Unnamed drag strip (Grandville)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1954
- State
- Michigan
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- First race
- July 17, 1954
- Location
- 44th Street and Ivanrest Avenue, Grandville
- People
- Rod Benders, sponsor (1954)
- Grand Valley Timing Association, ran the race (1954)
- Elevation
- 648 ft (198 m)
- Coordinates
- 42.88448, -85.74334
The Rod Benders sponsored a race run by the Grand Valley Timing Association at 44th Street and Ivanrest Avenue in Grandville on July 17, 1954. The area was very rural then. The association had formed in late 1953 and held its first race on a quarter-mile course somewhere inside Grand Rapids.
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