Tuscaloosa Motor Speedway
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
- Top eliminator at the first race won a Cadillac engine
- Raced
- 1959
- State
- Alabama
- What's left
- The site was never redeveloped, but every trace of the strip has been removed.
- First race
- August 23, 1959
- Location
- Three miles east of Cottondale on Clements Road
- Elevation
- 282 ft (86 m)
- Coordinates
- 33.17241, -87.43754
Drag racing started here on Sunday afternoon, August 23, 1959. The speedway was three miles east of Cottondale on Clements Road. Twelve trophies went out that day, and top eliminator won a Cadillac engine.
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