1978 Brands Hatch Indy

[F1000X]

I wouldn't be surprised if these cars would have posted faster times around the full circuit than the F1 cars of the day. These cars had to be 200hp up on the grand prix cars of the time, and around a track with a decent amount of straights these things would be brutally fast.

[LMCMInterloper]

tvspnd1228 has the entire race UL'ed on his account if you want to see the entire race.

Rick Mears won this race. Danny Ongais led the majority of the race, but broke down with a transmission problem with just 17 laps to go.

[paulboggan]

amazing film.....

[WLLRNNN]

what theme tune is that of the opening, I heard it before at the 1992 Bathurst 1000 coverage somewhere on Youtube

[sjc14031974]

@WLLRNNN It's Fanfare for the Common Man by Emmerson,Lake & Palmer

[jbracer86]

only 15 cars? wow and we complain when indycar has 19 car fields. i guess there were times when there weren't that many cars.

[villy27]

Perhaps one of the reasons CART was invented?

[jbracer86]

thats true

[xSoccerxCorex]

maybe. i guess the smaller teams who usually go to indy couldn't afford the trip?

[Dimage25]

great footage, nice to see all these heavy waights in American openwheel racing over in England on this historic track.

[MotorsportsHistoryTV]

The British Promoter, John Webb of both races in England in 1978 paid $500,000 to bring USAC Championship racing to Silverstone and Brands Hatch. The reason was to spark more $ for the tracks. To put on a formula 1 race back then took $700,000 just for ONE race! It looks like they got a good crowd for this Brands Hatch indy race, so they must of made a good profit.

[dsriggs]

...what's up with Johncock's helmet??

[doctorindy]

5:24 "Coming later: World's Strongest Man"

Just like the ABC Wide World of Sports years.

Great video.

[MotorsportsHistoryTV]

Great footage!

Sounds like the British enjoyed the Americans. To bad Al Unser broke at the start.

I think ABC Broadcasted the Silverstone race the week before?

[associateddiaries]

Awesome - thank you.

[penske13]

OMG!! paul page used this same intro in 1992 for the michigan 500!! emerson lake and palmer did it. fanfare for the common man is the title.

[LMCMInterloper]

@penske13 and also in 1993 for the Phoenix race. You forgot about that.

[penske13]

@LMCMInterloper i don't recall that but i'll be sure to give it a go and listen to it. thaks for that.

[1more4theroad]

movracefan.....You have a lot of great films! I, for one, appreciate you sharing them with us face fans!!

[floydfanTN]

might be the rarest video I have ever seen!