Columbus Drag Strip (Reynoldsburg)

Nothing left

Gordon Collett took top eliminator and top speed in October 1957

Raced: 1956-57
State: Ohio
What's left: The site was redeveloped and nothing of the strip remains.
First race: 1956
Track: 1/5 mile
Location: South side of U.S. Route 40, 2.5 miles east of Reynoldsburg
People: Mid-Ohio Timing Association, race organizer (1956-57)
Elevation: 1,043 ft (318 m)
Coordinates: 39.95253, -82.73097

The Mid-Ohio Timing Association ran drag races on a strip 2.5 miles east of Reynoldsburg, on the south side of U.S. Route 40. Bill Hunter, a longtime Pipers Car Club member, later wrote down the story of this short-lived track. A few races ran in 1956, and the 1957 season opened on May 12. Admission was 50 cents, race entries $1.10 and drivers 90 cents. The fifth-mile track was insured and run under NHRA rules. Ads promoted races on May 17 and June 2, 1957, with the promise to see fuel injection in action. On October 12, 1957, Gordon Collett took top eliminator and top speed.

Columbus Drag Strip, 1964 aerial photo. The strip ran due north-south, but is shown here oriented on its side for layout purposes; the starting line on the north is on the left.

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