If it would be recorded in 1970 - then Intercontinental GT Challenge came back from the future. 🤣 Their first year was 2016, and they do advertise on the track 😁 Incredible driving!!!
@@LuckyRowlands It doesn't matter, a good engine is a good tool to have but the driver needs to take advantage the tool allows. Recently I was watching a super kart race and the camera cart had the speed but lap after lap after lap sat back in 4th contented that the slow cart in front was actually controlling him. So many times he could've taken a risk, got in front and probably have got a long way ahead and even come up on the 1-2 duel. Granted I was an armchair expert and it's harder than it looks, requires great upper body isometric type strength in corners, but still I couldn't help thinking oh FFS take a risk! Not so in this race. Confidence beats fear of risk. On the 2nd lap up Mountain straight how he uses a slower car to box in that other car that almost has the same power and get past 2 cars was arrogant, clever and bold.
If Ayrton Senna had ever raced an open wheeler at Mount Panorama, he would have driven it exactly like this. Magnificent driving in what is one of the purest forms of four wheel motor racing on tarmac. Congratulations to you Sir and keep up the great work.
He is probably one of the top 3 of the pack, that, for some reason (malfunction or other) fell to bottom of the pack in the timed practice session. His car is clearly superior than first cars he encounters, however, from a certain point on, it is clearly his driving and not much his hp that make the difference. The front cars are very similar to his, but his driving is more precise and he takes the corners faster than the others. If not only his driving, than his car setup, more than his HP.
I love the technique of shifting and making the back go light and then giving better turn in....and that gear box is freaking strong. Beautiful race track as well
I noticed that too. Good front grip to plow into the corners and have the back step out a bit on the way in to promote the turn. The car certainly enters the turns really strongly. Allowed for a narrow entry and carried corner speed where others were rear end drivers, this driver is a front end guy. V Nice to watch. thanks for sharing. Really outclassed those in front to make so many passes and have a clear advantage. Gutsy pass on the blue car into the S bends off the mountain.
I found you on the track after much searching, it was the red and white car with G-FORCE on the side of the car as you were going across the top of the mountain 😀👍
Great stuff 👍 I only know Bathurst through "Sim Racing" but that - showing my age here - was like a Mansell-esque charge through the field! Brilliant 👏
@Ryan 🇦🇺 eh?... I'm not as old as Nigel Mansell (or Jay Leno, for that matter). But senility and poor argumentation are clearly not limited to those of advancing years 😄
In the eighties, I remember a FF race at Oran Park, and the stewards took fuel samples in plastic containers from the top five cars at the end of the Sunday race and left them in the steward's room till they could be analysed by the scrutineers on Monday morning. When they entered the Stewards room all the plastic containers had melted.
I drove FF's back in the late 70's in the U.S. - western states champ - lap records at Mid Ohio, WIllow Springs and others - then Atlantics for 2 seasons in US and one season in NZ/AUS. What this driver has I found only rarely in others - he absolutely hustles the car. Meaning, he's uses ALL the road on entry/exit to the corners and doesn't worry about keeping the car planted - he's on the limit of adhesion and simply corrects as the car skates around under him - a little oversteer, little understeer, 4-wheel drift - just keeps his foot in it and corrects madly to keep it all going the right direction. Really a nice drive, with some pretty impressive commitment when entering some corners off-line after making a pass. We used to have 70 car fields in FF back in the day, with one second covering the top ten qualifiers, then another second covering the next 10 and son on. This driver would be right at home in the top ten.
Anyone else find themselves yelling "go mate goooo" towards the end? Absolutely mad skills and a well sorted machine. Great to watch and thanks Richard. Cheers - Dave
Great bl00dy drive, mate. Absolutely brilliant! Most exhilaration few laps I've ever watched. You may have had slightly quicker engine, but I put these few laps down to perfect driving skills. Car placement, late on the breaks, early on the gas, smooth as silk driving. Couple of missed gears didn't even slow you down. Was great drive and a pleasure to watch. Wow!
I was born 2 months after this race…just kidding (see the date on top left). Great driving skills from the pilot on this always spectacular circuit, one of my favorites (virtually)!
I loved watching this. It was a very exciting and skillful drive. Aggressive but measured. Another lap, or another long straight and you would have been the front runner. Great drive.
