Shortly after World War II, road racing returned to the United States, first on the East Coast with races at places like Bridgehampton and Watkins Glen, and shortly thereafter on the West Coast, most notably at Pebble Beach, on the Monterey Peninsula. The first Pebble Beach Road Race was held on November 5, 1950 and was sanctioned by the San Francisco region of the SCCA. Racing at Pebble Beach continued for six more years until the April 1956 event where Ernie McAfee tragically lost his life, thus bringing to a close what many believed to be one of the finest road racing venues/events on the West Coast.
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