I think it was 1962, my junior year of high school. SCCA used to run road races at the Santa Barbara Airport. The course amounted to 2 long straights - front and back- with a horseshoe or carousel loop at each end.
There were many places where you could see across the track and view the cars ahead or behind you. On this particular day McQueen, driving the Cooper FJ-2-62 purchased from ken terrell and John Cooper after it had won the 1961 European Formula Junior Championship, had pulled out about a full straight lead. Approaching (see the link) top loop apex, Steve pulled to the inside of the loop, came to a complete standstill, watched and waited as the rest of the field came down the back stretch, started to enter loop and as they reached the turn apex off he went with a scant 1 car length lead. As they say, the crowd went wild ... all 20 or 30 of us.
He immediatey began to stretch out another lead and lapped all but 2 cars, as I remember. Keep in mind this was about a 25 lap race.
He was a one of a kind. Very much the progenitor of PLN but with edges a whole lot rougher and irreverent.