Blue Streak Racer
Wood Racing at Pacific Park, Santa Monica, California. Opened 1917, closed 1923.
This ride has closed. It last operated at Pacific Park in 1923.
- Height
- 60 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- 3,500 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Charles Paige
The Blue Streak Racer ran on the Santa Monica Pier from 1917 to 1923, decades before Pacific Park opened. It had come from the defunct Wonderland amusement park in San Diego and was replaced by the Whirlwind Dipper, which opened on March 30, 1924.
Sources
- rcdb.com/2403.htm (Blue Streak Racer, Pacific Park: removed; designer Charles Paige; wood sit-down twin (racing) coaster; height 60 ft; length 3,500 ft; 0 inversions; relocated from Wonderland)
- rcdb.com/3174.htm (Same ride at Wonderland, San Diego: removed; designer Charles Paige; 60 ft; 3,500 ft; sources conflict on its location around the 1915 Panama-California Exposition)
- rcdb.com/4685.htm (Listed as a defunct coaster of Pacific Park (former name Santa Monica Pier); years 1917 to 1923 per the citation already reviewed on the whirlwind-dipper page)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Pier (Blue Streak Racer on the Pleasure Pier, purchased from the defunct Wonderland amusement park in San Diego)
- westland.net/venicehistory/articles/santamonicapier.htm (Whirlwind Dipper opened Sunday, March 30, 1924; a racing coaster from the 1915 San Diego Exposition was installed on Looff's 1916 pier)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.