|| *Comments on the 1961 unnamed race (1961-22):* View the most recent comment <#14> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Darrell posted: 01.01.2006 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) Not many people know this but before he was into politics, Bill Clinton was a racing star. He made his NASCAR debut in this race, in a car he built himself. He suffered near-fatal injuries while qualifying at Hickory Motor Speedway in 1964, which is when he decided to hang up his helmet and began studying law. At the age of 18, he was the Grand National division's top "young gun." P.S. Racing-Reference. There is a typo. Mr. Clinton's hometown is Hope, Arkansas, NOT San Fernando, California. 2. dalejrrules14 posted: 03.26.2006 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) ummm i think you got the wrong clinton 3. dalejrrules14 posted: 03.26.2006 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) i checked wikipedia and it says nothing about him and NASCAR 4. canadianfan posted: 03.20.2007 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As cool as it would be Bill was only 15 when this race happened 5. Darrell posted: 07.11.2007 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Hey DEIFan, did you know that if you say chicken slowly, it sounds like "gullible?" 6. DEIFan16 posted: 08.22.2007 - 12:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) :P 7. RaceFanX posted: 01.04.2008 - 1:59 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Bill Clinton is just one of several NASCAR drivers who share a name with a US President. The late 60s and 70s saw infrequent appearences by a driver named John Kennedy from Illinois. 1952 also saw 5 appearences by a man from New York named George Bush. 8. Jim Thurman posted: 09.21.2008 - 2:06 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Comedy attempts aside, Bill Clinton was from the Los Angeles area and a long time car owner in NASCAR's Western series. He usually fielded FoMoCo products (Ford, Mercury) and is best known as car owner for Scotty Cain when Cain won the 1969 PCLM championship at age 49. 9. RaceFanX posted: 05.19.2009 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Three-time NASCAR West Champion Lloyd Dane's fourth and final Cup win. It was also his first win since 1957. 10. rob posted: 03.04.2015 - 9:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) By showing one lap led, is one to assume that Dane led only the final lap ? 11. Alex posted: 07.24.2015 - 9:50 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38932485/ Lead changes: 1 Leaders: Eddie Gray 1-12 Lloyd Dane 13-39 12. RaceFanX posted: 12.21.2020 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) While Riverside was usually a well-known race this West Coast outing there was devoid of all the regular Cup stars since they were on the East Coast competing in qualifying races the same day for World 600 at Charlotte the following week. The odd circumstances make this one of the only times that three seperate Cup races were held that paid points all on the same day. 13. JSPorts posted: 12.21.2020 - 4:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Are there any other known instances of that occurring? I can't think of any off the top of my head. Without all those stars, 35-year-old Lloyd Dane picked up his first win in 4 years, which ended up being his final one. In fact, he only started 5 more races after this, with a best finish of 13th. He never led a lap again. 14. RaceFanX posted: 12.21.2020 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While NASCAR has usually avoided Twin races like IndyCar has experimented cases of two Cup races being run on the same day are more common than you'd think in this era. In the early years of the sport this often was the result of one race on the East Coast and one on the West Coast being held the same day. Even through the early 1970s though the Daytona Duel qualifying races counted as full points races. I can't think of another case with three races offhand though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: