Culver City Speedway Banking

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View 51: Partial view of the Culver City Speedway, which was in existence as an auto racing venue from December 14, 1924, until March 6, 1927. This photograph shows an interesting "long" view of cars in action on the track. The grand stand is completely packed with spectators, as flags from different countries wave above them.Jack Prince and Art Pillsbury built the Beverly Hills Speedway in 1919 on 275 acres of land, at a cost of $500,000. The 1.25-mile wood oval, which featured 45-degree banked turns, was funded by a group of actors and others in the industry known as the Beverly Hills Speedway Syndicate. The track was inaugurated on February 28, 1920, but after only four years the 70,000-seat stadium was disassembled to make room for other improvements in the newly incorporated city of Beverly Hills, holding its last race on February 24, 1924 before a crowd of 85,000.