Riverside International Raceway 1980 and 1967

The Los Angeles Times Grand Prix was a sports car race held at the

Riverside International Raceway Riverside International Raceway (sometimes known as Riverside, RIR, or Riverside Raceway) was a motorsports race track and road course established in the Edgemont area of Riverside County, California, just east of the city limits of Riversid ...

. The race was held throughout the track's existence, from 1957 until 1987. The race was sponsored by the ''

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'' to raise money for its charities. The Special Events director was Glenn Davis, the winner of the 1946

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. During the early 1970s, the event was the season ending race for the

Can-Am The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, or Can-Am, was an SCCA/ CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974, and again from 1977 to 1987. The Can-Am rules were deliberately simple and placed few limits on the entries. This led to a wide variet ...

series.

Results

The 1981 event was also a part of the

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References

External links

Ultimate Racing History: Riverside archive
*World Sports Racing Prototype

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