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Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 4:50 pm
by vanhookvintage
Hi All,
Since I'm laid off from work and sheltering in place, and since it's too cold in my garage to work on models most days still, I decided to digitize some of my slides. These photos are from Friday practice at the 1976 USGP in Long Beach. 44 years ago! I ditched classes that day, and took my MGB and Mamiya Sekor 35mm camera and 300 mm lens loaded with Ektachrome slide film to Long Beach (I was going to school at Golden West Community College in Huntington Beach and lived in Costa Mesa, California). So here are pix that came out OK enough to digitize. I'm particularly happy to have gotten shots of both Hunt and Lauda. :D :D :D
I edited the Regazzoni shot on Photoscape.  It looks a lot better.  Starting to enjoy all of this time on my hands.
I edited the Regazzoni shot on Photoscape. It looks a lot better. Starting to enjoy all of this time on my hands.
Pace Brabham Alfa BT45
Pace Brabham Alfa BT45
Merzario Ovoro March Ford
Merzario Ovoro March Ford
Lauda Ferrari 312T
Lauda Ferrari 312T
Hunt McLaren M23
Hunt McLaren M23
Brambilla Beta March Ford
Brambilla Beta March Ford
Thanks for looking,
Cheers,
Greg

Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:33 pm
by whatisdeletrazdoing
Great photos! Love the body roll on the Brabham. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:09 pm
by tubegenius
You sure picked a great spot to take your photos. Love this era. Thanks for providing a little boost to our spirits!

Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:19 pm
by Jordan2.0
Cool ! Thanks :)

Alex.

Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:38 am
by donnieleblanc
Super cool!!!

Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:05 am
by parklaneworks
Cool pictures 8) ! Thanks for posting!!

Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:56 am
by Jeff
lovely photos, I really like that Ovoro March

Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:59 am
by vekkuli
Thx for sharing :) .

Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:07 pm
by Fast289back
Great shots. Thanks for posting

Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 5:04 pm
by indygp2001
Thanx my F1M Brother!...awesome pics!, I got to see Villeneuve at the 1981 race...watched Mansell, an DeAngelis practice with the Lotus 88.
thanx for sharing!
Querque

PS GREG, please post more!...