Canadian Race Track Database
The Ridge RacewayRidgetown, ON
Status
Closed
Years in Operation: 1951-1957;1969-1978; 1983-1995
Name History:
The Ridge Raceway (1951-1957)
Harwich Raceway (possibly informally in 1972)
Ridgetown Raceway (possibly informally)
The Ridge Raceway (1983-1995)
Track Configurations:
1/3 mile dirt oval (1951-57, 1969-78)
3/8 mile dirt oval (1983-1995)
Notes:
Located on the Ridge Road, between Blenheim and Ridgetown
Original owners were Jack Ingram and Clayton Johnston
The track added a 1/4 mile oval within the 1/3 mile oval in 1956 but it's not clear if any races were run that year - there were several cancellations
There are newspaper ads for the 1957 season, but they may not have actually raced - like 1956, there were several cancellations
Closed at the end of the 1957 season
Re-opened in 1969 and run by a group called the Golden Aces Stock Car Racing Association under president Walt Huckle
Sold to Frank Zajdlik and four others in 1972
Sold to Ralph Cole, Ted Ritchie, Gary Crow, Douglas Crow and Cathy Opavsky in September 1979
Attemped to run one event in 1979 but was rained out
Track was used as part of a rally event in 1980
Re-opened on Sept 10, 1983 under owner and promoter Ron Urquhart and track manager Jim Dale
