What helped get the crowds to gather was that a movie starring Tony Curtis was using race scenes from the Santa Barbara races.
So the females flocked to see Tony and the men went to enjoy the inaugural race meet.
(Note how much Ken Miles was involved as well as driving !
AN aerial view of the first race day. Sept. 1953.
I marked in red where I took some recent photos of the Turn 2 around the building with the black roof. (it is still there.)
Then up to the Turn 3 right- hander that leads onto the only road part that qualified it as a road course.
(Turn 2 around the building.)
(Looking toward Turn 3..)
Onto the straight along the public road.
(Ken H photos.)
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