Santa Ynez Airport
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Buellton Drags
- Raced
- 1960s
- State
- California
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- Location
- Santa Ynez Airport
- Elevation
- 662 ft (202 m)
- Coordinates
- 34.60712, -120.07727
A YouTube video filmed by Joe Silva shows a drag race called the Buellton Drags at Santa Ynez Airport around the early 1960s. It’s the only evidence found of drag racing at this airport.
Background
Santa Ynez Airport, also known as Kunkle Field, is a small general aviation airport just southeast of town with one 2,804-foot runway and no control tower. About 112 aircraft are based there, including gliders and ultralights.
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