Hilltop Raceway (Haughton)

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Also known as Top O' the Hill

Raced: 1964-67
State: Louisiana
What's left: You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
On the site today: Campground on part of the track
First race: June 14, 1964
Track: 3,000 feet
Location: Near Bossier City, part of a 2.2-mile road course
People: Wiley Fallon, track director
Bob Futrell, promoter (1967)
Elevation: 334 ft (102 m)
Coordinates: 32.55259, -93.53133

This strip, also called Top O’ the Hill, was near Bossier City. A 3,000-foot drag strip was part of a 2.2-mile road course that was ready for racing in 1960. The drag strip’s grand opening on June 14, 1964 drew 3,200 spectators, but rain kept eliminations from finishing. Wiley Fallon was track director. In 1967 races ran every Saturday, moving to nights in late April, with Bob Futrell promoting. Part of the old course is a campground today.

Ronnie Goldberg, the flagman, jumps high to start a Corvette and GTO at the grand opening race. Photo published in Shreveport Times, June 15, 1964

An artist's sketch of the sports car road course was published in Alexandria Town Talk, Apr. 16, 1960

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