Prescott Dragway

ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.

Raced
1973-77
State
Arkansas
What's left
A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
On the site today
Kizer Field
Raced on
An airport runway
First race
September 30, 1973
Surface
Runway
Location
Prescott Airport (now Kizer Field), one mile east of Prescott
People
  • Bob Futrell, organizer (1973)
Elevation
308 ft (94 m)
Coordinates
33.80228, -93.36486

Drag races were held at the Prescott Airport, now Kizer Field, a mile east of Prescott. Bob Futrell of Shreveport organized and ran them that fall, starting on Sunday, September 30, 1973. Several hundred spectators watched Jimmy Post of Texarkana win the $100 first prize in the modified division.

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