Selman Airfield (Monroe)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1954-56
- State
- Louisiana
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- September 19, 1954
- Location
- Selman Field, Monroe, on the main road through the airfield
- People
- Twin City Ramblers, ran motorcycle drags (1954-1955)
- Road Angels car club, ran races (1956)
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 75 ft (23 m)
- Coordinates
- 32.51056, -92.03923
The Twin City Ramblers held a drag race for about 25 motorcyclists at Selman Field in Monroe on September 19, 1954, and another on October 2, 1955. In 1956 the Road Angels car club ran weekly NHRA-sanctioned drags there for several weeks, regularly drawing more than 1,000 people. They raced on the main road through the airfield, and when people who needed the road complained about losing access, racing stopped in April. Monroe and West Monroe officials sided with the Road Angels, and a few weeks later they let races resume on alternate Sundays until another strip could be found. Crowds averaged about 1,000.
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