That 10 minutes had more excitement than the whole current F1 season.

The aesthetic of this race is something not seen anymore, the camera quality and colours, the audio, the slight sunset vibe, love it.

Now that's racing. I was absolutely glued to my screen for 10 minutes straight

I love how this is a two car battle, but you can only hear one. what an amazing sound

Finally, KZfaq reccomends some damn quality content

Man I'm a Porsche guy, but the Corvette's roars are scary asf

Old video but so so good! I'm gonna try to give some insight here since there is so much misinformation in the comments. First, please note that it is INCREDIBLY DARK during this point of the race. EDIT: (sunset was at 6:37PM local time that day, with the 1st place overall car finishing in just over 4 hours. I have been unable to find a start time however). The camera brightens up the view a lot! I mean, what good would it do the viewer to see a nearly black TV screen? (Look at 5:55 and you'll get a better idea of the darkness) Second, the Corvette (Magnussen) driver claimed that the Porsche (Bergmeister) "parked it" at the final turn, causing the rear end bump. Bergmeister did not dispute this. Bergmeister claimed to not intentionally spin Magnussen. He DID want to rub the Corvette to scrub off his speed. Obviously it didn't end that way. Lastly, no penalty was given after the race. However, both drivers were put on a two race probation to begin the 2010 season. And as far as I know, neither driver had any animosity towards the other. (As documented in interviews with both drivers) EDIT: **Driver interview/quote** Since that fateful sprint to the finish, Magnussen and Bergmeister have both made comments that show the true professionalism of both drivers. “We talked afterwards and we both had the same perspective about what happened and how it happened,” Bergmeister said. “On the flight to Daytona [in January], we were on the same plane and Jan came over and we talked. I said, ‘Well I was trying to push you towards the wall.’ And he said, ‘I was trying to push me in the other direction.’ At some point, physics got in the way and it didn’t work out anymore.” Magnussen shared a similar viewpoint of the incident: “Last year’s race was fantastic except for the last 50 yards,” he said. “We spoke about it and [understood] that we’re going to have to race each other hard many times this year. Stuff like that can’t can’t happen. We have no hard feelings and we’re just going to go at it like nothing happened.” Thanks!

Hard to believe that 2010 is considered “old”. Now I feel old ;-;

....this is soooo much better than NASCAR.

Watching that Vette go around Laguna Seca gives me flashbacks to golden era Gran Turismo

The power of HDR makes it look like they were racing at 1pm.

Man Laguna Seca is my favorite race track. And seeing an epic finish, just wow.

That corvette had some really bright headlights basically blinding everyone.

Bergmeister had bad flashbacks to Sebring 2007. Same situation, car behind him bumped him in the last corner and rubbed along side him to the finish line, forcing his way past him and lost the race. When he got bumped again here, he thought, "Oh no, not F*cking this time."

This is the highest quality video from 2009 I've ever seen. I almost thought this video was no more than a couple years old, even with the outdated-looking UI.

What a throwback to my childhood. Just a gorgeous era of racing.

just realised this Magnussen guy is F1 Driver Kevin Magnussen's father. That's pretty cool.

corvette: let me pass! porsche: no.

I just witnessed GT Sport in real life with out penalties...

Things were get'n a 'lil "Forza" out there..

Rip speed tv bless for the best of times. This and Nickelodeon was my childhood

I was there sitting in the grandstand on the front straight! What a crazy finish. Thanks for posting.

Started like iRacing semi-pros, ended like Wreckfest no-rules 😆 Thanks KZfaq for this 10 yo recommandation. It already feels like the good old time... especially with the 'vette 💛

These last 10 minutes of the GT2 race were better than the last 5 years of formula 1 as a whole.

When u turn drivatar difficulty to unbeatable

Some of the best days of racing ever.... long live SPEEDTV that I miss a lot

Just finished a GT7 Laguna Seca daily race and watched this video, that was incredible!

This game looks so underrated. It needs an HD remaster.

Magnussen said in a Car and Driver article that he'd still do the last move all over again :P

very nice graphics. i hope my GTX4080 can run it

Holy crap I can’t believe it’s been 10+ years since this. One of my favorite race endings ever.

5:10 I feel u magnusson, if I had a nickle for every time I did that move on gt3, I'd buy every car in that game

uploaded in 2009 my ass... damn smooth video and great footage! awesome edit: after finish: hands down one of THE best racing videos on the internet

that got pretty dirty at the end

For those of us that have been on that Laguna Sega course for track days....all I can say is wow. Man these guys push it

I wonder who won the pit brawl after the race between the 2 of em

How I miss SPEED TV

I feel like that corvette driver would run over a grandma if he had too!

it is one of the most impressive battles of all time, huge respect for a drivers

Great race! Both drivers are awesome competitors and put on an amazing show. Thank you.

The V8 from the Corvette mates.. I think we won't have such an brutal sound anymore. And damn the end was brutal!

This is why I love racing! The tension of a long race, which builds up as the laps run out and drivers giving their all to cross the line first! That's what racing is about!

Showed this clip to my ESL workshop about the history of racing in the US. None of them were car people but they were on the edge of their seats for this one.

RIP Gil de Ferran

*HEADLIGHTS*

The Porsche dude clearly grew up on Gran Turismo. But the vette fella? Straight from Forza Horizon LOL Edit: thx for the likes and plz don't take me seriously. I enjoy Forza a lot...i also like corvettes :)

A 2021 guy, this is probably the best anime fight according to my car addiction.

9:05 Enough is enough This guy is a genius, he said this to Jan Magnussen 10 years before Steiner said this to Kevin Magnussen (his son) Genius.

