WesTX Abilene Raceway
ActiveActive Still racing today.
Also known as Big Country Raceway; The Big Country Race Way; Abilene Dragstrip (2003 site)
- Raced
- Still racing
- State
- Texas
- Raced on
- Built as a drag strip
- Track
- 1/8 mile
- Address
- 5601 W Stamford St, Abilene, TX 79603
Abilene, TX - Elevation
- 1,720 ft (524 m)
- Coordinates
- 32.47361, -99.79607
- Contact
- waraceway.com 325-266-4276
Big races
Roadrunner Rally
A drag-and-drive: racers drive their street cars from track to track over several days and race at each stop.
History
Burl Harris and Tommy Simons built this Abilene strip in 2003. After a period without racing, Sterling Robertson reopened it as Big Country Raceway in 2012. It later became WesTX Abilene Raceway and hosted major no-prep events in 2026.
More in Texas
- Closed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there. Abernathy Municipal Airport 1958-60
- Closed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there. Abilene Dragway/Big Country Raceway 1964-75
- Closed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there. Abilene Municipal Airport 1954-57
- Closed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there. Alamo Dragway (San Antonio) 1974-96
- Active Still racing today. Amarillo Dragway 1960-present
- Closed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there. Andrews County Airport (Andrews) 1966-69
- Closed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there. Angleton Dragway/Raceway 2003-10
- Closed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there. Aransas County Airport (Rockport) 1957-58
- Nothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains. Ascarate Park (El Paso) 1960-61
- Nothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains. Austin Raceway Park/Austin Dragway Park 1966-70
- Closed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there. Bergstrom Air Force Base (Austin) 1954
- Closed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there. Big Bend Drag Strip (Alpine) 1968