San Jose Speedway
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
- Five women were among the 61 entries at the first race
- Raced
- 1951-52
- State
- California
- What's left
- The site was redeveloped and nothing of the strip remains.
- First race
- December 2, 1951
- Surface
- Paved
- Location
- Tully Road oval, San Jose
- People
- Larry Sunseri, promoter (1951)
- Elevation
- 125 ft (38 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.32831, -121.82491
Promoter Larry Sunseri added drag racing to the program at the Tully Road oval on Sunday, December 2, 1951. It was the first of a series of weekly drag races on the paved oval. That first event had 61 entries, five of them women.
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