modern cars suck ass...is impossible to have nice racing with em. its like saying we will have nice shooting with a copper pipe barrelled musket. watch your eyes that may sting a bit
Modern racing is exciting unless you’ve made up your mind it can’t be. And modern drivers are every bit as quick as those from the past. It doesn’t matter what you drive. There are only four things that matter: the tyre contact patches.
vector6977 it was between a mid size and full size car falcon was compact and fairlane was a bit lighter than the galaxies but still it was one of fords bigger cars back then
Good to see the American 'tanks' doing so well against the sprightly quick handling british machines. Close racing for two cars built for polar opposite purposes. Wide lane cruising vs. Tiny city/country lanes.
NASCAR Stockers are FAR from the road cars! Clark had one refitted for road use.. Drove all over Europe To RELAX for races SAME as Fangio in his Facel Vega 500K Across the ALPS! The plains of France... Cooks holidays.... Beating airline travel all to hell...
That galaxy man! I love that era of Ford cars. Falcon, Fairlane, Galaxie...... That little Cortina with a twin cam 4 cylinder is nothing to mess with either.
Yes...NASCAR in the 60's was the real stripped down souped up model of the car racing. What won on Sunday is what sold Monday. It was so cool Now it's tubular chassis and a potato fiberglass body that isn't even shaped like what it's trying to present itself as.
I used to go to Croft Aerodrome many years ago, and watch this sort of racing. The best were the formula libre class, from mini to cobra all on the track together. Those cobras passed everything on the straights and everything passed the cobras on the bends, marvellous!
So many memories..... as a nipper in the 70s (50 this month) my grandad use to pick me up from junior school at dinner time in a Mk1 Lotus Cortina to get me to grans for dinner and then back to school for afternoon lessons.. My grandad would have been roughly the same age then as I am now.... His car was sold after he passed away in 1983 and it was his daily driver right up until he died...
Takes me back. Used to race a Lotus Cortina at circuits in the north of England and met those big bangers, the Galaxies from time to time. They went like stink on the straights but were slow in the corners and had to brake early. They were tough to get past mostly because they tool up too much road on smaller circuits!
Beautiful, different cars different strengths/ weaknesses. The most nail biting racing I've seen is vespers racing the the short circuit at pukekohe in the 80s. Everyman had a chance and put it all on the line
Damn, that brings back memories. One has to admit that the huge Ford Galaxie is handling well. Of course having that 7 liter, 427 cubic inch engine doesn't hurt in getting it around the course.
@@mlow5428 It's a 427 R Code (lightweight) Galaxie which raced frequently in England against Jaguar Sedans, Minis, Cortinas and the like. It was over 400 lbs lighter than the stock Galaxie with fiberglass hood, door panels, bumpers and I believe, plexiglass windows. While it was obviously faster on the straights, it suffered from inadequate brakes and tire wear from its still excess weight.
So Cool! one of the biggest, and one of the smallest Fords battling through the twisties! Even with both cars fully track prepped it's like a Boeing 767 against a P-51 Mustang. Man, can Kristensen drive!!!!
I wonder what the hp/torque to body weight is in the two cars highlighted? The Cortina certainly came into the corners fast, breaking later than the big beautiful Ford. "There's no replacement for displacement." Well it still has a nice ring to it. Someone mentioned putting these two on a big oval. That sounds like sour grapes. I'm pretty sure everyone understood the type of racing they would be doing that day. and what fun to watch!
I had a few mk 1 cortina's changing engine's gearboxes, diffs all in the pursuit of speed. Had a galaxy 500 convertible bloke took me for a test run hit the power hood button and I couldn't give him 600 sovs quick enough🤣 it rolled about like like a snooker ball but I thought I was the dog's bollox😣
One of the reasons why I'm such a giant fan of Ford. They made cars that were fundamentally quite different in EU and US. Yes, the Cortina had a Lotus flavor but you know what I mean, one other example, Crown Vic vs Ka came to my mind watching this, very, very different cars, yet they can rival each other quite nicely on track.
That huge Ford Galaxy looks like a rolling roadblock. Great driving by the Cortina driver, but obviously the big American car has too much power on the straights.
As an American in a little confused. Hell most Americans wouldn’t chose a Galaxy for a road course. Unless our strategy was to take up the whole track at once🤔
BIG America on the track! I drove a 63 galaxie for 15 years there great cars! Today i daily drive a 67 impala but my 63 galaxies 390 drove me from the east coast to the west coast n back!
Jim Clark, Sebring 12 Hour 1964 20th OA! FIRST in U-2 Touring Drafting 904s in his TC Cortina Cornering ( drifting) on 3 wheels... The 180 leading to th pits.. While SINGING to himself! Only time we got to see him drive... Walter Cronkite did well in his PV-544 Volvo... My FIRST Sebring 12.. J.C.
