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Canadian Race Track Database

Maxville Fairgrounds

Maxville, ON

Status
Closed

Years in Operation: 1952 - 1970?

Name History:
Maxville Speedway (1969-70)

Track Configurations:
dirt oval

Notes:
  • 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