Los Angeles Times Grand Prix

Riverside International Raceway

The Los Angeles Times Grand Prix was a sports car race held at the Riverside International Raceway. The race was held throughout the track's existence, from 1957 until 1987. The race was sponsored by the Los Angeles Times to raise money for its charities. The Special Events director was Glenn Davis, the winner of the 1946 Heisman Trophy. During the early 1970s, the event was the season ending race for the Can-Am series.

Results[]

Year	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Report
SCCA National Championship
1957	Carroll Shelby	John Edgar	Maserati 450S	92.5 mi (148.9 km)	Riverside National Championship Sports Car Races
USAC Road Racing Championship
1958	Chuck Daigh	Reventlow Automobile Incorporated	Scarab Mk II-Chevrolet	200 mi (320 km)	United States Grand Prix for Sports Cars	report
1959	Phil Hill		Ferrari 250 TR 59	200 mi (320 km)	United States Grand Prix for Sports Cars
1960		Maserati Representatives of California	Maserati Tipo 61	200 mi (320 km)	Grand Prix for Sports Cars
1961	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing	-Climax	200 mi (320 km)	Grand Prix for Sports Cars
1962	Roger Penske	Updraught Enterprises	Cooper T53-Climax^[1]	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times presents the Grand Prix for Sports Cars
Non-Championship
1963	Dave MacDonald	Shelby American		200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1964	Parnelli Jones	Shelby American	-Ford	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1965	Hap Sharp	Chaparral Cars	Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
Can-Am
1966	John Surtees	Team Surtees	Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1967	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M6A-Chevrolet	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1968	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M8A-Chevrolet	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1969	Denny Hulme	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M8B-Chevrolet	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1970	Denny Hulme	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M8D-Chevrolet	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1971	Denny Hulme	McLaren Cars, Ltd.	McLaren M8F-Chevrolet	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1972	George Follmer	Roger Penske	Porsche 917/10	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1973	Mark Donohue	Roger Penske	Porsche 917/30	200 mi (320 km)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix
1974: Not held
IMSA GT Championship
1975	Hans-Joachim Stuck Dieter Quester	BMW Motorsport	BMW 3.0 CSL	6 hours	6 Hours of Riverside
1976-1978: Not held
1979	Bill Whittington Don Whittington		Porsche 935/79	6 hours	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix of Endurance
1980	John Fitzpatrick		Porsche 935 K3	5 hours	Los Angeles Times/Toyota Grand Prix of Endurance
1981^A	John Fitzpatrick	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 935 K3/80	6 hours	Los Angeles Times/Toyota Grand Prix of Endurance
1982	Ted Field Bill Whittington	Interscope Racing	Lola T600-Chevrolet	6 hours	Times/Toyota Grand Prix
1983	John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs Derek Bell	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 935 K4	6 hours	Times/Datsun Grand Prix
1984	Randy Lanier Bill Whittington		-Chevrolet	6 hours	Times/Nissan Grand Prix
1985	Pete Halsmer John Morton	BF Goodrich	Porsche 962	600 km (370 mi)	Times/Nissan Grand Prix of Endurance
1986	Rob Dyson Price Cobb	Dyson Racing	Porsche 962	6 hours	Times/Ford Grand Prix
1987	John Morton Hurley Haywood		Jaguar XJR-7	500 km (310 mi)	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix

^A The 1981 event was also a part of the World Sportscar Championship.

References[]

^ http://www.oldracingcars.com/cooper/t53/

External links[]

Ultimate Racing History: Riverside archive
Racing Sports Cars: Riverside archive
World Sports Racing Prototypes Can-Am archive and IMSA archive

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