Location | Santa Monica, California |
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Coordinates | 34°02′20″N 118°29′17″W / 34.039°N 118.488°W |
Opened | July 10, 1909 |
Closed | March 15, 1919 |
Major events | American Grand Prize Vanderbilt Cup |
1909–16 | |
Length | 8.417 miles (13.546 km) |
1919 | |
Length | 7.36 miles (11.845 km) |
The Santa Monica road race course was an American race track consisting of public roads. Established by a consortium of Southern California auto dealers who sought to promote cars, buying them as well as racing them, at a time when they were rather rare in Los Angeles, the Santa Monica road races lasted for ten years.[3]