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Originally Posted by eschaider

It is hard to appreciate the torque and horsepower advantage that those 'big bore' NASCAR 427's had over their 'little bore' Euro racing engine competitors until you either experience it or see it. When you watch the clip below, go to the 1:20 point on the video.

The two fastest cars at the race that day were the #1 qualifying, red number 77 Ferrari on the inside of the front row and the #2 qualifying, dark blue (I think) #72 GT40 driven by Bob Bondurant. The Ferrari had one of those über alles 12-cylinder Ferrari engines, and Bob only had an eight-cylinder NASCAR 427.

Watch Bob vs. everyone else, including the #77 Ferrari, as they come out of turn #1 at race speed. It brings back some warm memories about those days and that NASCAR 427. If there were ever any doubt about it, Bob's performance reaffirms just how potent those old 'big bore' NASCAR engines actually were.

Here is the link => 1965 Daytona Continental go to time stamp 1:20 (1 minute 20 seconds)


PostScript: Bob did forget that it was only the first lap on the big oval and then onto the inner road course before exiting back onto the big oval ...

Way cool video!