Pratt Municipal Airport
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1956
- State
- Kansas
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- May 13, 1956
- Location
- Airport four miles north of Pratt
- People
- Ninnescah Valley Timing Association, race organizer (1956)
- Elevation
- 1,948 ft (594 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.70548, -98.75247
Over 1,500 people watched 82 cars at the first drag race at the airport, four miles north of Pratt, on May 13, 1956. The Ninnescah Valley Timing Association ran the races. More followed on June 3 and June 24, when 800 spectators saw 74 cars, and on July 15 and August 5.
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