This Multi-Class Grass-Roots Racing Perfectly Illustrates High Power Vs Light Weight

This awesome, wheel-to-wheel racing between cars of wildly different weight and power classes reminds us what we love about grass-roots motorsport
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Remember when the British Touring Car Championship used to see highly-tuned Minis swapping paint with 3.4-litre Jaguars and Ford Zephyrs? No, nor us; all that magic ended before we were old enough to remember it.

Anyway, that period of racing history is often touted as a prime example of David vs Goliath competition, where different classes of car would duke it out on track. it made for one hell of a crowd-pleasing spectacle.

This Multi-Class Grass-Roots Racing Perfectly Illustrates High Power Vs Light Weight

This on-board footage from a DC2 Honda Integra was filmed during a race of the Highlands Sprint Series, a low-cost, multi-class motorsport that takes place on various circuit configurations at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, Otago, towards the south of New Zealand’s South Island.

Alongside the Integra are a couple of 996-era Porsche 911s, a heavily-modified Honda Civic and a yellow thing that looks a bit like a Lotus Sunbeam, but the rear lights are wrong. No doubt one or more of you will know what it is.

This Multi-Class Grass-Roots Racing Perfectly Illustrates High Power Vs Light Weight

Anyway, in this video is a perfect demonstration of high power versus light weight. The Integra is left trailing on the straights, but while the likes of the Porsches and the fast-running and massively rear-winged Corvette are still warming up their slicks, the lighter Integra repeatedly brakes later, darts up the inside line and makes them look a bit silly.

Once the more powerful cars have warmed their rubber properly the Integra is way outgunned, but those first laps give us some awesome racing to enjoy. We need more of this!

Source: Reddit

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Comments

Nishant Dash

This is literally proof enough that a well sorted FWD car is a weapon too!
Also that B18C sounds heavenly
Jk it’s all wind noise xD

02/13/2018 - 15:40 |
96 | 40

True,and that the integra isn’t a type R

02/13/2018 - 15:49 |
20 | 0
Anonymous

Don’t hold me to this, but I think that yellow thing is a KP60 Corolla.

02/13/2018 - 15:41 |
20 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Wait, no. KP61 Starlet.

02/13/2018 - 15:45 |
20 | 0
Nishant Dash

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Now that I observe, you’re absolutely right…

02/13/2018 - 15:46 |
6 | 2
redflamexfire(R32 squad)

who ever drove that porsche,should be ashamed that a DC2 Honda Integra overtook(not sure if its the correct word) him.

02/13/2018 - 15:47 |
10 | 32

xD, he has nothing to lose in a crash, hence balls out driving lol

02/13/2018 - 15:54 |
12 | 0

Agree,he cant even defend himself on corners

02/14/2018 - 12:23 |
0 | 0
JenstheGTIfreak (pizza)

That’s why I always say lightness is everything

02/13/2018 - 16:44 |
12 | 0
Anonymous

I liked to see them do a duct tape death match.

02/13/2018 - 18:32 |
18 | 0
SAVAGE DOGG (Ping-Pong Gang) (Corvette Squad)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

ガムてっぷりでtづまち (GAMUTEPPU DETSUMACHI)

02/14/2018 - 13:48 |
2 | 0
Anonymous

Laughs in lightweight AND rwd

02/13/2018 - 20:10 |
64 | 6
Anonymous

Anyway one catch the Honda sponsorship on the ‘Vette?

02/14/2018 - 01:14 |
10 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Not any Honda, Davidson’s Honda

02/14/2018 - 05:23 |
6 | 0
Miatarri

That yellow thing is a Starlet

02/19/2018 - 08:38 |
0 | 0
MASM

3:58 “Davidson Honda” with a Honda kissing the bumper

02/21/2018 - 21:00 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

If he just got more power at the straight line, he would’ve dominated the race. He knows how to drive and knows the track very well.

02/25/2018 - 20:38 |
0 | 0