Speedway 99
Grande Prairie, AB

Status:
Closed

Years:
1958?-1965

Name History:
Unknown name (1958?-1961)
Speedway 99 (1962-1965)

Track Configuration(s):
1/3 mile dirt oval (1958?-1959)
1/4 mile dirt oval (1960-65)

Track Info:

• Located on the west outskirts of Grande Prairie, in what is now College Park
• At the time it was called Richmond Park
• Ran by the Grand Prairie Stock Car Club
• The name Speedway 99 honoured Walter Murphy, one of the early promoters and owner of car 99
• Murphy was killed in a plane crash in 1961
• In 1963 the track banking was increased and metal grandstands were added
• Closed due to high insurance costs