Kentucky Dam State Park Airport (Gilbertsville)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1957
- State
- Kentucky
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- April 21, 1957
- Location
- Kentucky Dam State Park Airport runway
- People
- Kiwanis Club of South Paducah, race organizer (1957)
- Sanction
- NASCAR
- Elevation
- 346 ft (105 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.01005, -88.30050
The Kiwanis Club of South Paducah began monthly drag races on the airport runway on April 21, 1957, with races planned through October under NASCAR control.
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