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Early Days of Hot Rodding and Racing in Santa Barbara and beyond.
I have mentioned this before but I wanted now to give it a thread of it's own.
I work in Goleta close to Santa Barbara Airport and I drive by this location every day.
There is talk of widening the road and expanding the airport and I wanted to capture some of this before it disappears.
It may not mean much to most of you but this was the site of the first sanctioned drag race in the United States.
April 10th 1949.
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A 1949 drag race at Goleta. CA. approaching the finish line across the bridge.
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The same bridge today and the finish line was at that change in the pavement.
(Ken H photo. Feb. 2020)
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Hot Rodding in So Cal USA .. Yeahh !!
Great Idea Ken H, and as NZ is a bit beyond Santa Barbara [ Goleta, Los Olivas et al ] guess some NZ stuff can squeeze in.
There were Race meeting in Santa Barbara too - can't wait to see the photos
In NZ they Hot Rod / Customs - even made it on Cereal cards.. a very different Zephyr Corvette.
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PS ate a lot of Weetbix ..