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Canadian Race Track Database

Bluebird Raceway

Windsor, ON

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1959-1962

Name History:


Track Configurations:
1/4 mile dirt oval (1959-60) - not clear on this
1/2 mile dirt oval (1961-62)

Notes:
  • Newspaper ads refer to it as located on Howard Avenue, one mile south of the Dominion Golf Club
  • Opened (or re-opened) on July 30, 1961
  • Lights were installed in September 1961
  • Operated by Sports Windsor Ltd in 1962
  • The track was listed for sale in the Windsor Star in March 1963
  • Some sources refer to the track operating as a quarter mile in 1959-60, but there is no newspaper evidence of this
  • Possibly named after the Blue Bird Service Station on Dougall Road