up Pikes Peak this year in a pickup truck...
WOW, the raw power of that motor, on drum brakes. Looks like a lot of fun.
man! Those clutch kicks were BRUTAL! Loved it!
She’s quite nimble for a big old girl and sounds mean-as. Great driving!
Very Very enjoyable to watch that! -ive had a few Galaxies now and i love em.
Those galaxies & barracuda’s racing was amazing.
Great video. Thanks for taking us on the ride!
The sound of the old FE is pure excellence. Nothing else sounds like it. Mmmmm
I'm going with driver skill more than anything. He wheeled that really well.
That upshift at 2:20 sounded just like Steve McQueen in Bullitt!
This was really cool. Awesome perspective on this one. Felt like I was sitting in the center of the backseat!
Love me the sound of American V8 muscle. The driver was extremely skilled as I saw and have learned from reading comments.
Greatest driving I’ve seen in Decades.
Excellent racing! Love the variety of makes.
amazing skills and car control - how much quicker was that car then the majority though.. was like watching some of the events at the Paralympics
Great racing! This is so much fun to watch these vintage cars.
Didn't some dude named Gurney (RIP)
drive a similar car back in the day?
Man, if he doesn't bang some gears! Love his undsersteer and oversteer. I keep waiting for pistons to come flyin' oot the bonnet. He properly cranks it up!
2:12 The USS Galaxie using ALL the track & a little green! 😜
8:37 The sound of the other car's doors getting blown off.....priceless.....
Such entertaining and exciting racing.
Great video and race love it. I’m shocked no rubbing. Great control
This driver should be fighting ladies off for weeks after this!!
Heel n toe, aggressive gearshifting, frequent patience, deft and gentle inputs a plenty....
A hero for the modern age 😍
that Galaxie is living its best life well done to the driver
Those Mini Cooper looking/class cars can get around a track ,pretty impressive performance in a small race car. 🏎🏎
Enjoyed this back to front run.👍👍👍👍
Love watching the best!
Now that was a workout! I think I had my right foot pressed down the whole time I was watching this.
Really great driving !!! That looks like soooo much fun !!!..😁😁
Kick butt footage in this one!! Don't know why it popped up but a totally exciting watch!
He’s wheeling that old car for all it’s worth. Absolutely amazing
What a driver!
running 2 in the grass and kicking the clutch on the exit of every corner, love how this guy drives haha
Wow, great racing!!!
60s American V8 race cars may create the absolute best combination of brute machine and driver finesse that motorsport has ever seen. The only thing better would be a 426 Hemi Belvedere or two in the field to mix it up with the 427 Fords! The smallblock Barracuda is awesome, but a Hemi is the real match for the big Fords.
@@stevelacker358 depends on what type of course you drive. You might do better in a Barracuda 340 due to the lighter engine you'll have a very fast car that will handle much better. The 340 was no Slouch.
@@danw6014 no argument… and you don’t even need a 340, the 273 Barracuda did beat all the Galaxies here. ;) part of the appeal of Goodwood is that the course evens out very mismatched cars. It’s not everywhere you would expect an Alfa, an Barradcuda, a Galaxie, and a Cortina to run neck-and-neck. Still would love to see a Hemi Belvedere in the mix, though.
That is one bleep of a driver. Listen to that motor. Mad love fir everyone in that race not hitting each other etc. Awesome video!!
Just like Houston traffic every morning
In torque we trust
I wish the HP differential between GT4 and TCR in IMSA's Pilot series was akin to that of the Galaxies and Minis here: it'd make it a lot more fun for me, since my fave GT4 team has an AM driver who can't stay ahead of the TCRs/frequently wrecks before the PRO gets his stint - even staggered starting grids can't keep him from falling into their pack.
This makes me yearn for my first car: a '64 Galaxie wagon with a 352 (small-bore 390 block)/4-bbl/dual exhaust with glass-packs - it was a beast!
Great skills. Thanks for giving us the inside view.
QUESTION: Newbie here. When two cars racing on a track like this one where let's say there's two equally talented drivers and equally matched cars, but one being faster in the curves and the other faster on the straights, is one usually a clear winner, or is it still more often a crap shoot who wins? Just trying to figure if there's any advantage or disadvantage to either type of car if all else is equal. Please only answer if you know for certain.
Love this type of racing.
wow! that thing is period correct too. judging by the squeal of the middle pedal and the entire car shaking when he breaks traction, that bad boy is running drums and leafs. fantastic. little european precision instruments getting run down by a tractor 💪
Awesome. Where do I see more like that?
Looked an absolute armful but I'm sure he got out smiling.
Man!!Yall are the luckiest guys in the world.
When I was a little kid, we had a Ford Galaxie. We didn't ever get to see the exterior of this machine, did we? But I don't remember the interior looking too much like this one! And my dad never wore a helmet as near as I can remember!!
Beautiful foot control. Not the heal-toe but old fashioned to stomping and gear jamming
Now thats what racing is all about!
👍👍👍 awesome driving, badass car 👍👍🏁🏁
Plenty of slow pokes out there throwing blocks. Nice work on your part.
When i was a kid….. this is how a racing car sounded in my dreams!
party in his hands😍😍
That is racing at is finest.