WIN PERCY Sideways In A 'D' Type
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Win Percy narrates his 14 laps in the Sussex Trophy at Goodwood, 2002, in the Mike Hawthorn chassis 1955 Jaguar D-Type. This is a great video, all credit to the original producers.
See: 'Sideways In A D-Type!' from the outside...
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This is simply glorious! Win Percy's commentary is fantastic. Brilliant driving.
This is a masterclass in historic sports car driving. Win Percy so fully explains the thinking behind the racing. Thanks for posting this wonderful video.
A TWR jag xjs hero.
Absolutely amazing skill at the wheel and pedals of the slightly lively D Type! And what a great insight into the race with his running commentary. It is superb to see and hear that most famous of Jaguars driven as it was intended, throttle barely off the floorpan! Sublime
Great stuff thanks for sharing 👍🏽
super explanatory commentary - thanks. amazing how you are always just on/over the absolute level of grip. like rally driving on tarmac.
Pure Gold.
Great video & super driving, guess I'll just go out to my garage and enjoy the beauty of my '68 E Type OTS & get ready for this weekends drive.
Amazinc run!
Great race,love the d type'
Wow, just wow...
Crazy, almost all corner exit is power and counter steering a little.
Great driving
I enjoyed the commentary as it gave one an insight as to what he was doing. Very interesting.
Rain-x needs to sponsor this guy.
Wise words... Use the torque
So what you have is a race car, (one not long ago sold for 19.8 million dollars), going flat out and actually racing with the Ferrari Dino, (not sure it's worth but must be in the millions. The Ferrari of today is many times in the hands of people who have money but many cannot drive the car to its potential and many have very view miles. (a drivers car which is not driven, in other words)
I have heard the talk for many years about how Ferrari is a complicated car , much of it hand made and that is the reason for its expense. These same people also excuse the maintenance costs and the need for expertise to work on the car. All excuses, IMO, and moving away from what Ferrari racing was about. Porsche and Ferrari had really great race records because of reliability. The older cars wining Lemans many times, a tough 24 hour race. Not engine swaps during the race if you have problems like in modern times.
I worked for a guy while in high school who used to repair old english sports cars, Jaguar, Austin Healey, Aston Martin, Triumph, etc. I would stop by being a car nut and ask him about his cars on the lot and talk cars. (I would see DB5's, XKE's, TR 3's, a C Type Jag, a body and frame in the shop which I don't remember what it was but it was bare and looked like a Jag or Maserati race car. I remember him asking me since I stop all the time and talk cars why don't I help out. He threw me right into working on a TR 6. We took apart the seats and re-stuffed, reupholstered them with new leather stitched by hand, redid the interior and since it was fairly clean frame but just dirty/worn interior just did a engine dismantle, clean and redo, new top and repaint. Never had a upholster's needle in my hadn before or paint gun but he would show me and let me at it. My first door was not so good so he had me sand it down and redo ending up doing the complete car. The owner loved it.
That same owner brought in a 62 250 GTE which he wanted to hot rod by installing 6 webers instead of the factory three. He wanted a GTO without the cost, although GTO's were not that outrageously expensive in the 1970's. We took apart the engine and rebuilt it. The guy I worked for had never done a Columbo engine but just took it as another machine and did so having me do much or the work . We ran it on a wooden frame hooked to a water can and radiator for cooling and adjusted the valves and carbs on it.
This made me see these cars as they were, well built, sophisticated but also simple in design. These guys racing them seem to have that same love for the cars and what they are meant for. The Jag backending into the wall was worth several million dollars and he walked away like it was just another day not seemingly distraught. Back when racing they were crashed and rebuilt to race again. Considering this was some of the most dangerous racing with a 1 in 3 or 2 in 3 chance or actually dying if you raced more than 3 years, many of these cars were crashed and repaired. Now many are held as investments instead of the performance cars they are meant to be.
God Bless these guys for keeping the cars alive and doing what they were meant to do regardless of their "worth".
You said it. What fun are cars that you can only look at?
@@N-Scale Exactly! I cannot build a car, but I could build a fantastic sculpture resembling a car, that you could only look at.
Building a running machine that looks and performs like the D-Type is more than art - it's magic!
@@TheRapand About 15 years ago I was passed by a D-Type while I was doing laps on my bike around a quiet road we used as a training track. It parked a few hundred metres up the road. The driver was doing some tinkering under the bonnet and, naturally, I stopped to have a look and a chat with the driver. It was a replica. Almost as light as the original race cars. Not quite as powerful because of road rules. Good for club races and road cruising at 1/150th of the price of an original.
