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RESOLUTION N0. 64-5
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
COMMENDING DAN GURNEY OF COSTA MESA FOR HIS RECORD-BREAKING
VICTORY IN THE 500 -MILE STOCK CAR ROAD RACE AT RIVERSIDE.
WHEREAS, Dan Gurney of Costa Mesa has won the 500 -mile stock car road race
at Riverside International Raceway for the second consecutive year; and
WHEREAS, He has established an average speed record of 91.154 miles per
hour fot the course, and reached a maximum speed of 155.97 miles per hour in
the straightaway; and
WHEREAS, His achievements in automobile racing have brought both fame and
prestige to his home City; and
WHEREAS, This City Council deems it both fitting and proper that Dan Gurney
should be formally commended for the records he has established and the champion-
ships he has captured,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa, that Dan Gurney be, and he is hereby, commended as a champion racing driver
who has twice won the 500 -mile stock car road race at the Riverside International
Raceway; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa is
hereby directed to enter this Resolution in the permanent records of the City of
Costa Mesa, and transmit a certified copy thereof to Dan Gurney.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 20th day of January, 1964. Q��
Mayor of the City oP Costa sa
ATTEST:
City of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Resolution No. 64-5 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the 20th day of
January, 1964.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa