Unnamed drag strip (Clarksville)

Status unknownStatus unknown Closed, but nobody has checked how much of the site survives, or the exact spot was never found.

Raced
1954
State
Tennessee
What's left
How much of the site survives hasn't been checked yet.
Raced on
A public road
First race
August 1954
Location
Kirkwood Road, four miles north of Clarksville on Highway 79
People
  • Clarksville Timing Association, organizer (1954)
  • Jerry Corvin, association president (1954)
Elevation
576 ft (176 m)
Coordinates
36.59577, -87.21267

The Clarksville Timing Association formed on August 6, 1954, with Jerry Corvin as president, and met at the National Guard Armory. Starting that August it held drag races on Kirkwood Road, four miles north of Clarksville on Highway 79, with the road closed to traffic during the races.

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