Paramount Ranch Racetrack (sometimes called Paramount Ranch Raceway) was a motorsports racetrack located at Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains in Agoura Hills, California. A total of seven events were held at Paramount Ranch from 1956-1957.

Nestled in the foothills of the Agoura Hills a few miles north of Malibu, Paramount Ranch Racetrack was the first purpose-built road racing course in California, created during the sportscar racing boom of the 1950s around a western movie set.

Dec 5, 2023 · The Paramount Raceway opened a year later. Some considered it one of the most challenging in the U.S., and it closed 18 months later after two fatal crashes occurred in December of 1957. The raceway was featured in "The Devil's Hairpin" (1957) and Disney's "The Love Bug" (1968).

Sep 4, 2021 · On November 4th, the United States Auto Club (USAC) held a 250 mile Stock Car National Championship race at Paramount Ranch. Sam Hanks took the win in his Mercury. The final event of 1956 was another CSCC weekend of racing over November 17th and 18th.

Jan 3, 2025 · Paramount Ranch is a historic film and television production location in the Santa Monica Mountains of Conejo Valley, near Agoura Hills, California. Renowned for its once picturesque old Western town set, it has served as the backdrop for countless iconic movies and TV shows since the 1920s.

Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica mountains was used as a racetrack in 1956 to 1958. View the race track road course map and vintage photos from this time period.

Paramount Ranch was a unique road racing course in the Santa Monica mountains above Malibu. It's now a National Park and the "Old West" town with saloons & hitching rails and other standards of the genre still exists. The land was used as a film …

Paramount Ranch is one of several locations in Southern California where westerns and other movies were shot, starting in silent days. A developer per-chased it and a road course was built that opened in 1956. From the beginning, it was a source of …

Paramount Ranch offers several miles of easy to moderate scenic hikes through chaparral, riparian, and valley oak savannah plant communities. Equestrians and mountain bikers may access these multi-use trails.

Jan 18, 2010 · Thousands of Southern California spectators witnessed Harrison Evans, in his Ferrari Monza, battle it out with Eric Hauser, Morgansen Special, Sunday August 19, at the first sports car road race to be held at the Paramount Ranch in Agoura, California.