I enjoyed the heck out of watching this. Being in California for 30 years now it was fantastic to see the old place and faces that were once familiar every weekend when I was down "Sarf". Interesting to see how some people have changed........But yet stayed the same ! :-) Well done to everybody out there your all heroes to me both Yellow and Pink I'm proud of you ALL it looked like a great show.
Banger racing is in my blood. And this is such a honourable video. Alot of you old lads went to the mud track called henham,and you all know dirt hurt,but hats off to you all
I loved every second of this. 👍👍 Fantastic effort to all those involved. I know how it feels to never race again. Nowadays l’m a volunteer at my local race track. Watching from Australia. 😊👍👍🦘🇦🇺🦘
Does anyone remember that team who were from deepest south west but used to come east for some of the bigger meets, used to have all white cars, I'm thinking the warlords.
This is one of the best documentary's I've seen last years. You see the true fear and joy of these men. Not the random scripted bullshit. It's straight from the heart.
I have been out of racing for 24 years myself. The doctors tell me I can't ever race again or it could sever my spinal cord due to old work related injury. I have also had throat cancer and the radiation left my lower jaw quite frail. If I were to break it, I would have to have the jaw of a cadaver put in to replace it. Oh well I can't complain at all. It was 200+ demolition derbies 89 heat wins and 78 feature wins. 49 figure 8 races, I forget how many heat wins, and 17 feature wins. I am more than happy with those numbers and regret none of it!
Ugh. Barely see this in my country. I need to sign up for this. Always a fan of smashing cars to scrap metal. A way to release the stress after a bad day at work.
Best sport I have ever done I would love to do it again but my back says nooooooo fantastic lineup and some great names. Your body may retire but your mind will never
45:30 try putting your helmet on first before the neck collar. A racing team with pink cars named the condoms? What was there signature move? Rear ending other cars?
Car 175 @ about 24 mins, surely that's not the John Steward national hot rod driver? never knew he was a banger driver first if it was him. Thanks for posting, I use to race stock rods and superstocks for spedeworth never raced at Arena
SUICIDE SQUAD THE BEST BANGER RACING TEAM EVER SIMPLY THE BEST . The comdoms / cream team / nomads / vermin / and more against the squad but i suppose they needed 4 times as many to beat them but it was all good fun as a spectator and there no.1 fan lol. i use to sit on the pit bend with squad banner on the fence many years ago lol
I’m a ministox driver and it’s the best thing ever, I have tried so many different sports from gymnastics to swimming and karate but stock car racing is a hole lot different and a hole lot better, it’s best hobbie in the world 🏁👊💕💜
Sell the parts of these 100 NX ! So many of them at the same place.. unbelieviable , I had to come accross this video as a passionate for this very car.. And i've only watched a few :D
I used to race at coombe valley dover in a team call the bodgers & im trying to find some footage from the early 90s dose anyone know if there is any & how I can find some please
Good god, there are some good teams in this film. The Condoms, Suicide Squad to name two. Are they still going at all? Absolutely loved banger racing and I just wish it would get the same coverage as any other motorsport does on TV. Just heard in the documentary that the Suicide Squad disbanded a while back. So, that answered my question.
Power to the Sheeple the it’s not the best but some bangers only last a meeting so what’s the point of a full cage if it’s gonna get smashed to shit anyway
If they were hitting each other like that in fully ironed out cars like stock cars, then they would get seriously hurt, the fact that bangers fold up is what takes a lot of impact away from the drivers themselves, use some logic.
@@Albert-lj5jb A cage should not prevent the body from giving or folding up to absorb impact. It can be just large enough to surround the driver to give him full protection from all directions. But I can see them using what they are completely familiar and happy with. As an old racing statement goes, "You run what you bring"!
@@ronfullerton3162 Exactly, that's why in Stock Cars, although still full contact, doing follow-ins and head-ons is not allowed since the strengthening of the cars is so much that the drivers can get seriously injured from big impacts. That's not to say it still doesn't ever happen..... I've seen more people get seriously hurt in a Stock Car than in a Banger, because the latter gives a lot, whereas the former doesn't give much at all.
There's a steel plate that's bolted across the drivers door though the pillars that effectively forms part of the roll "cage" As well as protecting the driver from drivers door hits it helps to keep the bulkhead on the drivers side from collapsing onto the driver in hard front end impacts.
Mate, you want to read the rules, you can’t have a full cage, only a H-Frame, you have a full harness, and most of the time, the cars are welded to hell. Also buckets seats are banned
Angus Some are and that is too many. I have known people to lose mint classics just so some brain donor can kick the windows out, cut the wings and pretend to do motorsport. I see there is another mk1/2 Granada meet coming up. Why? Leave some cool cars on the road. Idiots.
itsallac0nspiracy I don't care 😂😂 banger racing is better to watch than f1, who cares about if old granadas die, they weren't nice in their time anyway 😂
I enjoyed the heck out of watching this. Being in California for 30 years now it was fantastic to see the old place and faces that were once familiar every weekend when I was down "Sarf". Interesting to see how some people have changed........But yet stayed the same ! :-) Well done to everybody out there your all heroes to me both Yellow and Pink I'm proud of you ALL it looked like a great show.
We do it properly over here non of this reversing into a mud bath and crashing at 10mph
Banger racing is in my blood. And this is such a honourable video. Alot of you old lads went to the mud track called henham,and you all know dirt hurt,but hats off to you all
That Steve Taylor of the Squad shat himself at the arena all granada meeting.... pink ruled supreme on that day..... go on the Davis boys 😊😊😊
One of the best documentaries full stop, In my day it was Mick Collard winning everything around Aldershot racetrack.
♥️😁🇬🇧great stories, great film
Twenty three years Omg.
That had to bring a Buzz back into his life.
Real men I like that. :)
R.I.P Arena Essex, you will be missed
What happened to Arena Essex in the end? I popped down there a few times in the 90's and saw some quality meetings there.
@@neilbowers6956 it has closed for houses to be built on there to my knowledge.
@@BenDover-qu9jn ah man, that sucks.
Watched so many times
Man i used to LOVE the Suicide Squad vs The Condoms when i was a kid. It was absolute carnage. So glad i randomly came across this video haha.
Adam NRG it stopped happing a few years ago
What’s even worse is rip arena Essex
Please do more!!
Really enjoyed watching thanks for posting
Great to watch. A real sense of camaraderie with these guys and a bloody good laugh
Steve why are they being removed on accations
Looks like good fun but fuck that lol.
Poor Granada’s
Wonderful way to recycle car fails mot race it
28:08 actually made me cry, seeing his grandkids name on the livery. 😢
I loved every second of this. 👍👍
Fantastic effort to all those involved. I know how it feels to never race again. Nowadays l’m a volunteer at my local race track.
Watching from Australia. 😊👍👍🦘🇦🇺🦘
Does anyone remember that team who were from deepest south west but used to come east for some of the bigger meets, used to have all white cars, I'm thinking the warlords.
This is one of the best documentary's I've seen last years. You see the true fear and joy of these men. Not the random scripted bullshit. It's straight from the heart.
I have been out of racing for 24 years myself. The doctors tell me I can't ever race again or it could sever my spinal cord due to old work related injury. I have also had throat cancer and the radiation left my lower jaw quite frail. If I were to break it, I would have to have the jaw of a cadaver put in to replace it.
Oh well I can't complain at all. It was 200+ demolition derbies 89 heat wins and 78 feature wins.
49 figure 8 races, I forget how many heat wins, and 17 feature wins.
I am more than happy with those numbers and regret none of it!
Old Griz you go man good on ya congrats on the wins
Good ole banger racing nothing beats the thrills
I fucking want this shit here in the US
Ugh. Barely see this in my country. I need to sign up for this. Always a fan of smashing cars to scrap metal. A way to release the stress after a bad day at work.
I wouldn’t say relive stress but what ever makes you sleep at night
Richard for Newport for
Banger racing 666
😈 demon
Hospital
banger racing at its best they might be the old boys but they are as good as our younger racers absolute banger racing
Once you get it ya never lose it!
If you ever need cheering up Billy Brown is ya boy... 100% mournful
Best sport I have ever done I would love to do it again but my back says nooooooo fantastic lineup and some great names. Your body may retire but your mind will never
Not a stocky fan but ill tell you the lump this put in my throat took me to gold back the tears ❤
Grannies and Grandpas! Still game, great doco!🤣👌
45:30 try putting your helmet on first before the neck collar. A racing team with pink cars named the condoms? What was there signature move? Rear ending other cars?
7:27 And I see a .. multiple !! Nissan 100 NX T-top .. I own one , it's not for bangers for sure , the chassis is a mouse trap !
even at 7:23 i see like 4 of them !
Good video, But, I thought the announcer had way too much camera time.😣
18.41 minutes that looked like the midnight runners paint
Rip Granadas but if there past there prime and unrestorable then one last horaa is what they should have
Car 175 @ about 24 mins, surely that's not the John Steward national hot rod driver? never knew he was a banger driver first if it was him. Thanks for posting, I use to race stock rods and superstocks for spedeworth never raced at Arena
johnnyboy184 it sure was john steward long before he was hot rod world champion, great banger driver, great days
SUICIDE SQUAD THE BEST BANGER RACING TEAM EVER SIMPLY THE BEST . The comdoms / cream team / nomads / vermin / and more against the squad but i suppose they needed 4 times as many to beat them but it was all good fun as a spectator and there no.1 fan lol. i use to sit on the pit bend with squad banner on the fence many years ago lol
I thought the squad was the best banger team 😂😂 NOT
Anybody recognise the name GRAVEDIGGER from west world raceway?
Yep the Gravediggers, Black and orange
Awesome show👍still miss the old banger racing here at dunmore stadium in Northern Ireland 🤔sadly replaced by houses nowadays 😢
Episode 1 is here:
ua-cam.com/video/tJ0ofdlG53o/v-deo.html
How can I not watch it now after reading your description of it?!!
It's got a lot to live up to! I'll post back in an hour.
You still watching? It's been a long hour lol
last car running? No it's done on a points bracket. This is demo from the past or how it was done in the past at least.
Nunster's Place the old boy meeting isn’t a points meeting
Amazing docu! Great to watch those old legends!!
I’m a ministox driver and it’s the best thing ever, I have tried so many different sports from gymnastics to swimming and karate but stock car racing is a hole lot different and a hole lot better, it’s best hobbie in the world 🏁👊💕💜
Sell the parts of these 100 NX ! So many of them at the same place.. unbelieviable , I had to come accross this video as a passionate for this very car.. And i've only watched a few :D
the old boys!
I used to race at coombe valley dover in a team call the bodgers & im trying to find some footage from the early 90s dose anyone know if there is any & how I can find some please
,,, SOMEONE DUNNIT, BUT WHO??? WHO DUNNIT..??? ,,, ✨✅✅✅✨
There born entaintainers like showfair family showmen
best sport ever!!!!!
That Steve reminds me of minty from eastenders
I like the illegal bit of welding that connects the door to the top of the scuttle panel @13.44. I bet the scrutineers made em cut that off.
if they noticed,
Where the onther EPS? ??
I would love to race a banger car looks fun as hell.
Bloody brilliant! Loved it
great to see the two great teams again
As an ex banger racer I loved this made me want to jump in the drivers seat again great documentary ,👍🏻💪
44:09 why is there a frog in a all Granada meeting?
Frogeye bonnet on a mk2
This warmed my heart!
I do juner bangers number 27
what a great little doco
great work! awesome doco
Bangarang!!!
Love it
Goodbye arena Essex
Good god, there are some good teams in this film. The Condoms, Suicide Squad to name two. Are they still going at all? Absolutely loved banger racing and I just wish it would get the same coverage as any other motorsport does on TV.
Just heard in the documentary that the Suicide Squad disbanded a while back. So, that answered my question.
A few of the condoms have raced some classic meetings and 158 Shane Davies has been doing a lot of meetings this year
The 2nd hand embarrassed, these guys think they are famous former f1 drivers 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Guy says he's broken every bone in his body. Then you see what these guys consider a roll cage and you understand why.
Power to the Sheeple the it’s not the best but some bangers only last a meeting so what’s the point of a full cage if it’s gonna get smashed to shit anyway
If they were hitting each other like that in fully ironed out cars like stock cars, then they would get seriously hurt, the fact that bangers fold up is what takes a lot of impact away from the drivers themselves, use some logic.
@@Albert-lj5jb A cage should not prevent the body from giving or folding up to absorb impact. It can be just large enough to surround the driver to give him full protection from all directions. But I can see them using what they are completely familiar and happy with. As an old racing statement goes, "You run what you bring"!
@@ronfullerton3162 Exactly, that's why in Stock Cars, although still full contact, doing follow-ins and head-ons is not allowed since the strengthening of the cars is so much that the drivers can get seriously injured from big impacts. That's not to say it still doesn't ever happen..... I've seen more people get seriously hurt in a Stock Car than in a Banger, because the latter gives a lot, whereas the former doesn't give much at all.
There's a steel plate that's bolted across the drivers door though the pillars that effectively forms part of the roll "cage" As well as protecting the driver from drivers door hits it helps to keep the bulkhead on the drivers side from collapsing onto the driver in hard front end impacts.
I am inspired by nigel mansell formula one driver
No shit sherlock
IF YE PUT PROPER CAGES AND PROPER HARNESSES AND PROPER NECK BRACES AND PROPER BUCKET SEATS IN THEM YE WOULD HAVE A LOT LESS BROCKEN BONES
Your actually wrong
Mate, you want to read the rules, you can’t have a full cage, only a H-Frame, you have a full harness, and most of the time, the cars are welded to hell. Also buckets seats are banned
Banger racing would be far more entertaining, if they did not paint the cars, so it looked like real road crashes.
So many Granada's. Gone. I like banger racing, but racing rare classics and often stolen cars is not on.
itsallac0nspiracy stolen 😂😂 hardly any of the cars are stolen you mug
Angus Some are and that is too many. I have known people to lose mint classics just so some brain donor can kick the windows out, cut the wings and pretend to do motorsport.
I see there is another mk1/2 Granada meet coming up. Why?
Leave some cool cars on the road.
Idiots.
itsallac0nspiracy I race on an oval and tbf I don't really mind about them killing cars, look up the Stan woods 2017 and see some real cars
Angus Real cars are on the road, not just a shell with a box section 'cage' and a fucking Pinto on carbs.
You have no idea.
itsallac0nspiracy I don't care 😂😂 banger racing is better to watch than f1, who cares about if old granadas die, they weren't nice in their time anyway 😂
That was awesome! Thanks for the upload.