Ford vs Ford . Awesome !!! The little Cortnia ( punching WAY above his weight ) won by dancing on his nimble feet , and throwing perfectly timed jabs . The big Galaxie , swinging wildly on the straights , went down to a lighter opponent using surer footwork . ...........
That Galaxie was quite small compared to our 70s cars here in America. If they had a 71 Cadillac Series 75, 76 Royal Monaco, or 75 LTD on that track, it'd take up the whole road and no one would be able to pass!
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Cortina driver never lifted. Tire wall looming and he keeps his foot to the floor. Awesome!
well of course he didn't lift the little shitter has no power
"The little shitter"? Poor choice of words mate..
@@Hot80s The little shitter was slaying a dragon and won so what's your point?????
The little shitter was shit cause the driver was drunk as fuck!!
@@Hot80s Apparently you've never driven one of those little shitters. If you did you wouldn't make that comment.
That guy was driving the hell out of that cortina.
He was drunk...
@@swoli6-11 And PMS'g
Not as good as the Ford Satsuma Castanet RS.
He was late for jihad
He ruled that little car!!!
Real racing with real drivers. If only modern racing was this exciting
modern cars suck ass...is impossible to have nice racing with em. its like saying we will have nice shooting with a copper pipe barrelled musket. watch your eyes that may sting a bit
Beats the hell out of NASCAR.
Modern racing is exciting unless you’ve made up your mind it can’t be. And modern drivers are every bit as quick as those from the past. It doesn’t matter what you drive. There are only four things that matter: the tyre contact patches.
That Galaxy is THICC
Dr Gabe haha yes! Thicc cars need love too
Wasn't even a full sized car in the states.
vector6977 it was between a mid size and full size car falcon was compact and fairlane was a bit lighter than the galaxies but still it was one of fords bigger cars back then
When they see him creeping up in the mirror they'll be thinking O LAWD HE 'COMIN.
Galaxie
Saw a Mustang vs Mini Cooper duel in New Zealand in the 60s. The track had enough bends in it to give the mini a fair chance. Thrilling race!
1:53 What really put the size of the cars in perspective was when the Galaxie passed that Mini...
and put it in the trunk and finished the race that way.
Tom Hutchins.
Heck, I wasn't thinking how much fun it would've been mowing down people's who talked with that accent!
Ah yes the 60 when you could get a car in any body style, color, size, transmission, engine, or door number you wanted
Good to see the American 'tanks' doing so well against the sprightly quick handling british machines. Close racing for two cars built for polar opposite purposes. Wide lane cruising vs. Tiny city/country lanes.
It was pretty cool watching that galaxie pull away
390 Engine was its secret, powerful engine for the size of car
@@cliffords2315 Would be a 427 !!
NASCAR Stockers are FAR from the road cars!
Clark had one refitted for road use..
Drove all over Europe
To RELAX for races
SAME as Fangio in his Facel Vega 500K
Across the ALPS!
The plains of France...
Cooks holidays....
Beating airline travel all to hell...
@@375GTB All of the cars shown in the video are race cars not road cars. All are far from road cars.
That galaxy man! I love that era of Ford cars. Falcon, Fairlane, Galaxie...... That little Cortina with a twin cam 4 cylinder is nothing to mess with either.
Ford FAIRLANE Mid-sized, same 427 engine...
Lotus at its best 💪
@@jameswilson8820 those were cars . Nothing like an old British Ford, they were and still is the best
@merc6 - That's right, the Lotus Cortina won many races in its time, more often than not, with the great Jim Clark at the wheel.
These cars have character. They are all so beautiful classics.
Modern Racing isnt exciting. I have to watch retro racing like this to enjoy it. Steel and real.
Yes...NASCAR in the 60's was the real stripped down souped up model of the car racing. What won on Sunday is what sold Monday. It was so cool
Now it's tubular chassis and a potato fiberglass body that isn't even shaped like what it's trying to present itself as.
@@jacksson9391 it was like that almost to the 80s.
And no forced induction just pure raw power
@@tormentor6737 then def my breed of racing.
touring car racing is exciting. stadium supertrucks on circuits is exciting
Galaxie vs Cortina, it's just wow, two of the most important Fords of all time tbh. Loved the battle.
More action in the first 25seconds as a whole formula1 season
Truly!
Watch the 2019 brazillian GP so
I watch ALL F-1, WEC Endurance, IndyCar and some NASCAR
Eso es correcto
It's true
Much more entertaining than any race with identical modern cars
Wow Galaxie vs. Cortina... Thats like a Spitfire VS. a 747.....
Close - more like Spitfire vs P-47
747 is faster
Yeah Carl, I think the Spit VS P-47 is very apt. What I was thinking myself.
More like Seafire VS a Sea Fury.
Good one!
Damn, I never liked watching modern cars racing but this.... this is very nice!
