I'm betting Dummy knows everything about the place!

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Last time I was down there there was still an place that looked like it dealt in old Ford parts. Next time I'll pay attention and get some info.....

 

This ad features all kinds of parts, it also sells "Live Bait" can't beat that.

 

This is an aerial of the speedway which was along the 10 freeway between Haven and Milliken:


The speedway aerial pic over the current Ontario:

 

Russ,

Something's GOT to be wrong there!

There's WAY too much duplication in those two shots for it to be real.

Remember, don't believe everything you see on the World-Wide Web!

Auto Club Speedway in Ontario, CA as it looks today:

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Perhaps this will help: Where Was Ontario Motor Speedway? | Inside The Inland Empire

My Dad and I attended the inaugural race in 1970 and I still have the official program.

 

The old Ontario Speedway looks like this today:

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Saw the 500 at OMS in '71 when Joe Leonard won it. Still haven't been to a sanctioned race at the new venue.

 

Yup. I now see what you did there. What I DIDN'T see was the "overlay".

Whew!

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Went to many races at the old OMS... Saw The King race the 43 there several Times against Cale Yarborough and the Allison's among others... also Saw the Unser's and Mario Andretti in the Indy Cars at the LA times 500's a few times.

 

And then there was Riverside International Raceway. What a classic road course. I took pictures of the Winston Cup race in 1984, standing on the pit wall during that race.

Petty had a rear end blow up and have pictures of him standing beside his car on pit row. No pit crew uniforms, the old pump handles to fill fuel, and guys smoking in the pits.

Terry Labonte won that race and eventually won the championship that year.

We had the good fortune to have a friend that knew Ralph Seagraves, VP of RJ Reynolds. We sat in the Winston Suite and visited with Petty, Allison, Labonte among others.

Those were the days.

 

1959 Caterpillar ad Crop from Petaluma, CA.
(I spy with my little eye a '55 Ford in front, a Nash Airflyte from the early '50s a couple cars back, nicked named the upside down "Bathtub Nash".

 

Been awhile since there was any activity in this thread....

More of a read than actual pics, but I ran across this article in the LA times on the train ride to work the other morning, thought some of you SoCal lifers might enjoy.
It has a link to some pics also.

'How fast it grew': Old photos of Valley's birth and boom - LA Times

 

I threw The Valley Times around 1957-59 in Van Nuys and Sepulveda. Stuffed two routes into my bags. From the sidewalk, I could throw them right up onto the porch with a high degree of accuracy.

I suspect that I was in the best shape of my life at twelve years old.

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Never did have a paper route, but even if I did, it would not have been in 57-59, as I did not even make my entrance until 58.

Jim