Jean Airport
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Races were flag-started with no timing lights, and a judge at the finish called the winner
- Raced
- 1970-71
- State
- Nevada
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- Track
- 1/4 mile
- Location
- Jean airport
- People
- Southern Nevada Timing Association, race operator
- Lions Club of Las Vegas, partner
- Las Vegas Sheriff's Department, partner
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 2,830 ft (863 m)
- Coordinates
- 35.77011, -115.32993
The Southern Nevada Timing Association ran NHRA-sanctioned quarter-mile races at the Jean airport together with the Lions Club of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Sheriff’s Department. There were no timing lights. A flagger started each race, and someone at the far end of the track picked the winner. Milt Heger, who raced there, has written down his memories of the track.
Background
Clark County owns the field, and its Department of Aviation runs it. Also called Jean Sport Aviation Center, it's used mostly for gliders and skydiving today.
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