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Feature
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2009
Pre-Season News
Posted:
May 5, 2009
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 The
article is late this year and not as complete as I would like
it to be, but here it is any way.
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Ghost
Track - Orillia Speedway
Posted:
May 19, 2008
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 Chris
Burrage visited the site of the old Orillia Speedway in April
of 2008 and sent along these photos.
Click here for the photos
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2008
Pre-Season News
Posted:
April 17, 2008 |
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 The
snow has finally melted here in Southern Ontario, the mall
shows have wrapped up and practice days and racing have started.
That means I'm overdue for CanadianRacer.com's annual check
on the off-season news and a look ahead to the 2008 season.
Click here for the article
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Stock
Car Racing in the Kawarthas: 1967-1970
Posted:
January 10, 2008 |
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 The
late 1960's were a busy time for race fans and racers in the
Peterborough / Kawartha area. There were up to six tracks
operating in the region at the same time with two more just
outside.
Click here for the article
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2007
Southern Ontario Season Review
Posted:
January 1, 2008 |
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 Now
that the snow is on the ground and it seems like a long time
to the start of the 2008 season, a review of the 2007 with
photos might help break the boredom.
Click here for the article
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Canadian
Sprint Car Nationals - Ohsweken Speedway
Posted:
October 5, 2007 |
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 The
2008 Canadian Sprint Car Nationals was another successful
event at Ohsweken Speedway.
Click
here for the article
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NASCAR
in Canada Part 2 - Winston West
Posted:
August 27, 2007 |
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 The
NASCAR Winston West Series raced nine times in BC between
1971 and 1981.
Click here for the article
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Fall
2007 Special Events Preview
Posted:
August 25, 2007 |
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 The
CNE has started, the back-to-school sales are on and a few
leaves have started to change colour. That means it's time
for CanadianRacer.com's annual look at the upcoming special
shows at Southern Ontario's speedways.
Click here for the article
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Civic
Holiday Weekend: Humberstone and Merrittville
Posted:
August 13, 2007 |
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 I
made my annual trip to the Niagara region for the Civic Holiday
weekend. Sunday was the "All Canadian Championship"
at Humberstone featuring the Ontario Dirt Late Models. Merrittville
hosted the 15th annual "Trevor Wilkens Memorial"
with the DIRT Big Block Modifieds.
Click here for the article
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World
of Outlaws at Ohsweken Speedway
Posted:
July 26, 2007 |
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 The
World of Outlaws returned to Canada for the first time in
25 years with an event at Ohsweken Speedway on July 25.
Jason Sides took the feature win over Donny Schatz, Jac Haudenschild,
Steve Kinser and Danny Lasoski.
Click here for the article
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VARAC
Vintage Festival 2007
Posted:
June 22, 2007
Update: June 29, 2007 |
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 This
year's festival honoured 40 years of Formula 1 in Canada.
Click
here for the article
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Ontario
Sportsman Series
Posted:
June 18, 2007 |
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 The
new Ontario Sportsman Series held its inaugral event at Mosport
Speedway on June 16, 2007. A selection of photos taken by
the Web Master are in this article.
Click here for the article
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2007
Pre-Season News
Posted:
April 28, 2007 |
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The
2007 racing season is upon us in parts of Canada, so it's
time for CanadianRacer.com's annual review of the off-season
news.
Click here for the article
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Cayuga
Speedway Park - Future Plans
Posted:
April 28, 2007 |
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On
April 7, CanadianRacer.com visited the Canadian Motorsports
Expo in Toronto. At the show I had a chance to talk to Eugene
Croken who was manning the Cayuga Speedway Park booth. I took
the opportunity to find out what was happening at the track.
Click here for the article
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Canadian
Motorsports Expo Photos
Posted:
April 14, 2007 |
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 Photos
from the show held at the Toronto Congress Centre on April
6-8.
Click here for the article
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Performance
World 2007
Posted:
March 9, 2007 |
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 It
must be nearly race season because Performance World is here.
Click here for the article
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The
History of the CNE Speedway 1952-1966
Posted:
March 3, 2007 |
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 A
brief history of the legendary Toronto track.
