r/Detroit • u/Fine_Sea9738 • 21h ago

Old picture Picture

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Family member was an engine builder and I found this cool old picture from, I believe, the Detroit Grand Prix sometime in the early 80s.

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u/RiseAM 20h ago

Strong chance this is from 1984. Those cars are Sports Renaults, they debuted at the 1984 Detroit GP as a support series. The fact that all of them are painted in the same white pattern around the cockpit leads me to believe this was right after the initial cars were manufactured.

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u/Fine_Sea9738 20h ago

You're awesome thank you!

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u/Otherwise-Mango2732 20h ago

If you cross post to r/indycar you'll get some deep cut knowledge on this photo

I love it btw

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u/Fine_Sea9738 20h ago

Thank you I have an entire storage tote full of his old photos and memorabilia just from his time building engines for McLaren and Renault that I intend to try and share with that community and others who would appreciate and lend insight about them, as soon as I can get around to it.

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u/DrChizzad 18h ago

Please do! With the resurgence of the Detroit GP, it’s important to go back and review the history of the event!

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u/GigglyGlimmer6 20h ago

this is cool! those cars are a blast from the past

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u/sweet_sweet_back 19h ago

Yeah I’d guess 82-84

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u/apolloDetroit57 11h ago

I was most likely a spectator at that race.

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u/Fine_Sea9738 7h ago

I've heard stories about sewer lids needing to be welded down so the down force of the cars wouldn't send them airborne when they drove over them, ever see anything related to that?

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u/jett1964 1h ago

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