Stracener's Drag Strip (Gilmer)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Stracener's Airport
- Friday night track for local sportsman racers
- Raced
- 1961-ca. 1966
- State
- Texas
- What's left
- You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
- On the site today
- Stracener's Airport and swap meet site (late 1960s)
- Location
- West side of Highway 271 at Bettie, four miles north of Gilmer
- Elevation
- 345 ft (105 m)
- Coordinates
- 32.80181, -94.95722
This strip was four miles north of Gilmer on the west side of Highway 271, at a wide spot in the road called Bettie. It was mostly a place for local sportsman racers to have fun on Friday nights. On April 13, 1962, for example, 39 cars raced for 14 trophies, and on July 4, 1965, $75 in prize money was offered in just two classes. In the late 1960s, after racing ended, it was called Stracener’s Airport and also hosted swap meets.
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