Buried under a shopping complex, California's spectacular cathedral to speed Fifty-five years ago the first Formula 1 race was held at California's state-of-the-art Ontario Motor Speedway. The circuit attracted celebrities, vast concerts and a record-breaking Evel Knievel jump...

A few days more than 55 years ago Mario Andretti won the non-championship #F1/#F5000 #QuestorGP for Ferrari. It was held on the vast, gleaming & popular Ontario Motor Speedway, which opened in ’70 & closed in ’80. Click to read my new #MotorSport column.
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#OnThisDay in ’71, in this Ferrari 312B, Mario Andretti won the non-championship #F1 & #F5000 #QuestorGP. #AnorakFact: it was a one-off event, for the then-new Ontario Motor Speedway never again hosted a race involving F1 cars. Pic taken by Bernard Cahier (Paul-Henri’s papa).