Racing History Minute - November 24, 1974
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Thanks to Russ Thompson, here is the SCR article.
1974 LA Times 500 at Ontario from SCR
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Racing History Minute - November 24, 1974
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The race - and resulting controversy over the Matador's engine - were featured in the April 1975 issue of Stock Car Racing magazine.
Racing History Minute - November 24, 1974
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And a few more race shots from Getty Images...
The King gets the spoils of winning the top spot for the race.
Green, green green! The start with Petty and Foyt on the front row.
Cale Yarborough in the Richard Howard / Junior Johnson Carling Beer Chevy.
And Earl Ross in the other Carling Black Label beer Chevy - in what turned out to be his final ride in the car.
Tim Leeming will like this one. Darrell Waltrip in his #95 Chevy leaves pit road with his fuel dump can still attached to the car. Don Reynolds in the 89 is also shown in his pit stall. Reynolds started 4 Cup races and 7 Winston West races in his brief career - mostly ones held at Ontario and Riverside.
updated by @tmc-chase: 11/24/17 11:23:00AM
Racing History Minute - November 24, 1974
Stock Car Racing History
A couple of wire service race reports - each with some pretty good yet different insights into the stories of the race.
From Daytona Beach Morning Journal
From Gadsden Times
updated by @tmc-chase: 11/24/17 11:22:34AM
Racing History Minute - November 24, 1974
Stock Car Racing History
Ed McDonald - aka zzazazz on Flickr - gave me the green light to include some of his photos from the race.
Foyt racing Allison
Three-wide racing down the straightaway with Foyt, Pearson and Petty
Cale leading 43, Foyt and Allison
Allison leading Cale, Petty and Pearson
Pit action with Cale, Foy and King on pit road at the same time.
Maurice Petty's powerplant goes up in a plume of smoke in his brother's Dodge Charger
Alan Kulwicki is famous for 'inventing' the Polish victory lap following his first Cup win in 1988 at Phoenix. But Bobby looks to have done the same thing at Ontario in 1974.
updated by @tmc-chase: 11/24/17 11:22:19AM
Racing History Minute - November 24, 1974
Stock Car Racing History
Race program from Motor Racing Programme Covers
A short video recap of Allison's win in the 1974 Ontario race that I believed aired on ESPN during its 1988 Watkins Glen coverage - just a few weeks after Bobby's career ending accident at Pocono.
November 23, 1980 - Petty Pockets Phoenix
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From 1977 through 1984, NASCAR's Winston West series ran an annual 250-kilometer, 156-lap race at Phoenix. The races were always scheduled the week following the season-ending Winston Cup races at Ontario Motor Speedway and later Riverside International Raceway. Several Cup regulars raced in Phoenix's Winston West event before heading back home to the south.
Richard Petty made himself at home over a multi-year stretch at Phoenix. He won three of four races between 1978 and 1981 - including the Arizona Winston 250 on November 23, 1980.
King Richard won the pole for the 1980 event, and another Cup ringer Bobby Allison qualified second in a car borrowed from Cup journeyman D.K. Ulrich. Bill Schmitt, a Winston West regular, timed third. Joe Ruttman lined up fourth in an Oldsmobile fielded by Jim Stacy. Coincidentally, Ruttman got the nod to take the seat of Stacy's #2 Cup car about nine months later when Dale Earnhardt left Stacy's team after it had been purchased from Rod Osterlund.
A couple of next-generation young drivers also made the Phoenix event. Davey Allison qualified 11th in his father's hand-me-down AMC Matador, and Kyle Petty qualified 7th in an STP Chevy Caprice.
As the race headed for its conclusion, R. Petty and Allison battled for the lead though Richard led all but one lap down the stretch to capture the win. Allison finished where he started - second, and Kyle stayed competitive all day to come home third as the final car to finish on the lead lap. Davey crashed early in the event and ended up 29th in the 30-car field.
Read on for more here:
| Fin | Driver | Sponsor / Owner | Car |
| 1 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Bobby Allison | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Hershel McGriff | Matson Graphics | Dodge |
| 5 | John Borneman | Borneman Plastering (John Borneman) | Pontiac |
| 6 | Bill Schmitt | Fluro-Cote / Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt) | Oldsmobile |
| 7 | Jim Bown | Rose Auto Wrecking (Dick Bown) | Pontiac |
| 8 | Joe Ruttman | The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy) | Oldsmobile |
| 9 | Bob Bondurant | Bondurant School / Fluro-Cote | Pontiac |
| 10 | Don Waterman | St. John's Auto Parts (Don Waterman) | Pontiac |
| 11 | Mike Bonicelli | Yeo Electric | Oldsmobile |
| 12 | Stan Barrett | Needham-Reynolds (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet |
| 13 | Pat Mintey | Stick Only (Pat Mintey) | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Harry Goularte | Go-En Racing (Harry Goularte) | Chevrolet |
| 15 | Mike Chase | Wholesale Truck Parts (John Kieper) | Pontiac |
| 16 | Mel Larson | ThermaSol | Chevrolet |
| 17 | Kevin Housby | Taylor & Martin (Jack Housby) | Chevrolet |
| 18 | Roy Smith | TEF-Plate (Robert Beadle) | Pontiac |
| 19 | Dick Whalen | Mileage Maker Kits (Dick Whalen) | Chevrolet |
| 20 | Don Hume | McCray Racing (Rick McCray) | Buick |
| 21 | Steve Pfeifer | Kord-Pfeifer Racing (Steve Pfeifer / Phil Kord) | Chevrolet |
| 22 | Robert Tartaglia | Dale's Diesel | Pontiac |
| 23 | Don Puskarich | Puskarich Racing (Matt Puskarich) | Oldsmobile |
| 24 | Marc Vogel | American Glass | Dodge |
| 25 | Billy Clarkson | Don Graham Racing | Pontiac |
| 26 | Ron Esau | Esau Racing (Ron Esau) | Pontiac |
| 27 | Rick McCray | McCray Racing (Rick McCray) | Pontiac |
| 28 | Don Dowdy | Jefferson Racing | Ford |
| 29 | Davey Allison | Allison Racing (Bobby Allison) | Matador |
| 30 | Jim Robinson | San Fernando Valley Lumber (A.J. Kurten) | Pontiac |
updated by @tmc-chase: 11/23/17 11:21:34AM
Racing History Minute - November 23, 1975
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Not the best quality pic, but best I've been able to find for Buddy in VL that day.
Racing History Minute - November 23, 1975
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Buddy made the cover of the April 1976 issue of Stock Car Racing with a feature on his Ontario win.
Racing History Minute - November 23, 1975
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Found a few more photos on Spokeo.
Benny Parsons alongside Dick Brooks on pit road awaiting the start. Bruce Hill in the 47 behind BP. And Ray Elder in the 96W a couple of rows back. (From what I can tell, Richard Childress raced a #96 Chevy. Elder just added the "W" to his traditional number.)
Parsons racing Brooks on track.
And Brooks racing Dave Marcis - who took over the 71 Dodge after Baker left it for Bud Moore's team.
