Acton Speedway
Ospringe, ON

Status:
Closed

Years:
1968-1971

Name History:
Occasionally referred to as Acton-Ospringe Speedway in 1969

Track Configuration(s):
1/4 mile dirt oval (1968)
1/4 mile paved oval (paved late in the 1968 season - 1971)

Track Info:

• Ran Late Models, 6 Cylinders
• 1969-71 ran mini-stocks
• Track was owned by Ron White
• Raced Sundays at 2:30 in the early years
• Occassionally ran Hobby class and Mini-Stocks in 1969 but it appears they were not regulars and the track did not name points champions
• Managed by Art Overland in 1971
• Earth retaining wall added in 1971 around turn 3-4
• Lights were added for the 1971 season and in August of 1971 racing switched to Thursday nights
• Did not operate in 1972
• Property was purchased by Eugene Seminara around 1972
• Seminara applied for a license in 1973 but was turned down by the town because it had been idle for a year and was now zoned as agricultural