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NEWFOUNDLAND
Track Name	Location	Configuration	Years in Operation	Status
Avondale Speedway	Avondale, NF	1/4 mile clay oval	2002-2012	Closed
Eastbound Int’l Speedway	Avondale, NF	1/3 mile oval 1/8 mile drag strip	2014 to present	Open
Gary French Memorial Speedway	Bay Roberts, NF	1/3 mile dirt oval	mid 90s, early 2000s	Closed
Howard Brown Memorial Speedway	Bishop’s Falls, NF	1/4 mile dirt oval	1999-???	Closed
Knights Speedway	Pouch Cove, NF	1/3 mile paved oval	mid 70s	Closed
Spence’s Speed Bowl	St. John’s, NF	1/3 mile dirt, then paved, oval	late 60s, early 70s	Closed
Thunder Valley Speedway	Bishop’s Falls, NF	1/4 mile paved oval	2006-present	Open
NEW BRUNSWICK
Track Name	Location	Configuration	Years in Operation	Status
Airport Raceway	Saint John, NB	??? oval	late 60s, early 70s	Closed
Barachois Speedway	Shediac, NB	1/4 mile paved oval	50s,60s	Closed
Barkers Point Speedway	Fredericton, NB	??? dirt oval	60s, 70s	Closed
Blissville Dragway	Fredericton, NB	small airplane runway used for drag racing	70s	Closed
Blue Mountain Speedway	Big River, NB	3/10 mile paved oval	2004-present	Open
Brookside Speedway	Nashwaaksis, NB	1/4 mile paved oval	late 60s, mid 70s	Closed
Cedar Mills Int’l Speedway	St. Stephen, NB	1/4 mile dirt oval (’90-’91) 1/4 mile paved oval (’91-’95)	1990-1995	Closed
Centre for Speed	Barachois, NB	1/3 mile paved oval	1996-present	Open
Danny’s Speed Bowl	Bathurst, NB	1/4 mile paved oval	1967-1984	Closed
Exhibition Park Raceway aka Coldbrook Speedway (1955)	Saint John, NB	1/4 mile oval (inside a horse track)	1952 to 1958	Closed
Hammond River Raceway	Nauwigewauk, NB	1/4 mile paved oval	mid50s-1995	Closed
Hillcrest Speedway	Douglastown, NB	??? dirt oval	mid 60s	Closed
McEwen Speedway	Moncton, NB	1/4 mile dirt oval	1966-1970	Closed
Petty International Raceway	River Glade, NB	1/3 mile paved oval	(Petty Raceway, 1983-2000) 2011-present	Open
River Glade Speedway	River Glade, NB	1/4 mile dirt oval, paved 1965	1964-2009	Closed
Speedway 660; formerly New Brunswick Int’l Speedway	Geary, NB	1/3 mile paved oval	1994-present	Open
Speedway Miramichi; formerly Miramichi City Speedway Douglastown Speedway, McKay Speedway, Williston Speedway	Miramichi, NB	1/3 mile paved oval	1968-1974 \| 1983-2009 \| 2012 to present	Open
NOVA SCOTIA
Track Name	Location	Configuration	Years in Operation	Status
Amherst Raceway	Amherst, NS	1/4 mile dirt oval	1952-1955	Closed
Atlantic Motorsport Park	Shubenacadie, NS	1.6 mile paved road course	1974-present	Open
Atlantic Speedway	Hammonds Plains, NS	1/2 mile paved oval	1970-1980	Closed
?	Beaverbank, NS	dirt oval	1950s	Closed
Sydney Speedway; formerly Cape Breton Miners Memorial Speedway, Island Speedway, Bud’s Speedway & Sydney Speedway	Sydney, NS	1/4 mile paved oval	1975-2010 2014 to present	Open
Chester Raceway	Chester, NS	dirt oval	1940s & 50s	Closed
???	Clyde River, NS	dirt oval	Sept. 20, 1964 to 1966	Closed
Edson Foote Raceway	Yarmouth County, NS	1/4 mile dirt oval	c1980, for six or so years	Closed
Fraser’s Mountain Raceway	Fraser’s Mountain, NS	1/4 mile paved oval	1965-1970	Closed
