Camp Adair

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The February 1953 race raised money for the March of Dimes

Raced: 1953
State: Oregon
What's left: You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
Raced on: A public road
First race: January 31, 1953
Last race: April 26, 1953
Track: 1/4 mile
Surface: Paved road
Location: Two-mile paved straightaway near the E. E. Wilson Game Management area, Camp Adair
People: Drag-ons car club of Albany, race organizer (1953)
Northwest Timing Association, race organizer (1953)
Elevation: 231 ft (70 m)
Coordinates: 44.70634, -123.22173

The Drag-ons, an Albany car club, held their first drag race in the Camp Adair area on January 31, 1953, where Al Ward was fastest at 16.8 seconds in his 1932 Ford roadster. The second race, on February 8, 1953, ran on a two-mile paved straightaway near the E. E. Wilson Game Management area, with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes. Wayne Mahaffey of Salem won with the best quarter-mile time, 14.8 seconds in his Cadillac-powered 1935 Ford Phaeton. On April 26, 1953, the Northwest Timing Association held its first race there, a well-attended event with a $2 entry fee and eight classes. That was the last racing at Camp Adair.

The drag races were held on a paved road near the Wilson Game Management Area at Camp Adair, 1959 USGS topo map

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