Laguna Madre Airstrip
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Racing ended when the Navy reactivated the airstrip
- Raced
- 1954-55
- State
- Texas
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- On the site today
- Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- October 3, 1954
- Last race
- July 17, 1955
- Track
- 1/4 mile
- Location
- Near Bayview, eight miles northwest of Port Isabel, between Port Isabel and Rio Hondo
- People
- Rio Grande Valley Timing Association, race operator (1954-55)
- Brownsville Valve Lifters car club, race operator (1954-55)
- Elevation
- 15 ft (5 m)
- Coordinates
- 26.16251, -97.34633
The Rio Grande Valley Timing Association and the Brownsville Valve Lifters car club held the first quarter-mile drag race at the Laguna Madre Airstrip near Bayview on October 3, 1954. The airport was eight miles northwest of Port Isabel, between there and Rio Hondo. At the November 23 race, which drew 200 spectators and 70 racers, class winners got trophies. Another race followed on November 28 with trophies donated by Brownsville businesses. Seven monthly races were held in 1955, the last on July 17, 1955. After that the Navy reactivated the airstrip and racing ended. It is now Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport.
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