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Westshore Speedway

Victoria, BC

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1954-2022

Name History:
Western Speedway (1954-2020)
Westshore Speedway (2021-2022)

Track Configurations:
3/8 mile dirt oval (1954-57)
4/10 mile paved oval (1957-2022)

Notes:
  • Built by Andre Cottyn
  • Opened May 22, 1954
  • Paved partway though the 1957 season
  • Cottyn sold the track to a group of local businessmen in the fall of 1966
  • Bought by Frank Wille in 1982
  • Leased by Reg Midgley in 1983
  • Bill Smith Sr became the promoter in 1999
  • Bought by Bastion Development Corporation and Strand Holdings in April, 2021
  • The 2021 name change was for legal reasons