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Unnamed drag strip (Duncan)

ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.

Raced
1955-62
State
Oklahoma
What's left
You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
First race
May 22, 1955
Track
1/2 mile
Surface
Asphalt
Location
Three miles west of Duncan and one mile south on Cemetery Road
People
  • Hi-Lifters car club, operator and owner (1955-62)
Elevation
1,196 ft (365 m)
Coordinates
34.49128, -98.03473

The Hi-Lifters car club, active from 1953 until about 1965, raced every Sunday on leased land southwest of Duncan. The asphalt strip was three miles west of town and a mile south on Cemetery Road. The first race was May 22, 1955, with admission 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. The club resurfaced the track before the 1957 season. A 1961 article said the 30-member club owned the half-mile strip, and that year it raced on the first and third Sundays. In 1963 the club was talking about a new drag strip.

Dicky Fennel presents a trophy to Butch Batty for his win at the Hi-Lifter car clubs drag strip southwest of Duncan. Photo published in Daily Oklahoman, Oct. 15, 1961
Dicky Fennel presents a trophy to Butch Batty for his win at the Hi-Lifter car clubs drag strip southwest of Duncan. Photo published in Daily Oklahoman, Oct. 15, 1961
May 29, 1955
May 29, 1955
Duncan Hi-Lifter's drag strip, 1956 aerial photo
Duncan Hi-Lifter's drag strip, 1956 aerial photo
The old strip is still faintly visible in aerial views today. The strip ran in a north-to-south direction. There was a turn-around at the south end of the strip leading to the return road adjacent to and west of the paved strip. The return road was probably unpaved.
The old strip is still faintly visible in aerial views today. The strip ran in a north-to-south direction. There was a turn-around at the south end of the strip leading to the return road adjacent to and west of the paved strip. The return road was probably unpaved.

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