Scoudouc Dragway
Status unknownStatus unknown Closed, but nobody has checked how much of the site survives, or the exact spot was never found.
- Six to seven thousand people came to the first race in May 1964
- Racing ended when a rail spur was built across the runway to the Lockwood Window plant
- Raced
- 1964-67
- Province
- New Brunswick
- What's left
- How much of the site survives hasn't been checked yet.
- On the site today
- Industrial park
- Raced on
- A military airfield
- First race
- May 1964
- Surface
- Runway
- Location
- Former RCAF Scoudouc Repair Depot airfield, about 15 miles east of Moncton
- People
- Moncton Speed & Custom Club Inc., race operator (1964)
- Moncton Kiwanis Club, partner (1964)
- Elevation
- 180 ft (55 m)
- Coordinates
- 46.16919, -64.58640
The Moncton Speed & Custom Club Inc., working with the Moncton Kiwanis Club, ran drag races on the former RCAF Scoudouc Repair Depot airfield about 15 miles east of Moncton. The first race, in May 1964, drew six to seven thousand spectators and 84 entries. Gary Lovely of Fredericton took top eliminator with the day’s best time, 12.167 at 109 MPH in his Chevy. Racing ended when a railroad track was laid across the runway to reach the Lockwood Window plant. The site is an industrial park now.
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