1968 24 Hours of Le Mans

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TheRacingJungle

12 жыл бұрын

September 28/29, 1969

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@brucekirk5386 5 жыл бұрын

My left ear loved this video

@Skydrag.V60 5 жыл бұрын

Just about to say the same thing lmao

@guysmalley 5 жыл бұрын

Bruce Kirk my left foot

@vladimiralvarez1162 4 жыл бұрын

Bruce Kirk that was funny mon !!! 😂

@Gutemberg28 3 жыл бұрын

best comment lol

@ubroberts5541 2 жыл бұрын

The film is from 1968 so what do you expect?

@jacklarson6281 5 жыл бұрын

love the sound of the double clutching downshifts... music to my ears. the sports cars of that era really were the most beautiful in all respects: body, styling, exhaust note....

@xerojosh1105 Жыл бұрын

yeah drivers of those era really do have balls of steel.

@clanrobertson7200 5 жыл бұрын

I was 20 years old in 1968, and I don’t remember any music that bad! Never made Le Mons, but saw these Fords Racing at Sebring! It was awesome.

@375GTB 2 жыл бұрын

As did I Sebring and Daytona 1964 -1973 Down from Tampa... Via PV-544, 122S, MGB, Falcon Sprint Corvair van, Chevy Van..... Been a Ferrari sports racer fan ever since Not a F-1 TUFFIOSI type But NART... Tony a2z (RIP) became a VERY good friend, 2009 < Miss him terribly.... I turned 72 years of age in July... FORZA FERRARI! J.X.

@ARG0T Жыл бұрын

You still alive dude?

@clanrobertson7200 Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. What is up? You just checking? The old professor Live free or die! Death ☠️ to all tyrants, all tyrants foreign and domestic!!!!!!! The truth will stand before God when the world falls. No Shit…….

@whothebeast666 Жыл бұрын

@@ARG0T lmao bruh

@laukikkk Жыл бұрын

@@ARG0Tsame question

@jodavies8952 Жыл бұрын

Great film,the era, the teams, the drivers, the cars, and the track,where else would have this.

@Macs11811 6 жыл бұрын

The best classic start of Le Mans I've seen. The white Porche let the door close by gravity and go on without the security belt of course !

@renatoigmed 6 жыл бұрын

when I was a kid I had an uncle who had a slot car track with classic models similar to this one in the video and I wondered what the real races should be like with those cars. as in the 80's the market in my country - Brazil - was closed to other cultures and it was very rare to find imported material as well as technological and sports information including the world of autosports... the TV only showed Formula 1 races and rarely other national race categories but nothing from other countries. I searched the newsstands for some magazines about it but never found anything. So I looked back at those models of slot cars without ever knowing how it was the noise of the engines, the drivers, who sponsored and mainly the people who had the privilege to watch and follow. I see this now and I'm grateful because the internet exists.

@bunkerblue6158 5 жыл бұрын

Well good for you my man. The internet truly is something that should be appreciated.

@Retro_Driver 5 жыл бұрын

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@dannyvdmoo 4 жыл бұрын

the best Le Mans start ever...bring it back

@lawl6374 2 жыл бұрын

The FIA wouldn't, it's banned due to safety concerns of the drivers, they run and get into their cars but they hardly wear their safety harness properly resulting in crashes, injuries and such. The last year to implement the famous 'Running starts' or the 'le mans' style start was '69. Although it is used in some vintage motorracing today it is used in the 24 hours of Motos in motorcycle endurance racing.

@macsalves8090 7 жыл бұрын

"Le Mans Start" is the "running pilot" way. Great film, great onboard lap with Stirling Moss.

@DankeUde 7 жыл бұрын

Grande Pedro y grande Ricardo Rodríguez!! We miss you guys...

@Bombellih 6 жыл бұрын

Mi dispiace

@Jackc8201 6 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful film! Thank you for posting this.

@williamford9564 3 жыл бұрын

11:48: Willy Mairesse did not properly close his door before taking off on the LeMans start. The door flew open on the Mulsanne and while trying to close it he lost control of the car and crashed into the trees. He suffered career ending injuries. This incident followed by John Woolfe's death the following year on which he was thrown from the car because he did not fasten his seat belt led to the end of the LeMans starts.

