Riverview Drag Strip (Hardin)
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
- Raced
- 1965-67
- State
- Illinois
- What's left
- The site was never redeveloped, but every trace of the strip has been removed.
- First race
- by October 1965
- Surface
- Dirt
- Location
- South side of Poor Farm Hollow Road, across from the east parking lot entrance of Calhoun Middle School
- Elevation
- 494 ft (151 m)
- Coordinates
- 39.17242, -90.62237
Little was known about this short-lived dirt strip until Michael McGowen, son of one of the owners, described it. It was racing by October 1965 at the latest. He said it was on the south side of Poor Farm Hollow Road, across from what is now the east parking lot entrance of Calhoun Middle School.
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