A documentary on the 1980 Le Mans 24-hour car racing classic, centred around Canadian-born Australian driver Allan Moffat making his first bid to win Le Mans
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@lesflynn44553 жыл бұрын
Allan Moffat was a racing hero of my youth, the way he crushed Bathurst in the 70's was inspiring. He always held himself well. He behaved like a gentleman, was honest and modest with the media and was impossible not to like. He was not the most popular of racing drivers in Australia at the time, but he was never participating in a popularity contest.
@supersevenn4 жыл бұрын
that's my dad @12:09 in the RX7. rare videoshot of the car
@warrenhenry53194 жыл бұрын
What was your dads name and what year was it
@ejmatthews97184 жыл бұрын
Thats very cool was he on a US team and how did they do. Whats your dads name. You must have heard some great stories on his adventures.
@nickk16583 жыл бұрын
Ernesto Soto?
@jfv653 жыл бұрын
Alan Moffat also used to race an RX7 in Australian touringcar racing. Special car with that rotary engine.
@Kefuddle3 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@axle545 жыл бұрын
man i love the liveries of this era. colorful and swooping stripes, so bright their almost silly. awesome.
@Kefuddle3 жыл бұрын
In the 80's everything was trashy, the 70's was classy. Now the 80's classy and everything modern is trashy.
@gosportjamie3 жыл бұрын
Damn, first endurance race at Le Mans in a widowmaker 935. I knew Allan was brave as a driver, but he must have balls the size of planets to take this on...
@AmericasChoiceАй бұрын
Bell said, some days you had the 935, and other days it had you...
@garymarquett7989 Жыл бұрын
That goodness for KZfaq so we can reflect back to these classic races 👍
@Bl-ix6ig3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful footage, that penske 512 getting sideways is a treat.The 935s look so planted,just great stuff.
@Vanguard5214 жыл бұрын
Love those 935s. The Apple 1980 livery! I had the #70 car as an RC car. Great times. Excellent video.
@rahkinrah19633 жыл бұрын
I now have six of these in H.O. slot cars.
@Flu_Tang_Clan3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Great motorsport documentaries are hard to find.
@ErnieAlgorriernietheattorney5 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic look back. Thanks for this vid!
@warrenhenry53194 жыл бұрын
Moffat was our RX 7 hero in Australia in the early 80’s and it great to see him in the Porsche racing against the RX7’s at Le Mans
@smacdiesel3 жыл бұрын
He was so mad about the Black Flag Incident!
@jackknife68415 жыл бұрын
Thank you always starving for vintage racing film especially Le Mans much appreciated.
@05skirch3 жыл бұрын
Best guess... the audio issues have to deal with the Georgio Moroder copyright on the music. Great video nevertheless. Beautiful 935s.
@katmanluke71873 жыл бұрын
A full on professional production like this(& a damn good one I think) surely got permission to use the Moroder music in the film so what then? His record co reneg'd the agreement re putting it on KZfaq? Or perhaps the KZfaq copyright police did this in error? 🙄 This isn't some big money maker it's merely a great documentary for info purposes. Really a shame the many sections of great race audio GONE. I imagine the master tapes may be lost forever or it'd sure be worth swapping in some good royality-free music. Not perfect but a great film - & btw that merit has nothing to do w/Moroder's music in it or not!
@scottl.15683 жыл бұрын
This is just as good as the BBC documentary on the '81 race...
@Demun1649 Жыл бұрын
Those Porsche 935 K3's are just so, so, so beautiful.
@warrenhenry53194 жыл бұрын
I grew up rallying the Mazda rotaries in the 70’ and now am a classic Porsche man. Great to see the Porsche’s and the RX7’s giving their all at Le Mans. Best feeling in the world is a rotary singing at 8,000 revs or a 1985 911 on song when the cam comes in. You know you are alive.
@themitsudas3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed that very much. Thanks for posting!
@mtl-ss15383 жыл бұрын
This is Full Contact Kiwi Racing on dirt..1500kg steel chassis ,500hp Toyota/Nissan/Ford/Chevy. 4.2lt V8 race motors.- [240ci].!!!. NZ Super-stock Champs. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gceWZq2opsylmYU.html&ab_channel=SpeedwayTheInsideDirt Working;= kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ecyDecmYv8q5qGQ.html&ab_channel=CharlieReville
@derrickgreen90204 жыл бұрын
I would say this brilliant film is almost second to THE actual Le Mans film if it wasn’t for the sound dropouts after half an hour. Still, I absolutely love this era of my favourite 935s which flame out on the down changes for corners. I remember them at Silverstone just before their Le Mans Fantastic to follow the close up look of these teams. Group 5 Kremer cars rule! Thank you for posting...one to keep.
@drh20986 жыл бұрын
Lol at jogging while wearing a collared shirt and glasses
@pg91444 жыл бұрын
It was 1980 dude! You were still in diapers.
@peppemberton99483 жыл бұрын
Thought the beginning was the start of a spoof documentary, after 5 minutes unfortunately it isn't....
@yandman265 жыл бұрын
Great video and look back, 935's rule. It's crazy how far its changed in a relatively short space of time.