If you can 110% say if you were the Porsche you'd let off after that bump you would be a liar

That was exciting to watch! Both drove their hearts out and displayed a spectacular battle for the win. I couldn't care less as to whether or not that last move was dirty, it was thrilling!

God I miss the C6 Z06 and 997 Porsches

Gran Turismo FIA Mutiplayer Races Inna Nutshell

Epic battle, the best I have ever seen. Props to both outstanding drivers. My dream.

Man this was some exciting stuff!!!! Awesome battle. I used to keep up with the series several years ago and this was the type racing you wanted to see.

That is best racing footage I have ever seen!

That move... using pit-out to pass is incredibly dangerous... especially with the darkness

One of the best races I've ever seen!

That was some intense racing! Them driving skills are top notch

I gotta restart watching GT racing

I was about 16 years old when this happened. My dad took me to this race and we were standing at the fence right at the finish line. Felt the debris of the cars hitting us. Been going to this track for 27 years and is still the best finish I witnessed.

5 sec pinalty for porche for blocking. Uppsss it's not F1.

F1 be like: WAIT! That's illegal!

Bro!! That was the most intense, like that was worth it! I absolutely enjoyed this!

Watch this from time to time because it was so epic. Never gets old.

Anyone watching after le mans 2019?

one of the best battles ive ever seen!!!!! that flying lizard team is always so strong... certainly miss em this year

I come back to this video every couple months, and i never get tired of watching it

December 2019 and this still makes me catch my breathe.

The best race I've seen live. We were midway down the front straight watching this last battle. We knew there would be some roughness since, as they mentioned, Bergmeister was bumped out of his victory at Sebring back in '07. Magnussen may have had the faster car, but lacked the skill to execute a clean pass on this tight track (Bergmeister holds his line, not making unusual maneuvers to deliberately block Jan..). Thankfully no one was hurt in the wreck, and at least he crossed the line to take 2nd!

This got my Driver Heart Pumping ngl. Love From Germany !

Absolutely love this clip, had to come watch it again because Nick Murray Willis used the "They bumped" in one of his newer videos and I knew it came from this clip

Love this series. Always thought that NASCAR should have their top 3 tiers, including the trucks, in one race like this. Have each tier qualify separately to fill 12 positions. 36 race cars on the track. Tell me that wouldn't be perfect!

I went to the Porsche event at this track and I've gotta say I Love This Track! The corkscrew is amazing you can go from one side of the hill to the other and see all of the track from up there.

Yeah, its called BATTLE ROYAL 🙏🤴 THESE GUYS ARE ON FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

Great video! I was at this race standing just past the Start/Finish Line, I couldn't believe it when I saw the Corvette crash, as a Corvette owner I was pissed also....lol!

That poor Ford GT at 1:50 just got blasted by, didn’t even know what was happening lol

What a star studded line-up. I remember this like it was yesterday. Couldn’t believe what I had witnessed. 9 years ago. God damn!!! RIP ALMS

No matter how many times I watch this, it never gets old. This was an awesome end of a race. And a bad move by Bergmeister. Great memories! I was a Paddock Volunteer at this race, in Pit Lane about to go out with the crowd control tape to get ready for the podium ceremony when the crash happened. We immediately pulled back in and had to wait to go out. I also picked up a windshield from that Corvette that night after the team had left. It is in now in my garage waiting to be displayed. The windshield from the crash was obliterated after flying out of the car. So I am thinking it was from Practice or Qualifying.

Man, such a good battle... Also, RIP to Gil de Ferran, the most underrated brazilian driver ever

I miss the SPEED channel so much.

Still one of the best and most intense scenes witnessed in Racing history, in my opinion

finally this game available on my phone with maximum graphic and texture settings, thank you

This is like my favorite race clip. Makes me want to play a racing game

Racing will never be as pure as this ever again

I wish, I just WISH that F1 2019 season is at least half as exciting as this!

I remember this race very well awesome !

😮 Brooo! That was Epic!!! I'm watching it at Sunset, too!!! I thought it was live for a second 😮 Poor Vette, Sour Croute and legendary track

Y'all out here sayin the Corvette driver deserved what he got. You right, sometimes we get too cocky, sometimes we have to pay the price for taking the risk. Oh well, we fix ourselves up, so you better be ready for the next race. Don't cry about it.

All these comments. Man I just loved the Racing xD. That was amazing. Really exciting. They both just went for it!

These guys play forza online.

I always come back to watch this race ,but you can not compare this to nascar .This is so much fun and exciting

Laguna Seca is probably my favorite track. I worked T&S there for SCCA starting in 1964, when thete were just 9 turns. and nothing but a tower inside the track by Start/Finish for posting a leader board.. The infield area was used for campers and RVs

fair race till the last corner..

Still holds up. Both putting their cars on the line for the win was nice to watch. The block on the end was a little rough, not sure how I feel about that, the Vette got by him on the last straight so I mean what coulda been

What a race! It should’ve not finished like this, I’d have loved to see them competing until the very last minute

Checking in a e decade and a half later, this is still awesome. Corvette got what they deserved.

1:50 Overtook the backmarker and at the same time overtook the Michael

damn Kevin Magnussen's father is awesome on that Corvette

As a Monterey, CA native, Laguna Seca is hallowed ground for me. I was actually at that race as a kid, and that Corvette sounded way meaner in person than on camera. This was seriously the best racing i have ever seen. That being said, this track never fails to bring exhilerating action nearly every time. I wish we could go back to the days when these cars were literally stripped down versions of the road model with a roll cage. Now, they all have to have more safety equipment and electronics and emissions friendly exhausts and mufflers.

One of the most famous moments in sports history.