Lakeview Drag Strip
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1958-62
- State
- Virginia
- What's left
- You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
- Location
- Hills east of Bassett, west of Highway 220
- People
- Lakeview Dragsters car club, race operator (1958-59)
- Elevation
- 868 ft (265 m)
- Coordinates
- 36.77092, -79.95035
This strip in or near Bassett, Virginia, reportedly had its first full season in 1958-59. The Lakeview Dragsters car club ran the races. It sat in the hills east of Bassett, west of Highway 220.
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