[geoklass]

It's always sad when a drag strip closes. We in the Southern California area feel your pain, but we have been through it over and over again. All the drag strips below were within 1-hour of Los Angeles...


SOCAL DRAGSTRIP LIST
NAME - OPEN - CLOSE - COMMENTS
SANTA ANA - 1950 - 1959 - Now John Wayne Airport
TUSTIN - 1950 - 1951- Blimp Base
SAUGUS - 1950- 1957- Six-S-Ranch
POMONA - 1951 - Active - LA Cnty. Fairground (Fairplex)
FAMOSA - 1952 - Active - McFarland (aka Bakersfield)
FONTANA - 1952 - 1969 - aka Drag City
PARADISE MESA - 1953 - 1959 - National City
INYOKERN - 1954 - 2005 - Inyokern Airport, Ridgecrest
SAN FERNANDO - 1955 - 1967 - aka The Pond
LIONS - 1955 - 1972 - aka The Beach
SAN GABRIEL - 1956 - 1963
COLTON - 1956 - 1960 - Morrow Field
IRWINDALE - 1957 - 1973- Miller Brewery site
RIVERSIDE - 1959 - 1970 - 1/2 Mile Track
ROMONA - 1963 - 2004 - Ramona Airport
CARLSBAD - 1963 - 2004 - Near San Diego
L. A. COUNTY - 1964 - 2007 - aka Palmdale
ORANGE CNTY. - 1967 - 1983 - OCIR
BROTHERHOOD -1974 - 1995 - Terminal Island, Port of Los Angeles
FONTANA - 2001 - Active - Auto Club Speedway
IRWINDALE - 2001 - Active? - Toyota Speedway, 1/8th Mile
BARONA - 2003 - Active - 1/8th Mile Track