Incredible Mini v Lotus track battle at Goodwood

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  • Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
  • The cars of the Goodwood Revival's Fordwater Trophy in 2019 might have been quite small, but that did not mean that the action was any less exciting than the big GT cars racing in the RAC TT. The highlight of this awesome race was this amazing battle between a Mini Marcos - in the hands of Goodwood legend Nick Swift - and a Lotus Elan - raced by Robert Barrie. It's not often that a Lotus Elan looks like the big-engined brute, but being pitched against the little Mini Marcos does just that. As the Mini catches through the corners, the extra power of the Lotus pays down the straights. Can Swift find a way through?
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  • @GoodwoodRR
    @GoodwoodRR  4 роки тому +39

    Have you seen a tighter battle?

    • @kevingomes6931
      @kevingomes6931 4 роки тому +2

      Nope, never

    • @86Vili86
      @86Vili86 4 роки тому +3

      I had the fortune to have 2 races this close with this amount of respect, the "downside" was that it was virtual racing only, never the less loved it just like this. Oh and btw it was againts the same guy, we each had a "win" respectively.

    • @talon1706
      @talon1706 4 роки тому +2

      That was incredible racing.

    • @reginaldbowls7180
      @reginaldbowls7180 4 роки тому +2

      that elan is winking at me

    • @steven1000000000
      @steven1000000000 4 роки тому

      Nick Swift is an absolute legend and a pleasure to watch. Awesome racing and sportsmanship.

  • @DjNikGnashers
    @DjNikGnashers 4 роки тому +145

    Just one lap of this, was better than the entire season of F1.

  • @Nemoticon
    @Nemoticon 4 роки тому +17

    Lol, that Elan makes the Mini Marcos look huge!

  • @j.frankparnell6195
    @j.frankparnell6195 4 роки тому +32

    Nick Swift is my hero. Always driving the underpowered cars to the absolute maximum to make all of the higher horsepower drivers crap their pants.

  • @timvins
    @timvins 4 роки тому +28

    8 minites more fun than the whole of an F1 season!

  • @EvanMoon
    @EvanMoon 4 роки тому +36

    Very close racing in very different cars. That’s the Way racing should be

  • @Buzz65
    @Buzz65 4 роки тому +12

    Just 8 minutes of this was more exciting than the entire F1 season currently. Cheers and thanks for sharing!

  • @euro1859
    @euro1859 4 роки тому +27

    That's what you call entertaining racing!!

    • @RadeticDaniel
      @RadeticDaniel 4 роки тому

      absolutely =)
      no need for crashes or safety cars or anything else
      great liveries, big readable numbers nd a lot of style from cars and drivers

  • @AliasHSW
    @AliasHSW 4 роки тому +10

    First time knowing of the Marcos. It’s a cute and happy looking car.

    • @UberLummox
      @UberLummox 4 роки тому

      That's an unusual one. Well, they're all unusual, but your standard Marcos were a little bigger.
      And I think they had plywood floors!

    • @steven1000000000
      @steven1000000000 4 роки тому +4

      They raced in the 1966 Le Mans and placed 15th (that was the first one won by the Ford GT40). It's basically a mini in a fiberglass body which could get up to 141mph down the Mulsane straight.

  • @5thgearouttahere
    @5thgearouttahere 4 роки тому +20

    Just wonderful, proper racing!

  • @takotako7207
    @takotako7207 4 роки тому +5

    素晴らしいエランとミニマーコスのバトル!見入ってしまいました。昔のモナコF1でのセナとマンセルのバトルを思い出しました!!

  • @elmerrichardson6413
    @elmerrichardson6413 3 роки тому +3

    I love these Goodwood videos! Best racing on the Tube.

  • @evansc3580
    @evansc3580 4 роки тому +7

    I would love to own a restored little Lotus Elan. Hope Lotus don't forget their heritage in moving forwards.

    • @LateNightCable
      @LateNightCable Рік тому

      Their heritage is all Lotus will have left when they go EV. Nothing they build now truly reflects the historic principles of Colin Chapman, so the marque is dead to me.

  • @sheilakijawani2526
    @sheilakijawani2526 4 роки тому +4

    Each and every car is a character in itself. Lovely race :)

  • @alanhindmarch657
    @alanhindmarch657 3 роки тому +2

    When Nick Swift is in the race you know its going to be exciting!

  • @shelbykingnfs7216
    @shelbykingnfs7216 4 роки тому +2

    Always so much fun to watch these little light cars, especially when nick swift is behind the wheel

  • @kikiautorcman787B
    @kikiautorcman787B 4 роки тому +5

    That's old racing cars... 👍💪🔥💯🏁🏎️

  • @alanhindmarch4483
    @alanhindmarch4483 Рік тому

    I love watching Nick Swift Racing, he always seems to enjoy every race no matter where he finishes.

  • @jeffmullinix7916
    @jeffmullinix7916 11 місяців тому +1

    This was more fun to watch than all of the high dallor or pound F-1 racing combind .

