Reedy Creek Drag Strip (Lexington)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Paid up to $200 for breaking the track record, which rose from 88.64 mph in 1959 to 93.5 mph in 1961
- Raced
- 1959-63
- State
- North Carolina
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Address
- 1327 Reedy Creek Road, Lexington
- Elevation
- 727 ft (222 m)
- Coordinates
- 35.92579, -80.31485
This strip sat northwest of Lexington in the hamlet of Reedy Creek, at or near 1327 Reedy Creek Road, and a drag strip researcher described it as quite popular. On June 7, 1959, Charles Rengar of Yadkinville set a track record of 88.64 mph in his ‘32 Ford roadster. A month later T. E. Jubin of Winston-Salem broke it at 92.84 mph in a ‘59 Pontiac. On November 5, 1961, Gene Lunsford of Stoneville raised the record to 93.5 mph in his ‘61 Pontiac. Promoters paid up to $200 to anyone who broke the track record. Super stock winners also got cash, while everyone else raced for trophies.
