Hawaii Auto Racing Venues

Information about Hawaii's automobile racing venues.

Auto Racing Tracks in Hawaii NAME: Hilo Dragstrip
ALSO KNOWN AS: Panaewa Drag Strip
FIRST OPENED: 1978
FACILITIES: Oval track and go-kart track
SITUATED: 5 miles south of Hilo International Airport
ADDRESS: south end of Panaewa Dragstrip Road
LOCATION: just South of Hilo, East Hawaii Island, Hawaii
OPERATOR: County of Hawaii
VENUE FOR:
- hot rod races and motoross
- Big Island Auto Club
- Hawaii Drag Racing League
EVENTS:
- 8th Annual Uncle Gary Arita Race "Shakedown in H-Town" (2023)
- 6th Annual "Live It Up Race" by Mernz's & Palani's (2023)
- 4th Annual "Reynold M. Crivello Memorial Day Drags" Race (2023)
- BIAC Memorial Day Drags
- BIAC Tommy Thompson Labor Day Drags
SANCTIONED BY:
- International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) (HDRL) (since 2003)
- American Hot Rod Association (AHRA) (BIAC) (since 2015)[
ARTICLE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilo_Dragstrip

Kauai Raceway Park
- https://www.dragracekauai.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/dragracekauai/
- quarter mile long drag stri8p
- in Kekaha
- season: March through November
- typically one or two races per month Venue for:
- Garden Isle Racing Association

Paradise Speedway Mauii
- dirt track
- season: February through October
- typically one race per month
- located in Puunene

Circuit Hawaii
- https://www.instagram.com/p/CsYGPySu9jR/
- 51 acre motorsports complex in development
- in Campbell Industrial Park on Oahu
- quarter mile from Kalaeloa Airport
- 2 miles from Ko Olina
- Drag racing, Road Racing, Drifting, Stock Car
- will feature the Hawaii Drivers Club – an exclusive country club providing resort-style amenities such as a stunning member’s only lounge and bar, concierge services, private garages with built-in convenience areas, meeting spaces, private lockers, shower rooms and more.
- Builder: BTT, Inc.
- will be Leed and Well certified.
- aim is to launch by Q1 2024.
= Mike Kitchens is CEO of BITT:
- wants to build racetrack as a recreational facility
- will help mitigate illegal street racing

NAME: Hawaii Raceway Park (1962-2006)
1962: dirt oval opened 1963: drag strip opened 1973 to 1975: two mile road course 1992: 1.32 mile road course opened in 2002: 300 foot sand drag strip opened 2006: closed (lease with James Campbell Estate expired) - dirt racing, drag racing
- drag strip, road courses, dirt oval, sand drag strip ARTICLE:
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