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 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.
The film includes:
All 3 boardtracks, Los Angeles had the first, the best and the fastest
Lakes, Parks & Rods with Wally’s son on the Pomona Drag
Vic Edelbrock Jr. brings Roger Ward’s V8-60 back to Gilmore
Ultimate barn find: a Peugeot that influenced Miller, Offy and decades of racing
Ed Winfield’s #1 Ford is reunited with the remains of Legion Ascot to take a lap
Join Mickey Thompson’s son & first wife for a 1/4 mile walk down memory lane
Eddie Pullen’s son, a ‘13 Fiat & a ‘11 National relive the Santa Monica Road Races
Greg Sharp at NHRA & Leslie Kendall at the Petersen
414 mph Land Speed Record holder Charles Nearburg shows off his 1926 Miller
JC Agajanian Jr. talks Turkey Night
Huell Howser sees something “Amazing” at the Corona Circle
And much more in almost 2 hours of racing history