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    Detroit GP Pics

    A few pics I took at the 1983 and 1984 GP's in Detroit:

    This is Ron Dennis, Niki Lauda and John Barnard in 1983 during Sat qualifying. They were still running the Ford-Cosworth engine (in the MP4/1 chassis, today is the MP4/26!!) whilst most others had already switched to turbos. Lauda and Watson qualified near the back of the grid as the expressions on their faces clearly indicate.



    Here's Niki Lauda in the '83 MP4/1 Cosworth. OK, now this shot is with a wide-angle lens. I'm about 2 feet away from the car!! A different world from today's tightly controlled access and viewing locations.




    1984 and McLaren had the TAG-Porsche turbo motors installed. Here's Alain Prost:



    And here's Niki Lauda in '84. I've got the engine block out of this car in my office as a coffee table!



    Jacques Laffite and current World Champion Keke Rosberg during Sat qualifying in '83. They were running the Williams-Ford Cosworth cars.



    Rene Arnoux and friend. It's good to be a Ferrari driver.



    Nelson Piquet in '83:



    American Eddie Cheever in the 1984 Alfa Romeo 184T Turbo:



    Ferrari paddock. This is Arnoux's 126C2b turbo:



    Ferrari paddock. Patrick Tambay's 126C2b turbo. He took over the car after Gilles Villeneuve was killed in '82:

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    Another shot of Piquet in '83. He would go on to win the title that year in the Brabham-BMW BT52. The 1.5L Turbo engine was rumored to have 1500HP in qualifying trim.



    Alain Prost in '83 while still at Renault:


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    Doesn't seem possible that it was 28 years ago?!

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    Fantastic Curt! I remember those days (barely). Boy did the drivers sit far forward in the chassis back then. Their feet were well forward of the front axle. Yikes!

    How did you get so close to the action - press pass?
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    Thanks. In '83 they started selling a 'Canon Photo Pass' for $100 for the weekend. It was unbelievable. Full access to the pits, paddock and basically all the way around the track. The following year, the price went up and the access was restricted. Each year, the price climbed more and eventually all there was were some special bleachers in 2 or 3 locations where you could take pics from. It was a joke. I only bought the pass in 83 & 84.

    Also, these shots are all on 6x6 medium format Ektachrome 64. I don't have a slide scanner so I just held them up to a window and took photos in macro mode with a digital point & shoot camera! They turned out better than I thought they would.

    And here's my only surviving photo from the '82 race. This is Jacques Laffite in the Ligier-Matra JS17. V12 goodness - just look at those headers! What a sound that made echoing between the buildings. That particular shot was taken with a handheld 35mm camera with a 1000mm mirror lens from the roof of Cobo Hall!

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