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1.6 litres vs. 5.7 litres ...Ford Escort RS vs. V8 Camaro in Classic Battle!

5.6K views 56 replies 45 participants last post by  G-forces  
#1 ·
This is 1971 Saloon car (touring car) racing featuring The Voice of F1, Murray Walker.

Unbelievable 15 lap road course sprint! 1.6 litres vs. 5.7 litres!

Part One - Part Two


:bow:
 
#3 ·
Absolutely glorious footage! That sir, made my night! Well, I haven't hit the bedroom yet. But still truely awesome. Imagine those cars on modern rubber!


:bow: indeed!
 
#4 · (Edited)
:lol: Wow, that Camaro just left them in the dust on the "long" straight, but could barely keep ahead during the turns.... pretty nice racing! I would be mega angry at those mini's they pretty much cost him the race because they were in the way.

good luck
-bix
 
#6 ·
Awesome race. The commentating was far beyond today's also.
 
#44 ·
Murray Walker the legend retired from commentating i think in like 05-06? he used to commentate F1.

this is the best thing ive seen in black and white, maybe even color? who needs HD?lol
 
#9 ·
Awesome for sure
 
#14 ·
Always love watching the duels with the small turbo vs V8s on a track that combines straights and curves rather well.

All too often the smaller car would cause the bigger one to wear out the tires later in the race and it looks lik e that might have been the case in the video.
 
#16 ·
thefrush said:
Awesome race. The commentating was far beyond today's also.
Modern BTCC and other touring car commentating is badass as well.

In my mind, I've always said that race announcers need to be British... It is just "right".

Wonderful bit of footage. I wish we had a channel that played nothing but old race footage. I'd never leave the house.... Instead we have 200 channels of nearly nothing.
 
#18 ·
Thanks Chris. I thoroughly enjoyed that. Suspension and tires sure have come a long way in the past 35+ years :lol:
 
#20 ·
focus_wrc said:
The Camaro needs to turn off his blinker.
I doubt that's high on his list of important things to think about.

I did lmao when the Ford threw on his headlights! Good show! :lol: