Re: Mrs. Orcutt's driveway...

[smarinel@neosoft.com (Steve Marinello)]

>Does anyone know if "Mrs. Orcutt's driveway" still exists and/or where it's
>located?  I mentioned it to a friend last night and he doesn't believe that
>it ever existed; he claims it was actually a myth perpetrated by all of the
>west coast car magazines and I disagree ... can anyone settle this for us?
>
>(BTW, for those of you who have never heard of it, "Mrs. Orcutt's driveway"
>is an 8-mile long two-lane road out in the middle of nowhere that serves as
>her driveway ... apparently, she had some political connections and got her
>own exit off the new interstate highway that was being built.  The road was
>frequently used by magazines to run top-speed tests ... as such, I think it
>has to be reasonably close to Los Angeles but don't know for sure.)
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The Orcutt's are an oil family in central California from way
back...ranching and farming, too probably.  The Orcutt Field, as I
remember, is around Santa Maria, but it's been a while and I could be
wrong.

Steve

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