It was the fourth and final race of the 1936 AAA Championship Car season, not counting the non-championship events.

The race, contested over 75 laps of 6.39 km (3.97 mi), was won by Tazio Nuvolari driving an Alfa Romeo 12C-36 from eighth starting position.

Just as in the original races, European drivers were enticed by the substantial prize money - Scuderia Ferrari entered three Alfa Romeo racers.

The rest of the field was made up of Americans in dirt track cars with two-speed gearboxes.

Although the course contained only one long straight, and the European drivers had to get used to the loose dirt track surface, the Americans were no contest for the Grand Prix cars.