One of my wife's clients, a 60ish architect, had a late 1930s Jaguar SS 100. I'd help him with computer stuff and he'd take me for a drive. I noticed that young women we passed were pausing to stare at the car and were pointing it out to their friends. His comment was "Chick magnet 😁"
One of my neighbours had a late 1930s Aston Martin. He used it as a daily driver and it was very competent in modern traffic. This one tinyurl.com/y2cylevn
As Maurice Jones said above, these cars were, like their 1950s successors, sophisticated but simple in design. I would say sophisticated for their time. For example, the SS100's handling was sometimes a bit scary. It was OK at speed, but the chassis and the suspension could get wound up going around a tight, uphill corner and then unwind on the straight, leading to a bit of buck jumping.
You don't need to have them air freighted at huge cost to a surgically clean, secret location somewhere in Europe for every annual service or minor hiccup. Any competent mechanic can work on them.
@@roadie3124 In the early 1970's when out driving about with some mates in my 39' Ford coupe I spotted a pair of cars on the side of the road I just had to take a look at, one was an Allard and the other D type, and not a replica either but a real one! This one!forums.autosport.com/topic/91858-nz-jaguar-d-type-history/
What's even more amazing is both that D Type and the 246S still races at Goodwood Revival.
I imagine a "Millennial" person watching this and crying out "Oh no, they're S L I D I N G, they're about to crash!" Win Percy's hands weren't still for a second --- and the drivers were not cruising or taking the safe option. Breath-taking action.
I'm not too familiar with the average car value at Goodwood, but I wonder how much the wreck at 18:15 ended up costing. Yikes.
Proper car
Don't you have the no commentary edition of this race?I want to hear the sound, not the driver explaining to me what he had accomplished, with all due respect of course
Am I right that Win is/was in a wheelchair?
If so he did a damn good job though he has always been a very good peddler
hoppefully they were racing with modern tires ! As we can see our Grand Pa pilote are much more working, i mean fighting with their car than the F1 pilote today... The Mister E circus is so boring !
Wonderful, and very good sound engineering, it was nice to be able to hear both the commentary and the engine so clearly.
Thanks for this.
That was some serious wheel work there and a great race. Cars over 60 years old and doing 150 MPH, and sliding through every corner. Just brilliant to watch, the sounds were glorious and Win was perfect with his commentary.
Amazing!
Niels, did you say you were modding a D-type?
Fantastic driving! If this video had been made 50 years ago with Jim Clark behind the wheel I don't think the driving would have been much different.
Did anyone notice the hood coming up?
I was marshalling at St Mary's that year. It was the last one I did before I got married. This was always one of my favourite races with all the Listers, D-Types, DBR's and that Dino, spectacularly driven by Tony Dron . Great weekend, except for the Ferrari that got destroyed on the Sunday
Wonderful footage and great commentary from Win Percy, a true gentleman racer.
Jaguar D Type sounds so gorgeous. Win Percy is a master in car and commentary. Wow Sterling Moss as well. Wishes do come true.
Timeless art on wheels, with a sound to please the gods! 👍👌👏😍
At a glance WIN PERCY looks like an anagram of NO MERCY! Sure drives like it. BRAVO 🏆
I'm 52, Win inspired me when I was young, he has just done so again! Thank you for posting. All those "exclusive"," attitude" competitors should take note, in all sports.
i'm 61 now and still being inspired by Win... a complete hero :)
Just my opinion but I think that the D Type Jaguar is the most beautiful car ever made - at any time.
Exciting! It reminds me of my one lap at Le Mans in a VW Beetle in 1965.
It's amazing that those skinny tires had enough grip to stay on the track at speed.
That was absolutely brilliant and exciting!, many years ago I spent nearly every penny I had on a Formula ford racing car and raced it for the 1982 season in Mondello, it was wonderful and watching this brings it all back!, how I would dearly love to do it again. Well done Win and Tony. Many thanks. Gérard lacey in Ireland. X.
Sensational….great driving and camera work…lump in the throat stuff, felt as though I was with you all the way…..
Win the winner!!!fabulous driver, and a gentleman!!!
Just love how they really had to drive those cars. It's constant steering correction all the time. Just marvelous...
Why does anyone watch Formula 1? It is tedious compared to this. A brilliant watch and makes me keen to pursue the lower levels of club motorsport myself. I'll never circuit race but autosolo, sprints and hillclimbs are within anyone's reach. Well inspired that man!
Thanks for your comment, you said it all, Win was good for the Australian Touring Car scene, and sure, a great bloke. We are glad to upload this for all to see, a real blast from the past.
All over the world everyone strives to improve their product. Good luck to you guys trying to improve on this product!...
Win Percy opposite locking an immacculately sweet snarling inline six D-Type, ducking & weaving through back markers, trying to get those teency crossplies to retain their composure while the crisp Jag six pack wants to race on regardless and while all this is going on, a pin sharp and relentless Ferrari is steadily closing in for the ultimate kill.
This is truly top quality stuff. How can you ever even hope to improve on this?
Many thanks. Absolutely thrilling!
