Oakland Stadium (St. Louis)
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
Also known as Edward J. Walsh Memorial Stadium
- Raced
- 1956
- State
- Missouri
- What's left
- The site was redeveloped and nothing of the strip remains.
- On the site today
- The oval was torn down
- Raced on
- At an oval speedway
- Last race
- 1956
- Surface
- Dirt
- Location
- St. Louis University's football stadium, just west of St. Louis University High School
- Elevation
- 471 ft (144 m)
- Coordinates
- 38.62818, -90.27071
Drag races were held in 1956 on the oval inside St. Louis University’s football stadium, just west of St. Louis University High School. The 19,000-seat Edward J. Walsh Memorial Stadium was built in 1930, and a fifth-mile dirt oval went in just outside the football field in 1935. It started with midget racing, went dark during the war, and added stock cars in the early 1950s. It was renamed Oakland Stadium in 1952. The 1956 season was its last, and the oval was torn down in April 1957.
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