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The Pond

The San Fernando Drag Strip, one of LA's most popular, ran from 1955 to 1970. The track ran uphill, next to a drainage ditch in a fairly populated section of The Valley.

They we're not allowed to run open headers until after noon on Sundays due to the nearby churches.
It's rumored that races would often extend the races off the end of the track, into the neighboring hills and back to the start finish line.

Because it was the closest track to the Hollywood movie studios it can be seen in almost ever '50 hot rod B movie.

The San Fernando Drag Strip, nick-named The Pond, closed in 1970 under pressure from the residential neighborhood growing around the track.