Jan 20th, 1963 - Dave MacDonald drives a Holman Moody Chevrolet in the NASCAR Motor Trend 500 at Riverside Raceway.

Sponsors eager to get involved with So Cal NASCAR road racing pour money into the event. Interesting that turn 7 will not be used.

MacDonald charging hard into turn 6

Dave and Holman Moody teammate Dan Gurney ran 1-2 for a spell but Dave battled transmission problems from the start and eventually
fell back to finish 12th, but still ahead of many NASCAR veterans like Rex White in 15th, Freddy Lorenzen 22nd, Joe Weatherly 24th,
David Pearson 33rd, Parnelli Jones 37th, Paul Goldsmith 39th and Richard Petty 41st. Gurney was race winner.

Dan Gurney blasting through the Riverside road course dominating the Motor Trend 500

Denny Weinberg flips his stocker coming out of the esses toward turn 6. Photo Jack McGinnis

Gurney had 5 career NASCAR wins - all in the Motor Trend 500. He dominated this event winning in 1963, 64, 65, 66 & 68.

After 5 hrs 53 mins of brutal road racing, Dan Gurney brings his stock car into victory lane and accepts his rewards. The $66,245 purse was
a record and Dan's share was $13,400

News article recapping the 1963 Motor Trend 500 at Riverside International Raceway

Race results for the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Motor Trend 500.