The "First" Santa Ana Drags 

Limited-Edition Print of 350 (13x19) 
 Signed and numbered by the Artist. 
 In 1950, the first formal Drag Races were organized by CJ Heart and the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA).  
 These first Airstrip Drag Races were held at the Naval Air Station in Santa Ana (now Tustin) California. Originally built as a blimp base in 1942, the predominant characteristic of this field were its two extremely large blimp hangars. Following the end of World War II in 1949, the Navy decommissioned the "Santa Ana Navel Air Station," and in 1951 it was transferred to the Marine Corps , and was renamed the "Marine Corps Air Facility Santa Ana."  
 By 1953, the Races were moved from the Military Base to just about a mile away  onto Santa Ana's Civilian Commercial Airstrip, now known as John Wayne Airport. It was there that Drag Racing became formalized and started it's march into the mainstream American culture. 
 In this scene we see