Deming Dragway
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Deming Dragways
- Evel Knievel performed at the track on December 11, 1966
- Don Garlits made exhibition runs on October 30, 1966
- Raced
- 1966-67
- State
- New Mexico
- 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 17, 1966
- Surface
- Runway
- Location
- Runway at Deming Airport
- People
- Lyle Fisher, drag strip manager (1966)
- Sanction
- AHRA
- Elevation
- 4,304 ft (1,312 m)
- Coordinates
- 32.26158, -107.71977
Racing started on a runway at the Deming Airport on April 17, 1966, when Chuck Gireth of Tucson set the track record at 170 MPH. The AHRA-sanctioned strip, called Deming Dragways, was managed by Lyle Fisher. On May 29, 1966, 1,500 spectators saw the Fisher-Greth AA/FD lower the record to 8.34 at 180 MPH. A jet car and funny car show ran on Sunday, August 7, with J.D. Zink’s best in the “Untouchable” jet dragster at 185.06 MPH in 8 seconds. Don Garlits made exhibition runs on October 30, and Evel Knievel performed on December 11, 1966.
