Byline: MARK VAUGHN
The track itself was a racer's dream: nine turns, 3.7 miles long, elevation changes, short turns, long turns, leaps, dives and the famous esses. From 1957 to 1988 Riverside Raceway hosted some of the greatest series ever-Can-Am, Trans-Am, NASCAR, IMSA, IROC, Indy Car; scores of motorcycle, drag, midget and off-road events ran the course like a parade of American motorsports history in the making. And some of the greatest drivers ever turned a wheel there, everybody from Mario Andretti to Cale Yarborough raced at Riverside.
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