Westshore Motorsports Park (formerly “Western Speedway”) was a race track located just outside Victoria, British Columbia on southern Vancouver Island. It was a 4/10-mile (643 meter) paved oval track founded in 1954 and was western Canada’s oldest speedway until its closure in September 2022.[1] The track was able to seat up to 3,000 fans and park up to 1,500 cars with a season running from April to September. The speedway hosted stock cars, late models, Old Time Racing Association, sprint cars winged and non-winged, demo cars/trucks, dwarf cars, drag races, mini figure eight cars, monster trucks, and more.

The track hosted 9 NASCAR Winston West Series events between 1970 and 1982 and 10 NASCAR Northwest Series races between 1986 and 1989.

The track also hosted 2 CASCAR West Series races in 2001 and 2002.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "'We're all going to miss it': Crowds gather for Langford's final Race Car Parade". CHEK. 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  2. ↑ "Western Speedway". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

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