  • @auricom8472
    @auricom8472 4 роки тому +2

    Thats a nice red colour on the number 48 Lotus Elite. I used to own an Elite after my father died. A nice blue Elite, it looked great in the Hawaiian sunlight my older sister in Seattle owns it now. I owned it for about a year. Fabulous little car.

  • @schummiehugo
    @schummiehugo 4 роки тому +11

    WHATTTTTTTT. NO DRS ??????
    hahaha yes this is racing..

  • @mariapires7170
    @mariapires7170 4 роки тому +1

    What a fabulous couple of cars! There no more cars like these nowadays! There are still various Elan´s and Mini Marcos in Portugal that appears in classic races! Stay safe!

  • @phildavenport4150
    @phildavenport4150 10 місяців тому

    Always a pleasure to watch a good dice between good drivers who know where the corners of their cars are, and who never feel the need to biff and barge when good driving will suffice. And why do we need to watch the rich boys in their V8s when this sort of spectacle is available? Driving beats dollars every time.

  • @andrewanderson5297
    @andrewanderson5297 4 роки тому +2

    I sat watching this on the edge of my seat, that was a blast!

  • @farque2842
    @farque2842 4 роки тому +2

    fantastic on every level and great sportsmen both of them

  • @woopimagpie
    @woopimagpie 4 роки тому +2

    How on earth does that Mini stay cool with such a tiny inlet at the front? Amazing.

  • @artgecko2645
    @artgecko2645 4 роки тому +2

    On more than one occasion I was rocking forward when the cars were in the straights, trying to give the Mini a little more momentum. Nick Swift is as good a driver as he is an engine builder.

  • @guysmalley
    @guysmalley 4 роки тому +2

    What’s great about this kind of racing is a possibility to a reasonably successful person to race in this class

  • @arthurbretas2003
    @arthurbretas2003 Рік тому

    The Mk1 Elan is the quintessential sports car in my opinion

  • @williampgalloway
    @williampgalloway 4 роки тому +2

    never seen this kind of Mini before, great racing

    • @flyer3849
      @flyer3849 4 роки тому +2

      mini marcos

    • @Radfordperson
      @Radfordperson 4 роки тому +4

      I think another Mini based one was the Unipower GT.

    • @flyer3849
      @flyer3849 4 роки тому +1

      @@Radfordperson yes, a good looking car too

    • @williampgalloway
      @williampgalloway 4 роки тому +1

      thanks for the info fellas, it seems Nick Swift rings these cars neck around a track

  • @peterkoning21
    @peterkoning21 4 роки тому +2

    BEAUTIFULLY driven, the Lotus Elan !!

  • @garstanforddasilva9663
    @garstanforddasilva9663 11 днів тому

    Loved that race, but so glad the Elan won. Better engineered and designed. 😊

  • @douglasburnside
    @douglasburnside 3 роки тому +1

    Nick Swift seems to have more fun than anybody racing at Goodwood. You can just tell he's grinning ear to ear underneath that helmet.

  • @alastairwatson3201
    @alastairwatson3201 Рік тому

    I’d happily watch Nick Swift racing a tricycle, because he’d somehow make it entertaining!

  • @tomhowe1510
    @tomhowe1510 2 роки тому

    Nick swift changed my life. Seriously.

  • @doktorzappergeck492
    @doktorzappergeck492 4 роки тому

    I once saw a race where it was the other way around, Elans vs. Corvettes. The Corvettes where blasting away at the straights, but the Elans where always catching them in the corners.

  • @polloloci21
    @polloloci21 4 роки тому

    Love seeing these car race. So awesome

  • @ryanwang6528
    @ryanwang6528 4 роки тому +7

    1:45 Lotus be like ( , _ ' )

  • @lowellmccormick6991
    @lowellmccormick6991 4 роки тому

    Goodwood is awesome. Thank you.

  • @simeonorive145
    @simeonorive145 4 роки тому

    Heart breaking for me to see a 275 being overtaken by these two little toy cars. Having said that I drove a 64 mini cooper S mock up and it still is one of my favourite cars i have had the pleasure of owning.

  • @더블캠
    @더블캠 4 роки тому +2

    Damn..... very intense

  • @frankbob6664
    @frankbob6664 4 роки тому +1

    Never heard of a Mini Marcos. Looks alot like a toad but I do like it.

  • @iantownsend500
    @iantownsend500 4 роки тому +2

    As I’ve said in previous mini Marcus videos. My dad used to weld chassis is for them & then found out a family friends dad used to race them it’s a small world

    • @UberLummox
      @UberLummox 4 роки тому

      Didn't Marcos' have plywood floors?

  • @grndiesel
    @grndiesel 4 роки тому

    Good clean racing. Good clean fun.

  • @kevingomes6931
    @kevingomes6931 4 роки тому +6

    N. Swift was trying his best for over taking Barrie. 😃

  • @texleeger8973
    @texleeger8973 4 роки тому +2

    Up with SpeedWeek! Down with F1!

  • @SpatialDragon
    @SpatialDragon 4 роки тому

    That was a great little battle.

