Elk Creek Dragway

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Elk Creek Dragway is a grassroots strip in the Elk Creek Valley of Grayson County, Virginia, racing since the 1960s and known as the birthplace of the Gear Jammers, Killer Street and Trustick classes.

Owned by about 130 racer-shareholders since 1999

Raced: 1968-present
State: Virginia
Raced on: Built as a drag strip
First race: July 1968
Track: 1/8 mile
Address: 711 Victory Lane
Elk Creek, VA 24326
People: Tommy and Nell Morton, builders (1968)
racer-owned corporation (about 130 shareholders), owner (1999-)
Sanction: IHRA
Elevation: 2,619 ft (798 m)
Coordinates: 36.72723, -81.17783
Contact: elkcreekdragway.com (276) 620-5985 [email protected]

Big races

The Original Gear Jammers

Points season · Stick-shift bracket class

A manual-transmission bracket class that started at Elk Creek to revive stick-shift racing.

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Killer Street and Trustick

Points season · Home-grown street and stick classes

Two more classes the track says were created by its local racers.

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Bracket, index and Friday Night Street racing

Spring to fall · Weekly bracket and street racing

Junior Dragster, Footbrake, Super Pro, Sportsman, 5.90/6.90/7.90 index, nostalgia and pit bike classes, plus Friday street nights and test and tune.

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History

Tommy and Nell Morton built this strip along the North Carolina-Virginia line, and it held its first race in July 1968. It changed hands several times. In 1999 it closed for a while after the season started, and its future was in doubt. That December many of the racers decided to keep it going and formed a corporation of about 130 shareholders. The racer-owned corporation still runs it today as an IHRA eighth-mile strip.

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