Chuck Daigh in a Scarab-Chevrolet leads an interesting group through Riverside's Turn 7.  Side-by-side behind Daigh are Bill Krause in Birdcage Maserati #2452 and Peter Ryan in a Lotus Mk.19.  Close behind this pair is Roger Penske in his Cooper Monaco.  Bringing up the rear in this fast company is Scooter Patrick in the Porsche-powered PAM Special.

Daigh (winner of the 1958 L.A. Times GP in a Scarab) qualified 8th.  He ran in fifth position behind McLaren-Brabham- Hall-Penske until lap 43 when his engine failed.  He'd been running on seven cylinders since lap 10 when a spark plug lead fell off.   Krause (winner of the 1960 L.A. Times GP in another Birdcage) dropped out after 7 laps with a broken DeDion tube.  Ryan was running well until he was black- flagged for a petty rules infraction: a push start.  Penske rocketed through the field from his 28th starting position to finish 4th.  Patrick DNF'd after a pit stop to replace a flat tire; the Special wouldn't re-start (and of course he wasn't allowed to push-start the car).

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