Unnamed drag strip (Union)
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
- Raced
- 1961
- State
- Missouri
- What's left
- The site was never redeveloped, but every trace of the strip has been removed.
- Raced on
- Built as a drag strip
- First race
- May 7, 1961
- Surface
- Graded dirt
- Location
- Junction of Highways 47 and 50, just east of the Bourbeuse River
- People
- Idlers Car Club, ran races (1961)
- Elevation
- 543 ft (166 m)
- Coordinates
- 38.44505, -90.99886
The first drag race on this graded dirt track, at the junction of Highways 47 and 50 just east of the Bourbeuse River, ran Sunday, May 7, 1961. The city street department graded it, the Idlers Car Club ran the races, and class winners got trophies. Only stock cars could compete. On May 21, 1961, thirty cars raced before 300 spectators, and Ab Riddle won overall.
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