Sauble Speedway is a 1/4 mile
short track motor racing
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oval, located east of the beach community
Sauble Beach, in
Hepworth,
Ontario
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, Canada. The track hosts a weekly Saturday night
stock car racing program that runs from June to September each year, with additional Sunday night races on
long weekends.
Overview
The speedway originally opened in 1969 as a 1/4 mile dirt track but was paved prior to the start of the 1971 season.
The tracks weekly racing program features United 8's for eight cylinder
late model
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The precise definition ...
cars, Combined 4's for four cylinder cars and Junior Late Models. The track also regularly features touring series including the
APC United Late Model Series
The APC United Late Model Series is a late model Stock car racing, stock car racing series competing at Oval track racing, short track ovals in Ontario, Canada.
Background
The series was founded in 2015 with the purpose of revitalizing late model ...
,
Ontario Sportsman Series
The Ontario Sportsman Series is a Canadian stock car racing series, that tours across short tracks, both asphalt and dirt, across Ontario. The series is sanctioned by the National Stock Car Association.
The Series was founded in 2007, as the un ...
,
OSCAAR
The Ontario Stock Car Association of Asphalt Racers, usually shortened to the acronym OSCAAR, is a Canadian stock car racing series featuring three divisions, Open Wheeled Modifieds, Hot Rods and Pro Sprint. It has been running since 1990, wit ...
Modifieds
Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II, ...
,
Hot Rods and
Pro Sprints, the Ontario Outlaw Super Late Model Series, Can-Am
Midgets and
Legends car racing
Legends car racing is a style of auto racing designed primarily to promote exciting racing and to keep costs down. The race car bodyshells are 5/8-scale replicas of American automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s, powered by Yamaha XJ1250, FJ1200 ...
.
The track was purchased in 2017 by local business owner Paul Gresel and
NASCAR Pinty's Series
The NASCAR Pinty's Series (french: Série NASCAR Pinty's), commonly abbreviated as NPS, is a national NASCAR racing series in Canada, and is a continuation of the old CASCAR Super Series which was founded in 1981.
History
In September 2006 NASCA ...
driver
Mark Dilley. The facility received
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...
sanctioning in 2018 and joined the
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
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See also
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List of auto racing tracks in Canada
This is a list of auto racing tracks in Canada. The number of turns and track length are based on the standard, full courses for each track. The major series in bold listed are currently hold a race at the track.
Road courses
Temporary circ ...
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Sunset Speedway
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Delaware Speedway
Delaware Speedway is a half-mile paved race track that is one of the oldest continuously operating tracks in Canada. It is located a few minutes west of London, Ontario northeast of Delaware, Ontario. It hosts stock car racing every Friday night ...
References
External links
Sauble Speedway Official Site Motorsport venues in Ontario
Paved oval racing venues in Ontario
Motorsport in Canada
1969 establishments in Ontario
Sports venues completed in 1969
Tourist attractions in Bruce County