Maxville Fairgrounds
Maxville, ON
Status:
Closed
Years:
1952 - 1970?
Name History:
Maxville Speedway (1969-70)
Track Configuration(s):
dirt oval
Track Info:
- First event appears to be May 24, 1952
- Regular racing may not have started until 1965
- Sunday afternoons starting in 1965
- Pat Hotte was the promoter in mid-1960s
- 10 year-old Craig Lepage was killed on Sept 29, 1968 when a tire flew off a car, went over the fence and hit him
- Robert Dickenson was killed in a crash on June 19, 1969
- Attendance dropped off in 1970