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Canadian Race Track Database

Wonderland Speedway

Pilot Butte (Regina), SK

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1953-55?

Name History:


Track Configurations:
dirt oval

Notes:
  • Opening night was August 14, 1953
  • Located at Wonderland Park on Highway 1, 5 miles east of Regina
  • Fans could also watch the races from their car as the track was built into a natural amphitheatre
  • 6000 fans in attendance on opening night
  • First feature winner was Mike Gastraub of Melville
  • New grandstands built in Sept 1954
  • Newspapers ad in June 1963 claimed the track was reopening, but no more ads or articles appeared
  • Probably did not re-open because the owner was in court later that year on fraud charges related to selling tickets to races that never took place