"Pappy" Hart, Creighton Hunter and Frank Stillwell at the Orange County Airport auxiliary runway in southern California[2] and was operational from June 19, 1950 until June 21, 1959[2][3] Many pioneers in drag racing began at Santa Ana.
Art Chrisman, Don Yates, Calvin Rice, Joaquin Arnett,[4] George "Ollie" Morris[5] and others participated regularly.
The strip was created with $1000 startup money, and charged both spectators and participants 50 cents, of which 10% went directly to the owner of the airport.
There was also a pit area, restrooms, a concession stand and primitive grandstands for spectators and plenty of parking.
[4] It was closed due to pressure from C.J Hart, whose wife had hired a private investigator to determine if Frank Stillwell was stealing money from the gate receipts in 1957.