Vista Field (Richland)
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
Also known as Vista Field Airport
- Raced
- 1951
- State
- Washington
- What's left
- The site was never redeveloped, but every trace of the strip has been removed.
- On the site today
- Mixed-use development (demolition began in 2019)
- Raced on
- A military airfield
- First race
- February 25, 1951
- Location
- Three miles northwest of Kennewick
- People
- Drag Wagons car club, race operator (1951)
- Elevation
- 508 ft (155 m)
- Coordinates
- 46.22067, -119.20880
The Drag Wagons car club of Richland held the first drag race at Vista Field Airport, three miles northwest of Kennewick, on February 25, 1951. It had been an auxiliary air field in World War II. Demolition of the old field began in 2019 to make way for mixed-use development.
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