Different fans cope with the winter break for motorsport differently than others. For me, I personally love going through YouTube and re-watching some action, some from recently, others from not so recently. I thought to pass time by till it all starts again, it might be a good idea to have a thread to post your favourite racing videos.
Here are some of my favourites:
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Posted 18 December 2012 - 11:33 PM
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 12:02 AM
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 12:18 AM
Couple of older ones now, from BTCC:
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 12:40 AM
Last one for tonight:
https://www.youtube....h?v=FdDphv4AWcg
https://www.youtube....h?v=FdDphv4AWcg
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 02:47 PM
By the time a thread full of embedded videos loads for some of us, the off-season will be over. 
Here's a great one from 1994. I grew up watching USAC Thunder; started the week I was born, apparently. Some really thrilling driving from P.J. Jones in this 15 minute race, and a good battle at the end. A year earlier, Jones won the Daytona 24 and set the Lime Rock track record (which still stands) in a Group C IMSA GTP Eagle Toyota. Pretty badass, I would think, to drive the world's coolest sports cars and USAC midgets (Jones raced literally everything in this country). His father is exactly who you think.
No coincidence, I think, that a race like that was exciting. You had 6-cylinder engines and 8-cylinder engines, Goodyear tires and Hoosier tires, all kinds of different chassis (visibly different, too), etc. USAC's awesome stuff.
This is one of my all-time favorite races. I wish the entire thing had been uploaded because there was more to it than just the end. What do you know? Another race where you had different engines, chassis, tires, etc. Weird...
Here's a great one from 1994. I grew up watching USAC Thunder; started the week I was born, apparently. Some really thrilling driving from P.J. Jones in this 15 minute race, and a good battle at the end. A year earlier, Jones won the Daytona 24 and set the Lime Rock track record (which still stands) in a Group C IMSA GTP Eagle Toyota. Pretty badass, I would think, to drive the world's coolest sports cars and USAC midgets (Jones raced literally everything in this country). His father is exactly who you think.
No coincidence, I think, that a race like that was exciting. You had 6-cylinder engines and 8-cylinder engines, Goodyear tires and Hoosier tires, all kinds of different chassis (visibly different, too), etc. USAC's awesome stuff.
This is one of my all-time favorite races. I wish the entire thing had been uploaded because there was more to it than just the end. What do you know? Another race where you had different engines, chassis, tires, etc. Weird...
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 03:28 PM
during off season i generally used to watch cricket and playing games on my system
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 05:18 PM
The official ALMS YouTube channel has some great stuff on it. This is part one from this year's Sebring race:
And the V8 Supercars channel also uploads races in full:
And the V8 Supercars channel also uploads races in full:
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 10:54 PM
One of the real magic moments in my life time:
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Posted 21 December 2012 - 08:13 PM
Another one of my all time favourite races:
https://www.youtube....h?v=JHk3D2XhuTc
https://www.youtube....h?v=qldLuo_mo9E
https://www.youtube....h?v=JHk3D2XhuTc
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Posted 21 December 2012 - 09:30 PM
Really no way to stop those BTCC guys if they want to get through, is there?Here's a full race, 90 minutes and change. A real classic from the greatest era of American championship racing. Contains Nigel Mansell.
https://www.youtube....h?v=iP9FScbPXmI
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Posted 21 December 2012 - 09:44 PM
Also, for some NASCAR, from 1980...a thrilling finish at Darlington set up by a late-race restart. This was back when they raced to the caution. Really cool. I love these old stock cars. Restart is around 1:45, five laps left. Great stuff.
This finish is cool, too.
This finish is cool, too.
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Posted 24 December 2012 - 03:13 AM
Looking for something different? Check out this race from 1987. A thriller, and very unique.
https://www.youtube....h?v=ZnSYj1hAPs0
https://www.youtube....h?v=ZnSYj1hAPs0
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Posted 25 December 2012 - 10:55 AM
A video to remind us just how woderfuol this last season was. To find this kind and quality of action in past "legendary" seasons you will need to consolidate at least a couple, and add some badass hardcore music to make it look fierce.
