Unnamed drag strip (Dubuque)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1956-57
- State
- Iowa
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- On the site today
- Probably Dubuque Regional Airport
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- Track
- 3,000 feet
- Location
- Probably the old WWII airfield eight miles southwest of Dubuque
- Elevation
- 1,059 ft (323 m)
- Coordinates
- 42.40159, -90.70473
A drag strip in Dubuque was reported to be 600 feet wide and 3,000 feet long, dimensions that point to an airport runway. The racing was probably at the old WWII airfield eight miles southwest of Dubuque, now Dubuque Regional Airport. Little else is known.
Background
Dubuque Regional Airport sits on U.S. Highway 61, eight miles south of the city. Dubuque owns it and runs it as a city department, and today it handles general aviation and a single airline.
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