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Great photos from US Atlantic, Can Am, Indy, F1

Started by Scott Gesford , Mar 18 2010 00:44

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#1 Scott Gesford

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Posted 18 March 2010 - 00:44

http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/

Enjoy

#2 Scott Gesford

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Posted 18 March 2010 - 00:49

http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/

Enjoy

Forgot to add, from the 70's and 80's

#3 MCS

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Posted 18 March 2010 - 00:57

Goodness me, there are some SERIOUSLY interesting pictures in there. Images of events and things I'd only ever read about to be honest.

Thank you very much indeed, Scott.

#4 Peter Brennan

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Posted 18 March 2010 - 09:01

Thanks Scott,Greetings from downunder,absolute delight to view these pics.As an Atlantic[RT4] owner it was fantastic to see how it was.Peter.

Edited by Peter Brennan, 18 March 2010 - 09:02.

#5 Frank S

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 01:58

http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/

Enjoy

Thank you, I did indeed.

Very evocative set. I appreciate the opportunity.

#6 T54

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 02:54

Fun for me to see my old car, the Excita sponsored Chevron Atlantic driven by Rosberg...

#7 brooster51

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 03:21

Enjoy, Enjoying, Enjoyed and to be Enjoyed. WOW!

#8 Scott Gesford

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Posted 20 March 2010 - 13:33

I notified the person who took these pictures and told him how much they were appreciated and asked him to continue to post his fine work. His name is Marc Sproule. Hopefully he will do so.

#9 BrendanMcF

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Posted 20 March 2010 - 15:31

Fabulous collection, some really fascinating photos, many thanks for the link.

Love this one: http://www.flickr.co...N03/4289237197/

#10 alansart

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Posted 20 March 2010 - 15:41

Fabulous collection, some really fascinating photos, many thanks for the link.

Love this one: http://www.flickr.co...N03/4289237197/

Gilles didn't always get it right though. http://www.flickr.co...57623186773769/

Agreed. An excellent collection

#11 Marc Sproule

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Posted 06 April 2010 - 03:54

Thank you all for the kind comments.

I just got signed up for the forum today after some apparent browser related issues. Fortunately for me Geoff Creighton of the forum staff got me into the right spot.

I try to add to the flickr stuff on a regular basis...at least 3-4 times a week so stay tuned. I have many, many thousands of images from which to choose so there should be something there eventually for most of you.

Thank you all again.

marc sproule

#12 MCS

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Posted 06 April 2010 - 06:46

Thank you all for the kind comments.

I just got signed up for the forum today after some apparent browser related issues. Fortunately for me Geoff Creighton of the forum staff got me into the right spot.

I try to add to the flickr stuff on a regular basis...at least 3-4 times a week so stay tuned. I have many, many thousands of images from which to choose so there should be something there eventually for most of you.

Thank you all again.

marc sproule

A very warm welcome, Marc. Looking forward to hearing more from you!

#13 Marc Sproule

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 00:22

I had a number of Tom Gloy in his Atlantic days ready to be uploaded, so I uploaded them.....

http://www.flickr.co...os/46681980@N03

#14 formulaphoto

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 06:03

Cool to see the old shots of Gilles' Direct Film car. I had the chance to shoot that car last summer when it ran at the Westwood 50th Celebration in BC.

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#15 David McKinney

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 06:58

I'm just loving those old Altlantic pics, Marc :up:

Although I was in New Zealand, I followed the series closely for several years. Chris Waddell supplied reports and photos for my fortnightly magazine - but all black and white, of course :lol:

#16 BT 35-8

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 07:21

Marc,
These are just stunning , from an Australian owner of an Atlantic.
Many thanks , the one of Gilles with a wheel well off the deck is great.
Bryan Miller. :clap:

#17 Marc Sproule

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 14:14

Thank you for your comments. I was fortunate in the extreme to have stumbled into the Atlantic series.

I spent a lot of time around Chris and thought he was kinda crazy to give up covering the series and start doing stuff in the real world.

As for the shot of Gilles 3-wheeling it....almost every car was that way every lap. Like I said it was one of my favorite places to take pics of the Atlantic cars. Unfortunately for us photogs they had modified the corner when we came back in '78 and the "jump" was gone.

#18 Speedy27

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Posted 13 April 2010 - 15:08

I think that the word 'great' in the topic title is a bit misleading - they are absolutely SENSATIONAL!!

Thanks for sharing!

Peter

#19 Marc Sproule

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Posted 13 April 2010 - 20:26

Thank you, speedy27.

Unfortunately work keeps getting in the way and I don't have as much time to scan and upload as I would like.