@su51195 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Truly miss those days.
@gosportjamie3 жыл бұрын
The scene with the marshal sweeping the track just before the race start was the result of one of the course cars, out on a sighting lap to report track conditions to race control, binned it on the lap and really annoyed the rep from Porsche...
@smacdiesel3 жыл бұрын
Alan Moffat is a legend!
@colinajose78173 жыл бұрын
Barbour Racing. A great american racing organization. IMSA running as a class in Le Mans. Maybe I am wrong, but Dick Barbour ran 935 Coca Cola with Paul Newman in 77. Material is superb!
@orionparish98585 жыл бұрын
So how much audio did we loose with the muted section? Just music, or anything important?
@mohamedalkaboom2 жыл бұрын
Make LeMans great again!
@crutdawg3 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Thanks a bunch for posting it up.
@montevallomustang2 жыл бұрын
What a great era of racing! The cars were so unique and less tech makes it have more of a raw feel
@gnrsgl3 жыл бұрын
Wow Allen jogging like James May wishes he could
@Jelios6 жыл бұрын
so nice!! rondeau, porsche,...wow!!
@dierkkleinwort69465 жыл бұрын
Top Video. Vielen Dank .
@brentjohnson51715 жыл бұрын
34:50 a Porsche with a problematic 2nd gear? You don't say!
@millerchassis61194 жыл бұрын
lol the way he runs.
@mosca32896 жыл бұрын
Great upload. I knew a little about Moffat’s Le Mans but I’ve never seen this.
@AmericasChoiceАй бұрын
"You can lose a lot more than the race," Brian Redman
@sgtmiklin3 жыл бұрын
Édition très animée cette année là, avec la pluie qui a failli décimer le plateau en début d'épreuve .... L'équipe Dick Barbour avait de sacrés pilotes 👍🏻
@TheMrHarman5 жыл бұрын
Great Stuff! Thx for sharing
@barondegil15 жыл бұрын
26:18 Good drift!)
@colinmunro73373 жыл бұрын
It's a real shame the Whittington bros were too smart to film their effort the same year,this is a great candid video tho,
@FBRacingV2 Жыл бұрын
thank you! they just dont make videso like this anymore....
@SachiGortchi5 жыл бұрын
is there a version available with full sound features ?
@moreheff2 жыл бұрын
I was enjoying that despite the sound cutting out...................
@Crossdatsun Жыл бұрын
Man too bad the audio of the races cut I kinda like hearing the cars fly by
@edmatthews9235 Жыл бұрын
Just skip a little fwd and sounds is perfect
@simeonorive1453 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear the 512BBs were quick enough to keep up with a 935.
@jackhampton20623 жыл бұрын
Lol, I wonder what happened to Brian Redman that he was missing a tooth?
@AmericasChoiceАй бұрын
He was missing more than one tooth. Maybe a recent shunt? Bizarre to see him looking like that..
@bradford_shaun_murray4 жыл бұрын
13:07 whoa!
@azizbekov60093 жыл бұрын
What's wrong with Giorgio Moroder 's music of the "midnight express" movie? Didn't pay royalties ? Everybody was listening to that music back to 1980 ;-)
@katmanluke71873 жыл бұрын
Something weird went down for sure. Either his record co or the KZfaq copyright police got a little heavy handed. This isn't some money maker but a documentary for info purposes, & a full-on production like this surely got permission. Reneg'd trying to get more $ or KZfaq are my guesses. 🙄
@jayfalvs3 жыл бұрын
for christ sake at least pronounce "Le Mans" properly
@tadejstanta87104 жыл бұрын
11:55 definitely one of the best drifts at le mans ever
@gosportjamie3 жыл бұрын
Fully sideways in a Ferrari 512 BB LM. There's not many drivers can say they did that and lived to tell the tale...
@johnhirtle43005 жыл бұрын
Would be much better with SOUND!
@DennisSmith-jd6lr3 жыл бұрын
Shame the music cutting out spoiled the whole film...
@andrewgillis85723 жыл бұрын
WOW silhouette cars this radical are all I need - it would be cheap & presumably not as dangerous now given modern materials - instead we have GT3s with much of the curb weight, less rubber, and less HP than their street equivalents
@maxdavies7933 жыл бұрын
He looks like one of the German soldiers from the TV Series 'Allo 'Allo!
@arfshesaid43255 жыл бұрын
Allan not cut out for it, should have gave me a call
@AmericasChoiceАй бұрын
He did fine. Decent times, easy on the car and kept it between the lines. that is all an backup endurance racer is supposed to do. If they were in the running late they would have given it the beans.
@smatlomgaming76884 жыл бұрын
Not just a man, it is THE Man (Le Mans)
@Ultegra10SPD3 жыл бұрын
Only racecar sponsored by Apple Computer to date. -U10
@dominicmccartan84275 жыл бұрын
Sound keeps cutting out, once the race starts, ruining the ace footage.
@Finn-McCool4 жыл бұрын
The music is the worst part and it can lead to a copyright strike as well.
