1965 Can-Am Riverside Race

This race featured not only a group of classic racelore beast cars, but a line-up of racers rarely seen together on one track at the same time. Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti, Bruce McLaren, Dan Gurney, Graham Hill, Parnelli Jones, Jim Hall, and Richie Ginther were just a few of the racers in this large field of Can-Am cars. The video includes a great in car lap of this hollowed race course one hour east of LA now displaced by housing projects. A record crowd, record purse and record speed were the hallmark of this classic racing event, the LA Times Grand Prix 1965.

[@arklat]

I was there for this race. Ten years old. I loved it! I really liked the Chaparral. The Lola's too. Pretty heady stuff for a boy of ten! I ended up becoming a racer, and I think this had something to do with it!

[@SITKASAILS]

Right on!

[@mustang6172]

Is that Dave Despain? What happened to him?

[@SITKASAILS]

He is doing a show called Wind Tunnel now on Speed...

[@moderator2]

the white car #8 who is?