Glenholme Speedway	Truro, NS	dirt oval	1954	Closed
Golden Raceway	New Glasgow, NS	?	1960s	Closed
Green Acres Raceway	Nine Mile River, NS	1/4 mile dirt oval	1960s	Closed
Greenwood	Greenwood, NS	1/4 mile dirt oval	1963-1970	Closed
Halifax Fairgrounds	Halifax, NS	1/2 mile dirt oval	1930s	Closed
Halifax Grand Prix	Halifax, NS	1.9 mile street circuit	1990-1993	Temporary
Halifax-Dartmouth Int’l Speedway; formerly Drag City (1968-1969)	Lower Sackville, NS	1/3 mile paved oval	1968-1973	Closed
Havre Boucher Speedway	Havre Boucher, NS	1/5 mile paved oval	1967-1969	Closed
Inverness Raceway	Inverness, NS	1/3 mile dirt oval (horse track)	1953	Closed
Lake Doucette Motor Speedway	Lake Doucette, NS	1/2 mile dirt oval (2002-2005) 1/2 mile paved oval (2005-present)	2002-present	Open
Liverpool Raceway; formerly South Shore Speedway	Liverpool, NS	1/4 mile dirt oval	1992-2004 20?? to present	Open
MacDonald Speedway	Harbourview, NS	1/5 mile dirt oval	1960s	Closed
Maitland Raceway	Maitland, NS	? mile oval	1950s – 1990s intermittent	Closed
Meadowvale Raceway	Kingston, NS	1/5 mile dirt oval	1960s	Closed
Midway Speedway	Sydney, NS	1/4 mile dirt oval	1966-1969	Closed
Moosehead Premium Dry Speedway	Halifax, NS	1/3 mile paved oval	1998-2001	Closed
North River Speedway	North River, NS	1/5 mile oval	late 50s, early 60s	Closed
North Sydney Fairgrounds	Sydney, NS	1/2 mile dirt oval	???	Closed
Onslow Speedway	Bible Hill, NS	1/4 mile dirt oval (’65-’78) 1/4 mile paved oval (’80-’91)	1965-1978 1980-1991	Closed
Park Falls Raceway	Thorburn, NS	??? mile dirt oval	late 1960s	Closed
Parrsboro Race Track	Parrsboro, NS	??? mile dirt oval	1950s	Closed
Plymouth Raceway	Plymouth, NS	1/5 mile dirt oval	late 40s, early 50s	Closed
Port Hood	Port Hood, NS	1/4 mile dirt oval	1962-1965	Closed
Riverside Int’l Speedway; formerly Riverside Speedway	James River, NS	1/3 mile paved oval	1967-1981, 1983-present	Open
Sackville Downs Speedway	Lower Sackville, NS	1/5 mile dirt oval	early 50s	Closed
Scotia Speedworld	Halifax, NS	3/10 mile paved oval	1987-present	Open
Seabreeze Raceway	Lawrencetown, NS	1/4 mile dirt oval (’66-’69) 1/4 mile paved oval (’70-’71)	1966-1971	Closed
Sydney Sports Centre	Sydney, NS	1/5 mile dirt oval	1953-1954	Closed
Wagner’s Raceway	Granville Center, NS	??? oval	1950s	Closed
Yarmouth Speedway	Yarmouth, NS	1/2 mile dirt oval (’52-’65) 1/3 mile paved oval (’66-’69)	1952-1969	Closed
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Track Name	Location	Configuration	Years in Operation	Status
Charlottetown Speedway	Charlottetown, PE	??? dirt oval	late 60s	Closed
Covehead Speedway	Covehead, PE	1/4 mile clay oval	late 40s-mid 70s	Closed
East River Speedway	Dunnstaffnage, PE	??? dirt oval	mid 80s-early 90s	Closed
Elephant Rock Speedway	Norway, PE	1/4 mile paved oval	mid 90s	Closed
Freetown Speedway	Freetown, PE	1/4 mile clay oval	late 60s	Closed
Oyster Bed Speedway; formerly Raceway Park	Oyster Bed Bridge, PE	1/4 mile dirt oval, paved ’86	1984-present	Open
Summerside Speedway	Summerside, PE	1/4 mile dirt oval	1970s	Closed

A historical archive of tracks in the Atlantic Provinces, then and now.