This what call true racing... Man and machine. No electronics brain. Respect these drivers too.
they should remove all driver aids in racing these days. let the men work it out!
I keep coming back to watch this, it just puts a big grin on my face.
That brings back memories of watching Sir Gawaine Baillie and Jim Clark dicing at Silverstone.
Love all of the goodwood. To bad they don't show more of this on tv. Miss you speed channel.
Damn I love seeing those big boats ripping on any track.
I like the rear-lights of both Fords
I used to go to Croft Aerodrome many years ago, and watch this sort of racing. The best were the formula libre class, from mini to cobra all on the track together. Those cobras passed everything on the straights and everything passed the cobras on the bends, marvellous!
That Galaxie looks AWESOME!!!! ❤
I own a 1963 galaxie that looks exactly like this one(mines a street version of course) I love it!
Awesome driving mate!!!!...the Ford Lotus Cortina is one of my all time favorite touring car!!!...Thank you for sharing this video!!!
So many memories..... as a nipper in the 70s (50 this month) my grandad use to pick me up from junior school at dinner time in a Mk1 Lotus Cortina to get me to grans for dinner and then back to school for afternoon lessons.. My grandad would have been roughly the same age then as I am now.... His car was sold after he passed away in 1983 and it was his daily driver right up until he died...
Takes me back. Used to race a Lotus Cortina at circuits in the north of England and met those big bangers, the Galaxies from time to time. They went like stink on the straights but were slow in the corners and had to brake early.
They were tough to get past mostly because they tool up too much road on smaller circuits!
All I can say is great motors and brilliant racing and when cars had style.
That Galaxie should NOT have been able to hold that Cortina off like that. Truly a skilled bully!
Great racing!
like a destroyer racing an aircraft carrier
Hat's off to both of them, amazing bit of racing
That '63 Galaxy is real pretty!
i honestly prefer the lesser performance of 60's 70's cars to the newer souless shitboxes
Libtards made the term “malaise era” to denigrate the 70s and glorify Prius.
The term was coined by a fan of the cars and refers to Jimmy Carter's 1979 "malaise speech." Get a clue
Idiot
Yuji Mizuno to be fair the cars of the 70s were woefully underpowered. There also weren’t many great looking American cars made after about 73
Amazed at how flat and stable the huge old Galaxie is managing to keep! Props to the big guy!
#289 👍 great video! Perfect struggle between Horsepower and agility! Love it!!
or horsepower and skinny tires
Wow am I really seeing these old models racing?? Absolutely awesome. He really moving that wheel. No puts here lol. Really kool to see this.
now THAT is how racing should be. not those sissy cars with no touching allowed. that is real racing and fun to watch
Touching is still allowed in touring car racing. Not everything has changed.
Wow, real racing. Great video.
That reminds me, i've got to cut the grass when i get home.
thanks for sharing! love those old g 500s and the cortinas
Wow hahahaa.. "Straight under the tail... What an enormous tail of the Ford Galaxie!".... Haha
Beautiful, different cars different strengths/ weaknesses. The most nail biting racing I've seen is vespers racing the the short circuit at pukekohe in the 80s. Everyman had a chance and put it all on the line
Wow driving a brick with no breaks.excellent racing
These cars shown in a modern broadcast just feels right. How beautiful these cars in bright HD. 😎
Awesome.....real racing
That Cortina looks a bit like the Chibi version of that Galaxy 😀
This looks like so much fun. :)
Its like the kid brother chasing down his big brother
I love both cars so this is just double the fun to watch.
The Ford Cortina , the David vs. the Ford Galaxy 500 , the Goliath !! What a race !!
Damn, that brings back memories. One has to admit that the huge Ford Galaxie is handling well. Of course having that 7 liter, 427 cubic inch engine doesn't hurt in getting it around the course.
can;t see that being a 427 , more like a 2 barrel 390.
M Low, Check again.
@@mlow5428 It's a 427 R Code (lightweight) Galaxie which raced frequently in England against Jaguar Sedans, Minis, Cortinas and the like. It was over 400 lbs lighter than the stock Galaxie with fiberglass hood, door panels, bumpers and I believe, plexiglass windows. While it was obviously faster on the straights, it suffered from inadequate brakes and tire wear from its still excess weight.
@@mlow5428dumbell....
So Cool! one of the biggest, and one of the smallest Fords battling through the twisties!
Even with both cars fully track prepped it's like a Boeing 767 against a P-51 Mustang.
Man, can Kristensen drive!!!!
I miss my Cortina. She was 66 GT. Had to sell her when my mom went into a coma to help pay the bills. It was such a fun car to drive.
Love the galaxy, it’s getting it done!
The paint job/wheel color combo on that Cortina is just perfect.
Wish someone had film of Jim Clark driving a 427 Galaxie in Britain.
