This is the first major race that I attended, using a Canon AE1 Program and slide film. The originals were left under my house for many years before being scanned, hence some mold evident in some of the photos. :- (
I attended this race starting on Wednesday, when I walked right into the F1 garage (without credentials - see if that would happen today!) and was able to see all the cars being upacked after their transit from Rio. Alan Jones came out of retirement for this race and I was able to see his first sitting in the Arrows, where he would not fit - out came a sledgehammer to pound in the tub(!) and in a couple minutes, he fit like a glove.
On Thursday, the Arrows (Jones) and Renault (Prost, Cheever) teams went to Willow Springs to test, where, if you look closely, you can see the Renaults being loaded and unloaded into U-Haul trucks! What a difference a couple decades makes... This day also marked the "world debut" of the RE-30 Turbo, which Alain Prost raced for the first time this weekend. I got the first photos of the car outside of the Renault factory...
The race was historic for the fact that John Watson came from 22nd on the grid to win, and I came away with memories that are still vivd 30+ years later...
