Midland Air Terminal
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1954
- State
- Texas
- 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
- June 27 (1954)
- Location
- Midland airfield
- People
- Shackles Hot Rod Club, race operator (1954)
- Elevation
- 2,861 ft (872 m)
- Coordinates
- 31.94566, -102.21023
The Shackles Hot Rod Club, part of the Midland YMCA, held monthly drag races at the Midland airfield. The first was on June 27, with trophies for class winners. Racers paid $1 and spectators got in free. Races were also held on July 18 and October 17, and maybe on other dates.
Background
The field is now Midland International Air and Space Port, city-owned and sitting about halfway between downtown Midland and downtown Odessa. The space part of the name dates to September 2014, when the FAA licensed it for commercial spaceflight.
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