The annual Goodwood Members’ Meeting is certainly one of the best vintage events on the earth, drawing a few of the biggest talent and iron on 4 wheels to 1 place. This yr’s Graham Hill Trophy race featuring early-Nineteen Sixties GT racing cars was among the many rowdier events on the schedule, because it was packed to the gills with big engine Cobras, Jaguar E-types, and Corvettes, with a couple of bantam-weight Porsches and Lotuses thrown in to maintain things vigorous. One in all those Porsches, a 904 driven by Olly Bryant, was an absolute smasher.
On this incredible onboard lap from Bryant, you’ll be able to see his 904 pushing hard to overtake a Lotus and a Cobra. Through the onboard you’ll be able to see just how otherwise the three cars handle a quick lap on the Goodwood circuit. The Cobra is all about brash acceleration and mitigating wheelspin, while the Lotus is hammer-down for the whole thing of its run. The 904 is an excellent mixture of the 2, delivering impressive power and poise from its sonorous engine.
After Bryant managed to dispatch each cars in a single corner, because of a balk provided by the Cobra, there are a pair minutes of uninterrupted pace from the 904 because it laps in clear air. The sound, the feeling, and the rapid sawing of the wheel are indicative of just what it takes to go fast in a sixty-year-old fiberglass Porsche.
The 904 is amongst my favorite Porsche racing cars, because it blends mechanical and engineering simplicity with gorgeous unembellished design. Unfortunately I’m far too tall to ever have the option to slot in a 904, so I even have to depend on video onboards like this to get my fix. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it as much as I do.
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