Copper City Road Angels drag strip (Butte)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1956
- State
- Montana
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- A public road
- First race
- October 14, 1956
- Location
- Road to the Butte Trap and Skeet Club range (5-Mile Gun Club Road), six miles south of Butte near Highway 10
- People
- Copper City Road Angels car club, organizer (1956)
- Lifters car club, helped run the race (1956)
- Elevation
- 5,594 ft (1,705 m)
- Coordinates
- 45.93368, -112.50739
Butte’s mayor, police, sheriff, highway patrol and other officials let the Copper City Road Angels car club use the road to the Butte Trap and Skeet Club range, six miles south of the city near Highway 10, for drag racing. The club was grateful but kept looking for a place with room for pits and spectator facilities. The Road Angels, helped by the Lifters car club, held a free race on 5-Mile Gun Club Road on October 14, 1956.
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