Speedway Gets Into Concert Race

Date: August 13, 2003

Santa Clarita, Calif.'s Saugus Speedway will be turned into a landlocked oceanfront for an upcoming Beach Boys/Juice Newton concert promoted by Endless Summer entrepreneur Vince Vellardita. The one-third-mile track on a 35-acre plot has featured weekly swap meets and film shoots since it ceased hosting races in 1995, but was chosen for the six-hour Aug. 22 show, with tickets priced at $25, due to its location in one of the fastest-growing suburbs in Southern...