Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base (Grandview)
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
- Drew 7,500 spectators and 200 racers
- Art Arfons ran 214.28 mph in his 'Green Monster' jet
- Raced
- 1962
- State
- Missouri
- What's left
- The site was redeveloped and nothing of the strip remains.
- On the site today
- The runway is gone
- Raced on
- A military airfield
- First race
- August 19, 1962
- Last race
- August 19, 1962
- Surface
- Runway
- Location
- East-west runway, Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, seventeen miles south of Kansas City
- People
- Kansas City Timing Association, ran the race (1962)
- Sanction
- AHRA
- Elevation
- 1,061 ft (323 m)
- Coordinates
- 38.84842, -94.55686
On August 19, 1962, this air base seventeen miles south of Kansas City hosted an AHRA-sanctioned drag race on its east-west runway, run by the Kansas City Timing Association. Two hundred racers ran in front of 7,500 people. Rod Stuckey won top eliminator and $500 with an 8.80 at 182.03 mph in his A/FD, and Art Arfons had a best of 214.28 mph in his ‘Green Monster’ jet dragster. Proceeds went to the Air Force Aid Society. The east-west runway is gone now.
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