Hastings Park
Vancouver, BC

Status:
Closed

Years:
1907
1912-13
1916
1918-32

Name History:

Track Configuration(s):
1/2 mile dirt oval

Track Info:

• Horse track located on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds
• First used in 1907 for an event put on by the Northwest Track Racing Association with Thomas Flyers and Franklin Spiders
• Hosted motorcycle races before and after WWI
• There was an airplane vs car race in 1916
• Car races were sanctioned by AAA and IMCA
• Local driver Dudley Lamberton Smith was killed at the track in 1923, which caused the Exhibition directors to bar locals from participating
• Phil Churchill was killed in 1927
• The track still hosts horse racing today