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Autodrome Saguenay

Chicoutimi, QC

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1966-73; 1985-1986;1994-96; 1997-2006

Name History:
Circuit de Courses Automobiles de Chicoutimi (1966-1973)
Circuit Plein Gas Saguenay (1985-1986)
Autodrome St-Paul (1994-96)
Autodrome Chicoutimi (1998-2003)

Track Configurations:
7/10 mile dirt (1966-1972)
1/2 mile paved (1985-86)
1/3 mile paved oval (1994-2006)

Notes:
  • Original promoter was Yvon Gaudreault
  • Raced on Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the early years
  • Promoter in the mid 1990s was Robyn Levesque
  • Bought by Larry Patry in 1997
  • Patry made several improvements to track
  • The track closed at the end of the 2003 season and it appeared that it would not re-open
  • Bought by Claude Beaulieu and Claude Patoine in June, 2004
  • Ran a short season in 2004