Unnamed drag strip (Norfolk)
Status unknownStatus unknown Closed, but nobody has checked how much of the site survives, or the exact spot was never found.
- Raced
- 1954
- State
- Nebraska
- What's left
- The exact spot was never found. If it's on the map, the pin only marks the general area.
- First race
- August 29, 1954
- Location
- Possibly the airport four miles southwest of Norfolk
- Elevation
- 1,548 ft (472 m)
- Coordinates
- 41.98570, -97.44235
A Norfolk car club held a drag race there on August 29, 1954, sanctioned by the Missouri Valley Timing Association. It may have been at the airport four miles southwest of town, but that hasn’t been confirmed.
Background
If the race did run at the airport, it would have been at what's now Norfolk Regional Airport, also called Karl Stefan Memorial Field, four miles southwest of town. Stefan edited a local newspaper, worked in radio and later spent several terms in Congress.
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