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Delaware
Speedway - June 26
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June 28, 2009 |
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 It's
been 20 years since my only visit to Delaware. The right timing
and a 142-lap Late Model feature led me to make the long drive
through Toronto traffic to make another visit.
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for photos
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Ohsweken
Speedway - June 18: World of Outlaws Late Models
Posted:
June 22, 2009
Update: June 23, 2009
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 It
was one of the best nights of racing that I've seen in a long
time. The Ohsweken Speedway Sprint Cars were on the schedule
as well.
Photos from the Sprint Car races are coming soon.
Photos
from WoO LM qualifying
Sprint
Car flip sequence
Late
Model races
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Ohsweken
Speedway - June 12
Posted:
June 15, 2009
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 The
ACSC Sprints on Dirt series came to Ohsweken on June 12.
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for some photos
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Pinecrest
Speedway AND Speedway Park Reunion
Posted:
May 27, 2009
Updated: June 2, 2009
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Those two legendary one half-mile dirt ovals located
side-by-side on Highway 7 near the long gone village of Maple,
were in the post war years the birthing place for stock car
racing as we know today. Speedway Park operated from 1950
to 1953 featuring stocks, sprints and late models . Pinecrest
Speedway which opened in July 1948 and operated for but two
years , was first the home for the fast--and dangerous-- sprint
cars , with the fledgling stocks being presented as an afterthought.
Over that year and the following --1949--the stocks grew in
popularity to the point when on a Wednesday twilight meet
of July 13 '49 a seminal event took place. For a first time
the promotor advertised the Pinecrest meet in the newspapers,
fliers were printed and handed out , and a program was available
for the fans --complete with the 26 drivers' names; two of
whom, Ted Hogan and Wallie Branston later became members of
the prestigious Motorsports Hall Of Fame . To commemorate
this event of some 60 years ago and to recognise all those
"youngsters" who drove those two dirt ovals over 1948 to 1953
a reunion is scheduled for Saturday July 11 at the Pinecrest
Restaurant on #7 highway commencing at 1:30 in the afternoon.
All who ran those two dirt ovals, their family members, their
friends and fans are invited to attend and to give recognition
to those stock car pioneers who breathed dirt and drove around
the turns in the blinding dust well over a half century ago.
A luncheon is planned for noon that day at the restaurant
.To attend the luncheon -or for further info contact Dave
Boon Ottawa 613 731 4166, daveboon@rogers.com
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Brighton
Speedway Season Opener - May 2
Posted:
May 5, 2009
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 The
2009 season is underway at Brighton Speedway and CanadianRacer.com
is the official track photographer. Here is a small sample
of the photos that I took on May 2.
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for some sample photos
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| Photo
Request - Richard Petty at the CNE in 1958 |
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The
Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame is looking for photos of
Richard Petty's car that he raced at the NASCAR Grand National
event at the CNE Speedway on July 18, 1958. This was Richard's
first career GN event. He raced a 1957 Oldsmobile with the
#142, not the more famous #43 that he raced for most of his
career.
If you have a photo that you can contribute, please email
the webmaster at webmaster@canadianracer.com
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Brighton
Speedway Photos
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CanadianRacer.com will be the official track photographer
at Brighton Speedway in 2009.
I
will be at the track most nights this season. I will
be selling photos so stop me and let me know if you
want something specific. I'm the guy with the red
and black back-pack.
See
you at the track - Rod H.
E-mail
me
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Up
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Site
Updates
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| March
8, 2000: More updates to the 2009 schedules. There
are over 500 events listed across Canada. |
| Jan
7, 2009: The 2009 racing schedules have started
to appear. So far, there are 300 events listed on the
Schedules page. |
| March
8, 2008: Added a photo to BC Ghost
Tracks page of the Lumby Raceway plus several photos
from Lumby's racing days. |
| March
8, 2008: Added satellite photos to the Ghost Track
pages for Sutton Speedway,
Stampede Speedway, Northern
Raceway and Cassidy Speedway. |
| March
8, 2008: Added photos to the Speedway
Park Ghost Track photos page. |
| March
8, 2008: Add photos from May, 1975 to the Tillicum
Speedway Ghost Track page. Also added a satellite
photo showing the remains as they appear today. |
| March
8, 2008: Added the feature winners from 1961-66
for the History of the CNE Speedway
article. |
| Jan
25, 2008: Added aerial photos of
Wasaga Beach Speedway and
3 photos of a "B" Modified. |
| Jan
12, 2008: Added program covers from Green
Acres, Agassiz, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Pinecrest,
Shannonville, Emo, Tremblant and Hammond River. |
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12, 2008: Added program covers from Barrie, Atlantic,
Flamboro, Cayuga, Danny's Speedbowl, Onslow, Pinecrest
, Riverglade, Riverside, Sauble, Sunset, Varney and
Westgate. The covers were courtesy of Rod McLeod. |
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All
five of Brighton's classes were in action on June 27.
Bus
racing and spectator racing added to the usual Brighton Speedway
excitement. 
The
Southern Ontario Sprints made their second visit of the year
to Brighton.
The
Vintage cars were on hand along with the Fab Four. We almost
got the whole show in but rain started falling as the Pure
Stocks took to the track for their feature.
It
was a full night at Brighton with the Fab Four, Vans, a mechanics'
race and Fan Appreciation.
The
Southern Ontario Sprint cars plus a full slate of Brighton's
classes were on hand.