Ford Engineering and Research Center (Dearborn)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Gasoline, steam and electric cars raced
- Raced
- 1965
- State
- Michigan
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- First race
- June 4, 1965
- Last race
- June 4, 1965
- Location
- Ford Engineering and Research Center, Dearborn
- People
- Society of Automotive Engineers, Detroit Section, organizer (1965)
- Elevation
- 601 ft (183 m)
- Coordinates
- 42.30178, -83.22534
On Saturday, June 4, 1965, the Detroit Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers held a drag race program for gasoline, steam and electric cars at Ford’s Engineering and Research Center.
Background
Ford's Dearborn property once included Ford Airport, which operated from 1924 to 1947 and racked up a long list of firsts, among them concrete runways and the country's first scheduled passenger flights. The airfield was later folded into the company's Dearborn Proving Ground.
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