P & S Raceway Park (Emporia)

Closed

Raced: 1971-72
State: Kansas
What's left: You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
Raced on: Built as a drag strip
First race: July 4-5, 1971
Track: 1/2 mile overall
Surface: Asphalt
Location: Highway 99, four miles south of Emporia and half a mile east of Emporia Airport
People: Teryl Price, builder and owner (1971)
Lyman Selby, builder and owner (1971)
Sanction: AHRA
Elevation: 1,193 ft (364 m)
Coordinates: 38.32866, -96.17529

This strip was four miles south of Emporia on Highway 99, half a mile east of Emporia Airport. Teryl Price and Lyman Selby built and owned the half-mile asphalt track, which had a two-story timing tower, concession stands and restrooms. It opened under AHRA sanction on July 4-5, 1971, before almost 1,500 people. In spring 1972 it ran Thursday night grudge racing. It may have lasted only two years.

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