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  1.   Darrell posted:
  01.08.2006 - 8:27 pm
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First start for 4-time Indy winner Al Unser.


  2.   Dalejrfan14 posted:
  04.04.2006 - 6:01 pm
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first race with window nets.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.23.2009 - 10:50 pm
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Dan Gurney's fifth and final NASCAR win, all of which came at Riverside

Lone Cup race for CA racer Bill Small


  4.   Sébastien posted:
  07.24.2009 - 12:45 pm
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Dave James #06 was sponsored by "Len Heating".


  5.   Sébastien posted:
  07.27.2009 - 12:12 pm
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Andretti #11 sponsor was "Don Wagner Ford" of Vandalia, OH

Gurney #121 sponsor was "Ron's Ford" of Bristol, TN


  6.   Sébastien posted:
  07.27.2009 - 12:22 pm
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also Petty #43 sponsor was Plymouth Dealers

Pearson #17 sponsor was East Tenn. Motor Co.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.25.2010 - 7:15 pm
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Lone NASCAR race for Trans-Am champ Jerry Titus


  8.   sk posted:
  05.22.2014 - 7:48 pm
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Still the last instance of a "road course ringer" achieving victory in a
Winston Cup race.


  9.   sk posted:
  05.22.2014 - 7:51 pm
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(that is, unless you count Mark Donohue winning Riverside in 1973, but
Roger Penske's NASCAR effort was still nascent and part-time at that
point. The Wood Brothers were a marquee team here when they hired Gurney
to pilot a second entry.)


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.23.2018 - 7:20 pm
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Parnelli Jones' third-place run marked the last time the famed
California racer would record a top-5 or top-10 finish in NASCAR Cup
competition. This was his third-to-last start in the series.


  11.   Dorsal Fin posted:
  12.13.2018 - 1:22 am
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Mario Andretti finishes 27th for the 3rd straight time.


  12.   Anonymous posted:
  11.01.2020 - 8:24 am
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Disregard my question from the comments of the previous Motor Trend 500
and answer this. Was this the last triple digit winner ?


  13.   Fuzzy posted:
  12.26.2020 - 7:25 pm
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The new 1968 Ford Torinos dominated this race.

Jerry Grant blew his engine from 4th place and spun out. Then, as he was
getting out of the vehicle, his car was hit from behind by the #18 car
of Harold Hardesty, which had slid in the oil. Grant was fortunate to
not be seriously injured.

Richard Petty blew up, spun in his own oil, and hit the wall on lap 165.

At one point, Dan Gurney ran over debris and blew a tire while leading
Jones by 52 seconds. He had to make an unscheduled pit stop, but he
rebounded to win the race anyway.

Buddy Baker drove a car prepared by Cotton Owens in a one-race deal
because Ray Fox didn't want to come out to Riverside.


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