1966 GALLAHER 500 Bathurst

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The 1966 Gallaher 500 was an endurance motor race for production cars, held on 2 October 1966 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales in Australia. It was the seventh running of the Bathurst 500 race and the first time that the event had been staged under the Gallaher 500 name. All credit to the original owner.
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@Ropetangler 5 жыл бұрын

A race I am unlikely to forget. As a 16 year old I watched it from Forrest Elbow, or at least the start of it from there. A few years later I worked for BMC at Zetland in charge of the paint store those were the days, I agree with many others here that the racing was far more exciting then with production cars, than it is now with the super tourers and also much more meaningful too. Many thanks for the upload.

@blakeprocter5818 5 жыл бұрын

I gotta say, I really like this commentator a lot better than most modern ones. He has just the right combination of humour and serious race commentary with no bias, without a lot of the silly shit a lot of modern commentators come up with.

@andrewsmyrek7161 5 жыл бұрын

The real Bathurst! Road cars on the track, bring it back!

@andrewphillips4897 5 жыл бұрын

I bought a new Morris Cooper S in 1968. I went on my honeymoon in it three months later. September 1, 1968. I still have the same wife.

@philhuxtable433 2 жыл бұрын

Should have kept the cooper s

@aussiebloke609 2 жыл бұрын

For those who may not know, Forrest's Elbow was named after Jack Forrest, a motorcycle racer who mashed his elbow in a crash on that corner, back in 1947. Typical Aussie humour. :-D

@q.e.d.9112 2 жыл бұрын

Aged 22 in ‘66, I was the proud owner of a brand new Cooper S. I drove it 500 miles non-stop, once. I’ve never been so knackered in my life, and I wasn’t pushing it half as much as these guys.

@angelsone-five7912 9 жыл бұрын

That was awesome, sheer bliss for us Mini fans. Thanks for uploading.

@flamingfrancis 3 жыл бұрын

REAL Morris or Austin Minis too !!

@graemebdh2172 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see this footage of Bathurst when it was interesting and exciting to watch. I turned 18 in 1965 and my first car was a Mini with a 1000cc engine, sadly not a Cooper but what a fun car to drive.

@Dallas-Nyberg 4 жыл бұрын

I checked the current status on the Mini Cooper S - which was numbered 13C in this race. The car is still listed in 2019 as being road registered.

@flamingfrancis 3 жыл бұрын

Car 13C is the winning MORRIS Cooper S that was driven by Rauno Altonen and co-driver Bob Holland. It would be a museum piece and somebody has obviously shelled out heaps and put it under wraps...lucky B. p.s. Mini Cooper S's are the current day crap made by BMW...they don't win anything.

@johnd8892 2 жыл бұрын

Or could be that someone ordered the original number plate long after the original was written off later by a later road use owner. Or so the story goes.

@mrt723 7 жыл бұрын

I have 2 1:43 Minis from the Bathurst races numbers 22 C and 17 C haven't things change so much over the years. very brave guys back then no barriers etc .

@autophyte 5 жыл бұрын

Ah, the good old days of motor racing. When things go wrong, light up a Gallaher and chill out.

@catweasle5737 5 жыл бұрын

As a mini owner, this was great to watch. :-)

@davideccles7805 10 жыл бұрын

and at the Finish line, thier was 9 mini cooper s in the first 9 places outright. AWESOME little car, LEGEND

@PiDsPagePrototypes 4 жыл бұрын

It was first through eight, then the VC V8 and then another mini in tenth.

@flamingfrancis 3 жыл бұрын

Some really famous names amongst the Cooper S drivers.

@thaibulldog6800 Жыл бұрын

I love that many of them have their road registration plates still on.

@LorraineCrighton-ne5ds 10 ай бұрын

My Dad was driving the Cooper S #25 C George Forrest in the roll over.....he was saved by the seatbelt so glad no other driver hit him.

@waterbourne9282 11 ай бұрын

Looking at these old races I can see why older friends were so keen on the mini's and cortina's now. Great fun seeing street cars hammered testing endurance and performance.

@sixstrings1490 7 ай бұрын

Real racing, Cars exactly like you and I could own. Bathurst sorts them all out !

@dougsclassiccars8114 7 жыл бұрын

I had no idea they used to race the early crowns awesome!

@andrewphillips4897 5 жыл бұрын

This is real street racing. You knew what your car was all about.

@timdingleakajacksparrow2748 5 жыл бұрын

Back in 1979 ; I had a Bathurst model 68 Cooper S , Works motor Alloys , race seat all the good stuff ; Did 125 mph , Beat all my mates V8 S 👍⁉️⁉️What a car 🤔👍👍👍Wish I still had it 🤔Be worth a fortune

@flamingfrancis 3 жыл бұрын

Irishman Paddy Hopkirk was famous for his handbrake turns from gymkanas and being a BMC Team Rally driver. Altonen was also a member of the BMC rally team. The year after this Hopkirk returned to Oz (I think Altonen did too) and competed in a leg of the then WRC. On the leg that went through Wollongong Paddy tore off a wheel on the section of dirt road between Mount Keira and Mount Kembla. He continued to drive it for at least five K's to complete the section.

@jrnqproductions9939 4 жыл бұрын

Great classic footage, amazing camera work by these film guys.

@andrewphillips4897 3 жыл бұрын

I was there and I remember the excitement. This was real driver and car and not the mighty dollar moguls.

@batmanlives6456 11 ай бұрын

Anyone who cracks the ton in a mini definitely has my respect… Bloody fast with your bum about 2 inches off the ground.. Hero status !

@jeffwilliams742 6 жыл бұрын

This what car racing should be all about now like it was back then stuff the v8 super cars it bloody boring same old same old not worth watching any more not even exciting to watch

@thelifeandtimesofbrotherneil 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the cars from this period.... you could really throw them around and so simple compared to modern cars to work on.....

@OzBloke 9 жыл бұрын

I was 15 then...just getting interested in Cars....1st was an Austin A40 Farina....I thought I was Christmas....first newie was a Mini Deluxe in 1969....cost $1600 ....ended up rolling it on a gravel road ...against all the current advice at the time that you 'couldn't roll a mini' LOL. Great Video and great memories, thanks!

@robthelog223 9 жыл бұрын

The Flying Brick, surely the greatest little car "ever". The shitful bloody thing that BMW are floggin' now , does "not" deserve to wear the Mini badge, let alone a "Cooper S" badge, it's a shit box!

@bradgotch 7 жыл бұрын

never lift off in a corner. In a mini.

@76aussieguy 5 жыл бұрын

@@robthelog223 just wondering if you've driven a new mini? not trying to be a smart arse either mate, its just i shared your opinion up until i drove one. they're definitely not the same, but their are similarities where i feel they've tyred to take the good bits from the old and built the new one around it. This business of having four doors and slapping a cooper s badge on anything they shove out the door is "A bloody shambles" though that may have happened since you made that comment

@MrFudgepump 5 жыл бұрын

this is epic, thank you for uploading it

@huwzebediahthomas9193 2 жыл бұрын

. 00:16:27 Dunlop CR65 - a legendary tyre, also available in ten inch size, obviously, red spot hard or white spot soft (or the other way around). 😎 👍 🚜

@jyrkiaaltonen9298 Жыл бұрын

This is Gold, go cuz Rauno👍👍👍

@bennettclayton6780 9 жыл бұрын

Great videos. Thanks for the effort in putting them up

@KevinHallSurfing 10 жыл бұрын

'All over bar the shouting" mwahahaha haven't heard that for yonks! Funny seeing the pit crew change tires with the standard supplied wheel brace but it was a production class race.

@abuubaydullah1 4 жыл бұрын

The time you raced by the seat of your pants and in 76 i had my first cooper s then built my first racer and used her on the streets and went on to building cars for others after work in the evening and weed ends ;-) miss those days

@darryllspalding5211 3 жыл бұрын

I was 3 yrs old by then and still familiar names!

@menocat8353 Ай бұрын

I had to laugh when the commentator said " this is not a track for the big cars".

@alfaromeo5069 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for those amazing videos :-) Please, keep posting.

@bmwoutlander 2 жыл бұрын

This is far better than the super rubbish you have now.

@stooartbabay 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a mini invasion!! Great to see :)

@timdingleakajacksparrow2748 3 жыл бұрын

Back in 78 , I bought a 68 Mini Cooper S , With a balanced and Blue printed Motor, Extractors , 45 mm Weber , Alloys flared Guards, Racing seats , even had Ferrari seat belts,, It was a rocket 🚀 , Wish I still had it , I had it up to 125 mph 🤪🤫🤫 Beat all my mates hotted up cars ⁉️Great fun Car

@flamingfrancis 3 жыл бұрын

I would have been the Ferrari seat belt that made all the difference...was it factory red ?

@peregrinemccauley7819 3 жыл бұрын

Amusing and witty race commentator .

@nevilleapple629 Жыл бұрын

He was of a narrator really,

@roddean4971 Ай бұрын

Peter Whitchurch, he also directed the off track scenes and was genuinely interested in the sport and how best to represent the race on film in what was relatively new ground for Australia.

@davidp.designer9558 4 жыл бұрын

Só eu que acho as corridas de antigamente mais emocionantes que as atuais?

@allanliversidge9827 Жыл бұрын

No mate, there's heaps of us.

@Left4Coragem 8 ай бұрын

In the blend line tv channel you can find people racing with all types of cars still. www.youtube.com/@BlendLineTV/videos

@oz2strokeman394 13 күн бұрын

They're all I watch.

@gillac1825 9 жыл бұрын

We were part of a team to do the official lap scoring to assist the then BMC works team . all from the Mini Car Club of NSW located in the apprentice training school bus From BMC parked in Hell Corner the first corner .

@hifives2 4 жыл бұрын

8:46 , nsw plate , must have drove it to the track

@ecksdee3145 Жыл бұрын

and its still registered

@hyper2high 7 жыл бұрын

I wonder whos idea it was to put a human bollard at the end of the pit lane? Brave man lol

@daleskidmore1685 5 жыл бұрын

Cause less damage to the car than a concrete one, lol.

