Castle Combe - Crash and Action - Classic & Retro Race Weekend - July 2021

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июл 2021
  • The action from a very good weekend at Castle Combe, which saw the likes of the CTCRC and Equipe championships, alongside the usual Combe races. Certainly one of my favourite weekends at Castle Combe in a very long time, with very mixed conditions creating a rather greasy track and some rather gripping racing.
    Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th July 2021
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Комментарии • 66

  • @NLynchOEcake
    @NLynchOEcake 2 года назад +1

    Unbelievably positioned positions, this film is a pure connection to the past

  • @StephenAKatz
    @StephenAKatz 2 года назад +2

    I love the way the camera operator zooms right in, so that you can't see the car in relation to the road, or in relation to the other cars.

  • @DumbledoreMcCracken
    @DumbledoreMcCracken 2 года назад +1

    Love #20, would buy her in a second. Beautiful Austin Healey
    Wish there was more of the red BMW E21

  • @Lemma01
    @Lemma01 3 года назад +2

    Just thinking- don't know a better test of driving in motorsport. ;-) thanks always.

  • @cryptodwayne5174
    @cryptodwayne5174 2 года назад +2

    If you're in total control of your Car, You're not going fast enough.
    "Mario Andretti"

  • @axiomist4488
    @axiomist4488 5 месяцев назад

    Damn ! Thats the most fun I ever had watching races. That corner seems to be a good place to sit, too. The speed is sufficient to provide excitement to the drivers and for the fans to be able to see everything, unlike formula 1, where they go 200 mph, you cant hardly see the cars before theyre gone and they constantly risk their lives. This is as much a race as any and nobody dies or loses limbs . F1 needs to be slowed down. The speeds are ridiculous. It proves nothing .

  • @ImpressionismFTW
    @ImpressionismFTW 2 года назад +1

    Love seeing so many MGs out, makes me want to take my GT to the track here in the US

    • @sonnyfabich2226
      @sonnyfabich2226 2 года назад

      Why not? Racing old(er) cars is the most fun you can have with your trousers on! Except racing old motorcycles.

  • @mentonish
    @mentonish 2 года назад

    As a young boy castle Combe was a big event with Ron Fry

  • @trevorparker8686
    @trevorparker8686 2 года назад +11

    I would love to take my Healey 100 for a "spin" on that track someday. Cheers

    • @thesoultwins72
      @thesoultwins72 2 года назад +2

      @Trevor Parker .......LOL - they are very 'tail-twitchy' to be fair.

    • @tomewing4645
      @tomewing4645 2 года назад +1

      I’d just like to have my 100-4 back. Unfortunately I sold it to a dmas who thought he had learned how to drive it in the month he had possession. That was in 1965 and I still haven’t forgiven him. Zody.

  • @StephenAKatz
    @StephenAKatz 2 года назад

    Good job.

  • @davedarling4316
    @davedarling4316 2 года назад +4

    There are a good half-dozen people out there that I would black-flag and suggest that they find other hobbies...

  • @aliultimate009
    @aliultimate009 2 года назад +4

    I think ( sometimes ) it is because of the sudden RPM rise when they shift down in manual before hitting the corner causes the rear wheels to lose traction especially in wet road condition which makes it easier to spin.

    • @SuperOrchidoclaste
      @SuperOrchidoclaste 2 года назад +1

      I especially think that none of them know how to drive on the circuit !!!
      They are all Sunday pilots who come to break their 50M€ toys !!!

  • @richard63
    @richard63 2 года назад

    Too many trying to show off and power slide thru the corner. Some beautiful cars out there.

  • @spiritdancer1699
    @spiritdancer1699 3 года назад

    I can't remember what car it was having a right ding dong with the red mk2 fiesta was it the sky blue mk1 escort.
    The fiesta retired in that race

  • @StephenAKatz
    @StephenAKatz 2 года назад

    Did it ever occur to you to stop playing with the zoom lens so that we could watch the race?

  • @toml.8210
    @toml.8210 Год назад

    Do you have to repair the grass or pay for your tyre marks, when you slide off the course?

  • @stevemcilroy9518
    @stevemcilroy9518 2 года назад

    Nice

  • @shaneduffill7901
    @shaneduffill7901 3 года назад

    At 0.30 jeremy Clarkson would say MANIAC lol

  • @amelierenoncule
    @amelierenoncule 2 года назад +1

    One might think that all who races, and lives, in the UK are rain-meisters..but such is NOT the case.

  • @lewisbirdmotorsport8405
    @lewisbirdmotorsport8405 3 года назад +3

    I was in that red Citroen Saxo, it scared the be Jesus out of me

    • @TheRawles46
      @TheRawles46 3 года назад +1

      I bet!

    • @CarsAreRacing
      @CarsAreRacing  3 года назад

      I'm not surprised! Where abouts did the bonnet come up? Folly or just after?

    • @lewisbirdmotorsport8405
      @lewisbirdmotorsport8405 3 года назад +1

      @@CarsAreRacing about 50 metres after folly when I ducked out of a slipstream at 115mph

    • @lewisbirdmotorsport8405
      @lewisbirdmotorsport8405 3 года назад +1

      Check this link out to see the onboard: ruclips.net/video/9YSujppBdd0/видео.html

    • @CarsAreRacing
      @CarsAreRacing  3 года назад +2

      @@lewisbirdmotorsport8405 That's very unfortunate, pretty scary stuff actually watching that onboard. Did a good job to pull it over without issue mind. Hopefully see the car back out again soon!

  • @Jamesibbotson875
    @Jamesibbotson875 3 года назад

    No footage of the touring cars on the Sunday evening?

