MOTOR TREND 5OO

WHEN LEGENDS LIT UP RIVERSIDE

WORDS THOMAS VOEHRINGER AND MIKE FLOYD

THREE-PART DOCUSERIES, THE MOTOR TREND 500: NASCAR HEADS WEST, SHOWCASES THE HISTORY OF STOCK CAR RACING’S SEMINAL SOCAL EVENT A collaboration between NASCAR, Riverside International Raceway, and Petersen Publishing (the company that founded MotorTrend and Hot Rod magazines), the Motor Trend 500 offered West Coast motorsports enthusiasts an opportunity to see big-money stock car racing for the first time. Traversing the golden age of the muscle car era, the Motor Trend 500 was the longest and richest road course event in the Grand National Series, the precursor to what would become the NASCAR Winston Cup and the modern NASCAR Cup Series. Over a period from 1963 to 1971, some of the greatest drivers to ever race a car—including Richard Petty, Dan Gurney, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, and Mario Andretti—took to the track…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2021

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