@barryphillips7327 Жыл бұрын

1250cc?? I know of the 850cc engines, 1000, 1100, 1275, but not 1250 a special maybe or a mistake. The Minis advantage would be thru the corners, and under brakes ( disc front, drum rear ) but the others would be quicker down Conrod Straight

@johnd8892 Жыл бұрын

Yes a mistake. The Cooper S needed the 1275 to be on the pace. If the Valiant V8 had sold enough with the disc brake option to qualify for the race the result might have been different. The Studebakers too had to be driven much slower than they qualified so the wheels would not fall off and the drum only brakes burn up as they did when pushed as fast as they could go but not last.

@moaningpheromones 7 ай бұрын

Minis galore!!

@brianford8493 25 күн бұрын

Farking enjoyed that....ta!✌️

@peterpiper831 Жыл бұрын

6:35. " It's a track that doesn't suit the big cars." Well, what happened from the following year ?

@aldee7533 5 жыл бұрын

It looks so fun! Put a 12 pack in a cooler on the passenger seat and GOFERIT!

@andrewphillips4897 3 жыл бұрын

The only bad thing here was the cigarette smoking.

@flamingfrancis 3 жыл бұрын

The race sponsor was a tobacco / cigarette company.

@allanliversidge9827 Жыл бұрын

Leave out the politics

@PiDsPagePrototypes 6 жыл бұрын

Would have been a touch more interesting if the VC V8's had been able to run the optional Disc Brakes. Been a long time since racing was true 'Production Cars' like these - the scrutineering after the race doesn't get much mention now,... least not since the Ford Sierra's ;)

@PiDsPagePrototypes 4 жыл бұрын

@H HOUR HOTEL Not enough sold with discs to qualify for series homologation. The VC V8 drivers spent the day pulling the A904 back down through the gears to stop at the bottom of Conrod. Torqueflites are that strong....

@mrrolandlawrence 6 жыл бұрын

ah the days when racers didnt bother with axle stands and a single trolly under the sump would do it for working underneath ;)

@Jesse-B 3 жыл бұрын

Go the Mini!

@26TptCoy 5 жыл бұрын

0:17 nothing like a top up before the race, another 3 bottles under the seat for ya!

@idak12 7 жыл бұрын

only 1 holden entered in 66, wow.

@ozlakota1 4 жыл бұрын

and that was lazy hr

@colchesterpete2 10 жыл бұрын

mini heaven

@warhubnia164 5 жыл бұрын

wow good cars

@critchley3819 8 жыл бұрын

Go karts are hard on tyres. real cars are fun to watch..

@bullsnutsoz 11 жыл бұрын

yes thanks more.

@actualfacts1055 Жыл бұрын

Go the Valiant.

@warhubnia164 5 жыл бұрын

how

@andrew_koala2974 2 жыл бұрын

■ For more information see: {_en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Gallaher_500

@brycejames8770 2 жыл бұрын

No mention of the mighty Bellets

@raychambers3646 4 жыл бұрын

No roll cage 100mph I like it better f1 any day!

@huwzebediahthomas9193 2 жыл бұрын

Rauno Aaltonnen! (or however you spell his Finnish name, spellings) - RAUNO Aaltonnen - I eventually remembered. 🙂 😎

@jyrkiaaltonen9298 Жыл бұрын

You're very close....one letter out...still very good 👍👍👍👍

@jimeditorial 21 күн бұрын

The Japanese did pretty well, but obviously the future lies with the British Motor Corporation

@AdamRBusby 3 жыл бұрын

and to think... we can buy a 1999 JDM mini, pop a honda B18 engine in, and rule 2020.... (eg my 1999 mini rocks lol) 50 years after minis ruled Bathurst

@Jesse-B 9 жыл бұрын

I love Minis, no doubt, but it was a different story the following year when Ford entered the 289 inch Falcons kzfaq.info/get/bejne/leCSpM171qm-dGQ.html

@yakacm 7 жыл бұрын

The minis were still competitive for years, it's not all about cubic inches, granted they probably didn't win as much when the big V8 were involved, but just the fact they hardly need to brake for corners, and they are so low, means they can keep a lot of speed into the corners, which gives them an advantage over the bigger cars. Have a look at the historic racing from Goodwood and you can see the Mini's Cortina's and Alfa's keep up with the big V8 iron.

@warhubnia164 5 жыл бұрын

omg

@peterstevenson5418 4 жыл бұрын

Toyota all about quality back then its a shame they forgot that the stuff they make now is crap

@falseprofit4u 4 жыл бұрын

Super cars ruined all this when you had the likes of Moffat whinged about production cars not being race cars,,,, duh,,,, wanker!! it was a production car endurance race that was raced on Sunday and mr. average bought the same car on Monday.

@joandar1 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the expression I grew up with was win on Sunday, sell on Monday. That just meant that what you saw is what you bought, not the crap that is Bathurst racing today. Can't buy one of them and drive to work! Cheers Mate, John, Australia.