DON "THE SNAKE" PRUDHOMME FAMOUS SAN FERNANDO VALLEY RACE DRIVER

CHERISHING OUR VALLEY        2013

In the 1950s and early '60s, the San Fernando Valley was the home of some of the most exciting automobile racing in the world. Young males flocked to San Fernando's race tracks, where guys like Don Prudhomme (the Snake) was beginning a lifetime of world-wide racing fame. 

Autographed photograph of Don Prudhomme in Carroll Shelby's AA/Fuel Dragster. Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2013. (click on image to enlarge it.)

Prudhomme was born in the city of San Fernando on April 6, 1941.

SAN FERNANDO DRAG STRIP

San Fernando Drag Strip decal - Gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gary Fredburg 2009- (click on image to enlarge)
2009 - The Year of Valley History
The San Fernando Drag Strip was located on Glen Oaks Boulevard - a mile west of Van Nuys Boulevard in the City of San Fernando. The importance of San Fernando Valley "car culture" is a major interest of your Museum's Contemporary Culture collection and study.

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley is seeking representatives from the City of San Fernando for The Museum's Board and for Community Committees.

The San Fernando Valley, in the heart of the Creative Capital of the World, deserves a great Museum of history and culture.