1963 NASCAR Grand National Series Golden State 400 at Riverside International Raceway 

I love these cars, beautiful with alot of character.

Big power in big cars. What fun that must have been!

I enjoyed this. It reminds me of when I was a kid in the 60s and lived for catching anything racing on ABC's Wide World of Sports.

427's unleashed! Big block racing, nothin like it.

Loved that track. Now its a shopping mall. The only thing left is the structure that held the R I R sign near the 60 freeway.

And they wrestled those 4000# cars around that road course probably withoit power steering! Imagine the arm strength! Those boys were unlike anything we have today! I'm 69yrs and didn't become aware of 'stock car racing' until 1965 or so. I was big Indy 500 fan, though!

This is honesty some Beautiful footage of NASCAR at Riverside in the 1960's!😍 The cars were absolutely gorgeous during this era! Ford racing teams like the Wood Brothers and Holman-Moody were crushing the competition!🏁 Absolutley love hearing those Big Block 427 ford V8 engines Roaring at Riverside!🔥💪🏼🏁 love this video Ian!

#121 never knew numbers went that high

Dave MacDonald (RIP) was a heckuva racer! I knew he raced sports cars, but didn't know he was a 'roa d course ringer' as well! Great post, thanks! I subscribed!

Really loved when had actual factory bodies. Have to laugh though at the dubbed in sound track, especially the fake tire squealing.

I used to go to Riverside Raceway back in the 70's and 80's, and it was kind of out in the middle of nowhere. Riverside Raceway must have been way out in the middle nowhere in 1963.

Those were days,all those famous names,,,not like today

Heavy full-size V8 American Muscle hell yes

The Golden Age of Stock Car Racing!

This is before Chris Economaki broadcasts! Shows like Car & Track (Bud Lindemann) didn't cover these early races - thanks for posting eh! This is Gold - Subscribed knowing History regardless - bring us more, Ian! The Bonderant crash corner was the one that took out Weatherly two years later... I stopped watching NASCAR when Davey Allison died, but - "Boogity boogity boogity let's go racing boys and girls!" Respect, eh.

I use to love going to riverside racetrack.

I loved the big red-white -blue Merc.. AMT made a model of that ..always meant to buy it never did. Mr. Penske himself competed in these races..in a Pontiac. It’s in a museum I’m Az. However it made have been in 64.

The same track that took Joe Weatherlys' life (1) yr.later

You had telephone poles to dodge.

Darrell Derringer was my favorite driver back then. Loved it when he ran the Mercury Comet against the big Galaxies Also had to laugh when the announcer listed the favorites. The first race of the season was the Motor Trend 500 throughout the 1960s. Enter one Daniel Sexton Gurney, the OG Road Racing Ringer Dave MacDonald would die at the Indianapolis 500 a year later in the fiery first lap crash that took the life of the great Eddie Sachs.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful footage!

...Only if it was like this today!!!

Loved coming home smelling like oil.

Back when CA was a good place to live or visit

I was fortunate enough to go to Riverside a couple times towards the end in the 80's, how about that driver in one of the Fords with his arm out the window just on a Sunday drive.

What a great race. I love this period of racing,very exciting stuff.👍😃 Thanks for showing and best wishes from jolly old England 👍😎Pete. 🤓New sub to your channel and I'll be looking for more vids👍😎

Mercury WIN!

Big Block 4ever

Ford killer, sorry Cheby