The road course included 11 turns with uphill and downhill sections, a straightaway just shy of 3⁄4 mile, a bridge and underpass as well as a lake opposite the start/finish line.
[3] [4] [5] 100 miles (161 km) USAC National Championship Stock Car race was won by Troy Ruttman driving a 1957 Ford.
[6] Multiple MGTDs crashed during the first race resulting in five people being injured including one driver that was hospitalized.
The consensus was that both drivers just went into the turn “too hot.” It was subsequently revealed the guardrail was installed incorrectly and was facing backwards.
In the fifth race, Rolf Roth hit a hay bale leaving turn 11 and flipped his Formula III.
[8] The National Park Service maintains the entire ranch including the racetrack as an historic site.
While there is some sentiment among park rangers to repair the circuit and return the track to its former glory, there are no definitive plans in place.
[10] Paramount Ranch Racetrack has been featured in several movies filmed in the 1950s and 1960s; most notably Devil’s Hairpin, Spinout, and Munster, Go Home!.
[11] It was also featured in television shows over the next decade, including Perry Mason "The Case of the Runaway Racer" (1965).