Mighty Mini battles giant Camaro, Capri and Scirocco at Goodwood | #79MM

Nick Swift is the master of racing Minis. Taking on much bigger machines by just chucking his tiny Mini 1275GT around Goodwood. During the Gerry Marshall Trophy at the 79th Goodwood Members' Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport he had his hands full as he battled the giant Chevrolet Carmaro as well as a Ford Capri and Volkswagen Scirocco in this awesome four-way tussle.

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[richardbullwood]

I cannot even begin to explain how much more entertaining and heart pounding this kind of racing is compared to anything I see on television. Different cars with different strengths and weaknesses, all driven by guys who know how to drive a car. I'll take this over nascar, IndyCar or an F1 race. And some of these vintage cars they race at Goodwood are worth more than a nascar!

[thatfordguy]

Love these races of just pure driving and sound.
No annoying announcer's talking over everything.
More like this please.😎👍

[BobCampbelldev]

This was fun to watch. My dad did a little racing in Minis in the early 60s in southern Ontario (Canada) and would talk about seeing match-ups like this where the muscle cars had the speed in the straights and the Minis had the tight cornering at speed. With a course fairly balanced between straightaways and corners, it usually made for an entertaining watch and usually came down to which driver made the first significant error.

[ralfhenke]

Came here for the Mini but boy do I like that Capri! It's almost like a a sleeper racing car with its subdued and civilized looks. No wings, no spoilers, no flared wheelarches. This would be you average Capri in the pub's parking on a Friday night in 1976 yet still that thing is seriously fast round here. 👍

[Blackhawkveteranretired]

As an American I love the big muscle but as a race fan I love watching the smaller cars give the big burly machines a literal run for their money, that's quality entertainment right there!

[kent]

4 extremely tenacious and great drivers, wow. This was fun to watch.

[sayeager]

My grandmother bought a 72 split bumper Comaro new. White on black. She was the coolest granny ever.

[AmbroseB]

Brilliant! Guess who had the most fun driving - you can't beat a proper Mini for sheer enjoyment.

[Lobby_Bound]

I've owned like 7 Scirocco's in the past. This clip just reminds me how fun they were!

[OlBlueshound]

Wow that is some of the best motor racing I have ever seen! They were absolutely pushing those cars and I love it, because there was no damage no crashes but seat of your pants racing. Looks like a great track too. I love seeing the old classics raced but without any damage to them. Great video cheers.

[trob]

Back in the '70s, I watched two minis overtake a Jaguar XKE and a 427 Corvette at Seattle International Raceway, (now Pacific Raceway). The Jag and 'Vette held there own on the long front straight, but the Minis ate them up on the rest of the course. But nobody could catch Bob Sharp's Datsun (another small four cylinder) that day.

[flamingfrancis]

Many a Camaro, Mustang, Chev Nova. Ford Falcon GT and Holden Monaro GTS350 came to grief when stacked up against some of the Morris Ccoper S's we had in Australia in the late 60's. Especially on the tighter circuits such as Oran Park, Warwick Farm.. They filled the first nine places in the 1966 Bathurst race.

[rogerfroud]

This is so much more entertaining than F1. How can you not watch this and will that little Mini to win! Plucky and fearless!

[Lonewolf]

This makes me smiles from ear to ear, reving the everliving daylights out of that tiny 1.3 Mini Engine

[Badboythatsgenuine]

I love both the Mini and the Camaro. That caprice also packs a punch.

[argonaut]

All those multi million pound F1 cars with unbelievable technology, the FIA coming up with ways to make the racing closer and this still puts it to shame all day every day.

[paulbfields]

Just proves my point.. it ain’t what’s under the hood… it’s who’s behind the wheel.. this.. is just great clean racing..

[AnthonyDonnellyTT]

Like that "pesky little fly" at a picnic that won't leave you alone... But this one is adorable.

[jasonmoskowitz]

Great racing. Camaros Mustangs & Cudas were considered compacts in the US; 1st gens were based off respectively Novas, Falcons & Valiants.

[crazyoilfieldmechanic]

FINALLY at the end of the video we get to see the Camaro putting an ever increasing number of car lengths on all the others and leave them in the dust !!!