Bob Norton contributed
these photos of this, the very first Riverside event.
Mexican prodigy Ricardo
Rodriguez stunned Californians with his win in the event for modified
cars under 1500 cc.
He was 15 at the time
and drove a Porsche 550RS. He went on to a sports
car racing and Formula
I career.
Carroll Shelby climbs
out of John Edgar's Maserati 450S #4506 after crashing into the earthen
bank.
Shelby sustained a nasty
facial gash in the incident.
Steen Carlson passes in
#137, a Mercedes-Benz 300-SL "Gullwing" coupe.
Course workers remove
the damaged Maserati. Great tow truck! Shelby returned to Riverside
with the 450S to win the SCCA National event held on November 17th.
