Porterville Airfield
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1950
- State
- California
- 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
- September 24, 1950
- Location
- Old WWII airfield three miles southwest of Porterville
- Elevation
- 440 ft (134 m)
- Coordinates
- 36.03072, -119.06066
This pin shares its exact coordinates with another strip in the source data, so it may be misplaced.
A drag race was held on September 24, 1950, at the old WWII airfield three miles southwest of Porterville. Jerry Maskell of Visalia won top eliminator, which they called first place. He and several other racers belonged to the Visalia Vapor Trailers. Other races may have been held, but no record of them has turned up.
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