Shadow Racing Cars

MK1 Racing Italia
Owner(s)Fausto Foglia
Silvio Rossetti
BaseBollate, Italy
SeriesNASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Race driversEuroNASCAR PRO:
16. Claudio Remigio Cappelli
17. Bernardo Manfrè
EuroNASCAR 2:
16. Alfredo de Matteo
17. Francesco Garisto
SponsorsCremona Gronde, International Water Machines, University of Bolton
ManufacturerShadow
Opened2022
Career
Debut2022 Valencia NASCAR Fest (Circuit Ricardo Tormo)
Races competed14
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories0
Pole positions0
Shadow
Full nameShadow Racing Cars Inc.
BaseNorthampton, United Kingdom
Founder(s)United States Don Nichols
Noted staffUnited Kingdom Jackie Oliver
United Kingdom Alan Rees
Mexico Jo Ramírez
Noted driversFrance Jean-Pierre Jarier
Australia Alan Jones
United Kingdom Tom Pryce
United States Peter Revson
United States George Follmer
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1973 South African Grand Prix
Races entered112
Constructors'
Championships
0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories1
Pole positions3
Fastest laps2
Final entry1980 French Grand Prix
A Shadow Mk.I Can-Am car
The Embassy Hill Shadow DN1 from 1973 being demonstrated at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Matra-powered DN7 driven by Jean-Pierre Jarier as a one-off during the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix
The DN9 was copied by Arrows before a court order banned Arrows from racing their version, the FA/1

Shadow Racing Cars was a Formula One and sports car racing team.

The sports car racing team, competing in the CanAm series, was founded in 1968 and was based in the United States. The Formula One team was founded in 1973 and was based in Northampton, the United Kingdom.[1] The Formula One team held an American licence from 1973 to 1975 and a British licence from 1976 to 1980, thus becoming the first Formula One team to officially change its nationality.[2][3] Their only Formula One victory, at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix, was achieved as a British team.[4]

The Shadow name was revived by Bernardo Manfrè in 2020 as an Italian car tuning and luxury brand. The revived Shadow brand currently competes in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as the MK1 Racing Italia team, currently fielding the No. 16 Shadow DNM8 for Claudio Remigio Cappelli and Alfredo de Matteo and the No. 17 Shadow DNM8 for Manfrè and Francesco Garisto with technical partnership from Race Art Technology.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Case History". Corktree.tripod.com. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "1973 United States Grand Prix Entry list".
  3. ^ "1976 Italian Grand Prix Entry list".
  4. ^ "1977 Austrian Grand Prix Entry list".
  5. ^ "Shadow Racing Cars ritorna alla ribalta dopo 40 anni" [Shadow Racing Cars returns to the fore after 40 years]. gripdetective.it (in Italian). 21 July 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. ^ "MK1 RACING AND RACE ART TECHNOLOGY TEAM UP IN NWES IN 2022". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.