@derthilo787 6 жыл бұрын

today are the 2018 LM, and i am sitting here and it's another time that i can hardly believe how wonderful mankind was only 50 years ago. i'd include the 60's, but regarding the lessons learnt from vietnam i absolutely say the 70's were our pinnacle (besides development of health/care, human rights and FX, and, cold war ofc, i.m.h.o.;) style-wise it was easily top. society was even openminded for everything spiritual. just look at those those scenes from nightracing, listen to the music... heartgasm

@paxwallacejazz 6 жыл бұрын

Era of the Ford GT40

@stijnvandamme76 6 жыл бұрын

That nobody had the great idea to seperate the pits from the race track before the merc accident is beyond me.

@npanic628 4 жыл бұрын

Ahem, that accident was in 55, the pits werent separated till 72 i think

@vincentlussier8264 4 ай бұрын

This was real sportscar racing. I love the vintage cars they wre so curvaceous!

@velocityjet1884 Жыл бұрын

The best track in the world by far with the best FORDS in the world

@daveglover6115 5 жыл бұрын

Lucien Bianchi and Pedro Rodriguez - RIP

@FranciscoRodriguez-ku1nl 4 жыл бұрын

racing?

@megadragon886 2 жыл бұрын

Francisco Rodriguez, Pedro Rodríguez yes and Bianchi idk

@dpforth Жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful.

@Pulsonar 5 жыл бұрын

I keep clicking this vid, because of the sexy thumbnail, like a work of automotive art.

@budmiller3823 5 жыл бұрын

You sure can see where Steve McQueen was "inspired" by certain shots/scenes from this film

@Pauleyjh 7 жыл бұрын

...awesome, thanks

@davidskaar3232 Жыл бұрын

Great insight from track and pits. People watching fun. Inside racing preparations delightful. Thanks.

@stevefowler2112 6 жыл бұрын

As an old Ford guy, I think I liked the '68/'69 wins the most...Ford had dominated in '66 and '67 with their 427 powered GT40's but Le Mans declared a 5 liter limit for '68 and so the top GT-40 teams went with the new for '68 Ford 302 (albeit a specialized racing block with 4 bolt mains), which was bored to 305 cubic inches (5 liters)...but the 302 heads were not very good and Dan Gurney had designed a new head which he manufactured with Harry Weslake at Rye in England...the initial heads were manufactured by Alcoa in America and known as the Mk I, with further testing and development in '65, '66, and '67 and culminated in the Mk IV heads which were used on the winning GT-40's in '68 and '69. Some of the Mk V road car heads are still available today if you really look...I priced a set about 10 years ago with an eye towards building a boss 302 engine for my '65 HIPO Mustang with Gurney-Weslake heads...but the price (about $7,500 bare) pushed me off...I figured fully configured with period induction would have been a $12,000 project just from the heads up.

@romesrepublic 4 жыл бұрын

They changed the rules so Ford wouldn't keep dominating. But they ended up dominating for two more years anyway. They should have never change the rules. The best car should always win. The 68 rules forced car makers to hold back.

@viajerogasolero9214 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible, seems more like an street circuit, than actual le Mans

@melvinarends5431 2 жыл бұрын

Love the le mans in the 60's!❤

@whendeathdeclareswar7458 4 жыл бұрын

Landscape looks beautiful.

@deanthompson1156 3 жыл бұрын

Agree with Bruce. I had all the audio that the computer could muster, and just barely heard it.

@sirdgar 6 жыл бұрын

todays le mans is full of safety….thank you...but to see how people run around the track those days is just scary….fuck those was the reel pioneeres of racing at that time.....LOTS OF RESPECT TO HA´WAT THEY DID becos they loveded it. emageing to be able to control one of those beasts of an racingcar in those conditions….i wish i v´wsa nearly that brave.....

@jinxed_jinxed_3443 7 жыл бұрын

Great thanks :)

@mecano572 Жыл бұрын

Magnífico documento!!!!

@andypicken7848 Жыл бұрын

To righteyo

@patrcikdevries6973 4 жыл бұрын

the simplicity or how you say that looks great , i was born to late :(

@BuhBuhGuyMan 7 ай бұрын

This race also saw the career-ending accident of Mauro Bianchi (the younger brother of Lucien Bianchi who would die driving an Alfa Romeo in a pre-race test session for the 1969 24 hours of le mans in march) who crashed approaching the esses and his car bursting into flames,suffering severe head and arm burns but ultimately surviving.

@reachrika 6 жыл бұрын

Great video!! Viva los Hermanos Rodriguez

@LawrenceRoss1906 6 жыл бұрын

Your car didn't make it? Leave it on the side of the road. The glory years of racing were also damn dangerous. But they're exciting to watch.

