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There were times during the 1960s and 1970s when Formula 1 cars weren’t always the fastest cars in the world around a road course. Big-banger sportscars sometimes grabbed that accolade and few ...
This DN4-1P is owned by Dave Handy, who was running the UOP Shadow at the Can-Am 50th Anniversery race held during the Weathertech International Challenge. Handy's DN4-1P is the team's original ...
There are more failures than successes, but the team did win big. In 1974, the Shadow DN4 took first and second in the Can-Am championship standings, beating out Ferraris, Porsches, and McLarens ...
1974 Shadow DN4:__In the final year of the original Can-Am series, cars were required to hit at least 3 miles per gallon, which meant the previous years’ 1,000-plus horsepower monsters were out ...
Ah, the Shadow DN4. This beast dominated the last season of Can-Am's original run, perhaps largely because the big-name manufacturers had all pulled out of the series. Its 37-gallon fuel tank was ...
Can-Am 50th Anniversary author Levy quotes Howden ... Tony Southgate’s brilliant Shadow DN4, sponsored by Universal Oil Products (UOP)—which touted the octane rating its new unleaded gasoline ...
Shadow Racing Cars was founded by Don Nichols, first entering Can-Am in 1968 and eventually also ... 1974 season for Jackie Oliver in the DN4. James Bartel is the caretaker of many Shadows ...
Bartel later became a well-regarded restorer of vintage and historic race cars, and he has built his own collection of Shadow cars. In addition to the Can-Am championship–winning DN4 ...
Pace was wheeling a 1974 Can-Am Shadow DN4 vintage car during a qualifying session when the incident occurred. Pace’s Can-Am Shadow lifted on the straightaway at triple digit speeds, pointing ...
Jim Pace was driving the 1974 Can-Am Shadow DN4 during a qualifying lap alongside another Shadow. It's hard to judge the speed by the video, but The Drive reports that the car was traveling at 180 ...