Morgan County Fairgrounds (Jacksonville)

ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.

Raced
1957
State
Illinois
What's left
A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
Raced on
Fairgrounds
Location
Oval track at the Morgan County Fairgrounds
Elevation
633 ft (193 m)
Coordinates
39.73633, -90.26066

Drag races were an added attraction at the Friday night stock car races on the fairgrounds oval. At the July 19 races Bill Crawford won top eliminator in his Mercury flathead T-roadster. The drag races ran weekly through July and August.

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