Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
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Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
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. Thanks for looking,
Cheers,
Greg
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. Thanks for looking,
Cheers,
Greg
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Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
Great photos! Love the body roll on the Brabham. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
You sure picked a great spot to take your photos. Love this era. Thanks for providing a little boost to our spirits!
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Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
Cool ! Thanks
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Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
Super cool!!!
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Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
Cool pictures ! Thanks for posting!!
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Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
lovely photos, I really like that Ovoro March
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Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
Thx for sharing .
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Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
Great shots. Thanks for posting
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Re: Friday Practice 1976 USGP West
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!...
thanx for sharing!
Querque
PS GREG, please post more!...