Dodger Stadium March 2-3, 1963 - Dave MacDonald & Ken Miles fresh off their 1-2 finish at Riverside - take the mighty Cobra
Roadster to the 1st annual road races at Dodger Stadium. This was also the debut outing for the Roadster's new 289ci engine.
Shelby 289ci Cobras fuel up before the start of Saturday's race. Ken Miles in #298 & Dave MacDonald in #198 up next. Photo
Gordon Chittenden - Courtesy of the Riverside International Automotive Museum.
Dave MacDonald grabs the hole shot and he goes into turn 2 just ahead of Dick Guldstrand's Corvette Stingray. Photo Dave Friedman.
Still lap one and the pack shown here following MacDonald is Guldstrand, Bob Bondurant in the #614 Stingray, Ronnie Bucknum in Dave's
former #00 Stingray, Paul Reinhart's #6 Stingray and Ken Miles in the other Cobra Roadster. Photo Tam McPartland
Lap 2 and it's still MacDonald leading with Guldstrand & Bondurant running 2-3. Photo Gordon Chittenden - Courtesy of the Riverside
International Automotive Museum.
By lap 4 Miles has pulled past the Corvettes and goes into turn 5 running 2nd behind MacDonald. Bondurant & Reinhart now run 3rd and
4th having both passed Guldstrand. Photo Gordon Chittenden - Courtesy of the Riverside International Automotive Museum.
Cobras running side by side as Miles challenges MacDonald
Dave MacDonald still fighting off Miles as they, Bondurant & Reinhart, are still 1-2-3-4. Photo Bill Norcross
Dave MacDonald maintains the lead and he and Miles still have the Cobra's running 1-2 midway through. Photo Dave Friedman
MacDonald still leading Miles as they work their way through the Dodger Stadium course. Photo Gordon Chittenden - Courtesy of
the Riverside International Automotive Museum.
No let up from MacDonald as he blasts through a turn. This time around Miles tries a tighter line ... but he still can't pass Dave.
Photo Gordon Chittenden - Courtesy of the Riverside International Automotive Museum.
Hard charging Bob Bondurant gets his Vette back into the mix but at this point MacDonald had begun to pull away. Photo Gordon
Chittenden - Courtesy of the Riverside International Automotive Museum.
Dave MacDonald driving brilliantly and extending his lead as he slides through turn 6 at Dodger Stadium. Photo Gordon Chittenden
Courtesy of the Riverside International Automotive Museum
Final lap and MacDonald drifts his Cobra out of turn 6 and on to victory. This was the first win for the Cobra 289ci. (Friedman)
Dave MacDonald celebrates with wife Sherry after the win at Dodger Stadium ... Dave's victory laps were usually at full speed! (Friedman)
Top 8 finishers in Saturday's Dodger Stadium race. Dave MacDonald won both the Saturday & Sunday feature races.
Layout of the Dodger Stadium parking lot course in March of 1963
The mighty Cobra Roadster knocked Ferrari off its perch and wound up winning the 1963 USRRC Championship! (Pete Brock)
2011 Shelby Hauler with Dave's image on the side. Hauler travels the country transporting various Shelby vehicles to auto shows