"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the Universe, and it has a longer shelf life" - Frank Zappa
"Great drivers are the ones who win the races they're not supposed to" - K.Chandhok
"On the rare occasions that I play a racing game I often think ‘you know what this needs? A boss battle or two.’ A Formula One game in which, suddenly, everybody else has a monster truck and their sole desire is to squash you. A street racing game with a tank or two blowing the roads and buildings to bits. A Nascar game with a track that occasionally bends to the right" (Adam Smith - RPS)
"Great drivers are the ones who win the races they're not supposed to" - K.Chandhok
"On the rare occasions that I play a racing game I often think ‘you know what this needs? A boss battle or two.’ A Formula One game in which, suddenly, everybody else has a monster truck and their sole desire is to squash you. A street racing game with a tank or two blowing the roads and buildings to bits. A Nascar game with a track that occasionally bends to the right" (Adam Smith - RPS)
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Posted 25 December 2012 - 05:36 PM
Good stuff. What a great year for F1.
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Posted 25 December 2012 - 07:42 PM
Indeed. Damn fine wheel control in some of them. People tend to dismiss them on the grounds of "bah, just another DRS overtake", which is true for many, but still you have plenty of balls out there. And in the "golden eighties", for example, if you had a turbo-powered car, racing against a normally aspirated car was almost invariably as hard to overtake as racing with an RB8 with DRS available all track against your mother's bycicle. If you take the wheels of her bycicle first.
There were exceptions (famous ones
) of course, but you know what I mean (I hope!)
There were exceptions (famous ones
) of course, but you know what I mean (I hope!)
"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the Universe, and it has a longer shelf life" - Frank Zappa
"Great drivers are the ones who win the races they're not supposed to" - K.Chandhok
"On the rare occasions that I play a racing game I often think ‘you know what this needs? A boss battle or two.’ A Formula One game in which, suddenly, everybody else has a monster truck and their sole desire is to squash you. A street racing game with a tank or two blowing the roads and buildings to bits. A Nascar game with a track that occasionally bends to the right" (Adam Smith - RPS)
"Great drivers are the ones who win the races they're not supposed to" - K.Chandhok
"On the rare occasions that I play a racing game I often think ‘you know what this needs? A boss battle or two.’ A Formula One game in which, suddenly, everybody else has a monster truck and their sole desire is to squash you. A street racing game with a tank or two blowing the roads and buildings to bits. A Nascar game with a track that occasionally bends to the right" (Adam Smith - RPS)
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Posted 26 December 2012 - 12:11 PM
Nice to see this thread is full of good videos already.
I personally like some of GoPro's motorsport videos. This one in particular is very nice:
I personally like some of GoPro's motorsport videos. This one in particular is very nice:
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Posted 26 December 2012 - 12:16 PM
Also, I never fail to find this type of video amusing:
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Posted 29 December 2012 - 04:57 PM
Something else that was amusing:
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 07:50 PM
Some great videos here, the Patrese and his wife one especially! I like watching old races and was happy to see the official MotoGP YouTube channel upload the 1996 Spanish GP the other day (can you imagine FOM ever doing that?):
Also, stumbled across this rather odd meeting:
Also, stumbled across this rather odd meeting:
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 08:14 PM
Rainmaster, on 30 December 2012 - 07:50 PM, said:
Also, stumbled across this rather odd meeting:
For a guy that drove a very fragile car at 300+ km/h on dangerous conditions without flinching, watching him scared Sh#tless by the Iron Lady is funny at so many levels! Talk abou awkward moments!Oh, and who is the guy with so much hair and oily smile we can see talking to Tatcher at first? Becuse I cannot think of anybody like that at McLaren...
