Great video! Kenny obviously still has the touch after fifty years. The b&w picture gives it a retro feel thats somehow fitting when watching F5000. Thanks.
Thankyou so much for this video. You've made a grown man cry !I remember those glory days so well. Truly,giants strode the earth, and joy was found in wide open spaces. the sound of a "full" field of F5000's at full noise on backstraight @ Wigram. Unforgettable ! ! The numbers might have been low at times, but they were worth 10-1 of the crap that replaced them. It's great to see ( and hear ) them back where they belong. Race cars should be raced ! Thanks to you and others like you, they are
I was at that race meeting. awesome day. awesome weather. awesome f5000's , the best race class we ever had in n.z. in my opinion. Smith is a legend. used to watch him at Levin and manfeild when i was a kid. Used to cheer for his La Valise Lola. ( I wonder where that is now? )thanks so much for the in-car footage!!
Great video, fantastic machines, wonderful sounds; by listening carefully one can detect the instant throttle response and how the driver needs to tiptoe through the corners! Then after exiting the corner the "music" begins in earnest again!
nothing beats that sound : )
swinegull 1 year ago
Great video - thanks for posting it.
He's a legend alright - such a smooth, safe driver.
Love the exhaust "suck back" when he backs off the throttle - can't beat the old yankie iron for the noise factor.
Kenny deserves a knighthood for what he's put back into the sport and his younger charges.
thorndonpark 2 years ago
Great video! Kenny obviously still has the touch after fifty years. The b&w picture gives it a retro feel thats somehow fitting when watching F5000. Thanks.
mallrat2007 3 years ago
Thankyou so much for this video. You've made a grown man cry !I remember those glory days so well. Truly,giants strode the earth, and joy was found in wide open spaces. the sound of a "full" field of F5000's at full noise on backstraight @ Wigram. Unforgettable ! ! The numbers might have been low at times, but they were worth 10-1 of the crap that replaced them. It's great to see ( and hear ) them back where they belong. Race cars should be raced ! Thanks to you and others like you, they are
teamslurpy 4 years ago
I was at that race meeting. awesome day. awesome weather. awesome f5000's , the best race class we ever had in n.z. in my opinion. Smith is a legend. used to watch him at Levin and manfeild when i was a kid. Used to cheer for his La Valise Lola. ( I wonder where that is now? )thanks so much for the in-car footage!!
firstplanetcar 4 years ago
How's in the other F5000?
slidey35 4 years ago
Chris Hyde
nzf5000 4 years ago
Great video, fantastic machines, wonderful sounds; by listening carefully one can detect the instant throttle response and how the driver needs to tiptoe through the corners! Then after exiting the corner the "music" begins in earnest again!
wingsandslicks 4 years ago
best in car footage ever..
slidey35 4 years ago
Well watch this space. There will be heaps more as we do the rest of the Tasman Revival Series 2007/2008...
Better still, come watch live. You'll love it. Satisfaction guarenteed.
Kenny will be there. Come and have a yack with him, he's a great bloke.
nzf5000 4 years ago