8 banned racing cars at Goodwood | Festival of Speed

Which car should never have been banned?

A brief explanation about why they were banned would have been interesting.

For those wondering why these cars were banned: Toyota GT Four: Hidden elastic washers could bypass the restrictor plate(One of the cleverest "cheating" methods in WRC ). Brabhan BT46B: Used a fan to create down force, considered a moving aerodynamic part. Chaparral 2E: High strut mounted wings were outlawed in all forms of motorsport due to safety. Chaparral 2J : Used a fan to create down force, considered a moving aerodynamic part. Lotus 56: Used a turbine engine that were later banned. Chevy "TRex" : Just too fast for NASCAR, as per Hendrick racing the rule books were changed after it qualified inspection specifically to ban this car. Superbird: Concerns by NASCAR that aero cars are becoming too fast and are therefore unsafe, the car was also heavily modified and was considered to be too different from stock for stock car racing. Lotus 88: Twin Chassis design to take advantage of ground effect, twin tubs were considered as moving aerodynamic devices

I think the title is tricking some people but these are cars that have been banned from their racing series not actual Goodwood. At least that’s what I’m guessing

You gotta love the Lotus driver with his flappy ears helmet

All right so there's an interesting story behind the T-Rex after looking it up. Ray Evernham applied a lot of short track knowledge to that car that was technically inside the rule books. He removed a lot of unsprung weight from components like having hollow axles, titanium hubs and an aluminum driveshaft. He moved the shocks outboard and raised the frame rails to allow for a Venturi effect under the car. It was a full second faster than the entire field throughout the only race it ever ran.

Guess I'm not alone in completely misunderstanding the title.

Chaparral 2J was my absolutely nightmare on Gran Turismo 4, just unbeatable.

The tricky thing with the BT46B is that it requires a different driving style to get the most out of it - as the fan drive was attached to the crankshaft, you wanted to enter a corner at max revs for the best suction, rather than at lower revs so you can drive yourself out of the corner.

The Plymouth Superbird is such a beauty

Wrong Celica at the start, the ST185 was not banned. The ST205 was banned from WRC after engineers created a genius bypass of the restrictor on the intake of the turbo, thus making more boost and power.

Where's the explanation of why each were banned?

It's great to see Jeff Gordon's T-Rex still runs great and still do burnouts!

00:14 Toyota Celica GT-Four (cheating) 01:25 Brabham BT46B “fan car” (active vacuum to stick car down) 02:10 Chaparral 2E "Active suspension" "2:51 Chaparral 2J "even better active suspension 03:37 Lotus 56 "Turbine power" 04:35 Chevrolet Hendrick “T-Rex” "Everham built the car "to the book" but found a few points (front bumper) that made the car dominate. 06:19 Plymouth Superbird "Banned with other aero cars as speeds were getting too fast.. big motors also axed.. 07:44 Lotus 88 "Active aeros that let the car dominate.. **note to self, if your car kills? just win by a little bit, not 20 minutes ahead..

"So excited to hear" then proceeds to talk over the whole time

4:40 I love this gesture, "IMMORTAN! IMMORTAN JOE!" And in frenzied tribute he takes off his own steering wheel and holds it high for his god to see. So freaking cool.

Somebody needs to make a Frankenstein of all the banned cars and then the ultimate being is born 😂

I love every one of those cars. They represent thinking way outside the box. Oh the good old days !!!!!

It's a sin to hear the Brabham running so slowly. I remember the Alfa V12 engine sounding even better than a Ferrari.

The Brabham 46B wasn't, per se, banned. It was voluntarily withdrawn after only one race, but FIA had ruled that it would be allowed to race the entire season. Bernie Ecclestone didn't want to risk his F1-political aspirations, though, and had it removed.