Dunkirk Airport - Dragstrip
Dunkirk, New York (Chatauqua County)
Western Tip of New York { Near Lake Erie }
Location.....Dunkirk Airport
* Middle Road - Dunkirk, New York
* Route 5
* Airport Opened................1952
* Drag Racing.....................{1956 thru 1963}
* Race Day........................Sunday
* 1/4 Mile Track
* NASCAR Sanctioned
* The Airport was 'closed' for Sunday, to allow for 'Timed Accelerated' Drag Races.
* Drag Racing stopped in 1963.
* Now listed as the.....Chataugua County/Dunkirk Airport
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* The 'Main Runway'................5000' x 100' consists of Asphalt and Bituminous-Concrete and was put down in 1954.
* An 'Auxiliary Taxi Runway'.....764' x 100' was added in 1958.
* A 'Second Runway'...............4000' x 100' was added during the 1970's.
* Regarded as the 'Glass Track' by Drag Racers, in reference to its smooth surface.
* Also called the 'Fast Track, as some incredible Top Speed performances were logged at the there.
Attracted Drag Racers from
Jamestown............................(30 Miles Southeast)
Fredonia................................(5 Miles East)
Buffalo....................................(50 Miles North)
Niagara Falls, Canada.........(70 Miles North)
Erie, Pennsylvania................(50 Miles Southwest)
Northeast Ohio......................(125 Miles Southwest)
* Popular Track for the 'High' Top Speed Dragsters, as the track conditions were regarded as the best in the Northeast.
'Hey-Day'..........{1958 thru 1962}
Car Counts.......250 to 300
Featured
* Big-Name Dragsters
* Stockers
* Street-Roadsters
* Gassers
'Big Daddy' Don Garlits (1960)
