Buchanan Field Airport (Concord)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Drag races billed as acceleration tests, part of an MG Car Club rally
- Raced
- 1949
- State
- California
- 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
- November 20, 1949
- Last race
- November 20, 1949
- Location
- Perimeter road at the Contra Costa County Airport (Buchanan Field)
- People
- MG Car Club, organizer (1949)
- Elevation
- 21 ft (6 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.98983, -122.05686
On Sunday, November 20, 1949, the MG Car Club held drag races, which it called acceleration tests, on a perimeter road at the Contra Costa County Airport, also known as Buchanan Field. They were part of a rally that also had road races on a 3-mile course along the airport’s perimeter road.
Background
Buchanan Field is still open as Contra Costa County's general aviation and business airport, a mile west of downtown Concord. It has an FAA control tower and is a reliever for the larger Bay Area airports.
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