This day in history: November 22, 1981 Riverside International Raceway
Stock Car Racing History
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This day in history: November 22, 1981 Riverside International Raceway
Stock Car Racing History
Darrell Waltrip wraps up his first Winston Cup Championship and Bobby Allison wins the race in a hard fought battle with Joe Ruttman with Terry Labonte finishing in the 3 rd spot. Dale Earnhardt finished 4 th (after a rough first lap) then a surprising 5th place finish was posted by Joe Millikan with Darrell Waltrip finishing up in 6 th .
The 1981 Winston Cup Champion:
Race Winner Bobby Allison:
Bobby Allison and Terry Labonte:
Bobby Allison and Joe Ruttman:
Dale Earnhardt's 1st lap:
The Tower in this shot was actually the control tower for the drag strip at Ontario Motor Speedway (which ran down pit lane). It was brought over earlier in 1981 and erected in the spot shown. The position of the tower ruined the view for about 50 prime seats in the upper corner of the stands in turn 6. I remember talking to a few of the people who had to move to another location. Some of them had renewed the same seat for years. Mad would be an understatement.
updated by @scott-baker: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
A Day Late But........November 20th, 1983 - Bill Elliott Racing History - Western Winston 500
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Scrambling out of the grandstands, soaking wet, just wanting to get to the travel trailer and get warm and dry,
I hopped up on the fence and did a 'point & shoot" as the 9 car went by on the "cool down" lap after Elliott had received the checkered flag. Blurry but........
A Day Late But........November 20th, 1983 - Bill Elliott Racing History - Western Winston 500
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If my memory serves, the Digard car that Jimmy Insolo drove was the car that Bobby raced at Atlanta in the event preceding the WW500. The team had a heck of a time trying to get a "left turn" car to turn right
Dale Earnhardt 1985 Winston West Car
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I do not have a photo of that one, but my uneducated guess is that it was a Bill Schmitt car.
Here is Schmitt in 1985:
This day in history: November 22, 1976 (Ontario) and 1982 Riverside Intl Raceway
Stock Car Racing History
Ontario Motor Speedway
This event occurred in 1976 B.C. (Before Camera)
Lots of entries
The Silver Fox, David Pearson won going away - The only car on the lead lap,
One lap down in 2nd was Lennie Pond
Two laps down in 3rd was Benny Parsons & in 4th was Dick Brooks
Entry List:
Staring Lineup:
And on November 21, 1982 Ole DW claims his 2nd Winston Cup Championship over
Bobby Allison at Riverside International Raceway
To see more images from this event, please go here: 1982 WW500
(The images from this race will be rescanned and optimized in the next few months)
updated by @scott-baker: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
The Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway - November 20, 1977
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TMC Chase:
I was 4 years old at the time................
The Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway - November 20, 1977
Stock Car Racing History
36 years ago, Neil Bonnett wins in the Jim Stacy No. 5 Dodge over Richard Petty in a close finish with Cale Yarborough in 3rd and Buddy Baker in 4th - the only cars to finish on the lead lap.
This was my first race with a camera and I didn't take many shots, and the ones I did take aren't very good. The camera I used was borrowed (from my boss at the time) and I spent more time trying not to drop the thing than figuring out how to use it. It was an expensive Minolta for that time. I did find my photo prints for this race but can't locate the negativeswhich Ineed toreproduce a better result. When I do find the negs, I'll scan them and update this post.
The Winner, coming to the checker:
Program Cover:
Entry List (Lots of West Coast Drivers)
Starting Lineup:
updated by @scott-baker: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM