There’s A New Dragstrip In Southern California Where Street Cars Can Legally Race

While Southern California officials are eager to solve the dangerous and deadly problem of street racing, sideshows, and other car-based tomfoolery, solutions have not been easy to come by. One man in Perris, California, thinks he has the answer; a legal drag strip for street cars.

Called the Street Legal Dragway, and it claims to be the first 330-foot long dragstrip built specifically for racing street cars. The spot is located at the Perris fairgrounds next to Lake Perris and is the brainchild of owner and manager Andy Marocco.

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Finding an actual spot to build the strip and a city to approve it was challenging at first. There were more than a few setbacks.

Then a man named Nick Bruno, who sits on the board in charge of the Southern California Fair suggested the city of Perris and its fairgrounds. Not long after, construction started on the dragstip.