Click here for the article
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New
Stock Car Racing Book: "Track Talk - Racing Memories by
jalopy, hobby and Canadian Vintage Modified drivers"
Posted:
January 3, 2007 |
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 Wendy
Ward Roper has written a book whose title pretty much says
it all.
You can order a copy of the book by visiting Wendy's web site
at www.tracktalk.ca
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The
Web Master's Personal Review of the 2006 Southern Ontario Racing
Season
Posted:
October 23, 2006 |
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 Tons of photos and observations.
Click here for the article
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Langley
Speedway Open House
Posted: October 9, 2006 |
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 The
Langley Speedway Historical Society held its first-ever open
house at the site of the old Langley Speedway on Septembe
10, 2006.
Click
here for the article
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| Fall
Events in Southern Ontario |
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The
end of the 2006 racing season is fast approaching in Southern
Ontario. Most tracks have their big show to wrap up the season.
The Labour Day weekend is particularly busy this year with
racing fans having to make several hard choices on where to
spend their time.
Click
here for the article
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| The
Ridge Raceway to Return from the Dead |
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 On
August 11, the Chatham Daily News ran a story about racing
returning to The Ridge Raceway. The Ridge has been a ghost
track since 1995.
Click here for the article
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Brighton
Speedway 2006 Media Day
Posted:
June 18, 2006 |
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 Brighton
Speedway has an action-packed schedule on tap for 2006.
Click here for the article
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Canadian
Motorsport Hall of Fame Grand Opening &
The Reunion of Golden Years of Stock Car Racing in Toronto
Posted:
June 11, 2006 |
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 The title says it all. The
event was held on June 10 at Legendary Motor Car in Halton
Hills, ON.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Onslow Speedway
Posted:
May 13, 2006 |
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 Gordon Wilson sent in these
photos of Onslow Speedway in Truro, NS.
Click here for the article
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2006
Pre Season News
Posted:
May 1, 2006 |
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The racing
season is kicking-off across the country so it's time for
CanadianRacer.com's annual round-up of news from the off-season.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Riverview Speedway
Posted:
April 23, 2006 |
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 Robert Edgar visited the
site of Riverview Speedway in Trenton, ON and sent along these
photos.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Northern Raceway
Posted:
February 24, 2006, Updated March 26, 2006 |
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 Gerry Liscumb has sent some
photos of Northern that he took in 2005.
Glen Thomas visited the site of Northern Raceway in Sault
Ste Marie, ON in the summer of 2005 and sent along these photos.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - False Creek Speedway
Posted:
March 19, 2006 |
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 Eugene Gervais visited the
site of False Creek Speedway (Vancouver) in January and submitted
these photos to CanadianRacer.com.
Click here for the article
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Performance
World 2006
Posted:
March 10, 2006 |
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 Racing season is fast approaching
- the weather is getting warmer and its time for Performance
World Car Show.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Northern Raceway
Posted:
February 24, 2006 |
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Glen Thomas visited the site
of Northern Raceway in Sault Ste Marie, ON in the summer of
2005 and sent along these photos.
Click here for the article
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The
1967 USAC Indy Car Races
Posted:
February 18, 2006 |
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 The USAC Indy Car series
ran at Mosport and Tremblant in 1967.
Click here for the article
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The
Evolution of Racing Classes
Posted:
January 27, 2006 |
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 Stock cars have continued
to evolve over the years and everything runs in a cycle.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Seabreeze Raceway
Posted:
December 29, 2005 |
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 Kirk Alexander and Nick Blackburn
made separate visits to the site of this Ghost Speedway in
Lawrencetown, NS.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Langley / Action Speedway
Posted:
December 11, 2005 |
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 Bud Bussiere sends these
photos of Langley Speedway (AKA Action Raceway) in Langley,
BC. He has also sent a bunch of photos of Langley in it's
racing days.
