Where They Raced: Speed Demons in the City of Angels tells the story of a pre-gridlocked Los Angeles. A time when it was ripe with orange groves, movie stars, year-round sun and more auto racing and innovation than anywhere else in America. This documentary film uncovers the forgotten history with lost archival films, hundreds of vintage photos, and revealing interviews.<\/p>\n
Hosted by Harold Osmer who literally wrote the book and directed by Harry Pallenberg (Shotgun Freeway, Women in Boxes and California\u2019s Gold), Where They Raced reunites the ghost tracks of Los Angeles with the cars that raced them and gets the families and experts to tell the tales that give these fading memories a victory lap.<\/p>\n
FEATURING:
\nLakes, Parks & Rods with Wally\u2019s son on the Pomona Drag \u2022 A look at all 3 boardtracks in Los Angeles, we had the Nations first, the best & the fastest \u2022 Vic Edelbrock Jr. brings Roger Ward\u2019s V8-60 back to Gilmore \u2022 The ultimate barn find: a Peugeot that influenced Miller, Offy and decades of racing technology \u2022 Ed Winfield\u2019s #1 Ford is reunited with the remains of Legion Ascot to take a lap 85 years later \u2022 Join Mickey Thompson\u2019s son & 1st wife for a 1\/4 mile walk down memory lane \u2022 Eddie Pullen\u2019s son, a \u201813 Fiat & a \u201811 National relive the Santa Monica Road Races\u2022Greg Sharp at NHRA\u2022Leslie Kendall at the Petersen \u2022 414 mph Land Speed Record holder Charles Nearburg \u2022 We\u2019ll talk to JC Agajanian Jr. at Turkey Night \u2022 Huell Howser sees something \u201cAmazing\u201d at the Corona Circle….<\/p>\n