This week on Racing Through Canada's Past Jon returns after a couple of weeks off due to a nasty cold/flu. BUT, he's back and ready to bring you a brand new episode, on this weeks show we're travelling to Saskatchewan to take a look at the early days of motorsports. Saskatchewan is a beautiful province and is known for being flat land and for us Canadians. The toughest province to say and to write in on our elementary school geography maps.
Reginas first speedway opened in 1907 as the Regina Exhibition Race which was located on what is now Mosiac Stadium and footsteps away from The Brandt Centre. A ½ mile dirt oval once laid on the ground which held horse races but started running stock cars around the oval. Model T races were held at the fairgrounds from 1942-1948 and was put on by the Lions Club to raise money for British War Orphans. July 1,1949 saw the IMCA host an event for big cars, known now as sprint cars. Hosted an event at the fairgrounds. Unfortunately I was unable to find any information about the race. Regina Exhibition fairgrounds did hold regular stock car racing from 1950-1968.
Bridge City Speedway in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan opened in September of 1971 as part of a two day Labour Day weekend event. The Saskatoon Stock Car Racing Association ran a contest with CKOM Radio to name the new track. The winner was Ken Worth of Saskatoon. Good news is the SSCRA moved to a new track in 2006 just off Hwy 11 near Hwy 12 and opened as the Auto Clearing Motor Speedway in July of 2006.
We also looked into drivers Emory Collins and Allan Moffatt. Both men won big races and championships in their respective divisions and were inducted into Hall of Fames!
Racing Through Canada's Past Episode 4: Saskatchewan is available now on all major podcast platforms including YouTube. Click a link below and enjoy. Thank you to Peps Pro Painting for joining us as the presenting sponsor of Racing Through Canada's Past.
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