PA28 LANDS ON DRAG STRIP VICE TUL RWY 26.

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LOCATION OF INCIDENT: 2 NM E OF TUL ON THE EXTENDED CTRLINE OF RWY 26; WHILE ON THE GPS RWY 26 APCH TO TUL. THE NS RWYS AT TUL; RWYS 18-36 L AND R WERE CLOSED FOR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION. I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TUL ARPT AND WAS ARRIVING FROM ABQ. I HAD LANDED AT TUL ONCE BEFORE; SOMETIME IN THE PAST WHEN ALL RWYS WERE OPEN. I MISTAKENLY IDENTED AN AUTO DRAG RACING STRIP AS THE RWY THAT I WAS AIMING FOR. THE DRAG STRIP IS ALIGNED WITH TUL'S RWY 26 BUT ABOUT 2 NM TO THE E. BY THE TIME RECOGNITION OF WHERE IT WAS I WAS MAKING THE APCH TO; AFTER PASSING A PWR LINE; MY ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION WAS TO LAND; WHICH I FELT WAS THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION; AND SORT OUT THE SITUATION ON THE GND. MY APPREHENSION ABOUT ADDING PWR AND DOING A LOW PASS WAS WORRY ABOUT OTHER HARD TO SEE SNAGS; SUCH AS ELECTRICAL LINES AND/OR DRAG RACING EQUIP OR STRUCTURES. AFTER THIS OFF FIELD LNDG EXPERIENCE; AND MY MISIDENT PROB; IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A NOTE ON THE APCH PLATES FOR ANY RWY 26 APCH PLATE FOR TUL; CALLING ATTN TO THE RWY LOOKING DRAG STRIP ON THE CTRLINE OF THE RWY 26 APCH; WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT; THE FACILITY; OR BODILY INJURY INVOLVEMENT. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN OUT OF THE DRAG STRIP TO TUL ON THE SAME DAY.