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Don Nichols, founder of Shadow, dies aged 92
The motorsport world yesterday lost a man whose team produced one crazy racecar and then several sexy ones and employed driving talents such as Peter Revson, George Follmer, Tom Pryce, Alan Jones, Jackie Oliver and Riccardo Patrese. The “tiny-tires” AVS Shadow Mk.1 was a Can-Am car of the whacky, wonderful WTF? variety, but Shadow's Can-Am dominator of 1974 and most of the squad’s Formula 1 machinery were OMG-beautiful. Few other teams with such a brief span of success have produced such a cult following, but if the cars are gorgeous and jet black, the drivers go fast but struggle to gain results, and the owner is quiet and mysterious, that's a highly attractive blend. Don Nichols...
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