Camp Bowie
Status unknownStatus unknown Closed, but nobody has checked how much of the site survives, or the exact spot was never found.
- Raced
- 1957-58
- State
- Texas
- What's left
- The exact spot was never found. If it's on the map, the pin only marks the general area.
- First race
- July 28, 1957
- Track
- 1/4 mile
- Location
- Near the National Guard Fieldhouse (Northeast Fieldhouse)
- People
- Cheapskate's Automotive Club, organizer (1957)
- Elevation
- 1,443 ft (440 m)
- Coordinates
- 31.65820, -98.96001
The Cheapskate’s Automotive Club held the first drag race here on July 28, 1957. A race to benefit the Brown County Community Chest was planned for October 6, 1957, just west of the National Guard Fieldhouse (or Northeast Fieldhouse), at 25 cents for spectators and $1 per race car. The 1958 season opened on March 9 on the quarter-mile track northeast of the Fieldhouse. In April 1958 the Brown County sheriff’s office was getting complaints about unauthorized racing on the strip, and officers warned that if it kept up, the strip could be closed for good.
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