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The Ridge Raceway

Ridgetown, ON

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1951-1957;1969-1978; 1983-1995

Name History:
The Ridge Raceway (1951-1957)
Harwich Raceway (possibly informally in 1972)
Ridgetown Raceway (possibly informally)
The Ridge Raceway (1983-1995)

Track Configurations:
1/3 mile dirt oval (1951-57, 1969-78)
3/8 mile dirt oval (1983-1995)

Notes:
  • Located on the Ridge Road, between Blenheim and Ridgetown
  • Original owners were Jack Ingram and Clayton Johnston
  • The track added a 1/4 mile oval within the 1/3 mile oval in 1956 but it's not clear if any races were run that year - there were several cancellations
  • There are newspaper ads for the 1957 season, but they may not have actually raced - like 1956, there were several cancellations
  • Closed at the end of the 1957 season
  • Re-opened in 1969 and run by a group called the Golden Aces Stock Car Racing Association under president Walt Huckle
  • Sold to Frank Zajdlik and four others in 1972
  • Sold to Ralph Cole, Ted Ritchie, Gary Crow, Douglas Crow and Cathy Opavsky in September 1979
  • Attemped to run one event in 1979 but was rained out
  • Track was used as part of a rally event in 1980
  • Re-opened on Sept 10, 1983 under owner and promoter Ron Urquhart and track manager Jim Dale