{"id":490050,"date":"2008-06-01T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2008-06-01T13:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=54145"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:57:50","slug":"torrey-pines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/torrey-pines\/","title":{"rendered":"Torrey Pines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the early fifties, road racing in the United States took place, for the most part, at airports. While airports have a number of advantages, they lack the interest and drama of actual roads. Without the authority to utilize public highways, venues were hard to come by.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As road racing developed on the West Coast, two sites for real road courses were established: Pebble Beach and Torrey Pines. Both were in spectacular seaside locations. Pebble Beach was laid out on the private roads of a land development, the Del Monte Properties on the Monterey Peninsula. Torrey Pines used the roads of an abandoned Army base. Only a few miles from metropolitan San Diego, it attracted large numbers of spectators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n