Thank you ever so much for sharing this wonderful experience!! Superb driving (I am jealous), wonderful footage, great car and very nice comments. Thank you sir!
alvisspecial Thank you for the kind comment, yes Win Percy is a special person, a nice guy full of knowledge and a great ambassador for Jag and motorsport in general. He is well respected in Australia!
Awesome race. incredible driving on the limit without making a mistake. Real Pro drivers!
Maybe the best racing I've ever seen. To see the Jag struggling on the tires (can't imagine that the Ferrari did much better), however Percy went to the limits in each corner - and even on the straights - and in the end this (short) wheel-to-wheel fight... And all that with these wonderful cars. How boring is a modern DTM race compared to this.
What a great film! So nerve-wracking feeling the Ferrari breathing down the neck of the Jaguar. What a car! He is an excellent driver and it was eye opening to have the explanation. Nursing the tyres. Smoothing out the corners. All the tricks. Not making mistakes. Lovely.
Cheers Johnny. Win was one of the best!
Exciting race, great commentary and wonderful Jaguar in-line 6 sounds !
Absolutely epic race! Glorious cars and wonderful moments!
Great racing, that’s what motorsports should look like! And Goodwood is just such an amazing place to race cars like that!
Absolutely marvelous racing! I thoroughly enjoyed that from start to finish.
Oh my goodness!!!
This was sooo exciting!!! I wish I had been there!!
This is one of the most exciting, engaging, and educational motor racing videos I have ever seen. It is simply wonderful to see a driver of this caliber pushing a magnificent D jaguar to the limits of its adhesion, combined with a narrative that puts you right in the driver's head.
In period, that Birdcage Maserati would've blown the Lister and D Type into the weeds, but post-period "improvements to the breed" have made them MUCH faster than they were in their youth...
Well, nowadays, the Jaguars and Listers ran 3.4 or 3.8 litre engines, which is still period correct, but by the time the Maserati Birdcages came along, a 3 litre capacity limit was in force for the Sportscar Championship, if I remember correctly. That would mean that any Lister and D Type still racing for the Championship at that point would have to use a smaller 3 litre Jaguar engine, which didn't work as well
That car's handling is positively evil. I heard that the D-type is a legendary car but it takes a special person to drive it. Win Percy, you have iron ore in your pants man. Gawd
Forgive me for saying so, but you appear to have no idea what you are talking about.
He’s steering the car on the limit WITH THE THROTTLE, it seems. Even when he said the tyres were good he was doing that. Not really the hallmark of a great handling car. Very entertaining to drive, but horrible on tyres. Which is why Tony Dron was able to walk around him at the end in a less powerful car. That Dino has 2500cc. The D Type had to be 3.8 Litre. Racing drivers do not saw at the steering unless something is WRONG!
Why is this racing more exciting that the modern stuff???
Brilliant commentary and edge of the seat racing.
what a feeling with the onboard camera ! I love it !!
WOW a D Type in a race, excellent viewing experience!
I was visualizing it as a sportbike track rider, and cringed along through the corners. Parts of that track were too unsafe for bikes.
Really ?
Contender for “ Greatest living Dorset Man”
The cars may have been Historic but man, some of the drivers were really Historic in 2021!.
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
Wrestling with a gorilla when the tyres get hot.
Such a respected racer in Australia .
This is borderline amazing.
There was a beautiful example in Melbourne not sure who owned it . It was an Aluminium colour ie not painted, was often at Sandbown Park.This car is beautiful.
perfect
Beautiful Jag Sir!!
jaguar typo d el mejor auto de carrera de la historia marcelo miguens
Loving this.
John Lane Thanks John.
Great footage!
thanks Niels
C'mon Tiff!
The hood looks like it's about to fly off the car!
feels like the cars were funnier to drive before.
Fantastic just Fantastic . The Real deal !!!
Take a look at Mike Hawthorn driving this car. Smooth controlled and perfect compared to this struggle.and almost out of control style.
The video of Hawthorn was taken prior to the race, when the roads were open to public traffic!..
Hawthorn stated, "Gotta' be a little careful today because quite a lot of traffic on the road." I suspect his smoothness was a result of his reduced effort to drive at the limit.
That was special. I have net Percy twice. Australia and our motor racing history is so much richer for Win's time here. Thanks for posting. Cheers.
Great but can you shut your mouth ! can't hear the sound of the motor!!!
Superb, thank you !
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Amazin car
Isn't it faster if you don't drift around every corner?
Wow!
The entire race on board a beautifully pedigreed factory racer running in peak tune with a genuine modern day motor sport master at the controls and on the absolute limit the entire time.
This little excursion was eye watering & there is no getting closer to the action than this. Sincere thanks and gratitude to all who toiled away to create this sublime "experience".
Fabulous little D-Type with her sweet singing inline six & careful & capable Win Percy gently guiding her fit together like peaches and cream... Absolutely delicious!