White Sands Proving Ground
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Condron Army Airfield
- Couldn't charge admission because it was on federal property
- Raced
- 1957
- State
- New Mexico
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- A military airfield
- First race
- March 17, 1957
- Surface
- Runway
- Location
- Condron Army Airfield, southwest corner of White Sands
- People
- Mesilla Valley Timing Association, race operator (1957)
No one has pinned down where this strip was yet.
The Mesilla Valley Timing Association, chartered by the Automobile Timing Association of America, held its first race on March 17, 1957, on a runway 8/10 of a mile long. There was no admission charge, and clubs from El Paso were expected. A second race was set for April 14. Andrew R. Gomolak Jr. said the races were at Condron Army Airfield in the southwest corner of White Sands. Because it was a federal installation, the club couldn’t charge admission there, and expenses were outrunning income. In May it asked Las Cruces for permission to race at West Municipal Airport, hoping to get on firmer financial footing. Little else is known.
