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Canadian Race Track Database

Shearing Speedway

Cobble Hill, BC

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1952-1955?

Name History:
AKA Shearing's Speedway
Shearing Auto Speedway

Track Configurations:
3/8 mile paved oval

Notes:
  • Built by the Shearing brothers - John, Bill and Ted on land owned by their father
  • Opened in August 1952
  • Located on Cowichan Bay Road, a quarter mile from Dougans Junction
  • The track had been built in 1950, but only used for practice (as per a newspaper article at the time)
  • May have closed due to competition from Western Speedway and Grandview Bowl