|| *Comments on the 1988 Motorcraft / Carquest 300:* View the most recent comment <#9> | Post a comment <#post> 1. RaceFanX posted: 04.10.2015 - 10:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ron Esau won the first Southwest Tour race at Riverside in 1986 and he won the series' last race at the track here. This race was part of Riverside's final major weekend of racing, sharing Saturday with an IROC race before the last Winston Cup/Winston West combination race on Sunday. 2. Alex posted: 08.14.2015 - 9:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Roman Calczynski broke a clutch. 3. Alex posted: 08.14.2015 - 9:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Hendrick spun while leading but got back going again. Ron Esau led 8 laps. 4. The Great Dave posted: 03.25.2016 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Doug Taylor drove the #40 PM Racing Team Camaro (it was an old body style Camaro) Doug Taylor started second, Jim Thirkettle had the pole Sponsor: Roy Smith - Western Peterbilt Ken Pedersen - Red Line Oil / Hughes 5. The Great Dave posted: 03.25.2016 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Webmaster I made a small mistake Doug Taylor started 4th not second Here's the starting spots I can make out from race photos 1st - Jim Thirkettle 3rd - Ron Esau 4th - Doug Taylor 5th - Roman Calczynski 6th - Roy Smith 7th - Ken Pedersen 6. RaceFanX posted: 01.17.2017 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Missing Car Number/Sponsor: Rick Hendrick- #05 Levi Garrett Hendrick's lone appearance behind the wheel in the Southwest Tour saw him race a white-and-yellow Camaro painted in a simplified version of the same scheme his Cup team used that year on Geoff Bodine's #5 entry. 7. Evan posted: 08.09.2017 - 9:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Rick Hendrick's only top 10 in a race. 8. MSportRev posted: 09.30.2019 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Loran Kelly finished 42nd in the No. 20 G & K Construction Pontiac TransAm. He completed 1 lap. https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/1988_Motorcraft/CARQUEST_300 9. rm posted: 01.20.2020 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 55 sponsor - Statewide ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: