Gentlemen – Start your engines!
The first dirt track auto races on the coast were held right here in Mendocino, where Headlands State Park now exists. Organizers of the 1921 Apple Fair wanted the Fair “to be bigger and better than ever” by adding auto and horse races and a rodeo. Joshua Grindle, president of the Fair Association, appointed committees and set the plan in motion. A location for the track [...]