Weekend Watches December 20 2024
The last WW before Christmas and I've got some bangers lined up. We've got why a once-popular racing series isn't, 10 race cars that should have got a better shake, a classic Targa race and a not-so-classic Holden.
JakeSimRacing has a story on why he thinks the German Touring Car championship – or DTM as we know and love it – has fallen from grace.
Continuing on the subject of race cars, Automobilistic's Fred Knight counts down the top ten race cars that he feels deserved better. There are some great cars in here, so watch it just for that.
YouTube channel AlfaModels has dug up a 1972 report about the Targa Florio. Grainy footage of Sicily, unmanaged stages with kids and animals everywhere, it's a bit wild. And then, of course, the Alfa Tipo 33 race car.
According to the comments, the piece is lifted from The Speed Merchants by film-maker Michael Keyser. Weirdly the commentary sounds remarkably like that in the spoof documentary series People Like Us.
Mark Behr's channel, Mark Behr, has an ongoing series on the iconic Australian car, the Holden Commodore. In this video he covers the VP Commodore, the facelift to the 1988 VN. I remember driving a few of these in my youth and honestly, they were crap, but they were our crap.
And thanks to co-pilot Mark Dewar for this spot, the Girardo and Company Christmas video.
That should do you for a while. If I don't post again, have a fantastic and safe Christmas and I'll see you next week for another Weekend Watches. I'll be posting through to the end of January before I go on holidays.
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