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This was a 5/8ths of a mile dirt oval that was used by Southern California auto racers from 1924-1936. It superceded the first Ascot Speedway #1, used from 1907-1919, located at Central Avenue and Florence Avenue in Los Angeles. Ascot Speedway #2, also known as Legion Ascot Speedway, preceded the Southern Ascot Raceway, located in South Gate, Los Angeles.

This track had a notoriously bad safety record. In its twelve years of existence, 24 drivers died, the worst fatality figure in the nation at the time. Glendale's American Legion Post #127 managed the track between 1928-1934, but after 1933's toll, in which six drivers died, they relinquished control amidst public outcry.

Due to the track's poor safety record, public pressure closed the track in 1936. Its grandstand was burned by the track's former janitor who stated later in 1942 that he did not want to see any more of his friends die there.

PCAD id: 9509