Unnamed drag strip (Walla Walla)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Raced
- 1952-56
- State
- Washington
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- June 1952
- Location
- Walla Walla airport
- People
- Gear Jammers Timing Association, race operator (1952)
- Elevation
- 1,167 ft (356 m)
- Coordinates
- 46.09233, -118.28721
Starting in June 1952, the Gear Jammers Timing Association held drag races every Sunday at the Walla Walla airport. Spectators paid 50 cents, and club members raced free. In 1952 the club was trying to buy a timer. Records are spotty, but racing at the airport continued through at least 1956.
Background
Walla Walla Regional Airport is a public airport about three miles northeast of downtown, and the Port of Walla Walla owns it.
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