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Shadow Racing Cars was a Formula One and sports car racing team. The sports car racing team, competing in the CanAm series, was founded in 1968 and was based in the United States. The Formula One team was founded in 1973 and was based in Northampton , the United Kingdom. [ 1 ]
The Shadow DN1 was to be the first car for Don Nichols' Formula One team, newly established to participate in the 1973 Formula One season.The team did have some racing expertise, having participated in the CanAm Sportscar Series and also bringing in experienced British racing personnel including engineer Tony Southgate and manager Alan Rees. [2]
Shadow Formula One cars (8 P) Pages in category "Shadow racing cars" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The AVS Shadow, also known as the Shadow Mk.I, is a purpose-built sports prototype race car, designed, developed and built by Shadow Racing Cars to Group 7 racing specifications, specifically to compete in the Can-Am racing series, in 1970.
The Shadow DN9 was developed by Tony Southgate, returning to Shadow from Team Lotus.After racing the last three-quarters of the 1978 season, it returned for 1979. A new sponsor (Holland's Samson shag tobacco) necessitated a new paintjob and a series of wind tunnel tests and subsequent aerodynamic improvements were carried out.
The Shadow DN4 is a sports prototype race car, built to Group 7 racing specifications, for competition in the Can-Am series, and later the World Sportscar Championship, in 1974 and 1976. Jackie Oliver successfully clinched 1974 Can-Am Championship season in this car, winning 4 out of the 5 races that season.
The Shadow DN8 was a Formula One car used by the Shadow team during the 1976, 1977 and 1978 Formula One seasons. Driven by Alan Jones , it won the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix , Shadow's only Grand Prix victory.
Shadow was in further financial decline, and while fielding cars for 1979 and 1980 F1 seasons, the cars were not competitive. In 1981 Nichols sold his assets to the Theodore team of Chinese businessman Teddy Yip. [2] No longer fielding a racing team, Nichols develop plans for various military vehicles under the name of "ShadowBox".