Riverside

Gents, Does anyone have any good links to find out more about Riverside (California) racetrack? I know it's not there any more, but I'm trying to find out more of the history of the place. Cheers, Colin

"Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fUhm6.7124$[email hidden]...

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> Gents, > Does anyone have any good links to find out more about Riverside > (California) racetrack? I know it's not there any more, but I'm trying to > find out more of the history of the place. > Cheers, > > Colin

There isn't much to be found on the net on the subject of RIR. Here is one link with very little information, all it really has is track maps: http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/Riverside.html You might be interested in the new book by Dick Wallen, "Riverside Raceway, Palace of Speed". http://www.racingclassics.com/ It's very pricy, but if you, like me, spent a lot of time there or just want a comprehensive history of the circuit, it's worth the money. -- don GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: http://www.ianparker.co.uk/gpl/bapom/

Thx, Don, I'd misplaced Wallen's addy. He's best known for books about oval-track racing (board tracks, midgets, stocks, Sprint & Champ cars, etc.). The Riverside book is a hundred bucks for 160 or so pages, but includes 900 b/w fotos, 150 color, and lots of stats. ($125 for the slip-cased version.) A must if you miss Riverside as much as I do. I keep hoping somebody will make the sports car version (the rest of T6--bypassing T8--and 7/7a) with as much attention to detail as GPLEA has put into, say, Snetterton '67. Also hope somebody does likewise for Bridgehampton (a book and a GPL track), arguably the only American track in the same league as Riverside. There's also some stuff posted by Sim Racing News' Marc Nelson on his Extinct Track Archive site: http://www.simracing.com/eta/ --Steve Smith don hodgdon <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:97cd0n$ie4$[email hidden]... > > "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:fUhm6.7124$[email hidden]... > > Gents, > > Does anyone have any good links to find out more about Riverside > > (California) racetrack? I know it's not there any more, but I'm tryingto

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> > find out more of the history of the place. > > Cheers, > > > > Colin > > There isn't much to be found on the net on the subject of RIR. Here is one > link with very little information, all it really has is track maps: > http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/Riverside.html > > You might be interested in the new book by Dick Wallen, "Riverside

Raceway, > Palace of Speed". http://www.racingclassics.com/ > It's very pricy, but if you, like me, spent a lot of time there or justwant

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> a comprehensive history of the circuit, it's worth the money. > > -- > don > > GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: > http://www.ianparker.co.uk/gpl/bapom/ > > > >

Mostly, I miss the age I was then when I used to go watch Richard Petty and the gang tear the place up... Regards, Brett C. Cammack brettDOTcammack@worldnetDOTattDOTnet (remove the DOTs from my return address to reply privately)

Many thanks to all who replied - r.a.s. (when not hoping one of it's members would die) comes up trumps again. Appreciate it, lads, Colin.

"Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pywm6.136826$[email hidden]... > There's also some stuff posted by Sim Racing News' Marc Nelson on his > Extinct Track Archive site: > > http://www.simracing.com/eta/ > > --Steve Smith Hey! Many of the photographs on Marc's site are mine! I didn't know that site was still up, I thought Marc had given up on it. Thanks Steve, don