2020 Goodwood Speed Weeks-Sam Tordoff's 1963 Galaxie reigns supreme again!

[machoneman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSkrR6ANP34

Not an older vid. Passes 17 cars in 2 laps. What fun!

[e philpott]

I love watching Goodwood on my FB , it's good racing and the variety is incredible

[shady]

Awesome. also love the Studebaker.

[frnkeore]

I suppose, at the end of the day, the headline is............ 427 Ford Galaxie, beats ALL 97 ci, and smaller Fords 

[FERoadster]

to see that Galaxie grille in my rear view on a straight would care the B-Jezzus out of me. At about the 4:40 mark it made the Barracuda look like it had the brakes on.
FERoadster

[shady]

I suppose, at the end of the day, the headline is............ 427 Ford Galaxie, beats ALL 97 ci, and smaller Fords 

trust me, it was more driver skill than cubic inches.

[e philpott]

on tight tracks the Galaxie loses to those 97 cubes

[machoneman]

on tight tracks the Galaxie loses to those 97 cubes

My understanding of the rules means OEM suspension (save shocks) including only the front anti-sway bar as delivered. OEM size wheels and tires, tires that must be treaded (no racing tires). One can tell this by how the car plows through the turns and leans quite a bit too. In a post 2016 Goodwood interview he said the car totally lost rear grip at near the end of a similarly short race, torched the edges of the fronts and both really slowed him down.

Yeah, it's mainly the driver's skill (he's a noted highly experienced open-track driver) that makes the vids so impressive. Imagine if they allowed racing slicks, a rear stabilizer bar, etc. He'd fly I think past all those small CID engined cars even in the turns! 

[e philpott]

theres a 58/59 T Bird that does real good too . They still struggle on the tight tracks , it's just hard getting 3600 lbs to change all that  mass a different direction compared to the 1600 lbs competitors but still fun to watch , way more fun to watch than a NASCAR race , maybe NASCAR should bring back the 7 inch wide tires ?