Pollock Municipal Airport

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Also known as Pollock Dragway; Pollock Drag Raceway

The only drag strip in Louisiana with a concrete pit area in 1969
Funny car meet on March 1, 1970 paid over $2,000

Raced: 1956, 1969-70
State: Louisiana
What's left: A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
Raced on: A military airfield
First race: August 12, 1956
Surface: Runway, with a concrete pit area
Location: Old World War II airfield four miles southwest of Pollock
People: Cenla Gents car club, ran races (1956)
Ronnie Paul, organizer and sponsor (1969-1970)
Manuel Willett, organizer and sponsor (1969)
Donnie Paul, operator (1970)
Sanction: NHRA
Elevation: 206 ft (63 m)
Coordinates: 31.47700, -92.45929

The Cenla Gents car club of Alexandria ran drag races on a runway of this old World War II airfield four miles southwest of Pollock. An NHRA-sanctioned race on August 12, 1956 had 26 classes, with trophies for every class winner. More than a dozen years went by before Ronnie Paul and Manuel Willett organized and sponsored races there again. At that point it was the only drag strip in Louisiana with a concrete pit area. Pollock Dragway’s first race, on August 31, 1969, drew 200 racers and 2,500 spectators, and Herb Starks won top competition in his C/GD. In 1970 Donnie and Ronnie Paul resurfaced the runway and pits and bought new timing equipment, and they offered more than $2,000 in cash for a funny car meet on March 1, 1970 at what was then called Pollock Drag Raceway. No records after 1970 have turned up.

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