Lowry Air Force Base
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
- Hosted a two-day NHRA regional championship in July 1955
- Raced
- 1954-55
- State
- Colorado
- What's left
- The site was redeveloped and nothing of the strip remains.
- Raced on
- A military airfield
- Location
- Lowry Air Force Base, just south of Denver
- People
- Lowry Air Force Base, sponsor (1954-55)
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 5,382 ft (1,640 m)
- Coordinates
- 39.72258, -104.88343
Lowry Air Force Base, just south of Denver, allowed and sponsored a few drag racing events in 1954-55. The biggest was a two-day NHRA regional championship on July 3-4, 1955, which drew more than 185 entries. Jack Moss of Amarillo, Texas won top eliminator in his Ramblin’ Ram dragster, and the Kenz-Leslie dragster had top speed at 122.98 mph.
Background
Lowry started as Lowry Field in 1938 and trained Army Air Forces crews in World War II and Air Force personnel through the Cold War. From 1955 to 1958 it was the first home of the Air Force Academy, so the 1955 races overlapped with the Academy's arrival. The base has since closed.
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