Jimmy Insolo had quite a racing career - primarily as a west coast racer. He sprinkled in almost 3 dozen GN/Cup starts when the series traveled west to Riverside and Ontario. And he had almost 200 starts in NASCAR's western late model series that became known as the Winston West Series and later the K&N West Series.
In 1976, he narrowly nipped Newport, TN's L.D. Ottinger for a late model sportsman win at Ontario. In 1977, Insolo returned to Ontario - but this time it was for a USAC stock car race. The race was the first of a double-header with USAC's Indy / Champ cars running as the headliner event.
The stock car opener had some true ringers in it - drivers such as Super Tex A.J. Foyt and Uncle Bobby Unser. For Insolo, it was his first time to race in the series though he obviously had raced at Ontario before.
Read on for more about how the race unfolded.
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2015/03/march-6-1977-jimmy-insolo-wins-ontario.html
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updated by @tmc-chase: 03/05/17 08:30:12PM
