Friday 1st January 1932

“Babe” Stapp was declared winner of the accident shortened 100-mile AAA Pacific Coast championship race at Oakland Speedway. The race, twice postponed because of rain, was halted after the second serious accident of the event. Ralph
Hepburn, 3rd in AAA points in ’31, and Bryan Salpaugh were badly injured in seperate accidents (note: both did race again). Earlier,
Salpaugh had set a new lap record of 35.31 (101.95 mph avg.) on the 1 mile high banked oiled dirt oval.