|| *Comments on the 1976 Riverside 400:* View the most recent comment <#5> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. David Zellmer posted: 06.03.2004 - 6:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) NAsCAr.com shows Gary Johnson instead of Gary Matthews as the 23rd place driver. 2. MASH_guy posted: 06.10.2005 - 1:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first Riverside race whose distance was measued in kilometers instead of miles. From the driver's standpoint, it sure beat the 400-and-500 mile marathons that they had endured for so many years. 3. RaceFanX posted: 12.11.2014 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junie Donlavey's #90 Truxmore Ford team and driver Dick Brooks missed this race because they were in France competing in the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans the same weekend. The team became the first, and only, Winston Cup team ever to enter the 24-hour classic but Brooks, retired NASCAR racer Dick Hutcherson, and French local Marcel Mignot were sidelined during the first half of the race by a gearbox failure. Hershel McGriff also missed this race to enter his NASCAR Winston West team at Le Mans partnered with his son Doug McGriff. His Olympia Beer Dodge Charger blew an engine right after the start of the race. 4. KW posted: 03.11.2016 - 9:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The California 150 for sportsman cars was run prior to this race. The winner was Ivan Baldwin followed by Dan Clark and Jim Sanderson. 5. RaceFanX posted: 04.18.2018 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Pearson wins the pole then wins the race to sweep the Winston Cup series' two visits to Riverside in 1976. Pearson won three races and seven poles at Riverside but this was the only time he ever won from the pole on the twisty SoCal road course. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: