Capital City Speedway (oval)
Stittsville, ON

Status:
Closed

Years:
1961-2014

Name History:
Capital City Speedway (1961-1985)
Ottawa Valley Speedway (1985-1993)
Capital City Speedway (1994-2001)
Ottodrome International Speedway (2002-2005)
Capital City Speedway (2006-2014)

Track Configuration(s):
3/8 mile paved oval (1961-76)
3/8 mile clay oval (1977)
3/8 mile paved oval (1978-present)

Track Info:

• Built by Gerry Bisson who had previously promoted Lansdowne Park
• Opened on July 5, 1961
• Built at a cost of $275,000
• The early newspaper ads claimed the track was a half-mile
• Bisson was the promoter from 1961 to 1975
• July 29, 1969: ARCA 100 lapper won by Bill Clemons
• Hosted three USAC National Midget Car Series races in 1969, with Mel Kenyon winning all three
• Hosted the Export A Series in 1975
• Hosted the NASCAR Modified Sportsman series in 1975
• Acquired by Fred Beyer, Art Audette and Peter Warren in April 1976 via a leasing deal from Gerry Bisson, pending final completion of severing the property
• Adopted North Eastern Auto Racing Association sanction in 1976
• Pit crew member, Floyd Geary, was killed in June 1976 when the car driven by Charles Brown suffered a stuck throttle and hit the guardrail that Geary was leaning on
• There were not enough Limited Modifieds in the 1976, so the track switched to full (i.e. big block) Modifieds
• Fred Beyer dropped out of the ownership group in July 1976, but was back in early 1977
• In 1977 clay was laid over the asphalt and the track ran as dirt for the season
• The 1977 season was run as part of the Canadian-American Racing Society (CARS)
• Rain plagued the 1977 season and the operators closed for the season in August
• Gerry Bisson regained control of the speedway in October 1977 and restarted the season, running A Class and B Class until mid-November
• Gerry Bisson passed away in December, 1977
• Bought by Don Bell in early 1978 - he was also the promoter
• The clay was removed for the 1978 season
• The lighting was upgraded and new washrooms were added for the 1979 season
• Bill Routlifffe became the promoter in 1983
• Hosted NASCAR North Series race in 1985
• Hosted ACT Series from 1986-88
• Dave Booth became the promoter in 1986
• Hosted CASCAR Super Series races from 1988-1997
• Bought by Penny Bell in 1994
• Bought by David Melamed in April, 2002
• Bought by the Drummond family in the fall of 2005
• Arnie Malcom became the Promoter / Race Director for the 2006 season