Victory Drive is a street that extends approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km)[2] from the Ogeechee Road intersection in western Savannah, Georgia to the central part of Thunderbolt, where it terminates.
Victory Drive was once a series of unpaved roads that connected the western edge of Savannah to the small fishing village of Warsaw which, after 1921, was incorporated as the Town of Thunderbolt.
Estill and Dale Avenue was selected by the American Automobile Association (AAA) as the location for the first ever U.S. International Grand Prix Race and was the final stretch of the racetrack.
The roadways were paved with oiled gravel and Augusta gravel—a mixture of clay and coarse sand—which helped the racers reach speeds surpassing 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
[citation needed] The races brought a great opportunity to sell real estate to spectators visiting for the event and improvements around the landscape and the residential development began.
[4] To honor the fallen soldiers of WW I, palm trees and flowers were planted along the entire median of the street.