Always loved watching the original Lotus Cortinas racing... Mini Coopers too... they always seemed to offer an exciting spectacle!
There was just something about those early Cortinas that reeks badassery
The little car that could
Those guys were driving hard!!
What a great pass !!!
I wonder what the hp/torque to body weight is in the two cars highlighted? The Cortina certainly came into the corners fast, breaking later than the big beautiful Ford. "There's no replacement for displacement." Well it still has a nice ring to it. Someone mentioned putting these two on a big oval. That sounds like sour grapes. I'm pretty sure everyone understood the type of racing they would be doing that day. and what fun to watch!
I had a few mk 1 cortina's changing engine's gearboxes, diffs all in the pursuit of speed. Had a galaxy 500 convertible bloke took me for a test run hit the power hood button and I couldn't give him 600 sovs quick enough🤣 it rolled about like like a snooker ball but I thought I was the dog's bollox😣
I was hoping that Studebaker Lark would put up a fuss.
I think it's a Daytona.
Luv it when smaller motor cars show bigger motor cars
cortina won. are you blind or what?
So rad!! All such great drivers
What a move from the Rorty Corty at St Mary’s!
One of the reasons why I'm such a giant fan of Ford. They made cars that were fundamentally quite different in EU and US. Yes, the Cortina had a Lotus flavor but you know what I mean, one other example, Crown Vic vs Ka came to my mind watching this, very, very different cars, yet they can rival each other quite nicely on track.
"yank tanks can't go around corners"
Tom Kristensen "me no savey"
That huge Ford Galaxy looks like a rolling roadblock. Great driving by the Cortina driver, but obviously the big American car has too much power on the straights.
yup,them lotus cortinas were Goliath kickers in western Canada too
As an American in a little confused. Hell most Americans wouldn’t chose a Galaxy for a road course.
Unless our strategy was to take up the whole track at once🤔
Very nice ...the competicion and that cars......Cherrs for that....¡ and thank you...¡
BIG America on the track! I drove a 63 galaxie for 15 years there great cars! Today i daily drive a 67 impala but my 63 galaxies 390 drove me from the east coast to the west coast n back!
sweet old FE perfect workhorse to smoothly push around fullsize ...ahhh the golden days
That #63 driving dirty.
When the Cortina makes contact with the Galaxy is like "I think a bug just hit the side"
Look at the guy's hands, now that's how you know this is *real* racing! 😄
Jimmy Clark drove both outstandingly
Jimmy Clark could drive anything beautifully.
that Cortina looks great with that livery and red on the wheels. great wknd of viewing racing @Goodwood.
You don't need straight line acceleration if you don't need to slow down for corners ;)
Jim Clark, Sebring 12 Hour 1964
20th OA!
FIRST in U-2 Touring
Drafting 904s in his TC Cortina
Cornering ( drifting) on 3 wheels...
The 180 leading to th pits..
While SINGING to himself!
Only time we got to see him drive...
Walter Cronkite did well in his PV-544 Volvo...
My FIRST Sebring 12..
J.C.
Two cars with successful racing heritage.
This is absolutely brilliant, you just don't get this level of excitement in modern racing.
Old school awesomeness
❤ gotta love that, pure racing ❤
Its like a real life GT2 replay
Romain Dumas is an awesome guy - great sense of humor. The Galaxie a bit different than the Spyder lol.
Aw, poor little Cortina driver was unhappy that the Yank Tank wouldn't let him by...
The lard arse Galaxy filled most of the track so it was always going to be a struggle!
Yank tank! That's a good one. 😄
Reminded me of a pesky little pup nipping at the heels of a great dane.
@@rich_t Great analogy!
Great action!
0:18
FROM NOW ON, IT'S FU***NG PERSONAL!
Yeah but just listen to that V8 ;-)
Love that Galaxie!
As someone who has a 64 galaxie,that 63 driver is no joke either
Rear "stock car" racing! So much more fun to watch than NASCAR.
The truck of the Galaxie is the size of the entire Cortina!
I think they hauled the Cortina to the track in the trunk of the Galaxie!
Ford vs Ford . Awesome !!! The little Cortnia ( punching WAY above his weight ) won by dancing on his nimble feet , and throwing perfectly timed jabs . The big Galaxie , swinging wildly on the straights , went down to a lighter opponent using surer footwork . ...........
1500 pound go cart against 4000 pound tank. Go Galaxie!!!
Ohhh that Corrtina looked magnificent
Good driving.
That Galaxie was quite small compared to our 70s cars here in America. If they had a 71
Cadillac Series 75, 76 Royal Monaco, or 75 LTD on that track, it'd take up the whole road and no one would be able to pass!
@Scott Kraft - The '63 Galaxie was a FULL SIZE American car from 1958 to 1974. Same with the Chevy impala, Dodge Coronet, etc.