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Moosehead Premium Dry Speedway

Goodwood, NS

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1998-2001

Name History:
Moosehead Premium Dry Speedway (1998-?)
Exhibition Park Motor Speedway (?-2001)

Track Configurations:
1/3 mile paved oval

Notes:
  • Opened in June of 1998
  • Ron Hefler, the promoter of the Maritime Legends Cars convinced the owners of the Exhibition Park in Halifax to build an oval
  • Hefler was the manager for the first two years under a lease arrangement
  • Ran Sportsman, Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, Mini Stocks, Hornets and was a stop on the Legends tour and for MASCAR
  • The owners of the property, Trade Centre Ltd, took over the track management in the last two seasons
  • Car counts dropped and attendance dropped off
  • The decision to close the track was based on financial losses