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Roller Coaster: Cyclone Racer
Amusement Park: Queens Pike (Long Beach, California, USA)
Classification: Roller Coaster
Type: Wood - Sit Down
Status: Defunct
Operated from 5/30/1930 to 9/15/1968
Builder: Harry G Traver
Designer: Fredrick Church
Categories: Twin
Cost: $140,000 USD
Capacity: 2400 riders per hour
 
Length: 1143 m1143 m 
Height: 25.9 m25.9 m 
Inversions: 00 
Speed: 80.5 km/h80.5 km/h 
Duration: 1:451:45 
Max Vertical Angle: 49.5 Degrees49.5 Degrees 
G-Force: 3.63.6 
 
Trains: 4 trains with 5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
 
Notes: Some references list the Cyclone Racer's height at 110'. This figure in including the height of the pier.
History: The Cyclone Racer is the only racing roller coaster ever designed by Fredrick Church.
Trivia: The Cyclone Racer can been seen in the final car chase scene of the 1963 move It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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