  • @jhart7304
    @jhart7304 3 роки тому

    brilliant racing

  • @tonylang7526
    @tonylang7526 4 роки тому +1

    ITS THE SIGHT, SOUND, AND DRIVING SKILLS, NOT THE YAMMERING OF A FANATIC OVER THE BEAUTY OF THOSE ENGINES -- PARK IT!!!!!

  • @Squril
    @Squril 2 роки тому

    Is 5Kat the automotive version of 5head?
    I'm sorry....
    Delicious driving, beautiful cars.

  • @pauln1557
    @pauln1557 2 роки тому

    Mini Marcos - possibly the ugliest mini based kit car, but vert light and great fun to drive!
    I drove one in early the 80's, with a 1380cc motor, it was very quick compared to the cars of that era. I would have loved an Elan but couldn't afford one.

  • @Gigi-ei4ew
    @Gigi-ei4ew 2 роки тому

    Incredible mini marcos

  • @andreas1963ap
    @andreas1963ap 4 роки тому

    ...wow...what a great race... 😎👍

  • @tooge47
    @tooge47 Рік тому

    Soooooooooooo much better than NASCAR and their demolition derbys

  • @UberLummox
    @UberLummox 4 роки тому +1

    Intriguing body style. Those Mini Morcos' look more French than Brit for sure.
    Didn't they have plywood floors?

    • @andrewhicks9388
      @andrewhicks9388 4 роки тому +3

      You are thinking of the Marcos GT, plywood chassis and fibreglass body from the 1960's. From approx 1970 they switched to tubular steel chassis as the plywood expensive to fabricate. Jackie Stewart raced a Marcos early in his racing career. See more on Marcos website.

    • @UberLummox
      @UberLummox 4 роки тому

      @@andrewhicks9388 Oh wow. Very Cool!!! Didn't know all the details. Thanks for filling me in!

  • @lefthandedluke
    @lefthandedluke 3 роки тому

    Proper racing.

  • @georgebeard2337
    @georgebeard2337 4 роки тому +6

    Is that the same man who chased an Alfa with a rattling mini?

    • @Radfordperson
      @Radfordperson 4 роки тому +1

      I believe so, said it before Nick Swift for Prime Minister!

  • @plumedargent4459
    @plumedargent4459 4 роки тому

    Small-bore racing always feels more real.

  • @michaeltb1358
    @michaeltb1358 2 роки тому

    The Elan was running on standard skinny tyres.

  • @gseric4721
    @gseric4721 4 роки тому

    Oh wow, I completely forgot about Mini Marcus xD

  • @IROCMAN666
    @IROCMAN666 4 роки тому

    Never a battle for a 14th place had been interested. ;)

  • @DVSNTHERE
    @DVSNTHERE 2 роки тому

    Sweet

  • @buildindian8169
    @buildindian8169 4 роки тому +2

    Misleading indeed, I’m still waiting to see the mini

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 4 роки тому +2

      Build Indian
      Mini Marcos.
      Not too difficult to figure it out

    • @buildindian8169
      @buildindian8169 4 роки тому

      Kasper Kjærsgaard I know but just say it..we know what mini is

  • @sylvaincompagnon6436
    @sylvaincompagnon6436 5 місяців тому

    Waouh 👍👍👍👍

  • @abcdoliveira
    @abcdoliveira 4 роки тому

    Yesterday I was watching a 3 hours video with many races and today I could not find the video to watch to other races. Did you delete the video?

  • @jiroyamamoto2878
    @jiroyamamoto2878 3 роки тому

    While the Mini has a less powerful OHV engine, the car itself is clearly more voluminous than the Elan.

  • @victorvandyke9898
    @victorvandyke9898 4 роки тому

    Yeah incredible racing. Nothing comes close.

  • @tesmith47
    @tesmith47 4 роки тому

    He'll of a race, HP wins again

  • @jody024
    @jody024 4 роки тому

    Swift could get passed the Lotus but couldn't Shake it off.

  • @fadzlenkadir6014
    @fadzlenkadir6014 3 роки тому

    Mini Marcos looks like pufferfish ..

  • @flyer3849
    @flyer3849 4 роки тому

    i have a little marcos on my desk

  • @possibly8180
    @possibly8180 2 роки тому

    Mini marcos
    Mini marcos

  • @polygamous1
    @polygamous1 4 роки тому

    But still the Lotus Is the King

  • @gregtaylor6146
    @gregtaylor6146 4 роки тому +1

    Given that the MM is makIng 140hp, how can the talking head describe a deficit of 40hp as a 'little?' Ridiculous!

    • @ferrumignis
      @ferrumignis 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly, it's getting on for 30% more power in the Lotus which is an enormous difference in racing.

  • @shadmonk
    @shadmonk 2 роки тому

    mini marcos. (not mini)

  • @Alan1970B
    @Alan1970B 4 роки тому

    a good metaphor for class struggle

  • @TheWahyuwirawan
    @TheWahyuwirawan 4 роки тому

    this is real men racing. meanwhile in f1....

  • @claywebb8199
    @claywebb8199 4 роки тому +1

    That MM is quite possibly the ugliest car ever made. It makes a Frog Eye Sprite look like an E-type!!!!