Didn't Santa Rosa have those giant eucalyptus trees down the right side of the track? Or was that someplace else? Remember, this was 60 years ago. Those trees kicked the sound back and it sounded like to other track I ever was at. The time I was there a '59 Dodge blew the clutch and took out the dash and windshield but never hurt the driver!
Jim, I'm not sure
maybe an older member from here may know better
all I saw of it was old photos
I was too young to attend or not even born yet
it very well could have been
lots of Eucalyptus trees in that area
most of my memories of tracks started about 1965-ish
I was 6 just about to turn 7 y/o
when my mom married my stepdad, Bob
he was a diehard drag racer early on
Had a cool 57 Ranch Wagon with a hoped up FE
had a cool 53 Ford PU with another FE
had a very cool 35 Ford PU hotrod/street rod Buick powered
& his 64 GTO 389 4speed 4.11:1
(with M&H (?) pie-cut ribbed sidewall cheater-slicks)
ran it's 'the best pass' with worn out front shocks, so it would lift
transfer the weight & actually finally get traction
(IIRC) G/S ran hi-mid 12's IIRC