Sports Car Racing: California Part 1 - 1950s (8mm)

[@JoeTierno]

John Ireland starred in a movie named Fast and Furious and a white XK-120 was heavily featured. Clearly, it was filmed at this track. It is one of the many hoaky racing movies of that era and was not very good but the XK and the paddock scenes set my heart racing. My guess it was filmed in 1957. I loved seeing the Pooper, Dan Gurney, and the many specials. Thank you for this gem.

[@TheJagjr4450]

There are MG-TD's MG-TF's MGA's Austin Healy bug eye sprites, larger austin healys 3000?, Triump TR3's, JAG XK120's 140's, XKE's, Mercedes 300 Gullwings and Roadsters probably some 190 roadsters, Bathtub Porsche 356. The newest car may be late 50's. At 2:46 White car is a Jaguar XK140 Drophead, dark car is a Jaguar XK120 Roadster, Roadsters have chrome windshield surrounds, dropheads have body color windshield surrounds.

[@frankemerson8584]

Lovely stuff. Could be Vaca Valley in the early shots. Definitely a Paramount Ranch CSCC meeting for most of the video (yellow guardrail), 1956 or 1957 I think.

[@RetroVentures]

Thanks for the info.

[@flashistvideos2955]

man if Paramount Ranch was still a track I'd be there everyday hahah

[@joestephan1111]

This was NOT Vaca Valley. It was as flat as a pancake.