Childress Drag Strip
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1965-68
- State
- Texas
- 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 18, 1965 (first found)
- Surface
- Runway
- Location
- Childress Municipal Airport, four miles west of Childress
- People
- Childress Volunteer Fire Department, sponsor (1965)
- Charles Mock, track manager (1967)
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 1,937 ft (590 m)
- Coordinates
- 34.43321, -100.29241
NHRA-sanctioned drag races were held on a runway at Childress Municipal Airport, four miles west of Childress. The first race found was on Sunday, April 18, 1965. The Childress Volunteer Fire Department sponsored the races, with trophies for class winners. On August 8, 1965, 500 people watched Raybern Ott win Street Eliminator with a 13.03 at 107.52 MPH. In 1967 races ran on the second Sunday, with Charles Mock managing the track. A 1968 list of U.S. drag strips in the Swedish magazine Start & Strip included it.
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