Jake's Drag Strip/Moulton Dragway (Danville)

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Also known as Moulton Outlaw Dragway

A small outlaw-style eighth-mile strip between Moulton and Danville in north Alabama, used for arm-drop races and as a Street Car Challenge stop.

No return road in the early years, so cars drove back up the track to the start

Raced: 1958-present
State: Alabama
Track: 1/8 mile
Address: 3041 County Road 94, Danville, AL 35619
People: Carl Jacobs, incorporator (1966)
J. E. Jacobs, incorporator (1966)
William Jacobs, incorporator (1966)
Elevation: 657 ft (200 m)
Coordinates: 34.43128, -87.22168
Contact: (256) 227-4821

Big races

Street Car Challenge

June (June 4-7, 2026) · drag-and-drive

Jake's is one of the three north Alabama strips used by this multi-day street car event.

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Ratty Muscle Cars No Shine arm-drop drags

past (2017) · outlaw / arm drop

BangShift covered an arm-drop drag race at the strip during the No Shine Under The Lights event.

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History

This eighth-mile strip, also known as Moulton Dragway, sits about six miles southeast of Moulton in Speake, just south of the Moulton Speedway dirt oval. In the early years there was no return road, so cars turned around at the end and drove back up the track to the start. Carl, J. E. and William Jacobs filed incorporation papers for Moulton Dragway on April 20, 1966. On June 13, 1999, a fight among several men at the Moulton Outlaw Dragway ended in a shooting. News reports put the Sunday crowd at about 600, with many drinking and betting on the races. Police had already been called there that month for a wreck said to involve alcohol, and had made numerous alcohol-related arrests. The year the track first opened hasn’t been found.

Video

Lawrence County High School Yearbook, 1959

A couple of match race cars square off at Jake's Drag Strip in 1966