Drag strip starts construction, the first track since 2017

The sound of construction equipment will ring in the New Year at Callahan Speedway just north of the town.

Then as spring turns to summer, the sound of cars competing for the best times should replace the grumble of bulldozers at the new eighth-mile Hicken Power Dragstrip.

Groundbreaking is set for noon Tuesday on Northeast Florida’s first drag strip since 2017, set to be built next to a 13-year-old go-kart complex at 543455 U.S. 1…

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