Unnamed drag strip (Fort Wayne)
Status unknownStatus unknown Closed, but nobody has checked how much of the site survives, or the exact spot was never found.
- Raced
- 1955
- State
- Indiana
- What's left
- The exact spot was never found. If it's on the map, the pin only marks the general area.
- On the site today
- Possibly Fort Wayne International Airport
- Location
- Possibly the old World War II airfield eight miles southwest of Fort Wayne
- Elevation
- 795 ft (242 m)
- Coordinates
- 40.98189, -85.20231
Drag races were held weekly near Fort Wayne in 1955. At the race on Sunday, August 28, John Hellis of the Muncie Rod Benders had the day’s best speed at 87.54 mph in his Ford roadster. The races may have been at the old World War II airfield eight miles southwest of Fort Wayne, now Fort Wayne International Airport.
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