I have to admit that sometimes when I start going through my images...somewhere near 75k of them...I get a bit sidetracked and start reminiscing about all the fun I had. Reminiscing can be a serious time consumer. Especially when you're an "old man" like the kids at work keep calling me.

I've added some new old Champ Car stuff.....

http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/

Edited by Marc Sproule, 14 April 2010 - 01:09.

#20 Marc Sproule

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 03:23

More champ car snaps added.....mostly Riverside in '83 and one from Phoenix that year.....

http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/

#21 Speedy27

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Posted 18 April 2010 - 14:53

More champ car snaps added.....mostly Riverside in '83 and one from Phoenix that year.....

http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/

Absolutely awesome yet again, Marc! Thanks! :up:

Wow, my pre-digital collection is less than 10% of your's and that been enough to put me off even making a proper start with scanning. I think I've just run out of excuses!!

I may be wrong, but am almost sure that Chip Ganassi is driving a Wildcat, not a March 83C. I always thought that this model of Wildcat was one of the coolest looking Indycars of all time - and still do!

Peter

Edited by Speedy27, 18 April 2010 - 14:55.

#22 Option1

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Posted 18 April 2010 - 15:47

Just fantastic images Marc! Thank you for posting them.

Neil

#23 Marc Sproule

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Posted 18 April 2010 - 16:04

Thank you option1. I wish I could turn back the clock and relive those fun times

As for you, speedy27 is it not bad enough that my daughter picks on me for having so much white in my beard?

Isn't it bad enough that the young snots at work call me "old man"?

And then here you come calling me senile just because I misidentified disappropriately some race cars?

I'll have you know that Robin Herd has been paying me huge sums of cash to call those cars Marches!!!

:blush:

So, after a long nap I'll try to remember what's been said here and make the appropriate corrections.

In the meantime, don't be surprised if you hear from my age-discrimination attorney. Have your checkbook at the ready!!

#24 Speedy27

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 02:14

Thank you option1. I wish I could turn back the clock and relive those fun times

As for you, speedy27 is it not bad enough that my daughter picks on me for having so much white in my beard?

Isn't it bad enough that the young snots at work call me "old man"?

And then here you come calling me senile just because I misidentified disappropriately some race cars?

I'll have you know that Robin Herd has been paying me huge sums of cash to call those cars Marches!!!

So, after a long nap I'll try to remember what's been said here and make the appropriate corrections.

In the meantime, don't be surprised if you hear from my age-discrimination attorney. Have your checkbook at the ready!!

Some of us just can't help ourselves - always happy to help, Marc!!!!!

#25 k1w1taxi

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 03:46

Gilles didn't always get it right though. http://www.flickr.co...57623186773769/

Agreed. An excellent collection

Ahh but the great thing about Gilles is that he never let it slow him down as per the caption comments. No wonder so many of us loved him!!

Cheers
Lee

#26 Marc Sproule

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Posted 20 April 2010 - 05:13

Latest additions are a number of b&w USAC images from Phoenix '77, including one of Linda Vaugh and her mom...

http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/

#27 Marc Sproule

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Posted 23 April 2010 - 05:41

Newest additions are mug shots from Phoenix USAC '77

http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/

Sorry guys, it's just guys. No Linda.

:cry:

#28 Marc Sproule

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 03:47

Finally got around to adding more snaps to my Champ Car/ Indy Car set.....

http://www.flickr.co...57623324227456/

There are recent additions to my Atlantic set too.....

http://www.flickr.co...57623186773769/

Almost forgot....some recent Can Am additions too........

http://www.flickr.co...57623311345506/

All my sets....

http://www.flickr.co...81980@N03/sets/

And if you don't want to wade through the sets you can see what's been added in chronological order, newest first.....

http://www.flickr.co...s/46681980@N03/

Edited by Marc Sproule, 19 March 2012 - 04:31.

#29 Marc Sproule

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Posted 16 May 2014 - 21:51

resolved some technical issues so i've been adding to my sets,, mostly can am. will be adding more as time allows in the next days and weeks...

can am....

https://www.flickr.c...57623311345506/

all my sets or albums depending on whatever flick is calling them that day....

https://www.flickr.c...81980@N03/sets/

#30 Marc Sproule

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Posted 21 May 2014 - 08:00

have been scanning a lot of preseason testing images the last few days and uploaded some tonight....snaps of the kraco kr-1 that don halliday designed for cart. it ran at laguna seca for two days in '86 and apparently never ran again.

i still have many hundreds of preseason images to go through and upload. it will take a fair amount of time.