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Four outfits emerged during the 1973 season, with varying degrees of success. Gary Watkins and Edd Straw recall how it all happened with some of the key players
SHADOW
It's doubtful many people at Brands Hatch in July 1972 recognised the lanky, bearded American darting around the paddock. Don Nichols was there on a reconnoitre mission, and before the year was out, he would announce plans for his Shadow team to enter Formula 1 after two seasons of Can-Am in North America.
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