Exceptional driving. A lot of the comments suggests that you have a better/faster machine, but I digress. I truly believe it's your skill and experience. Well done mate 👊🏽. Respect, all the way from 🇿🇦👊🏽
I don’t know who you are but wow you can drive. I’ve watched this clip twice because you made that race look so easy with your superior driving skills. Well done.
Hi Rich! Awesome video man! Superb driving as always, and wow, bloody Bathurst Dude! I Wish I was there wrenching too! Hope you have a great week :) - did something let go at the end of the last lap? All the Best out there Richard, keep posting updates too! :)
Good job on using the entire track to your advantage. Seems like a lot of the other drivers just fell inline but you however were using every bit of the track. That was fun to watch!
Very very clean….. driving accurate…. Optimised your drafting….. pulled some very cheeky move’s 😆 seems like you have very good bhp and the car was well geared. Good on you champ. Personally I would’ve been proud of that drive when I raced 30 odd years ago. All the best eh. 🇦🇺👍🥃
Nice ! It's fun to race through the pack. I know some weekend racers start from pit exit just to pass all the others. If you are top 5 and get to front in the first two laps-the rest can seem a bit boring. Just subscribed. Good luck at your next event !!
Truly incredible video quality for August, 1970.
Man, I still remember that 8 December... truly memorable 70s race.
Looks more like December to me
If it would be recorded in 1970 - then Intercontinental GT Challenge came back from the future. 🤣 Their first year was 2016, and they do advertise on the track 😁
Incredible driving!!!
1970 ???
I remember that day, exactly 12 of August, 1970. Kodak just released new colour film, don't remember the name unfortunately.
Making moving through the pack look easy when anyone who has been in a real race knows it's anything but! Solid drive my dude. Respect.
With a rocketship engine it's a little easier
@@LuckyRowlands It doesn't matter, a good engine is a good tool to have but the driver needs to take advantage the tool allows.
Recently I was watching a super kart race and the camera cart had the speed but lap after lap after lap sat back in 4th contented that the slow cart in front was actually controlling him. So many times he could've taken a risk, got in front and probably have got a long way ahead and even come up on the 1-2 duel.
Granted I was an armchair expert and it's harder than it looks, requires great upper body isometric type strength in corners, but still I couldn't help thinking oh FFS take a risk!
Not so in this race. Confidence beats fear of risk.
On the 2nd lap up Mountain straight how he uses a slower car to box in that other car that almost has the same power and get past 2 cars was arrogant, clever and bold.
If Ayrton Senna had ever raced an open wheeler at Mount Panorama, he would have driven it exactly like this. Magnificent driving in what is one of the purest forms of four wheel motor racing on tarmac. Congratulations to you Sir and keep up the great work.
Jajanajaja Senna or Mazipin..... not fck men it only a mario car race not a f1 turbo.......
No it looks more like Jim Clark.
@@lancemurdoc6744 Agree with you.... Senna would be more agressive.
This is pure Mansell
@@oneandonlyjaybee kkkkk... yep!
the engine builder did a superior job because that car seemed to have big HP.
👍🏻that thing pulls like a train.
Possibly, but he was also carrying more speed through the corners then the rest of them - that's like free horsepower.
He is probably one of the top 3 of the pack, that, for some reason (malfunction or other) fell to bottom of the pack in the timed practice session. His car is clearly superior than first cars he encounters, however, from a certain point on, it is clearly his driving and not much his hp that make the difference. The front cars are very similar to his, but his driving is more precise and he takes the corners faster than the others. If not only his driving, than his car setup, more than his HP.
Yeah he was super smooth Good luck to alls those guys ,Fantastic track too
@@joaobranco2164 exactly.
I love the technique of shifting and making the back go light and then giving better turn in....and that gear box is freaking strong.
Beautiful race track as well
I noticed that too. Good front grip to plow into the corners and have the back step out a bit on the way in to promote the turn. The car certainly enters the turns really strongly. Allowed for a narrow entry and carried corner speed where others were rear end drivers, this driver is a front end guy. V Nice to watch. thanks for sharing.
