Capitol City Airport (Lansing)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- First legally sanctioned drag races in Michigan
- Announcer Jon Lundberg saw his first drag race here at thirteen
- Raced
- 1952-ca. 1953
- State
- Michigan
- 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
- April 1952
- Track
- 1,000 feet
- Surface
- Runway
- Location
- Airport three miles north of Lansing, east-west runway
- People
- Lansing Pan Draggers car club, sponsor (1952)
- Elevation
- 849 ft (259 m)
- Coordinates
- 42.77706, -84.58702
The first drag races at this airport three miles north of Lansing ran in April 1952 on the east-west runway. They were the first legally sanctioned drag races in Michigan. Cars were timed over 1,000 feet. Announcer Jon Lundberg saw his first drag race here at thirteen. The Lansing Pan Draggers car club sponsored the races, and on July 20, 1952, more than 300 racers ran before 500 spectators. Racing ended when the airport expanded and the CAA decided it interfered with air traffic.
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