JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2012 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: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5-0-auqptg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2012 German commentary: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2012 Couple of older ones now, from BTCC: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2012 Last one for tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDphv4AWcg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massa 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2012 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... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nns2703 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2012 during off season i generally used to watch cricket and playing games on my system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2012 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: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2012 One of the real magic moments in my life time: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Another one of my all time favourite races: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massa 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2012 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massa 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2012 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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_q9DiRK6tc This finish is cool, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massa 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2012 Looking for something different? Check out this race from 1987. A thriller, and very unique. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quiet One 15 Report post Posted December 25, 2012 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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6IVvlXfvfOc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massa 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2012 Good stuff. What a great year for F1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quiet One 15 Report post Posted December 25, 2012 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!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2012 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: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2012 Also, I never fail to find this type of video amusing: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2012 Something else that was amusing: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHS18 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67nGpPhEIBg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rainmaster 7 Report post Posted December 30, 2012 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?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkAKN1I-784 Also, stumbled across this rather odd meeting: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quiet One 15 Report post Posted December 30, 2012 Also, stumbled across this rather odd meeting: I already knew the Patrese video and is one of my favorites. But I loved the Tatcher vs Prost 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... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rainmaster 7 Report post Posted December 30, 2012 Yep, I love the psychology of it. It would have been interesting to see how Senna would have handled that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massa 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2012 MotoGP video was good stuff, Geo. Nice one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites