Unnamed drag strip (Mercedes)
Status unknownStatus unknown Closed, but nobody has checked how much of the site survives, or the exact spot was never found.
- Raced
- 1953
- State
- Texas
- What's left
- The exact spot was never found. If it's on the map, the pin only marks the general area.
- On the site today
- Possibly Old Reb Airport
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- late 1953
- Location
- Mercedes Dusting Service airstrip, possibly Old Reb Airport three miles northeast of Mercedes
- People
- Valley Safety Tread Club, race operator (1953)
- Elevation
- 55 ft (17 m)
- Coordinates
- 26.17619, -97.87561
Starting in late 1953, the Valley Safety Tread Club held drag races every Sunday on an airstrip owned by the Mercedes Dusting Service. It may be today’s Old Reb Airport, a private field three miles northeast of Mercedes, but that hasn’t been confirmed.
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