There are three mentalities where classic race car stewardship is concerned. One views the old cars as some kind of museum piece, one that should only be trotted out to shows, and maybe the average pass on a race course by itself, safe and sound, so that it can be preserved for future generations. The second type are those who will exercise their cars, but do so at maybe 7/10ths…they don’t mind rowing the gears, but they don’t want to hurt the machine. We can appreciate that…nobody wants to see an old machine hurt and we really don’t want to see one totaled out. But then there’s the third group of people, those who have zero trouble treating a legend of the days gone by as if it’s a rental car from Hertz that’s going to be returning on a flatbed, thanks to the walk-away insurance. They aren’t scared of the car simply because it’s an old machine. If anything, that’s what is enticing them to drive it harder. Care to guess what we like the best?

No car in the video collection you will see…no E-type Jag, no GT-40, no Aston Martin or Porsche…earned a fearsome track reputation or culled such a large cult following by just cruising around, making laps. They were racers, driven like a bat out of hell, with tires smoking, to the absolute limits of grip, to the furthest point dared before braking for a corner, as far as the RPM band would allow. So, nothing against the museum curators, but we’ll take out history lesson in the live and lively form, because nothing beats the sound of a big-block Ford walking a corner with two very pissed-off Mini Coopers in a power-sliding hot pursuit.