Abbeville Airport
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Proceeds from the 1954 races went to the March of Dimes
- Raced
- 1954
- State
- South Carolina
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- August 25, 1954
- Last race
- September 8, 1954
- Track
- 1/4 mile
- Surface
- Runway
- Location
- Abbeville Airport
- People
- Abbeville Jaycees, sponsor (1954)
- Greenville Drag Club, race operator (1954)
- Elevation
- 546 ft (166 m)
- Coordinates
- 34.15142, -82.35302
The Abbeville Jaycees sponsored quarter-mile drag races at the airport on two Wednesday afternoons, August 25 and September 8, 1954, and the Greenville Drag Club ran them. Only late-model cars could enter. Cars paid $1 to enter and spectators 50 cents, with the money going to the March of Dimes.