@mcduck5 6 жыл бұрын

I know Ay! End up on a sand bank? Here's a spade, dig it out!

@barath4545 6 жыл бұрын

And if you were out and left the car? ... Just walk up the straight and grab a coffee 6 ft from the straight at the cafe! :)

@mattg432 4 ай бұрын

@@barath4545 Walk away from the car and you are DQed. Take tools or assistance from others, and your are DQed.

@megadragon886 2 жыл бұрын

Pedro Rodríguez 🇲🇽

@infowazz 4 жыл бұрын

i wish i was around then.

@Fizzbomb123 5 жыл бұрын

These men and woman drivers were brave people

@stevefowler2112 6 жыл бұрын

Regarding the long straight...I read once that one of the reasons the '65 GT40's didn't finish the race was the transmission's 4th gear wouldn't hold up...from all the abuse it took on full throttle all the way down the long straight...of course the '65 was also powered by a 289 HIPO which didn't have the HP of the 427 used in '66 and '67 so who knows if it would have won even if they had finished the race.

@davidthayer6969 6 жыл бұрын

In 1965 Ford fielded 6 gt40s, two shelby MkII with the 427 and 4 independent Mk1 with 289s......Phill Hill put his MKII on the pole.....all of the 289 GTs died of overheating issues......Bruce Mclarens 427MKII expired with transmission trouble......Phil Hill began to lose his clutch so just for show he completely opened it up and set a record of 218 mph on Mulsanne.......then his clutch completely failed.

@stevefowler2112 6 жыл бұрын

I did not know the Mk II ran Le Mans in '65...thanx for the info.

@TheKitchenTechnician 5 жыл бұрын

Keeee ryste! It’s like Bonneville only on pavement with a few curves. Tires had to be the limiting factor in the day.

@vladimiralvarez1162 4 жыл бұрын

200 miles an hour 😮

@jonoedwards4195 6 жыл бұрын

HAHA, GT-40 #11 In The Bunker! Champagne Sipping Playboy has no idea how to use a Shovel. Brilliant post TRJ, You Beauty Mate.

@perkinscrane 6 жыл бұрын

I don't think the driver in question, Brian Muir was a 'Champagne Sipping Playboy'. In fact legend has it that J W Automotive boss John Wyer was so insensed by the poor driving which caused the car to end up in the sand bank that he refused to pay Muir his £750 race fee.

@HCR--- 4 жыл бұрын

"👏👏👏"

@johndeere1951a 2 жыл бұрын

60's psychedelic background music. Hippy dippy times. PORSCHE comes of age for many overall wins 👍✌️🏁 🇺🇸😷

@craigkleber9316 5 жыл бұрын

golden age

@poppawolf26 6 жыл бұрын

Whoa, notice all of the trees along the road.....that's dangerous as hell....no wonder so may died..

@jeremysinaz3580 2 жыл бұрын

GT-40 was so dominant at Le Mans...had old Enzo crapping in his designer britches!

@speakfreeley4473 Жыл бұрын

There were never any direct deaths with the old traditional start to Le Mans. All the drivers were safely inside their cars when the first one got away.

@375GTB 2 жыл бұрын

Glick has stolen Shel's black hat! (-8D J.C.

@jtdavis62 12 жыл бұрын

Fascinating film.. Wasn't this the last "Le Mans start"?

@jjmac3561 6 жыл бұрын

No, that would be 1969 when Jacky Ickx walked over to his car and calmly put on his seatbelts before setting off last..

@billdexhart5179 6 жыл бұрын

And won!

@nurialco3303 5 жыл бұрын

Air sucking fire throwing +200 mph monsters. what a event to watch

@jamesdellaneve9005 2 жыл бұрын

Look at those tiny brake pads. I thought that it was a guy bragging about his stamp collection. I can’t figure out why they didn’t make bigger brakes as he cars got faster.

@danieltolle148 2 жыл бұрын

Damn I’d love to be involved in something like that.

@aureliobrighton1871 Жыл бұрын

Unless you've got your time machine on the bench ... aspects are more like an afternoon with the dentist .. in a cleanroom . sipping Smoothies 💨;)

@brunotulliani7483 5 жыл бұрын

Great Video and 25 down voters must be schooled.

