1960s roadracing thrills at Riverside

[@Pro1er]

Seeing that Cheetah at the very end made me have flashbacks!

[@alanolson6913]

I was born and raised in Riverside, no far from Mt. Rubidoux. I remember going to the races with my Dad and brother back then. There was just something about it all - the roar of the engines, the sound of them speeding past, the smells, the crowd. It all came together. I’m 50 plus years older now and my family is long gone. But I do have some terrific memories of those days. I left Riverside in 1978 and live up by the Canadian border, a mile or two on the US side.

[@2098elk]

Spent many week ends at Riverside as a spectator of Trans Am, Winston West, Can Am, SCCA etc. in 60's to 80's. Great track, lots of fun and good people

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

same.

[@MrAccobra289]

Fabulous footage,thanks for sharing

[@carsforsale24]

That's my Dad in the #27 D production black Austin Healey 3000, I think that's turn 9, he makes a great recovery, lost some time but stayed on the track! Old Guys Rule! Ohnstad's Foreign Auto parts Gardena Calif, Bill Case mechanic, we had a black transporter to match!

[@wybornyjd]

If this was 1964 your dad won this race. I own a red Austin healey that was in this race number 163 driven by Bob Darby. Not sure if I saw it in there though.

[@Malibu1515]

We had an Ohnstads Foreign Auto Wrecking in Fresno, California also. My friend almost pulled the trigger for a Lotus twin-cam and trans. for his '68 Ford Cortina that was sitting in front of the place back in '72.

[@Mightymerc1]

Great video. I could watch that stuff all day long...

[@stephenmitchell3569]

Super! Thank You for sharing!! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!

[@bradchang5076]

I grew up watching my dad a and his friends race at Riverside... His pit partners with Ken Miles, Ritchie Ginther, Dan Gurney and Jim Garner. That onboard shot is definitely Ken Miles!

[@FORGEMUSCLECARSHOW]

Thanks for posting my film It came from am 8mm that Dick Wallen shot they are also posted on the Old Cars Weekly website. More to come plus check out the other 3 posted. Tim Lopata

[@cologeek]

Classic track, classic racing. Nothing like it is now, all big money and factory support. And real estate put an end to one of the best tracks in the world.

[@wildgoobsid5]

Love the vintage rac8ng clips. One small mistake or one little broken part and either your life changed forever or you were dead. Crazy.

[@MangoHombre]

It's all gone now, where brave men and women raced. A shopping mall in it's place. Now only memories placed. Good bye, Riverside. Rest in peace.

[@rashoietolan3047]

The Tyler mall ?!?!

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

the shopping mall has gone to Hell.

[@chiptmcc8656]

Normally I'd say lose the music but that and the film put me in a trance, I liked it :-)

[@marksinger3067]

Good video, I like to run them at .75 speed so you can get longer view time of each car.. Was in a sports car club at Valley College 66-68 and they were the SCCA Grid Crew for many races so we lined up the cars at the start of each Class and then stayed right there until next Class ..Mini Coopers and Fiat Abarths were amazing to watch and hear the Buzz of a pack of them going by as they never let off the gas or did much braking..Of course A Class Cobras and Vettes were great and then Group 7 took the Top. 180-200 down the back stretch then brake for big turn..All the big name drivers were there at this fine course with plenty of turns of all types and elevation changes...Got to drive it once after an All Night Rally with my TR4...

[@Hubs88]

Look at all the Cobras!

[@liamhowel8062]

8:05 THAT COBRA WOW WOW WOW

[@8.2deck]

It actually a cheetah. Built by Chevrolet performance tuner Bill Thomas.

[@blaumausfrau]

MAN THESE guys were brave. Look at those miniscule roll bars. Thank God no one with them actually flipped over. Their skulls would have been crushed

[@asd36f]

Good thing that those half-submerged tyres on the corners weren't filled with concrete. :-)

[@larrylewis6725]

Very rare to see any film of the 327ci FI Cheetah #22 running at Riverside. See 8:00 mark near end of video.

[@roamic]

Wonder if that's Allen Grant in the yellow cobra?

[@HydeBaker]

Cool!

[@ninoachcar9426]

- Grande registro histórico ! - Carros americanos e europeus. - Porsche 904 e cintos de segurança em 1960 ??? - 01,53 Acidente impressionante no pesado muro ( tava rápido ) !

[@blaumausfrau]

You’re right those roll cages don’t look like they save anybody’s neck they were brave

[@charlessmileyvideos]

These cars seemed to be much slower than I would think. Then I noticed the corner worker running in slow-motion. The film was transfered at the wrong frame-rate. Other than taht this is a nice look back.

[@leach1527]

@bearloon Yes the big sports cars are definitely 1964. There are various giveaways e.g. You can see Bruce McLaren's McLaren Elva, which first appeared in the latter stages of the '64 season, but no Lola 70s - they didn't appear until 1965. We also see the works King Cobras in the race, and these were withdrawn at the end of 1964.

[@ronbrowne7559]

the #97,#98 and #99 cobra's were driven by lew spencer, bob bondurant and dave macdonald. all three drove our #45 devin sports car. #45 morgan is lew spencer's driven in a lower class. check out Tam's old race cars site on .com

[@FORGEMUSCLECARSHOW]

The driver is Dick Guldstrand and he is still alive today...He was involved with DANA Chevrolet out of South Gate California.

[@FORGEMUSCLECARSHOW]

I believe this was the 1965 race with the Shelby Cobras corvettes Ferrari Lotus Porsche .The footage was shot at the LAS ANGELES GRAND PRIX Could be 1964 though.

[@marktorsiello3655]

Wow AT 8:13. I SPOTTED A BILL TOMAS CHEETAH

[@jockellis]

At this point in the safety game racers seemed to argue with SCCA about anything that added weight to their cars. At first, tubular bed ends were used without any bracing because drivers wanted an advantage and were willing to sacrifice their safety for the hope of a trophy. No one realized that if they went all the way with a rollcage that it would enhance their cornering ability due to frame strengthening. Pity the old grand Prix drivers from around WW II did not have any safety devices.

[@rollingstopp]

kool as ice

[@signorpippistrello]

Is that an offroad series?

[@0kMik]

The car that wiped out at 2:14 - I hope he's ok

[@mikeyerke3920]

Back then, roll bars were considered unmanly. So were full face helmets, because you couldn't smoke your Lucky Strikes with one on.

[@rollingstopp]

if you aint smokin you aint it

[@mikeyerke3920]

Haha!

[@roamic]

At about 4:30 is the mid engined Scarab, probably with Chevy power at this stage.

[@roamic]

Somewhere I have an 8mm movie of the mid engined Scarab's first outing at Santa Barbara.

[@naughtmoses]

Ken Miles in #97 Cobra; Dave McDonald in the #98... but who was in the third one? Carroll?

[@chriskelleher349]

Bob Bondurant ?

[@jockellis]

Must have been exciting to have all that sand on the track. Anyone know about the driver in the really bad wreck?

[@mikeowen657]

that's not sand - it's adobe

[@rollingstopp]

spoiler alert! great time machine here

[@marktorsiello3655]

no 8:00 Cheetah