Click here for the article
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Big
Cars at Langford Speedway
Posted:
December 3, 2005 |
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 Brian Pratt has submitted
this article which covers the history of long-gone Langford
Speedway in British Columbia.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Scoudouc Airfield
Posted:
November 25, 2005 |
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 Scoudouc Airfield in New
Brunswick was was a left-over WWII airfield that was used
for sports car racing and drag racing from 1959 to 1967. Rejean
Leblanc visited the site in the summer of 2005.
Click here for the article (go down to the
bottom)
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Ghost
Speedways - Elephant Rock Speedway
Posted:
November 10, 2005 |
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 Our first Ghost Speedway
from Prince Edward Island was found by Rich Wilkins.
Click here for the article
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The
Web Master's Personal Review of 2005 Southern
Ontario Racing
Posted:
October 28, 2005 |
 A
review of the events and series that the Web Master saw this
year.
Click
here for the article |
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Southern
Ontario Fall 2005 Oval Track Special Events
Posted:
August 28, 2005 |
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The Fall
is a great season for stock car racing in Southern Ontario.
Many tracks host special shows for Labour Day or to wrap up
the season in September or October.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Havre Boucher Speedway
Posted:
July 27, 2005 |
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 Forrest Jenkins found a second
Nova Scotia Ghost Track this spring - Havre Boucher Speedway.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Fraser's Mountain Raceway
Posted:
June 25, 2005 |
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 Forrest Jenkins visited the
old Fraser's Mountain Raceway, near New Glasgow, NS and sent
these photos
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Standard Speedbowl
Posted:
June 4, 2005 |
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 Mark Thompson sends us his
second ghost track from Alberta.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Brighton Speedway (old paved track)
Posted:
May 22, 2005 |
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 The original paved Brighton
Speedway still sits in the parking lot of the current Brighton
Speedway dirt track.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Stampede Speedway
Posted:
May 14, 2005 |
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 Mark Thompson has sent in
these photos of this track in Calgary.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Shannonville Raceway
Posted:
May 12, 2005 |
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 Photos of this 1/3 mile dirt
ghost track, located near Shannonville, ON.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Tillicum Raceway
Posted:
April 27, 2005 |
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 Mike Topf visited the remains
of Tillicum Raceway, near Vernon, BC and sent these photos.
Click here for the article
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Brighton
Speedway 2005 Pre Season Press Conference & Media Day
Posted:
April 22, 2005 |
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 Photos and news from Brighton
Speedway's Media Day.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Hurricane Speedway
Posted:
April 16, 2005 |
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 Matt Hansford has sent these
photos of Hurricane Speedway, near Sudbury ON.
Click here for the article
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The
Sundown Grand Prix
Posted:
March 19, 2005 |
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 A
short history of the 6 hour (or so) daytime-to-darkness road
race.
Click here for the article
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Performance
World Car Show - 2005
Posted:
March 11, 2005 |
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 Photos of every stock car
and road racer at this year's show.
Click here for the article
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A
Beautiful Day for Ice Racing
Posted:
Jan 30, 2005 |
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 If you've never seen ice
racing, read this article and then check out the real thing.
Click here for the article
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NASCAR
in Canada - Grand National Races
Posted:
Jan 28, 2005 |
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 The first of a series of
articles covering the history of NASCAR sanctioned events
in Canada. This one covers the two Grand National Races held
in the 1950's.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Windsor Dragway
Posted:
Jan 21, 2004 |
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 The first Ghost Dragway at
CanadianRacer.com is Windsor Dragway and comes to us from
Barry Dunbar of Windsor.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Wallace Speedway
Posted:
Dec 11, 2004
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 The remains of the 1/3 mile
paved Wallace Speedway are in good shape and is documented
here.
Click here for the article
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Ghost
Speedways - Ontario, Miscellaneous
Posted:
Nov 21, 2004
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 Ron Nelson found Dayus
Raceway in Windsor. The web master found Model T Speedway,
Jackpot Speedway and Teviotdale Speedway. Photos
of all are in this article as well as photos of Dayus in it's
better days.
Click here for the article |
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Ghost
Speedways - The Ridge Raceway
Posted:
Nov 13, 2004
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 Ron Nelson visited the remains
of the 3/8 mile dirt oval, The Ridge Raceway in Ridgetown, Ontario.
