Canadian Race Track Database
Windsor SpeedwayWindsor, ON
Status
Closed
Years in Operation: 1935;1946-1954
Name History:
Track Configurations:
1/2 mile dirt oval (1935)
1/3 mile dirt oval (1946-50)
1/4 mile dirt oval (1951-1954)
Notes:
Located on South Cameron Blvd
Built at a cost of $25,000
Original ownere was Joe St. Antoine
Opened on July 21, 1935
Held car and motorcycle races in 1935
Appears to have closed after the 1935 season
Re-opened on May 24, 1946 for the first post-war races
Owned by Frank Dayus, Stanley Robinson, Gordon Henderson in 1946
Track was bought outright by Gord Henderson in early 1947
Russel Kulvander was killed in a roll-over on August 6, 1949
Originally raced big cars and midgets, then roadsters and finally stock cars starting in 1950
The track was shortened to 1/4 in 1951 for the stock cars by adding a new corner on the inside of the track
This left the old corner to be used as the pits
The reconfig left the track banked in one corner and flat in the other
As of 2004 the property has not been developed and a vague remains of the track can be seen
The track pavement was only ripped up in around 2002
Appears to have closed in June 1953 due to low car count
Re-opened in September 1954 for a few events before closing permanently
