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One of my favourite car manufacturers is/was the small Italian company Iso, who produced some dazzling American powered sports and Grand Touring cars during the 1960s and '70s. Prior to that, the company produced micro-cars, before that, motorcycles, and before that, refrigerators.

In 1973 they provided some backing to the struggling Frank Williams Racing Cars company, who'd also managed to pick up some Marlboro sponsorship to run two cars, with New Zealander Howden Ganley driving one, and a steady stream of different drivers in the other. Generally the results were disappointing, but here in Canada, when the Safety Car was deployed for the first time in F1, mass confusion by lap counters decreed Ganley was somehow leading the race, and it was he who managed to hold on out front for several laps after the Safety Car pulled off, eventually slipping back to finish 6th. But it was a highlight of the season for the struggling team.

For this race, Australian driver Tim Schenken, who these days is Race Director in his home land for the Australian V8 Supercar series, drove the second Iso-Marlboro. Understandably, Schenken, pictured here, struggled in his one-off drive, qualifying 24th, and finishing 14th.

Incidentally, Schenken and his team mate in this race, Ganley, formed Tiga Race Cars together in 1974.

Both Iso and Marlboro withdrew support for Williams following the 1973 season.