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Shadow Racing Cars was a Formula One constructor, founded and initially based in the United States although later Formula One operations were run from the British base in Northampton. The team held an American licence from 1973 to 1975 and a British licence from 1976 to 1980, thus becoming the first constructor to officially change its nationality.[1][2] Their only F1 victory, at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix, was achieved as a British team.[3]

History[]

Background[]

Prior to Formula One World Championship[]

A Shadow Mk

Shadow Racing started life as AVS (Advanced Vehicle Systems) in 1968. They decided to build cars for the CanAm series, and despite the corporate name, the cars were called "Shadows". Built in southern California, the first Shadow (the Mark I) had a seven liter V8 stuffed into a chassis not much larger than a go kart. The car made its debut in the 1970 season, where it was often blindingly fast, but the shoestring budget meant that the chassis was unsorted, and had a number of mechanical problems. They also had issues with scrutineering, when they tried to place the radiator within the rear wing, but the stewards kept ruling that was a violation.

The team was back in 1971 with the Mark II. This was more of a conventional chassis, with the radiators in normal locations, just ahead of the rear wheels. They did spend some time in a wind tunnel, resulting in a very aerodynamic chassis, and an adjustable front wing between the front wheels. But the team was not able to spend much time sorting the car, and the best that they could manage were a few top 5 finishes.

During this season, the team did find a primary sponsor in Universal Oil Products (UOP), a pioneer in catalytic converters and lead-free petroleum products. One of the selling points to the sponsor was a planned move into Formula One. This arrangement would last through the 1975 season, when the UOP management decided that the sponsorship deal was no longer providing benefits.

Formula One World Championship[]

1973[]

1974[]

1975[]

1976[]

1977[]

1978[]

1979[]

1980[]

Driver Fatalities[]

Peter Revson (1974)[]

Peter Revson was killed during a test session for the 1974 South African Grand Prix. Revson's car suffered a front suspension failure causing the car to crash into the Armco barrier of "Barbecue Bend".

Revson was then replaced by Tom Pryce.

Tom Pryce (1977)[]

Tom Pryce was killed on lap 21 of the 1977 South African Grand Prix. After the car of Renzo Zorzi caught fire in the final turn, two fire marshals were crossing the track. Pryce was driving directly behind Hans Joachim Stuck and did not see the marshals on the track. Pryce struck the second marshal, killing himself and the marshal. The 40lb fire extinguisher that the marshal was carrying struck Pryce's head, partially decapitating him.

Pryce's car traveled down the straight away. It came to a rest in Crowthorne corner, after colliding with Jacques Laffite at extremely high speeds.

Key Personnel[]

Position Name Nationality
Founder and owner Don Nichols United States
Management Jackie Oliver United Kingdom
Team Principal Alan Rees United Kingdom
Designer Peter Bryant United States
Designer Tony Southgate United Kingdom
Mechanic Jo Ramírez Mexico
Driver George Follmer United States
Driver Peter Revson United States
Driver Jean-Pierre Jarier France
Driver Tom Pryce United Kingdom
Driver Alan Jones Australia
Driver Clay Regazzoni Switzerland
Driver Elio de Angelis Italy

Formula One Record[]

Team Names[]

Years Name
19731975 UOP Shadow Racing
1976 Lucky Strike Shadow Racing
1976 Tabatip Shadow Racing
1977 Ambrosio Tabatip Shadow Racing
1978 Villiger Shadow Racing
1979 Samson Shadow Racing
1979 Interscope Shadow Racing
1980 Shadow Cars
1980 Theodore Shadow

F1 Summary[]

Works[]

Year Chassis Engine Tyre No. Driver Rounds WCC Pts. WCC Pos. Report
1973 DN1 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G United Kingdom Jackie Oliver 3–15 9 8th Report
United States George Follmer 3–15
United Kingdom Brian Redman 15
1974 DN1
DN3
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 16 United States Peter Revson 1–2 7 8th Report
United Kingdom Brian Redman 4–6
Sweden Bertil Roos 7
United Kingdom Tom Pryce 8–15
17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier 1–2, 4–15
1975 DN3B
DN5
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce All 9.5 6th Report
17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier 1–11, 14
DN7 Matra MS73 3.0 V12 12–13 0
1976 DN5B
DN8
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce All 10 8th Report
17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier All
1977 DN5B
DN8
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce 1–3 23 7th Report
Italy Renzo Zorzi 4–5
Italy Riccardo Patrese 6–7, 9–11, 13–14, 16–17
United Kingdom Jackie Oliver 8
Italy Arturo Merzario 12
France Jean-Pierre Jarier 15
17 Italy Renzo Zorzi 1–3
Australia Alan Jones 4–17
1978 DN8
DN9
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 16 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck All 6 11th Report
17 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni All
1979 DN9 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 17 Netherlands Jan Lammers All 3 10th Report
18 Italy Elio de Angelis All
1980 DN11
DN12
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 17 Sweden Stefan Johansson 1–2 0 Report
United Kingdom Geoff Lees 3–7
18 Ireland David Kennedy 1–7

