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Canadian Race Track Database

Hastings Park

Vancouver, BC

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1907;1912-13;1916;1918-32

Name History:


Track Configurations:
1/2 mile dirt oval

Notes:
  • 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