Cherokee Dragway (Frederick)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Frederick Drag Strip; Cherokee Strip Dragway
- Raced
- 1963-1970s
- State
- Oklahoma
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- On the site today
- Airport
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- by May 1963
- Last race
- 1977 or later
- Surface
- Taxiway
- Location
- Frederick municipal airport, just southeast of town
- People
- Marvin Griffin, track manager (1967)
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 1,248 ft (380 m)
- Coordinates
- 34.35353, -98.98454
By May 1963 this NHRA-sanctioned strip was racing on the first Sunday of each month at the municipal airport just southeast of Frederick. Hot Rod listings called it Frederick Drag Strip, and it was also known as Cherokee Strip Dragway. Racing reportedly started on the easternmost taxiway, heading north. Later in the 1960s cars ran east on the south taxiway, and in the 1970s they used the same taxiway running east to west. Marvin Griffin managed the track in 1967. It ran through at least 1977.
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