@jackhampton20623 жыл бұрын
@@Finn-McCool Yep...its annoying hearing it muted but otherwise risk the video taken down.
@thiscocks3 жыл бұрын
Do we really have to mute the frigging music? Doesnt even sound like anything chart related ffs
@andyhamilton89403 жыл бұрын
Car still has Bobby Rahals name on it from Sebring. Garretson and Rahal won.
@marimo14253 жыл бұрын
This RX7 12:08, 28:22
@edmatthews9235 Жыл бұрын
3 Porsche 924s 935s 936 a few years later 956 then 962 Porsche ruled Lemans
@morebacon17806 жыл бұрын
The muted parts kinda ruins the experience... 😕
@foldedpaperboats6 жыл бұрын
I assume the music that would have normally played in the areas that are muted are probably copyrighted?
@tz17sMotorsportVideos6 жыл бұрын
Yes. It would not allow upload without removing them.
@wasuprobleemjoh6 жыл бұрын
so silly from youtube -____-
@ericteneyck86915 жыл бұрын
Seems silly from KZfaq since the documentary makers obviously had the rights and the music is part of the documentary.
@TobyMcVinn6 жыл бұрын
The way Alan pronounces Le Mans is completely unacceptable.
@mosca32896 жыл бұрын
Toby McVinn 😂 that’s how it was pronounced in Australia in the 1970’s.
@Toby_the_Glen5 жыл бұрын
Surprised he didn't bother to learn the track, it's hardly complex?
@ianb48015 жыл бұрын
Nope, just with some Aussies. Lots of us always had enough respect to know the place is in France so it ought to sound french. Interesting to see Moff out jogging, didn't know he was into being fit.
@mosca32895 жыл бұрын
Ian B fair enough on the pronunciation. As for Moff, well, he doesn’t look like he’s done much running, and that tracksuit looks suspiciously new. Very interesting to see this doco.
@minatormyth5 жыл бұрын
@@Toby_the_Glen when you raced at lemams did you learn the track? When did you do it?
@ThunderAppeal4 жыл бұрын
I cant believe they muted the music. WTF.
@jackhampton20623 жыл бұрын
Copyrighted maybe? Probably didnt want to risk getting the video taken down.
@otto161219705 жыл бұрын
looks more like a Porsche-BMW challenge
@mortenfrosthansen845 жыл бұрын
Not anymore tho.. before, anyone with enough money and insanity, could buy a seat in a team, and take on the challenge.. no so much now
@RobSchlegel3 жыл бұрын
@35:31 DILLA DILLA DILLA BEATS BEATS BEATS
@jimmytweedale21913 жыл бұрын
4 minutes 11 seconds is the average time, the top speed for an LMP1 car today is 3 minutes 17 seconds lol
@gosportjamie3 жыл бұрын
40 years of development and now very different cars to shave 54 seconds off a lap... And they're pretty much flat chat all the time now... This sort of era of the big Le Mans sports cars was probably the fastest ever, but you really had to work to drive them and having a crash was a very, very bad idea...
@jimmytweedale21913 жыл бұрын
@@gosportjamie oh yeah, im not disputing that at all, I was just saying its insane lol
@gosportjamie3 жыл бұрын
@@jimmytweedale2191 Yes, it is just crazy. Of course, the LMP1 cars today are rather hampered for top speed by the regulations, but even if they weren't there really wouldn't be much of a difference in top speed between them and the current cars. As the Bugatti Veyron rather proved, it's very difficult and extremely energy intensive to break the 240-250mph barrier on the road and just not practical for a competitive race car...
@canon17533 жыл бұрын
3.17 with the 2 chicanes....
@johnmontag3 жыл бұрын
He looks so unathletic... just watching him run is brutal
@alanpods______82603 жыл бұрын
It was the 1980s. That's how everyone 'jogged' back then. Painful to watch though!
@artmchugh56443 жыл бұрын
He is white !!!!!😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😎😎😎😎🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🇺🇸
@MaliVinnyB3 жыл бұрын
The Footage, Thnx, AUDIO? Meh...
@a34rwl3 жыл бұрын
Team Combover
@scottl.15683 жыл бұрын
Rahal!
@darincurrington8383 жыл бұрын
... Don't you mean "The test of Le Man"? ;)
@hl91253 жыл бұрын
The best scenes are without sound. That's shit.
@rolfdejonge39152 жыл бұрын
✌️🤠💥🌟
@stijnvandamme765 жыл бұрын
at 14 minutes.. how loose his helmet fits.. that couldn't have been good for safety
@Samson5184 жыл бұрын
Was this the only time Apple sponsored a car?
@kimiraikkonen20074 жыл бұрын
Yea
@ole-martinlundefaret58762 жыл бұрын
This is the drug smugler Apple sponsored 935?
@godwindracing60564 ай бұрын
Bob Garretson was never convicted of drug dealing, that was the Whittington brothers
@user-um9fi3fx9s Жыл бұрын
Tehluhport
@betrayed_cargo5 ай бұрын
Love this
@betrayed_cargo5 ай бұрын
Also good to see some guys with a hairline looking the way mine is headed.