Free State Motorcycle Club Grounds (Rawlings)
Status unknownStatus unknown Closed, but nobody has checked how much of the site survives, or the exact spot was never found.
Also known as Free State Riders club grounds
- Hosted the 1972 Maryland State Motorcycle Drag Racing Championships
- Raced
- 1971-76
- State
- Maryland
- What's left
- The exact spot was never found. If it's on the map, the pin only marks the general area.
- First race
- 1971
- Track
- 1/4 mile
- Location
- Club grounds off Route 220, one mile south of Rawlings
- People
- Free State Motorcycle Club, operator (1971-)
- Elevation
- 838 ft (256 m)
- Coordinates
- 39.53102, -78.90108
The Free State Motorcycle Club began running drag races on a quarter-mile strip at its club grounds in 1971. In 1972 motorcycle drags were held at the Free State Riders grounds off Route 220, a mile south of Rawlings, on July 23 and August 20. The three-day Maryland State Motorcycle Drag Racing Championships ran there over Labor Day weekend that year, and Paul Plummer won top eliminator all three days to take the state title.
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