SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Sixty-one competitors made their way pitside last evening for Night 4 of ‘Thursday Night Thunder’ at Laird Raceway. And as has been the narrative throughout the 2024 season, car counts and crowds continued to rise while so to did the on-track excitement. After the night’s preliminary heat races were complete […] The post Laird Raceway: Laakso looks strong in Week 4 sweep appeared first on Inside Track Motorsport News ..read more

RANSOMVILLE, NY – Eighty-nine karts signed in on Thursday night for the Performance Manufacturing Karting Series at The Little R. Ben Walsh won his sixth Fisher’s Auto Repair Senior Lites feature of the season and later swept the night by picking up the Mike Barry Motors Sr Heavy win. Colin Spatorico won the Xtreme Budget […] The post Ransomville Speedway: Performance Manufacturing Karting Series at ‘The Little R’ appeared first on Inside Track Motorsport News ..read more

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – The peak of the 2024 stock car racing season on Prince Edward Island has arrived. The end of July and the beginning of August feature three consecutive weekends of high-octane Saturday night action under the lights at Oyster Bed Speedway, two of which will welcome visits from big regional touring series that […] The post Oyster Bed Speedway to host Maritime Pro Stock Tour and Outlaw Super Series, on Saturday appeared first on Inside Track Motorsport News ..read more

MILLGROVE, ON – There were close battles throughout the night at Flamboro Speedway, last Saturday. But ultimately, eight different drivers got to hold up a checkered flag in victory lane. Chris Howse led flag-to-flag in the first Late Model feature in front of Billy Schwartzenburg, Kevin Albers, Logan White, and Roland Goodfellow. The second race […] The post Flamboro Speedway: Chris Howse and Billy Schwartzenburg come out on top appeared first on Inside Track Motorsport News ..read more

PETERBOROUGH, ON – The curtain is about to fall on another month of Peterborough Speedway’s 2024 schedule as the Ontario Sportsman Series rolls into Central Ontario for its only visit of the year. With the travelling group’s history dating back to 2007, some of the sports most talented racers in the province have been part […] The post Ontario Sportsman Series Joins the Peterborough Speedway Action appeared first on Inside Track Motorsport News ..read more

DRUMMONDVILLE, QC – With a guaranteed spot at Super DIRT Week on the line, Matt Sheppard delivered a Super performance Tuesday night at Autodrome Drummond. “Super Matt” drove from eighth to first, thundering past Tim Sears Jr. with five laps remaining to win the King of the North finale—his first points-paying win of 2024. “It feels good to get the monkey off our back,” Sheppard said. “I don’t feel like we’ve been bad this year; I just feel like we haven’t put it all together for a night. Whether it be something little on the car, or somebody being really good that night, a bad draw, or whatev ..read more

DRUMMONDVILLE, QC – Michael Parent broke a 22-race streak Monday night at Autodrome Drummond. The Granby, QC driver, led the final 34 laps to win night one of King of the North, becoming the first French-Canadian driver to win a Super DIRTcar Series race at the track since Steve Poirier in 2002. “That’s unbelievable,” Parent said. “Especially with the season we’ve had. We’ve struggled with the 358 (Modified) this season. We haven’t got a win. This Big Block car is just completely different. “We felt good from the get-go. We were quickest in [Qualifying], won the Heat, and finished it with a Fe ..read more

STOUFFVILLE, ON – Team 3 Red/Ed Hakonson Racing, one of the NASCAR Canada Series’ premier teams, is excited to announce the addition of a new driver to the Ed Hakonson Racing stable. Danny Chisholm from Port Williams, Nova Scotia will be piloting the #8 Jani King, Fast Eddie Chevrolet at Edmonton International Raceway this coming Saturday as well as at Delaware Speedway in mid-August. At the age of 19, Chisholm has had some solid track success. He was the 2022 oval and road course US Legend Car Canadian Champion and the 2022 Nashville Spring Series Legend Car Champion. He has 6 starts in the M ..read more

Toronto, ON – Théo Pourchaire received a phone call from Tony Kanaan, driver coach at Arrow McLaren, at about midnight in France, asking him to fly to Toronto to replace the injured driver of the No. 7 Arrow McLaren car in the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto. Alexander Rossi slid into the wall in Turn 9 during Friday afternoon practice, breaking his right thumb after getting it caught in the steering wheel during the big impact with the wall, in spite of the tire barriers softening the blow. The Frenchman, Pourchaire, flew to Toronto and arrived just in time, about an hour before the Saturd ..read more

BROCKVILLE, ON – DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds draw a crowd wherever they race. Wednesday, July 24th fans will follow the best in business to Brockville Ontario Speedway. The Canadian Classic – featuring the Big Block and Sportsman-Modifieds, along with the NLMA Late Models – is the only 2024 tour stop in the province. With a $7500 payday waiting for the winner and 100 laps to settle the score, fans are guaranteed an edge of your seat experience from start to finish. “We’re happy to wrap-up the Canadian swing once again this year,” said Brockville Ontario Speedway track owner and Paul Kirkland ..read more