Ascot Speedway

South Bay Stadium

1985 - 1990

Dan Mahoney Photo

Scott Daloisio Photo

Facebook Photo, year unknown

Chris Agajanian’s Ascot South Bay Stadium is located at the top of this photo. The Ascot BMX track is on the lower left and the Ascot Slick Track is on the lower right.

Ascot Park

1978-1980

The Ascot Park track opened in 1957, as Los Angeles Speedway, on the site of a former city dump. Ascot occupied 44 acres on Vermont Avenue between 182nd and 186th Streets, in a strip of Los Angeles called the Harbor Gateway. It ran parallel to the Harbor Freeway from Los Angeles to the Port of Los Angeles. Ascot received its mail at the Gardena post office so it became Ascot in Gardena. Max Ziegler owned the property, which was a former landfill.