"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the Universe, and it has a longer shelf life" - Frank Zappa
"Great drivers are the ones who win the races they're not supposed to" - K.Chandhok
"On the rare occasions that I play a racing game I often think ‘you know what this needs? A boss battle or two.’ A Formula One game in which, suddenly, everybody else has a monster truck and their sole desire is to squash you. A street racing game with a tank or two blowing the roads and buildings to bits. A Nascar game with a track that occasionally bends to the right" (Adam Smith - RPS)
"Great drivers are the ones who win the races they're not supposed to" - K.Chandhok
"On the rare occasions that I play a racing game I often think ‘you know what this needs? A boss battle or two.’ A Formula One game in which, suddenly, everybody else has a monster truck and their sole desire is to squash you. A street racing game with a tank or two blowing the roads and buildings to bits. A Nascar game with a track that occasionally bends to the right" (Adam Smith - RPS)
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 11:23 PM
Yep, I love the psychology of it. It would have been interesting to see how Senna would have handled that!
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Posted 31 December 2012 - 04:17 AM
MotoGP video was good stuff, Geo. Nice one.
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Posted 03 January 2013 - 06:47 PM
Well, happily it seems that MotoGP are gonna keep uploading some classic footage throughout the off-season. I'm loving this stuff.
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Posted 10 January 2013 - 03:48 PM
The Chili Bowl midget race is going on right now. Here's a twelve minute video from 1994's edition. Page and P.J. Jones, sons of Parnelli, battle hard with Andy Hillenburg (not the other Andy Hillenburg, mind you) for the win. You'll also hear names like "Tony Stewart" and "Kenny Irwin;" wonder what happened to those two.
Because I can't post anything without excessive information, Page was badly injured in a midget accident soon after, which ended his promising career. P.J., a winner in IMSA's GTP sports cars (the Toyota Eagle Mk. III, in particular) and Indy Lights, would take Page's place in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck ride. In eight exhibition races, P.J. took two wins and four other podium finishes. Once the Truck Series officially launched in 1995, Jones struggled to repeat that success. A year later, he was in Dan Gurney's Eagle Toyota in CART (he had done the development work on the Toyota engine) after finishing second in the 1996 Chili Bowl. All the while, he was still racing sprints and midgets. His career would take him through tons of wrong place/wrong time situations in CART, NASCAR, IRL, and the American Le Mans Series. He recently won an off-road truck race (like a baby version of Dakar or Baja) in Nevada, and won his heat race for the 2013 Chili Bowl two nights ago. He's literally raced everything (and very little of it successfully).
Because I can't post anything without excessive information, Page was badly injured in a midget accident soon after, which ended his promising career. P.J., a winner in IMSA's GTP sports cars (the Toyota Eagle Mk. III, in particular) and Indy Lights, would take Page's place in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck ride. In eight exhibition races, P.J. took two wins and four other podium finishes. Once the Truck Series officially launched in 1995, Jones struggled to repeat that success. A year later, he was in Dan Gurney's Eagle Toyota in CART (he had done the development work on the Toyota engine) after finishing second in the 1996 Chili Bowl. All the while, he was still racing sprints and midgets. His career would take him through tons of wrong place/wrong time situations in CART, NASCAR, IRL, and the American Le Mans Series. He recently won an off-road truck race (like a baby version of Dakar or Baja) in Nevada, and won his heat race for the 2013 Chili Bowl two nights ago. He's literally raced everything (and very little of it successfully
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Posted 12 January 2013 - 12:40 PM
Cool video, thanks for posting that. Enjoyed it.
My contribution today - reminds you what a great year 2012 was for a lot of different forms of racing:
My contribution today - reminds you what a great year 2012 was for a lot of different forms of racing:
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Posted 21 January 2013 - 05:21 PM
This will start with 15 laps to go (it's a 3/4-mile track, so it goes quickly). One of the greatest finishes to a NASCAR race ever, but not one you ever hear much about. The Cup race was rained out, so the Busch race that had been rained out the day prior got to air on NBC...three cars go for the win right down to the end...
https://www.youtube....G2Q#t=01h47m18s
https://www.youtube....G2Q#t=01h47m18s
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