Don Scott Airfield (Columbus)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Ohio State University Airport
- The NHRA Drag Safari stop drew over 10,000 spectators and 400-plus entries
- Raced
- 1955
- State
- Ohio
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- On the site today
- Ohio State University Airport
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- July 24, 1955
- Last race
- July 31, 1955
- Location
- Don Scott Airfield, six miles northwest of downtown Columbus
- People
- Mid-Ohio Timing Association, race organizer (1955)
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 904 ft (276 m)
- Coordinates
- 40.07956, -83.07636
NHRA drag races ran at this airport, six miles northwest of downtown Columbus and now called Ohio State University Airport, on July 24 and July 31, 1955. The Mid-Ohio Timing Association put them on as a drag for safety contest. Bill Hunter recalled that the NHRA Drag Safari’s visit drew over 10,000 spectators and more than 400 entries.
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