New York State Fairgrounds (Syracuse)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1959
- State
- New York
- What's left
- You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
- Raced on
- Fairgrounds
- First race
- July 19, 1959
- Track
- 1/8 mile
- Surface
- Parking lot
- Location
- Parking lot at the New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse
- People
- Empire State Timing Association, sponsor (1959)
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 376 ft (114 m)
- Coordinates
- 43.07369, -76.22234
After long discussions, Syracuse-area racers finally got approval for legal drag racing. The first race ran July 19, 1959, on a fairgrounds parking lot. The eighth-mile races had 14 classes, were sponsored by the Empire State Timing Association and were NHRA sanctioned.