    • @CarsAreRacing
      @CarsAreRacing  3 года назад

      I do have footage from those races however most of it wasn’t worth using. I know you had 2 rather sideways moments through Quarry but sadly I missed them both.

    • @Jamesibbotson875
      @Jamesibbotson875 3 года назад +1

      @@CarsAreRacing They were purposely for this channel!😭

    • @CarsAreRacing
      @CarsAreRacing  3 года назад

      @@Jamesibbotson875 I'm sorry! Hopefully I will see you racing again somewhen soon and I'll try not to miss you this time.

  • @MOSSFEEN
    @MOSSFEEN 2 года назад

    Slippery When Wet

  • @proofbox
    @proofbox 2 года назад +1

    These things are hilarious most of them can't spin the tyres on wet pavement . I wish I could have a couple of my cars back in the day to joust with them like my two 67 Pontiac Catalina 290 HP 340 pds Torque or my 68 Executive 330 HP 370 pds Torque I will not mention my 70 Charger R/T 375 HP 490 pds Torque . Yes they are certainly lighter and more nimble in the corners, and using modern tires and optional sway bars and heavy duty suspension on the big Pontiacs would improve them it does not make them 1000 pounds lighter . But Back in the day ran into some Euro fans with MG's BMW 2002's, Porsche 914' and 16's , Triumph TR7 V8's you get the idea but on American roads we clobbered them with our American V8's . And it didn't take a exotic V8 to do this , any Ford 390- Pontiac 400 , Chevy 327 - 396 , Chrysler 383 , AMC 390 - 401 would do fine A high output version just made it worse . In Europe cars in the 425 to 540 HP class were considerd exoctics in America they were produced as albeitly production engines made by both Chrysler and Chevy . This is not to say that Euro models have no value they do , this is to point out the different view between me and my Euro counterparts .

  • @StephenAKatz
    @StephenAKatz 2 года назад

    All the zoom lens does is cut out material that the viewer wants to see. And all the zoom lens does is make the camera operator feel important.

  • @brianellory28
    @brianellory28 3 года назад +1

    Some good and not so good driving

    • @hitop2365
      @hitop2365 2 года назад +1

      Definitely evidence of bigger cheque books than driving talent in some instances.

    • @brianellory28
      @brianellory28 2 года назад +1

      @@daviddou1408 we all have at some stage but one can feel nervous about driving standards sometimes .

  • @redkos
    @redkos 2 года назад +3

    3:00 I wonder how many crashes were caused by drivers laughing whilst passing a baby blue 4-cylinder econo-box with, "WARRIOR" written across the back?

    • @simtalkayak
      @simtalkayak 2 года назад +1

      TBF those cars can be pretty quick... Just not in this instance.

    • @redkos
      @redkos 2 года назад +1

      Pretty quick? In relation to a Beetle,@@simtalkayak ? (The bug or the car, take your choice)

    • @timsbike4887
      @timsbike4887 Год назад +1

      You have less than NO idea what your talking about.

    • @NearCry91
      @NearCry91 Год назад +2

      You do know that is a Ford Escort? One of the most succesful rally cars of all time.

    • @redkos
      @redkos Год назад

      You don't know, clearly, that I couldn't care less,@@NearCry91 The Mercedes-Benz 300SL was one of the most successful race cars of all time, which brings me back to your post........so what?

  • @JohnLaMonte
    @JohnLaMonte 2 года назад

    Henley 20 and mg 49 should have been black flagged

  • @ungurdani8346
    @ungurdani8346 Год назад

    Salut my friend super car super video subscribe subscribe .

  • @demon1954
    @demon1954 Год назад

    I just got my UK race licence. But after watching this I'll be sticking to track days, 'cos clearly they'll give a race licence to any idiot. Whoops.

  • @AllMightyLee
    @AllMightyLee 2 года назад +1

    Why are all the loonies driving on the outside? No wonder they crash... ;-) It's wet. It's greasy. And you get gravel and rubber bits...

    • @richard63
      @richard63 2 года назад

      I was thinking the same thing. They looked like a bunch of amateurs.

  • @ryanlewis9557
    @ryanlewis9557 Год назад

    Too many dollars not enough cents

  • @hohokekyo
    @hohokekyo 2 года назад

    本気で競争するような車ではないなw

  • @ramblingsadrift6477
    @ramblingsadrift6477 Год назад +1

    A lot of morons on here that would be really dangerous in a pedal car,,,let alone a race course

  • @stevetong9899
    @stevetong9899 2 года назад

    I SAW A LOT SWEET BEAUTY IN THERE, MOST BY CLASSICS 60'S MG AND A LOT CLASSICS BRITISH CAR, SOME DRIVER FOR SPEED RIDE AND FUN, BUT SOME DRIVER DOESN'T! ( MAY BE DRINKING TOO MUCH SCOTCH ? OR....THAT CAR IS TAKING FROM HIS DADDY? TOOK AWAY AND PUNISH HIS DADDY'S CAR? )☝😕💫

  • @redmr2na
    @redmr2na 2 года назад +2

    Is it just me or do the English applaud people's failures. It seemed to me that every slide, spin, Collison, and off track incident got a round of applause from audience and spectators. It's like Hi, we're the English, we're bunch of dicks. You fail we rejoice.

    • @K1lostream
      @K1lostream 2 года назад +1

      You'll hear the same thing on clips at the nürburgring (look up auto addiction channel for any number of examples of that). Also this camera was at one corner, so you're hearing the same nearby spectators - bit of a stretch to characterise an entire nation based on that, isn't it?
      I think people in general watch sports for the spectacle (hence 'spectator') - this includes the highs and the lows.
      There were quite a few slides and spins in this clip that showed considerable skill in the save/recovery - perhaps that may have been what the applause/cheers were in appreciation of?