Faysville Airport
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- First race open to the public was February 22, 1953
- Single timed runs only, no side-by-side racing
- Raced
- 1953
- State
- Texas
- 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
- possibly 1952
- Location
- Just east of Faysville, ten miles north of Edinburg, southeast of the Hargill turnoff on Highway 281
- People
- South Texas Hotrod Association, race operator (1952-53)
- Elevation
- 73 ft (22 m)
- Coordinates
- 26.44169, -98.12719
The South Texas Hotrod Association had been running drag races for some time, possibly since 1952, at an airport landing strip just east of Faysville. It was ten miles north of Edinburg, southeast of the Hargill turnoff on Highway 281. Insurance concerns kept the public out until the club got coverage for spectators, and the first race open to fans was set for February 22, 1953. Spectators watched from a roped-off area. Cars made single timed runs, with no side-by-side racing.
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