Bob Bateman awards Dick Swecker a trophy at the Roanoke Drag Strip in 1958.


Old Dominion Speedway - April 1953
Manassas, VA

Pungo Air Force Base - 1955
Pungo, VA

Eastern Dragway - March 1957
Petersburg, VA Mid-summer 1961 NHRA both 1/4 and 1/2 mile.

Roanoke Drag Strip - June 29, 1958
Roanoke, VA NHRA

Tappahannock Dragway - 1958
Jack's Fork, VA

Lakeview Drag Strip - 1958-1959 First full season
Bassett, VA

Virginia International Raceway - 1959
Danville, VA

Hidden Valley Drag Strip - April 18, 1959
Covington, VA

Callaghan Drag Strip - March 8, 1959
Covington, VA

Oak Level Dragstrip - 1960
Oak Level, VA

New London Dragway - 1960 NHRA

New London, VA

Louisa County Dragway - 1960
Louisa, VA

Emporia Dragway - 1961
Emporia, VA

Bristol International Dragway - July 30, 1961
Bristol, TN

Freedom 7 Dragway - 1962
Creeds, VA (Virginia Beach)

Suffolk County Raceway - 1963
Suffolk, VA

Richmond Dragway - May 1964
Richmond, VA

Eastside Speedway - 1964
Waynesboro, VA

Colonial Beach Dragway - 1964
Sterling, VA

Summerduck Dragway - 1965
Culpeper, VA

Cedar Hill's Dragway - 1966
(Big Al's Dragway)
Richlands, VA

Elk Creek Dragway - July 18, 1968
Elk Creek, VA

Lonesome Pine Drag Strip - Closed in 1971
Coeburn, VA

Natural Bridge Drag Strip - 1991
Natural Bridge, VA

Virginia Motorsports Park - 1994
Dinwiddie, VA

Bristol Dragway - 1998
Bristol, TN


OTHER POPULAR DRAG STRIPS FOR VIRGINIANS

Burlington Drag Strip - 1954
Burlington, NC

Maple Air Force Base - 1955
Elizabeth City, NC

Chester - 1956
Chester, SC

A & H Drag Strip - 1961
Fletcher, NC

 

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