Georgetown Speedway Drag Strip
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Georgetown Dragway
- Strip ran off the oval's fourth turn into the home stretch
- Raced
- 1956-64
- State
- Delaware
- What's left
- You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
- First race
- August 19, 1956
- Track
- 1/4 mile
- Location
- South end of the Georgetown Speedway oval, joining the home stretch
- Elevation
- 46 ft (14 m)
- Coordinates
- 38.65112, -75.36236
Along with its half-mile dirt oval, the speedway had a quarter-mile drag strip. It was built at the south end of the oval, running 1,440 feet off the fourth turn so it joined the home stretch, which was meant to give cars room to reach top speed and then slow down. The first drag race was held on August 19, 1956 and the second on September 9, 1956. No records of drag racing from 1957 to 1961 have turned up, though that doesn’t mean none happened. A weekly Sunday program began June 10, 1962, with trophies for class winners. In 1964 it began to be called Georgetown Dragway.
Background
Melvin L. Joseph built Georgetown Speedway in 1949, and it's known for its part in the early growth of stock car racing. The half-mile clay oval went quiet for several years and came back in May 2006.
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