Abandoned drag srtip east of Phoenix

[427TJ]

Located along what is now I-10 just west of the town of Colton in western San Bernardino County California, Morrow Field was a small airport used as the Colton Dragstrip. Morrow Field was built in 1942 and by the mid-1950s the runway was being used on weekends for drag racing. When an airplane wanted to land or take-off during the races the drag action would be halted to allow the aircraft to use the runway. By 1980 the USGS topo map showed Morrow Field as abandoned and the land was sold-off for development. For more info on Morrow Field, click here: http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...rnardino_W.htm

Note Fontana Drag City to the west of Colton:





Looking closely, the diagonal orientation of the old Morrow Field runway/dragstrip can still be seen:



1954 USGS map showing the highway as 2-lanes each way:



1980 USGS showing Morrow Field as "abandoned." The golf course was built by the orignal airport developer, a Mr. Morrow, for which Morrow Field was named:



Found this photo on the HAMB. View looks east:

[Salvatore]

Man-O-Man you guys, I am lovin it! The whole state of California and New York was a drag strip!! Glad I have a lot of old papers and magazines with this stuff in it.

[ORIGLS6]

Ain't this cool!