Privateers[]

Year Entrant Chassis Engine Tyre No. Driver Rounds
1973 United Kingdom Embassy Racing DN1 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G United Kingdom Graham Hill 3–15
1976 United Kingdom Team P.R. Reilly DN3 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 40 United Kingdom Mike Wilds 9
1978 United States Interscope Racing DN9 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G 39 United States Danny Ongais 4, 13

List of race wins[]

Win Number Event Driver
1 Austria 1977 Austrian Grand Prix Australia Alan Jones

Statistics[]

Entries 137
Starts 104
Pole Positions 3
Sprint Poles 0
Front Row Starts
Race Wins 1
Sprint Wins 0
Podiums 7
Sprint Podiums 0
Fastest Laps 2
Sprint Fastest Laps 0
Points 67.5
Laps Raced 9134
Distance Raced 43695
Races Led
Laps Led 50
Distance Led 335

Complete Formula One Results[]

Main article: Shadow Racing Cars/Results

Notes[]

V T E Teams and Drivers
1973 Teams and Drivers
Teams Brabham • BRM • Ensign • Ferrari • Iso-Marlboro • Lotus • March • McLaren • Shadow • Surtees • Tecno • Tyrrell
Engines BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Tecno
Non-works Entrants Blignaut Lucky Strike Racing • Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing • Embassy Racing • Hesketh Racing • LEC Refrigeration Racing • Scribante Lucky Strike Racing • Team Pierre Robert
Drivers De Adamich • Amon • Belsø • Beltoise • Beuttler • Bueno • Cevert • Charlton • E. Fittipaldi • W. Fittipaldi • Follmer • Galli • Ganley • Gethin • Hailwood • Hill • Hulme • Hunt • Ickx • Jarier • Keizan • Lauda • Van Lennep • Mass • McRae • Merzario • Oliver • Von Opel • Pescarolo • Peterson • Pretorius • Purley • Redman • Regazzoni • Reutemann • Revson • Scheckter • Schenken • Stewart • Stommelen • Watson • Williamson • Wisell
1974 Teams and Drivers
Teams Amon · Brabham · BRM · Ensign · Ferrari · Hesketh · Iso-Marlboro · Lola · Lotus · Lyncar · Maki · March · McLaren · Parnelli · Penske · Shadow · Surtees · Token · Trojan · Tyrrell
Engines BRM · Ferrari · Ford Cosworth
Non-Work Entrants AAW Racing Team · Allied Polymer Group · Blignaut Embassy Racing · Embassy Racing with Graham Hill · Dempster International Racing Team · John Goldie Racing with Hexagon · Pinch Plant Ltd. · Scribante Lucky Strike Racing · Scuderia Finotto · Team Canada F1 Racing · Team Gunston · The Chequered Flag
Drivers 1 Peterson · 2 Ickx · 3 J. Scheckter · 4 Depailler · 5 Fittipaldi · 6/56 Hulme · 7 Reutemann · 8/20 Robarts · 8/22 von Opel · 8/22 von Opel · 8/18/34 Pace · 9 Stuck · 9 Wisell · 10/25 Ganley · 10 Brambilla · 11 Regazzoni · 12 Lauda · 14 Beltoise · 15 Pescarolo · 15/22/30 Amon · 16 Revson · 16 Redman · 16 Roos · 16/42 Pryce · 17 Jarier · 18/19 Dolhem · 18 Bell · 19/33 Mass · 19/21 Jabouille · 19/32 Koinigg · 20 Merzario · 21 Belsø · 21 van Lennep · 21 van Lennep · 21 Laffite · 22 Schuppan · 22/25/35 Wilds · 23 Charlton · 23 Charlton · 23/29/31/41 Schenken · 23/43/44 Kinnunen · 24 Hunt · 26 Hill · 27 Edwards · 27 Gethin · 27 Stommelen · 28 Watson · 29 Nicholson · 29/31 I. Scheckter · 30 Driver · 30 Perkins · 31 Facetti · 32 Keizan · 32/35/42 Ashley · 42 Purley · 43 Larrousse · 50 Wietzes · 55 Andretti · 66 Donohue · 208 Lombardi
