MotorTrend 500: NASCAR Heads West

1 1 Driven The opening chapter dives into the origins of Riverside International Raceway and the MotorTrend 500. Car culture was booming in California in the 1950s and a group of investors built a place where that enthusiasm could thrive. Riverside brought together NASCAR and MotorTrend Magazine to put on the biggest stock car race east of the Mississippi and the event attracted the best drivers of all time to compete in a legendary stock car showdown.