Frandor Shopping Center (Lansing)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1957
- State
- Michigan
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- First race
- June 23, 1957
- Last race
- June 23, 1957
- Track
- 500 feet
- Location
- Frandor Shopping Center parking lot, Lansing
- People
- Central Michigan Timing Association, sponsor (1957)
- Elevation
- 836 ft (255 m)
- Coordinates
- 42.73842, -84.50735
On Sunday, June 23, 1957, the Central Michigan Timing Association held its second annual hot rod rally in a Frandor Shopping Center parking lot to introduce the public to organized hot rodding. Along with a car show and driving skill events, it included a 500-foot drag race as a short demonstration of legal, organized drag racing.
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