Really outclassed those in front to make so many passes and have a clear advantage. Gutsy pass on the blue car into the S bends off the mountain.
Excellent drive Richard..... great to watch. You went past me on the first lap like I was standing still (#99) :)
I found you on the track after much searching, it was the red and white car with G-FORCE on the side of the car as you were going across the top of the mountain 😀👍
Went to find you on the video: 2:40 time
Great stuff 👍
I only know Bathurst through "Sim Racing" but that - showing my age here - was like a Mansell-esque charge through the field!
Brilliant 👏
no motor your age anyone can have a passion for cars and bikes
@Ryan 🇦🇺 eh?... I'm not as old as Nigel Mansell (or Jay Leno, for that matter).
But senility and poor argumentation are clearly not limited to those of advancing years 😄
Anyone that quotes Nigel Mansell must have noticed the livrea of one of the cars, clearly Mclaren "Malboro" super famous livrea from the 80s and 90s
More enjoyable to watch than a present day F1 GP
In the eighties, I remember a FF race at Oran Park, and the stewards took fuel samples in plastic containers from the top five cars at the end of the Sunday race and left them in the steward's room till they could be analysed by the scrutineers on Monday morning. When they entered the Stewards room all the plastic containers had melted.
They took fuel samples of the top 5 and mine was legal
Obviously a good car but what shone through was your sheer commitment and self belief, well done.
He trusted the car too.
Damn it looks like a video game with AI level set to easy 😜 Great driving
I drove FF's back in the late 70's in the U.S. - western states champ - lap records at Mid Ohio, WIllow Springs and others - then Atlantics for 2 seasons in US and one season in NZ/AUS. What this driver has I found only rarely in others - he absolutely hustles the car. Meaning, he's uses ALL the road on entry/exit to the corners and doesn't worry about keeping the car planted - he's on the limit of adhesion and simply corrects as the car skates around under him - a little oversteer, little understeer, 4-wheel drift - just keeps his foot in it and corrects madly to keep it all going the right direction. Really a nice drive, with some pretty impressive commitment when entering some corners off-line after making a pass. We used to have 70 car fields in FF back in the day, with one second covering the top ten qualifiers, then another second covering the next 10 and son on. This driver would be right at home in the top ten.
That's great camera quality for August 12th, 1970 😅
Great driving, though. Love seeing this kinda stuff!
Anyone else find themselves yelling "go mate goooo" towards the end? Absolutely mad skills and a well sorted machine. Great to watch and thanks Richard. Cheers - Dave
This is literally how my cat feels at 3am😹. Superb driving skills there, very aggressive in the corners too! Love it. Beautifully done👍
O CARA É BOM .
TEM CHANCE NA FÓRMULA 1 .
PARABÉNS MOLEQUE !
Great bl00dy drive, mate. Absolutely brilliant! Most exhilaration few laps I've ever watched. You may have had slightly quicker engine, but I put these few laps down to perfect driving skills. Car placement, late on the breaks, early on the gas, smooth as silk driving. Couple of missed gears didn't even slow you down. Was great drive and a pleasure to watch. Wow!
Not sure if he just carries speed well rather than a faster engine but yeah, so good.
What brilliant driving capabilities you show off, there! Amazing stuff!
Rich is just in another class and very experienced in FF.
You are one hell of a driver Richard
What. A. Drive. Man, that was awesome. Thanks for sharing!
I'm not used to seeing so much passing and a spec class... Homeboy's got a motor. And that pass at 4:40...🤬 Beautiful & Ballzy🍺
Brave on the grass at the start, great drive
It's like watching a race from the 60's.
Great video! You just kept diggin' and the whole event was a joy to experience. Super fun ride-a-long. Thanks for sharing.
Just love the commentary! Excellent.
How come this guy was not on pole position?! Awesome driving 👏
Love the rev rise in the tow.. what a sound. Great use of slipstreaming too.
Superb. Gripping viewing. Nice one Richard.
Brilliant show Ace!
Spectacular ! Well done.
That was really fun to watch.
Mighty fine driving. Awesome race!
That was so good to watch😀👍. What a awesome drive!! Well done👌👏.
What an amazing drive, subscribed!
