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The company was founded by Don Nichols in California [7] in 1968 as "Advanced Vehicle Systems"; the cars were called Shadows, designed by Trevor Harris and entered under the Shadow Racing Inc. banner.
Despite Shadow's difficulties in 1977, the season saw one bright spot when Alan Jones scored Shadow's only grand Prix points victory at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix. During the 1977 season, the team's decline and frustration with Nichols led most of the team management including designer Tony Southgate to walk out of Shadow to form the Arrows team.
Interscope Racing, the privateer who had twice entered a DN9 in 1978, was the team fielding de Angelis, Shadow's de facto first driver. [1] The choice of Dutchman Lammers was tied to the Shadows team's main sponsor, the Dutch Samson shag tobacco company.
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]
The Shadow DN2, also known as the Shadow Mk.III, is a purpose-built sports prototype race car, designed, developed and built by Shadow Racing Cars to Group 7 racing specifications, to compete in the Can-Am racing series, in 1972 and 1973.
The Shadow DN6 was a race car designed and built by Shadow Racing Cars for Formula 5000 racing in 1975, and competed until 1976, when the SCCA Continental Championship dissolved. It was driven by Jackie Oliver , who only managed to win one race with it, at Road America in 1976 .
The Shadow DN5 was a Formula One car used by the Shadow team during the 1975 Formula One season. Updated to a 'B' specification, it was used through the 1976 Formula One season and for the first two races of the following season. It was qualified on pole position three times, and twice achieved a fastest lap in a race.
Pages in category "Shadow racing cars" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. AVS Shadow; D. Shadow DN2;