New Bern Drag Strip

ActiveActive Still racing today.

Also known as New Bern Motorsports Park; Showtime Dragstrip

The New Bern-area strip reopened under the Showtime name after an earlier closure.

Raced
1960s-2015, 2019-present
State
North Carolina
Track
1/8 mile
Address
300 Dragstrip Rd, New Bern, NC
Elevation
13 ft (4 m)
Coordinates
35.16226, -77.02723

Newspapers show this strip running at least as early as 1968. The eighth-mile track, by then called New Bern Motorsports Park, closed in 2015 and reopened in 2019 as Showtime Dragstrip.

Video

Video footage of New Bern Motorsports Park, 2003, 9:48 minutes Watch on YouTube
Footage of remnants of New Bern Motorsports Park, 2016, 5:15 minutes Watch on YouTube