Dragway 42

Ohio’s Dragway 42 Opens for Drag Racing May 26, Track Officials Say

After a two-year string of several construction- and weather-related delays that have postponed the reopening of Dragway 42, it appears the end is finally here. Racetrack officials said the brand-new, fully redesigned racing surface should be ready for safe drag racing on Friday, May 26. The nearly 60-year-old motorsports facility with a rich drag racing

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Ohio’s Dragway 42 to Reopen This Summer After $10M+ Overhaul

WEST SALEM, OH. – This isn’t your father’s Dragway 42. Elyria, OH businessman and drag racer Ron Matcham bought the historic drag strip and a bunch of surrounding land in late 2013 with designs on creating a brand-new, world-class drag racing and entertainment complex in this rural town about 30 miles (as the crow flies)

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