1975 Teams and Drivers
Teams Brabham • BRM • Ensign • Ferrari • Fittipaldi • Hesketh • Hill • Lola • Lotus • Lyncar • Maki • March • McLaren • Parnelli • Penske • Shadow • Surtees • Tyrrell • Williams
Engines BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Matra
Non-works Entrants Custom Made Racing Harry Stiller • Lexington Racing • Lucky Strike Racing • Pinch Plant Ltd. • Team Gunston
Drivers E. Fittipaldi • 2 Mass • 3 J. Scheckter • 4 Depailler • 5 Ickx • 6 Crawford • 6/18/28 Watson • 6/15 Henton • 7 Reutemann • 8 Pace • 9 Brambilla • 10/20/29 Lombardi • 10 Stuck • 11 Regazzoni • 12 Lauda • 14 Wilds • 14 Evans • 15 Leclère • 16 Pryce • 17 Jarier • 19 Morgan • 20/30 Merzario • 20 Magee • 20/21/32 I. Scheckter • 20/22/23 Migault • 20 Ashley • 20 Vonlanthen • 20 Zorzi • 21 Laffite • 21/23 Brise • 22/23 Hill • 22/23 Stommelen • 22 Schuppan • 22/25/26 Jones • 24 Hunt • 25/32 Palm • 25/32/34 Ertl • 25 Lunger • 27 Andretti • 28 Donohue • 30 W. Fittipaldi • 31 Charlton • 31/33 Wunderink • 31 Van Lennep • 31/32 Amon • 32 Nicholson • 33 Keizan • 34 Tunmer • 35 Fushida • 35 Trimmer
1976 Teams and Drivers
Teams Boro • Brabham • BRM • Ensign • Ferrari • Fittipaldi • Hesketh • Kojima • Ligier • Lotus • Maki • March • McLaren • Parnelli • Penske • Shadow • Surtees • Tyrrell • Williams • Wolf-Williams
Engines Alfa Romeo • BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Matra
Non-works Entrants F&S Properties • Heros Racing Corporation • Lexington Racing • ÖASC Racing Team • RAM Racing • Scuderia Gulf Rondini • Shellsport Whiting • Team Norev/BS Fabrications • Team PR Reilly
Drivers Lauda • 2 Regazzoni • 3 J. Scheckter • 4 Depailler • 5/10 Peterson • 5/32 Evans • 5/6/27 Andretti • 6 Nilsson • 7/35 Reutemann • 7/25/36/77 Stommelen • 7/27/37 Perkins • 8 Pace • 9 Brambilla • 10/33/37 Lombardi • 11 Hunt • 12 Mass • 13 Galica • 14 Ashley • 15 I. Scheckter • 16 Pryce • 17 Jarier • 18 Lunger • 18 Andersson • 18 Takahara • 19 A. Jones • 20/22 Ickx • 20/35 Merzario • 21 Zorzi • 21 Leclère • 21/22 Amon • 21 Brown • 21/22 Binder • 21 Kuwashima • 22/33 Nève • 22/33 Nève • 24 Ertl • 25 Edwards • 25 Ribeiro • 25 Zapico • 26 Laffite • 28 Watson • 30 Fittipaldi • 31 Hoffmann • 32 Kessel • 33 De Villota • 33 Nellemann • 33 Magee • 34 Stuck • 37/39/40 Pesenti-Rossi • 38 Pescarolo • 39 Hayje • 39 Stuppacher • 40 Wilds • 51 Hasemi • 52 Hoshino • 54 Trimmer
1977 Teams and Drivers
Teams ApollonBoroBrabhamBRMEnsignFerrariFittipaldiHeskethKojimaLECLigierLotusMarchMcGuireMcLarenPenskeRenaultShadowSurteesTyrrellWolf
Engines Alfa RomeoBRMFerrariFord CosworthMatraRenault
Non-Works Entrants ATS Racing TeamBritish Formula One Racing TeamChesterfield RacingHeros Racing CorporationIberia AirlinesInterscope RacingJolly Club of SwitzerlandMelchester RacingMeiritsu Racing TeamRAM RacingRAM Racing/F&S PropertiesTeam MerzarioTheodore Racing Hong KongWilliams Grand Prix Engineering
