D'Arbonne Dragway (Farmerville)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Race proceeds helped build two Little League fields
- Raced
- 1965-66
- State
- Louisiana
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- On the site today
- Union Parish Airport
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- February 14, 1965
- Location
- Lake D'Arbonne Municipal Airport, four miles southeast of Farmerville
- People
- Jaycees, sponsor (1965-1966)
- H. W. Thurston, track director
- Elevation
- 106 ft (32 m)
- Coordinates
- 32.72901, -92.34241
The Jaycees held a few drag races at Lake D’Arbonne Municipal Airport, now Union Parish Airport, four miles southeast of Farmerville. The airport opened in 1964, and the first race there was February 14, 1965. New lights allowed the first night race on June 12. Races may have run every other Sunday. H. W. Thurston was track director. The strip had a paved pit, paid cash prizes and charged spectators $1. Proceeds went toward two Little League baseball fields, which were started in July 1965 at an estimated cost of $6,000. The 1966 season opened January 16, with races on the first and third Sundays.
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