New Bedford Municipal Airport
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1957
- State
- Massachusetts
- 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
- July 1957
- Location
- New Bedford municipal airport
- People
- City Car Club of New Bedford, organizer (1957)
- Elevation
- 74 ft (22 m)
- Coordinates
- 41.68007, -70.95635
In July 1957 the City Car Club of New Bedford held a drag race at the city’s municipal airport. More than 3,000 people watched, and class winners got trophies.
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