Unnamed drag strip (New Castle)

Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.

Raced
1954
State
Pennsylvania
What's left
The site was redeveloped and nothing of the strip remains.
Raced on
Built as a drag strip
Track
1/2 mile
Location
Cunningham Park, reached through Deshon Village or Cascade Boulevard from Hamilton Street
People
  • Kust-Ods car club, lessee
Elevation
1,042 ft (318 m)
Coordinates
40.97789, -80.31152

The city of New Castle leased land in Cunningham Park to the Kust-Ods car club for a drag strip at $1 a year. The club had formed in 1953. When the lease began in August, the strip was already laid out but needed more grading before the club could blacktop it. It was half a mile long and 25 feet wide. To get there, drivers went through Deshon Village or took Cascade Boulevard from Hamilton Street.

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