Video: Roger Penske vs. Dave MacDonald at Riverside | 1963 L.A. Times Grand Prix

https://www.youtube.com/embed/I4Uv8iimrKA?si=SwgmsKcgI9xj79XK

The 1963 L.A. Times Grand Prix at Riverside attracted so many of the day’s heavy hitters: Dave MacDonald, Roger Penske, A.J. Foyt, Roger Ward, Dan Gurney, Augie Pabst, John Surtees, Jim Clark, Pedro Rodríguez, Bob Bondurant, Graham Hill and Parnelli Jones.

[Unable to find Dave MacDonald’s Corvette Special, he built his own]

It’s a time of open-face helmets, big-block sports racers and corners lined by half-buried tires.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
5/19/25 9:17 a.m.

Lotta sliding going on. 

moto914
moto914 New Reader
5/19/25 9:22 p.m.

Amazing group of cars. Just did a search on each. Learned some historical details. thanks !

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
5/20/25 11:36 a.m.

In reply to moto914 :

Glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, a ton of history in that one race. 

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