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Canadian Race Track Database

New Hamburg Fairgrounds

New Hamburg, ON

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1920;1946-?;1950;1952-1953; mid-1970s, 1984-?

Name History:
AKA Fountain Park

Track Configurations:
1/2 mile dirt oval (1940s, 1950)
1/4 mile dirt oval (1953)
1/2 mile dirt oval (1976)

Notes:
  • Motorcycle racing in 1920 and in the 1940s
  • One stock car event on June 17, 1950 with cars from the Interstate Racing Club
  • The 1953 track was built inside of the horse track
  • Ben Lalomia, a CNE racer from Buffalo, was the promoter in 1953
  • Motorcycle races in 1975
  • Mini-Champ races in 1976
  • Flat-track motorcycle starting in 1984