@stormrider01 5 жыл бұрын

Porsche is the king of Le Mans

@anthonywhite8077 Жыл бұрын

Who is that well known motoring journalist at 8:34? I've forgotten his name!

@anthonywhite8077 Жыл бұрын

Fyfe Robertson, but he was not just a motoring correspondent!

@fabianrocha9924 Жыл бұрын

6:38 Jules Bianchi's great-uncle

@leeenfieldsmle 6 жыл бұрын

200 MPH and no seatbelts....

@nurialco3303 5 жыл бұрын

And no brake too 😊

@lordofrims 5 жыл бұрын

Seatbelts were available already at that era, but they were waist type.

@psk5746 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure they had seat belts by then. F1 did and 4 point harnesses

@FuqUYouTube 5 жыл бұрын

@@psk5746 I agree... Safety aside, they needed to keep the drivers in their seat while pulling 1.5+ G's around a track all day..

@MichaelGreen-vn7dr Жыл бұрын

Greatest Race in the world!

@ghostdu8315 Жыл бұрын

No sound 😥

@paxwallacejazz 6 жыл бұрын

Pre 917 512

@altfactor 6 жыл бұрын

Is is true that the 1968 Le Mans race had originally been scheduled for June 8th-9th, but was postponed after the assassination of U.S. senator Bobby Kennedy??

@Pulsonar 5 жыл бұрын

altfactor The Kennedy assassination in June a week before the scheduled race may have influenced matters. However, the civil unrest, industrial disputes and strikes in France simmered and disrupted things some time before that.

@mattg432 4 ай бұрын

Americentrism at its best. France had a general strike on 13 May and ongoing major unrest in May 1968, with de Gaulle in 29th even fleeing to Germany, of all places. The 24h race was scheduled for June 15-16, but scrutineering and practice is always in the week before, so teams have to show up in time.

@fabianrocha9924 Жыл бұрын

11:44 Willy Mairesse crashed because he didnt close his door properly if I'm not mistaken

@bcarter9252 3 жыл бұрын

And in a few short years, Ford will go on to make the Mustang II

@donnarolando3961 2 жыл бұрын

6:12 Man that's one well fed race driver.

@aureliobrighton1871 Жыл бұрын

Haha, you see that's the ole Savoir Vivre of Southern Germany. All the 'ardenticy' went into engineering. The wine and beer and 'Käsespätzle' onto the hips. 🌷;)

@mattg432 4 ай бұрын

That is Rudi Lins, an Austrian, in semi-works 907 #35. German Udo Schütz was even bigger but driving for Alfa in 1968. As a skipper, "the bull" won the 1993 Admiral's Cup.

@klots007 4 жыл бұрын

so who won? Schumaher, Ken Block, Ramstain?

@mattg432 4 ай бұрын

As always: Donald J Trump.

@44TOZ Жыл бұрын

11:50 it sound like actual F1 wtf

@TheRacer120 12 жыл бұрын

Close. That was 1969, when John Woolfe was killed on the first lap.

@zakdhabalia8280 7 жыл бұрын

actually footage was from 1968

@kyongslist 6 жыл бұрын

hes replying to the comment under his jerkoff

@randomguestobserving6071 5 жыл бұрын

Uhm, no seat belts ? When you look at the start, they just jump into the car and go pedal to the metal instantly, no time to fasten seat belts....

@johntempest267 4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why Ford dropped the Mk IV and entered the older GT40's.

@romesrepublic 4 жыл бұрын

The rules were changed in 68 because the MK2 and MK4 Big displacement engines were considered too powerful. You can thank a butt hurt Enzo Ferrari for that.

@mattg432 4 ай бұрын

@@romesrepublic Ferrari, the 1967 sports prototypes champions, did not enter Le Mans nor the World Sportscars Championship in 1968 because their 4 litre V12 P4 prototypes were considered too fast, too nimble and too pretty compared to the British-American straight-line clunkers. You can thank a butt hurt Henry Ford II and even more butt hurt internet croakers for that. Besides, the 3 litre Ford P68 was crap, surely Ferrari is to blame for that too, eh? Without a defending champion in 1968, JWA Gulf took LM and the WC for Ford with the 4,7 litre GT40s, competing against underdog Porsche which only had small 2.2 litre 907 until 1967, with the yet unreliable new 3 litre 908 scoring only one WC win in 1968. Thus they drank the GT40 koolaid and got themselves the 4,5 litre 917 as a sportscar for 1969. So much for big displacement engines being considered too powerful.