Raco Drag-O-Way
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1966
- State
- Michigan
- 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
- April 24, 1966
- Location
- Airstrip three miles west of Raco on M-28
- People
- Northern Michigan Timing Association, operator (1966)
- Elevation
- 903 ft (275 m)
- Coordinates
- 46.35369, -84.81418
The Northern Michigan Timing Association, based at Kincheloe Air Force Base, opened its 1966 season on April 24 at the airstrip three miles west of Raco on M-28. Racers paid $2 per vehicle, spectators got in free, and races ran every Sunday.
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