Click here for the article |
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Ghost
Speedways - Danny's Speed Bowl
Posted:
August 29, 2004
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 Ernie Pothier found the remains
of this 1/4 mile paved oval located near Bathurst, NB.
Click here for the article |
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Ghost
Speedways - Cedar Mills International Speedway
Posted: July 9, 2004 |
 Ernie Pothier strikes
again! Here is the 4th track that Ernie visited and the third
article from his photos. Cedar Mills is located near St. Stephan,
New Brunswick and was a 1/4 mile paved oval.
Click here for the article |
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Al
Pease, Veteran Canadian Racer
Posted: June 29, 2004 |
 John R. Wright has contributed
this article on long-time road racer Al Pease.
Click here for the article |
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Ghost
Speedways - Petty Raceway
Posted: June 16, 2004 |
 The second in a series
of Ghost Speedways sent to CanadianRacer.com by Ernie Pothier.
Petty Raceway is located in River Glade, New Brunswick and last
saw action in 2000.
Click here for the article |
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Ghost
Speedways - Hammond River and Brookside Speedways
Posted: June 10, 2004 |
 The
first in a series of Ghost Speedways sent to CanadianRacer.com
by Ernie Pothier.
Hammond River Speedway and Brookside Speedway are both located
in New Brunswick.
Click here for the article |
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The
History of Lansdowne Speedway
Posted April 12, 2004 |
 An
article by Dave Truemner
covers the period from 1955 to 1960 when Ottawa's Lansdowne
Park was the site of Wednesday night stock car racing.
Click here for the article |
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How
Times Have Changed #3: Club Racing
Posted March 26, 2004 |
 A
quick look at how club racing has changed over the years.
Click here for the article
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The
History of Pinecrest Speedway
Posted February 29, 2004 |
 A
brief history of Ontario's legendary Pinecrest Speedway.
Click here for the article |
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Ghost
Speedways: Moosehead
Premium Dry Speedway
Posted July 2, 2004 |
 Moosehead
Premium Dry Speedway (formerly known as Exhibition Park Motor
Speedway) just outside Halifax, Nova Scotia operated until 2001.
At that time it joined the ranks of the Ghost Speedways.
Click here for photos of Moosehead Premium
Dry Speedway
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| How
Times Have Changed #1: Stock Car Payouts |
 "How
Times Have Changed" will be a series of short articles
that will focus on a particular aspect of racing and the changes
that have occured over the years.
Part 1 deals with pay outs in oval track racing. In this case,
how they haven't changed much.
Click here for more |
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| Ghost
Speedways - Nilestown |
 Race
tracks have come and gone in Canada over the years. Many of
the old tracks were redeveloped into housing developments or
shopping malls. Some simply closed and were left to decay over
time into what I call "Ghost Speedways". Several of
these tracks are documented by CanadianRacer.com.
Click here for the Nilestown Ghost Speedway
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| The
1969-1970 Gulf Canada Series |
 In
1969 & 1970 the Canadian Road Racing Championship was contested
by the big, powerful Formula A cars. It would be the first time
that the Canadian Championship paid a cash purse.
Click here for more |
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| Cancelled
Canadian GP of the Past |
The on-again
and off-again saga of the 2004 Canadian GP continues.
No Grand Prix in Canada? "Ridiculous!" you say. "Unheard
of!" you say. Ridiculous, yes; unheard of? Nope; it's happened
twice before.
Click here for more |
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A few photos from Mosport
on May 15.
Read about the new tracks
coming this year.
Photos
of the oval racers from the show.
Bill Brack interview by
John R. Wright.
Get
a preview of some 2004 Southern Ontario stock cars.
Stopping
for lunch on the way to the track costs a bit more these days.
Stock
car racing returned to Exhibition Stadium in 1990 for the first
time in 24 years. Unfortunately, it only lasted one season.
Harewood
Acres, near Jarvis, Ontario was an airfield circuit that hosted
many Regional, National and International events from 1956 until
in closed in 1970.