{"id":150675,"date":"2023-10-09T21:51:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T02:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/?p=150675"},"modified":"2023-10-13T10:06:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:06:48","slug":"watkins-glen-f1-1973-in-the-garages-with-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/watkins-glen-f1-1973-in-the-garages-with-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Charley Seavey F1, 1973"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Marlboro BRM crew working on Jean Pierre Beltoise\u2019s car. He would finish 9th.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Story and photos by Charley Seavey<\/strong><\/p>\n

As with a lot of my European pictures I\u2019m amazed at the ability then to wander around pit and paddock and watch the guys at work. In this day no bits and bobs of cars lying around on the ground, or random guys with cameras snapping away. I\u2019m glad I was around for those days. Here are some shots from Silverstone, 1973. <\/p>\n

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Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake. Or, in American, station wagon. Although current usage would be SUV or something equally horrid. The DB5 shooting brake was in production from 1963-1965. I apparently spotted this on the way in. To this day it remains the only one I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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The Elf Tyrrell pits.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Emerson Fittpaldi\u2019s Lotus. Fittipaldi was the reigning world champion, but he finished 6th- coupled with team mate Ronnie Peterson\u2019s win, it won the constructor\u2019s championship for Lotus. I always liked the iconic gold on black paint job- seen on any number of Pontiac Trans-Ams, as well as Team Lotus.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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One of the Shadows. I had to blow it up some and finally saw the name on the rear wing. There were four Shadows there that day- Follmer and Oliver in works cars, Graham Hill in the Embassy car, and Brian Redman in another one.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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George Follmer\u2019s Shadow. Or at least parts thereof.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Howden Ganley\u2019s Iso-Marlboro Ford. In 1971 or 1972 I was passed by the van carrying Ganley\u2019s racer on the autobahn in Germany. I was doing 80 \u2013 which was about all I could get out of my Volvo wagon full of kids and camping gear. The van went by as if I were anchored.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Graham Hill\u2019s Shadow. Hill was a private entry sponsored by Embassy cigarettes. The whole project was Hill\u2019s creation after he parted company with Brabham.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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In the pits. The van belongs to the Tyrrell Ford team- with the name of the unfortunate Francois Cevert still on it. The three cars visible are McLarens, however. Car 8 is driven by Peter Revson who finished 5th that day. The other two McLarens were driven by Denis Hulme and Jody Scheckter.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Shadow team toolbox. The Shadow team had built some awesome Can-Am cars, but never really had success in Formula 1. George Follmer was the team driver, and Graham Hill had a privately entered Shadow as the Embassy Racing entry.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Story and photos by Charley Seavey As with a lot of my European pictures I\u2019m amazed at the ability then to wander around pit and paddock and watch the guys at work. In this day no bits and bobs of cars lying around on the ground, or random guys with cameras snapping away. I\u2019m glad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7864],"tags":[11373,11959,11960,11961,11962,11958,11957],"class_list":{"0":"post-150675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-oddballs","7":"tag-charley-seavey","8":"tag-chris-amon","9":"tag-emerson-fittpaldis-lotus","10":"tag-george-follmers-shadow","11":"tag-howden-ganleys-iso-marlboro-ford","12":"tag-james-hunt-in-heskeths-march-ford","13":"tag-watkins-glen-1973-grand-prix","14":"pmpro-has-access","15":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150675"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150746,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150675\/revisions\/150746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}