Hilo Drag Strip
ActiveActive Still racing today.
A county-owned strip in Pana'ewa just southeast of Hilo on the Big Island, open since 1978. Racing is run by clubs, chiefly the Big Island Auto Club and the IHRA-sanctioned Hawaii Drag Racing League.
- Opened with the island's 8th annual Memorial Day race, the first seven having run at the Kona airport
- Built and still owned by the County of Hawaii
- Raced
- 1978-present
- State
- Hawaii
- Raced on
- Built as a drag strip
- First race
- May 28, 1978
- Address
- 2229 Ainakahele St
Hilo, HI 96720 - People
- County of Hawaii, builder and owner (1978-)
- Big Island Auto Club, race organizer
- Sanction
- AHRA, IHRA
- Elevation
- 32 ft (10 m)
- Coordinates
- 19.67666, -155.02716
Big races
BIAC Tommy Thompson Labor Day Drags
The Big Island Auto Club's biggest race of the year, which has run for about 50 editions.
Vernal Veincent Memorial Kolohe Fest
A two-day drag racing and motorsports festival billed as Hawaii's biggest.
Hawaii Drag Racing League
IHRA-sanctioned bracket series that has raced at the strip since 2003.
History
The strip opened on Memorial Day, May 28, 1978, with the island’s 8th annual Memorial Day race. The first seven had been run at the Kona airport. The County of Hawaii built the strip and still owns it, and the Big Island Auto Club ran the races. IHRA sanctioned it from 2003 to 2014, and it switched to AHRA in 2015. The Memorial Day and Labor Day races are still the biggest dates on its calendar.
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