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Thoughts on the 1976 Canadian Grand Prix
Part One:
An Overview of the 1976 Formula One Season
Part Two:
Mosport Park
Part Three:
The 1976 Canadian GP………. The Numbers Game
Part Four:
My Photographs
Part One:
An Overview of the 1976 Season
An ugly season…. Races decided by the
courts, mob rule at Brands Hatch, Monza and tainted retribution,
Niki’s horrific crash, monsoon in Japan…… but on the bright
side there was Long Beach and Ligier came to being, the Tyrrell P34,
Penske with a win, Mario and Lotus…..…….
The 1976 season consisted of 16 races.
James Hunt won 6 races for McLaren and the WDC by one point.
Niki Lauda won 5 races and lost the WDC by one point….he
missed 3 races due to his crash at the ‘Ring.
Other winners were….. Mario Andretti, Clay Regazzoni,
Ronnie Peterson, Jody Scheckter in the 6-wheeler, and John Watson
with Penske. Ferrari
won the Constructors Championship.
Part Two:
Mosport Park
Canada was back in 1976…….
My plans for Mosport Park and a week later Watkins Glen, was
to enjoy both races with 2 buddy’s and my brother –in-law (now
EX-brother in law) in a huge Winnebago that my brother-in-law was to
rent for us for both weekends. With that in mind and having to budget my $$$ for rent, gas,
liquid refreshments and slide film…I decided to bring only 3 rolls
of slides for Mosport and shoot the other 7 rolls at Watkins Glen.
The nice think about Mosport Park is that security is rather
lax and getting into the pits and paddock on Friday & Saturday
was a breeze…especially with my long hair and fu Manchu I fitted
in with the typical F1 snapper…..
The result is I shot up all my slides by Saturday
afternoon…mostly in the pits…but no problem as I will get lots
of car shots at the Glen the following week……. Then I found out
after we got back from Mosport that my brother-in-law had forgotten
to tell the rest of us that he decided he wasn’t going to the Glen
and therefore didn’t bother to rent the ‘Bago for that weekend
but had somehow forgotten to give the rest of us back our $$$$ for
that rental. No
Winnebago….. No Watkins Glen…… result is not very many good
pics………’sigh.
Part Three:
The 1976 Canadian GP………..the Numbers Game
1: The
race was held on October 3,1976
2: On
Pole:
James Hunt McLaren
M23
3: The
Winner is:
James Hunt
Mclaren M23
4: The
other points producing positions were….
2nd:
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell P34
3rd:
Mario Andretti
Lotus JPS 77
4th:
Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell P34
5th:
Jochen Mass
McLaren M23
6th:
Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari 312T2
Part Four:
My Photographs
In the Mosport pits…series….. hahahahahaha...........
here are pics of the drivers and also I was into helmets so
there are pics of Emmo’s, Depaillier’s, and Gunnar Nilsson’s
helmets…..
Pics of actual cars…… I could still kill my
EX brother-in-law…….
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