Gillespie County Airport (Fredericksburg)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Fredericksburg Airport
- Runs were timed by the Texas Department of Public Safety
- August 14, 1955, race drew 1,500 spectators and 90 entries
- Raced
- 1955
- State
- Texas
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- June 26, 1955
- Location
- Fredericksburg Airport
- People
- Drag-Uns car club, race operator (1955)
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 1,686 ft (514 m)
- Coordinates
- 30.24544, -98.90863
The Drag-Uns car club, sanctioned by the NHRA, held its first drag race at the Fredericksburg Airport on June 26, 1955. The club expected about 75 competitors and charged fifty cents admission. Its second race of the season, on August 14, 1955, drew 1,500 spectators and 90 entries. By then the club had insurance through the NHRA and a new public address system. Racers paid $1.25 to enter and spectators fifty cents. The Texas Department of Public Safety timed the runs, and fifteen class trophies were handed out.
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