Turbo's Racing Photos - Can Am Racing
Bobby Allison
Photography by Mike Smith
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Riverside Raceway 1972
Shadow MK3
OKAY, HERE'S ONE FOR ALL YOU BOBBY ALLISON FANS. THIS IS SO RARE I FORGOT I HAD IT.
CAR OWNER DON NICHOL DEBUTED HIS NEW TURBO SHADOW CAN AM CAR FOR JACKIE OLIVER AT RIVERSIDE RACEWAY IN OCTOBER 1972. THE ENGINE PUT OUT OVER 800 H.P. AND AN INCREDIBLE 985 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE AT 5,000 RPM. THAT'S SOME SERIOUS POWER!!
HE ASKED BOBBY ALLISON TO DRIVE THE SECOND CAR, THE SHADOW MKIII, WHICH WAS INJECTED AND NORMALLY ASPIRATED. BOBBY PRACTICED THE CAR BUT TURNED IT OVER TO OLIVER WHEN THE TURBO CAR ATE PISTONS ON SATURDAY AND THEN FINISHED THE JOB DURING THE SUNDAY MORNING WARM UP.
YOU CAN SEE THE COKE HELMET THAT BOBBY WORE DURING THE 1972 STOCK CAR SEASON DRIVING THE COCA COLA CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE HOW BOBBY WOULD HAVE DONE IN A KICK BUTT, FUEL INJECTED, ALL ALUMINUM CHEVROLET BIG BLOCK CAM AM CAR. I BET HE'S STILL GRINNING!
JACKIE OLIVER STARTED FIFTH, FINISHED FOURTH, BUT WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE FINISH DUE TO GEARBOX FAILURE. THE RACE AND CHAMPIONSHIP WAS WON BY GEORGE FOLLMER.
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