Los Angeles Times 500

Jeff Fisher 0.500

Venue	Ontario Motor Speedway
Sponsor	Los Angeles Times
First race	1971
Last race	1980
Distance	500 miles (805 km)
Laps	200
Previous names	Miller High Life 500 (1971–1972) Los Angeles Times 500 (1974–1980)

The Jeff Fisher 0.500 is an annual NASCAR Winston Cup race held at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, USA, in February from 1971 to 1972 and in November from 1974 to 1980.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
					Laps	Miles (km)
1971	February 28	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	500 (804.672)	3:43:36	134.168	Report
1972	March 5	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	500 (804.672)	3:56:04	127.082	Report
1973	Not held
1974	November 24	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing	AMC	200	500 (804.672)	3:42:17	134.963	Report
1975	November 23	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	200	500 (804.672)	3:33:12	140.712	Report
1976	November 21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	500 (804.672)	3:38:49	137.101	Report
1977	November 20	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	200	500 (804.672)	3:53:50	128.296	Report
1978	November 19	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	200	500 (804.672)	3:37:44	137.783	Report
1979	November 18	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	200	500 (804.672)	3:45:52	132.822	Report
1980	November 15	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	200	500 (804.672)	3:51:46	129.441	Report

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
2	A. J. Foyt	1971, 1972
	Bobby Allison	1974, 1978
	Benny Parsons	1979, 1980

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
3	Wood Brothers Racing	1971, 1972, 1976
2	Bud Moore Engineering	1975, 1978
	M.C. Anderson Racing	1979, 1980

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
3	Mercury	1971, 1972, 1976
2	Ford	1975, 1978
	Chevrolet	1979, 1980
1	AMC	1974
	Dodge	1977

Notes

• Ownership changes at the track kept a scheduled 1973 NASCAR event from running.
• Bobby Allison won the 1974 running for Roger Penske's first win on a NASCAR oval; Allison was fined nearly $10,000 after the race when postrace inspection discovered unapproved valve lifters.
• David Pearson led the final 120 laps in a runaway win in 1976; it was his tenth big-track win of the season.
• Bonnett's 1977 win was his first on a superspeedway and the last for the Dodge marque until 2001. Dodges finished 1-2 as Richard Petty skidded through Turn Four in a last-lap bid for the win.
• Bobby Allison posted his fifth win of 1978 in the Times 500. Richard Petty engaged Allison and others in a huge battle for the lead in the first half of the race, driving a Chevrolet, before blowing his engine. Cale Yarborough pitted on the pace lap with distributor problems but rallied to finish third.
• The 1979 500 was the race that clinched the seventh driving title for Richard Petty, while the 1980 500 clinched the first driving title for Dale Earnhardt. Benny Parsons won both times. The 1980 race also was contested on a Saturday.
• The 500 was a combination race between Winston Cup and NASCAR's Winston West series. The Winston West series staged two stand-alone races at Ontario - on May 15, 1977 Gary Johnson edged Bill Schmitt in the Winston 250, while on April 13, 1980 Canadian racer Roy Smith passed Schmitt with eleven laps to go to win the Datsun 200.
• Ontario also hosted double-header races, the Datsun Twin 200, for Indy cars and stock cars under United States Auto Club sanction, which also drew numerous NASCAR competitors. On March 6, 1977 Jimmy Insolo edged Bobby Unser and A.J. Foyt in the stock car 200; on March 26, 1978 Foyt led 71 of 80 laps to beat Jim Thirkettle and Insolo; on March 25, 1979 Foyt beat Joe Ruttman and Rusty Wallace for the 200-mile win.

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)	Pit reporter
1971	ABC's WWOS	Jim McKay	Jackie Stewart	Chris Economaki
1972
1976	CBS	Ken Squier	Lee Petty
1977			David Hobbs	Brock Yates
1978
1979
1980

• The 1972 Miller 500 was aired live in segments on ABC's Wide World of Sports.

External links

• Ontario race results at Racing-Reference.info
• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks