Moosehead Premium Dry Speedway
Goodwood, NS
Status:
Closed
Years:
1998-2001
Name History:
Moosehead Premium Dry Speedway (1998-?)
Exhibition Park Motor Speedway (?-2001)
Track Configuration(s):
1/3 mile paved oval
Track Info:
- 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