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Atlanta Dragway was built in 1975 by Gene Bennett and originally had been graded out for an airport. The original airport tower served as the original timing tower, and the track direction was the same as the airport without asphalt, just Georgia red clay. In 1980, the track was sold to Norman Pearah and became an NHRA-sanctioned track.
Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8 m) races. The race is begun from a standing start which allows three factors to affect the outcome of the race: reaction time, power/weight ratio, and traction.
The track had a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m 2) garage area (50' x 300') with two restrooms and showers. There were seven main grandstands located along the pit lane. The control tower was located between the fourth and fifth grandstand. USRRC twin 156 races - March 1, 1964
On April 8, 1958, The Atlanta Constitution reported that the First Georgia Securities Corporation, led by president Richard W. King, announced plans to build a $1 million (adjusted for inflation, $10,560,554), 50,000-seat, 400-acre racing facility 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta along a location near U.S. Route 41.
As originally laid out, the new county – the 28th Georgia county – was a long narrow strip of land approximately 100 miles (160 km) in length but with varying measures of width along the way. It was six miles (9.7 km) as it stood just south of the Altamaha River , eight miles (13 km) wide near the Satilla and five miles (8.0 km) wide at a ...
Hundreds of dangerous drag racers terrorized the streets of Philadelphia over the weekend, setting off fireworks, vandalizing vehicles and even charging at cops trying to rein in the chaos.
A new television compound was constructed for the ESPN crew on the north side of the drag strip, which frees up space in the pit area. The Pavilion at Gainesville Raceway, completed in 2006, is a 15,000 square foot, open-air, multi-purpose facility equipped with roll-down weblon siding to allow for partial to full enclosure.
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