Temiskaming Motorsport Dragway/Earlton Dragway (Armstrong)

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Also known as Temiskaming Drag 'n' Fly Summer Classic

Earlton was a temporary airport drag-racing venue for the Drag n Fly event.

2018 event canceled while the airport supported firefighting

Raced: 1990s-present
Province: Ontario
Raced on: An airport runway
First race: mid-1990s (annual from 2001)
Track: 1/4 mile
Surface: Asphalt (airport runway)
Address: Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport
Earlton, ON
People: Temiskaming Rod And Custom Club (TRACC), organizer (2001-)
Elevation: 778 ft (237 m)
Coordinates: 47.69945, -79.84564

Big races

Drag 'N Fly

August · airport drags

A weekend of quarter-mile drag racing on the airport runway run by the local rod and custom club.

Event page

ATV, motorcycle and snowmobile drags

September · powersports drags

The club has also run powersports drag races at the airport.

Event page

History

The Temiskaming Rod And Custom Club (TRACC) started in the 1970s as a social car club. It was revived in 2001 to keep up drag racing at the Earlton-Temiskaming Regional Airport, southwest of Earlton. Its main event was the Temiskaming Drag ’n’ Fly Summer Classic, a three-day weekend each August. There’s some evidence of racing at the airport in the mid-1990s, but 2001 is when it became a regular, better-organized annual event. The 2018 event was canceled because the airport was being used for firefighting.