Drivers 1 Hunt • 2 Mass • 3 Peterson • 4 Depailler • 5 Andretti • 6 Nilsson • 7 Watson • 8 Pace8/10 Stuck • 9 Ribeiro10 I. Scheckter10/38 Henton • 11 Lauda11/21/40 Villeneuve • 12 Reutemann • 14/18 Perkins14 Ongais • 15 Jabouille • 16 Pryce16/17 Zorzi16 Oliver16/37 Merzario16/27/34 Jarier17 Jones18/33/35 Binder18/23 Tambay18 Schuppan18 Leoni • 19 Brambilla • 20 J. Scheckter21 Francia • 22 Regazzoni22 Ickx • 24 Keegan • 25 Ertl25/39 Rebaque25/39 Ashley • 26 Laffite • 28 Fittipaldi • 29 Hoffmann • 30 Lunger • 31 Purley • 32 Kozarowitzky32 Bleekemolen33 Hayje33 Sutcliffe35 Heyer • 36 de Villota38 de Dryver • 41 Kessel • 44 Trimmer • 45 McGuire • 50 Takahashi • 51 Takahara • 52 Hoshino
1978 Teams and Drivers
Teams Brabham · Tyrrell · Lotus · McLaren · ATS · Ferrari · Fittipaldi · Renault · Shadow · Surtees · Wolf · Ensign · Hesketh · Ligier · Williams · March · Martini · Theodore · Merzario · Arrows
Engines Alfa Romeo · Ferrari · Ford Cosworth · Matra · Renault
Privateers Mario Deliotti Racing · Sachs Racing · Team Rebaque · Centro Asegurador · Patrick Nève · Liggett Group/BS Fabrications · Interscope Racing · Melchester Racing
Drivers 1 Lauda · 2 Watson · 3 Pironi · 4 Depailler · 5 Andretti · 6 Peterson · 7 Hunt · 8 Tambay · 9 Mass · 9/10 Bleekemolen · 10/55 Jarier · 10/34 Colombo · 10/32 Rosberg · 10 Binder · 10/23 Ertl · 11 Reutemann · 12 Villeneuve · 14 Fittipaldi · 15 Jabouille · 16 Stuck · 17 Regazzoni · 18 Keegan · 18 Henton · 18 Gimax · 18/31 Arnoux · 19 Brambilla · 19 Gabbiani · 20 Scheckter · 21 Rahal · 22/39 Ongais · 22/23 Leoni · 22 Ickx · 22/24 Daly · 22/29/66 Piquet · 23 de Dryver · 23/30 Lunger · 23 Lees · 24 Galica · 24/32 Cheever · 25 Rebaque · 26 Laffite · 27 Jones · 28 de Villota · 29 Nève · 30 Nève · 35 Patrese · 36 Stommelen · 37 Merzario · 40 Trimmer
1979 Teams and Drivers
Teams LotusTyrrellBrabhamMcLarenATSFerrariFittipaldiRenaultShadowWolfEnsignMerzarioLigierWilliamsArrowsRebaqueAlfa Romeo (Autodelta) • Kauhsen
Engines Alfa RomeoFerrariFord CosworthRenault
Drivers 1 Andretti • 2 Reutemann • 3 Pironi • 4 Jarier • 4 Lees • 4/22/33 Daly • 5 Lauda • 5 Zunino • 6 Piquet • 7 Watson • 8 Tambay • 9 Stuck • 11 Scheckter • 12 Villeneuve • 14 Fittipaldi • 15 Jabouille • 16 Arnoux • 17 Lammers • 18 de Angelis • 19 Ribeiro • 20 Hunt • 20 Rosberg • 22 Gaillard • 22 Surer • 24 Merzario • 24/36 Brancatelli • 25 Depailler • 25 Ickx • 26 Laffite • 27 Jones • 28 Regazzoni • 29 Patrese • 30 Mass • 31 Rebaque • 35 Giacomelli • 36 Brambilla
1980 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariTyrrellBrabhamMcLarenATSLotusEnsignRenaultShadowFittipaldiAlfa RomeoLigierWilliamsArrowsOsella
Engines Alfa RomeoFerrariFord CosworthRenault
Non-Works Entrants Brands Hatch RacingRAM – Penthouse Rizla RacingRAM – Rainbow Jeans RacingRAM – Williams Grand Prix Engineering
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