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Santa Clarita Valley History In Pictures

Billy Vukovich & Walt Faulkner
Bonelli Stadium (Saugus Speedway)


TOP: "The Action Photo of 1945: The 'Little Dynamo,' Walt Faulkner, taking a tumble at Bonelli Stadium."

ABOVE LEFT: "1945 Pacific Coast Champion Billy Vukovich."

From: Bonelli Stadium 1945-46 Photo Annual (above right). Built as a rodeo arena in 1927 by Roy Baker and owned briefly by actor Hoot Gibson, the rodeo grounds were purchased in 1937 by William Bonelli, who started automobile racing there in 1939. It was later renamed the Saugus Speedway.


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