This is so impressive
I’m a huge fan all of a sudden. Love hearing them turbos kicking in
Wow just wow
Brilliant drive, Richard. I can recall you racing in the U.K during the 90s.
Bloody Well Done. Fantastic driving again, Well Done.
Another half mile I think he'd of won.🤗✌️
You're what James Hunt would've referred to as a hard charger. So much racing on CZcams is boring. This was very exciting.
That was a brilliant piece of Racing! Well done from the Netherlands!
Great drive. Well done to you Sir.
Amazing drive, Bravo!
DAMN what a start, nice race overall!!
Nice gains through Hell Corner, Griffins Bend, over the top and The Chase. Brilliant mid-corner speed.Lap after lap. Nice drive fella!
Wow !!
Fantastic first lap !
Excellent ,très agréable ,belle maitrise de la course ,vivement la prochaine course .......👍👍👍
Good race! Very good
Great drive! Congrats!
That looks so fun beautiful track
I was born 2 months after this race…just kidding (see the date on top left). Great driving skills from the pilot on this always spectacular circuit, one of my favorites (virtually)!
Fantastic driving on a fantastic track!!!👍
Wonderful lines - great driving
Beautiful drive 👍
Magnifique course ! félicitations !
Bathurst, with fragile FF open-wheels = lots of courage
Wow, great race, impressive recovery
Beautiful track. Superdb driving. Car well setup. Next time don't forget to set the camera date/time ;) eheh
I loved watching this. It was a very exciting and skillful drive. Aggressive but measured. Another lap, or another long straight and you would have been the front runner. Great drive.
WHAT A RACE !!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
My guys gonna get signed by maclaren
Great driving!!!
Exceptional driving. A lot of the comments suggests that you have a better/faster machine, but I digress. I truly believe it's your skill and experience. Well done mate 👊🏽. Respect, all the way from 🇿🇦👊🏽
Love those hewlands
I don’t know who you are but wow you can drive. I’ve watched this clip twice because you made that race look so easy with your superior driving skills. Well done.
Good race, i like ths track
Bro did 18 overtakes in the first lap alone!!! Holy cow!!!
Rapaz ó 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Grande prova excelente condução!
🇧🇷👉🏻👍🏻
Great first lap!
Those were some impressive lines mate 👌
Wow, very realistic graphics.
Hi Rich! Awesome video man! Superb driving as always, and wow, bloody Bathurst Dude! I Wish I was there wrenching too! Hope you have a great week :)
- did something let go at the end of the last lap?
All the Best out there Richard, keep posting updates too! :)
Brilliantly driven,
incredible drive mate
awesome dude !
Looked like a top 10 from 36th. Kinda nuts.
This is racing done properly.
impeccable driving! I love how these mechanical grip cars handle, it takes a lot of skill and small corrections!
Good job on using the entire track to your advantage. Seems like a lot of the other drivers just fell inline but you however were using every bit of the track. That was fun to watch!
Great driving!
Damn, the speed you kept through the apex. You got shot out of a cannon coming out of the turns.
Very very clean….. driving accurate…. Optimised your drafting….. pulled some very cheeky move’s 😆 seems like you have very good bhp and the car was well geared. Good on you champ. Personally I would’ve been proud of that drive when I raced 30 odd years ago. All the best eh. 🇦🇺👍🥃
Nice driving dude!
Great steerer !
Impressionnant surtout dans la descente.
beautiful
Mad video.
This looks so fun to do
Good job!
Awesome lines! Where you end up finishing?
It's called a motor race for a reason :). But some good steering too. Why this category was ever ignored by CAMS I'll never know
Nice ! It's fun to race through the pack. I know some weekend racers start from pit exit just to pass all the others. If you are top 5 and get to front in the first two laps-the rest can seem a bit boring.
Just subscribed. Good luck at your next event !!
This is actually Alain Prost in one of his earlier races!
Brave man running Hoosiers in this day and age with how they last. xD
Superb drive, shame you had to start at the back. What brand chassis is this? I see every type F.F. in the field as you pass by.
Not that anyone should really need reminding but this camera view certainly does - McPhillamy Park is definitely a corner for grown ups.
good game !
I was only four days old.
Helluva charge.
These cars make this track seem actually fun and not terrifying lol. Nice video
Bravo Richard 👏