Legion Ascot Speedway was an American race track in Los Angeles, California that operated from 1924 to 1936. It hosted AAA Champ Car races. After the...

between 1907 and 1919. A second site named Legion Ascot Speedway held races between 1924 and 1936. Legion Ascot closed after 24 drivers died while racing...

racing facility Ascot Stadium, a facility in Gweru, Zimbabwe Ascot Park (speedway), a motor racing track in Los Angeles Legion Ascot Speedway, a motor racing...

ran the Rowley Park Speedway, and Empire Speedways who ran the Brisbane Exhibition Ground and the famous Sydney Showground Speedway, often imported drivers...

inaugural Trans-American Footrace, which took place in 1928 starting at Legion Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles and finishing in New York City in Madison Square...

finished the race, having qualified second in 1935. A regular at Legion Ascot Speedway, Gordon won the AAA Pacific Coast championship in 1933. While competing...

1952) was an American automobile dealer and the first owner of the Legion Ascot Speedway. Bentel was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in...

Angeles' Legion Ascot Speedway, which led him to move up to AAA Championship Car racing. Spangler and his riding mechanic Monk Jordan died in Speedway, Indiana...

McDowell was raised in Pasadena, California. He began racing cars at Legion Ascot Speedway in 1934. He later moved on to the independent circuits in the Northwestern...

Location shooting took place around Los Angeles including the Legion Ascot Speedway. A young racing driver pioneers a new car and enters it into a hundred-mile...

racetracks. Oakes began racing at Legion Ascot Speedway in 1932 at age 21 in the Class C for beginners. Legion Ascot Speedway closed down in 1936, and Oakes...

shaped" 5/8 mile dirt track. The original track was a "copy" of the Legion Ascot Speedway. Timeline - The following is a timeline of events from 1933 to the...

racing of Southern California. One of the tracks that he raced was Legion Ascot Speedway where he raced in the "B" class. In 1936, Webb and Jimmy Wilburn...

Huntington Park, California in 1921. He began racing at Los Angeles' Legion Ascot Speedway in 1929. Petillo competed in the Indianapolis 500 on ten occasions...

in 1930; her friend Herman Schurch died on a practice run at the Legion Ascot Speedway the following year. After eight weeks, she was offered a contract...

Angeles after signing a contract to race at the newly built Legion Ascot Speedway Speedway. On April 13, 1924, Weishaar was battling Gene Walker (who rode...

participants being on the sidelines. List of fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway The name of the track at the time of the fatal incident is displayed. Non-championship...

drivers coupled with the experiences attending his first races at the Legion Ascot Speedway during the late 1920s inspired Parsons to aspire to a driving career...

November 2023. Kelly, Godwin (28 February 1988). "Cyclist dies in crash at speedway". Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal. Assoc, American Motorcyclist (October...

visited Legion Ascot Speedway where he began his racing career as a riding mechanic. Webb went on to become a driver, racing at Legion Ascot. He would...

after a few days of shooting. Shooting began on December 7, 1931 at Legion Ascot Speedway and wrapped on February 1, 1932. Hawks used real race car drivers...

his racing career in earnest at a California race track called Legion Ascot Speedway he found he had much to learn as he was usually the slowest driver...

Burbank. He moved on to race at the Culver City Legion Speedway dirt track and Legion Ascot Speedway. After Ascot closed, Wearne raced successfully in the Pacific...

United States). He was killed in practice for a dirt track race at Legion Ascot Speedway in California. Schurch was elected to the National Sprint Car Hall...

Nigel Mansell in 1993. Carey was fatally injured in an accident at Legion Ascot Speedway prior to the 1933 season. He crashed in practice after appearing...

Bob Swanson Swanson at the Legion Ascot Speedway, 1935 Born Robert John Swanson (1912-08-20)August 20, 1912 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Died June 13...

1936 AAA Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Westbury, New York on October 12....

champion, was killed at the age of 28 while practicing for a race at Legion Ascot Speedway near Los Angeles. Carey, who had won the driving championship in...

he used many kinds of engines. Rajo was a mechanic for Quinn at Legion Ascot Speedway. After Quinn died, Rajo was given his 225 cubic inch Miller engine...

1935 AAA Championship Car season consisted of six races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on October...