Barbour Drag Strip (Clayton)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Barbour County Drag Strip
- Raced
- 1961
- State
- Alabama
- What's left
- You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
- First race
- May 14, 1961
- Location
- Six miles east of Clayton on the south side of the Eufaula-Clayton Highway, just west of Chambers Road
- Elevation
- 569 ft (173 m)
- Coordinates
- 31.86396, -85.37144
This strip sat six miles east of Clayton on the south side of the Eufaula-Clayton Highway, just west of Chambers Road near Locke Bowden’s property. Racing started on May 14, 1961. Some sources call it Barbour County Drag Strip. Nothing has turned up about it after 1961.
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