Anchorage Dragway
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
- Forced to close by neighbors' objections
- Raced
- 1965
- State
- Alaska
- What's left
- The site was redeveloped and nothing of the strip remains.
- First race
- July 3-5, 1965 (grand opening)
- Location
- Anchorage, on 160 acres
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 159 ft (48 m)
- Coordinates
- 61.13776, -149.85464
Anchorage Dragway held its grand opening on July 3-5, 1965, and most of what’s known comes from a newspaper ad for that event. The NHRA-sanctioned track reportedly sat on 160 acres, with bleachers for 3,000 people, concessions and parking for 2,000 cars. Mark Beal, whose family moved onto the site as caretakers in 1969, said the track was forced to close because neighbors objected.
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