http://thechicaneblog.com/2010/01/17/track-maps-of-the-past-paramount-ranch/ A Celebration of Historic Motorsport Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:06:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://thechicaneblog.com/2010/01/17/track-maps-of-the-past-paramount-ranch/comment-page-1/#comment-8900 Mike Jacobsen Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:26:59 +0000 http://thechicaneblog.com/?p=2420#comment-8900 I think Bill Lev's pool is what is labeled the lake on the map. Your comment re slot cars is interesting, since the first ones, made by Scalextric, were ordered by a few enthusiasts (including us) in 1955 having seen the ads for them in Autosport, the Brit weekly mag. The track was laid out by Ken Miles and Dick Van Laanen, who is still with us, and I intend to ask him if he had experienced a Scalextric at that time.By the way, the entire track can still be walked today except the section under the bridge which is filled with mud, and the section near the lake which was wiped out by a flood; the pavement, of course, is badly broken up everywhere, but I drove my MG Spl around a section of it for a German TV film on the Porsche Spyder four years ago. Mike Jacobsen I think Bill Lev’s pool is what is labeled the lake on the map. Your comment re slot cars is interesting, since the first ones, made by Scalextric, were ordered by a few enthusiasts (including us) in 1955 having seen the ads for them in Autosport, the Brit weekly mag. The track was laid out by Ken Miles and Dick Van Laanen, who is still with us, and I intend to ask him if he had experienced a Scalextric at that time.By the way, the entire track can still be walked today except the section under the bridge which is filled with mud, and the section near the lake which was wiped out by a flood; the pavement, of course, is badly broken up everywhere, but I drove my MG Spl around a section of it for a German TV film on the Porsche Spyder four years ago. Mike Jacobsen

]]> http://thechicaneblog.com/2010/01/17/track-maps-of-the-past-paramount-ranch/comment-page-1/#comment-8144 Bill Lev Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:15:57 +0000 http://thechicaneblog.com/?p=2420#comment-8144 I went to this track and remember watching NASCAR cars going through the tunnel. They were using convertibles at the time and Evenrude was a big sponsor. Fireball Roberts was there along with Troy Rutman. One thing that is missing is the round swimming pool with a round concrete island in the middle of the pool. I went to this track and remember watching NASCAR cars going through the tunnel. They were using convertibles at the time and Evenrude was a big sponsor. Fireball Roberts was there along with Troy Rutman. One thing that is missing is the round swimming pool with a round concrete island in the middle of the pool.

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