Frank Maratta of Hartford ran this drag strip, which he opened under NHRA-sanction and ran every Sunday. Maratta began planning for the strip in 1958, and had it open for racing in 1960. The Nutmeg State Timing Association conducted the races. On June 3, 1962, Art Arfons was unable to bring his "Cyclops" jet dragster to a stop before going off the end of the track into the woods after making a 184 MPH run. The parachutes didn't deploy. State police inspectors on the scene were reluctant to permit him to make a second run, but weren't sure they had authority to stop him. On the second run, the parachutes worked and slowed him after a 203 MPH run. A few days later, state police ruled that there would be no more drag racing by cars with jet engines in Connecticut. Maratta closed the dragway in 1979, but many investors pitched in and re-opened it as Connecticut International Raceway. It closed for good in 1985.