Baileyton "Good Time" Drag Strip

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Baileyton Good Time Drag Strip was offered for sale for $1.4 million in August 2026. Owner Russ Easterwood said racing would continue while a buyer was sought.

Paid appearances by Bill Jenkins, Don Nicholson and Bunny Burkett in the 1970s
Home of the Ole Tater Hauler, a wheelstanding 1953 GMC truck built by Jack Walker

Raced: 1966-present
State: Alabama
Raced on: Built as a drag strip
Track: 1/8 mile
Address: Summit Rd
Baileyton, AL 35019
People: Jack Walker, builder and owner
Ralph Walker, builder
Russ Easterwood, manager
Sanction: WDRA
Elevation: 923 ft (281 m)
Coordinates: 34.24410, -86.60987
Contact: (256) 338-2914

Big races

Street Car Challenge

June (June 2026) · drag-and-drive

A multi-day street car event that races at three north Alabama strips, with Baileyton as one of the stops.

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$5,000 bracket races

season · bracket

Big-money bracket races run alongside no-prep and street-style heads-up dates under the WDRA sanction.

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Test and tune / grudge nights

season · test and tune

Regular test-and-tune and grudge sessions; the track has also brought in jet car exhibitions.

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History

Jack and Ralph Walker built this strip so people could race and have a “good time,” and their wives, Sharron and Myralene, ran the concession stand. The track had a fatal crash in its first year of operation: on April 29, 1967, Jerry Bradford, 19, of Hanceville, lost control of his 1957 Chevrolet around mid-track, ran off the end of the strip and hit a light pole. In the 1970s the track paid racers such as Bill Jenkins, Don Nicholson and Bunny Burkett to appear. Fifty years after it opened, Jack still ran the place, with his grandson Russ Easterwood managing it and Sharron still working the concessions. A fan favorite is the Ole Tater Hauler, a wheelstanding 1953 GMC truck Jack built.

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"The Agitator" A/R at Baileyton Drag Strip

Don Strickland in his Vette racing Grady Sanderson in his Vega at Baileyton