On this day June 12, 1988 Riverside International Raceway

"All good things must come to an end."

This proved to be quite a race because everyone of the drivers wanted to go into the record books as the winner of the last race at Riverside. In front of a huge crowd, Rusty Wallace wound up in the winners circle ahead of Terry Labonte (2nd), Ricky Rudd (3rd), Dale Earnhardt (4th), and Phil Parsons (5th).

Pole Sitter Ricky Rudd:

Qualifying 2nd, Rusty Wallace:

Qualifying 3rd, Terry Labonte:

Qualifying 4th, Neil Bonnett:

Qualifying 5th, Kyle Petty:

Richard Petty had a tough time in qualifying:

Parade Lap Saluting Hershel McGriff:

Pace Lap:

Pace Lap:

Early race action:

Terry Labonte &Rusty Wallace:

Bobby Allison & Darrell Waltrip:

Lap 90 yellow:

Dale Earnhardt hanging it all out with around 4 laps to go:

3rd place, Ricky Rudd:

2nd place, Terry Labonte:

.The Winner, Rusty Wallace:

And then we went home.

Russ Thompson shared this cover of the June 15, 1988 issue of National Speed Sport News with me.

A 30 minute recap of the race. The full race is also on YouTube in 12 segments - so jump over there and search for it if you choose.

Ruben started the track demolition a little early

Qualifying report from Ocala Star Banner

Drivers and owners bemoan the loss of the raceway from Spartanburg Herald Journal

Race report from Free Lance Star

I notice that some of the cars have the roof numbers backwards and some were the normal facing position. Was it optional to change the position of the number on road courses?