Ask any local racer and they’ll likely tell you their involvement in the sport is a passion. It’s their weekly softball or golf game; how they relax and release the tensions of the day. Tim Burke is no exception to the rule. The 55-year-old from Bancroft, Ontario has experienced several...
We’re waking each morning hoping for change. Change is coming, but as history tells us, the more things change, the more they stay the same. At least for now. By this point in any other season, drivers and teams at Peterborough Speedway would already be about a couple of months...
JPG As the Coronavirus Pandemic forces change around the world, it’s the things that remain the same that create a stronger community and positive attitude. Even though the way they’re doing business has recently taken on a different look, the team at the Jiffy Lube location at 646 Reid Street in...
As hometown raceways push some of their early season events to the sidelines because of social distancing restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, a group of drivers with the Ontario Legends Series has satisfied the need for speed by participating in a schedule of eRacing shows. Spokesperson Andrew...
Local short track racing promoters often do their hardest work behind the scenes. From signing sponsorship partners, planning the event schedule for hometown racing divisions and touring series, stocking concession stands and any number of other related activities. No matter how many times they may have gone through the process...
Cream of the crop. Top of the heap. Every hometown speedway offers fans a headline class that is part of the weekly program and at Peterborough Speedway, it’s the Late Model division. With nearly 20 teams registered and scoring points in at least one main event during the 2019 season,...
Power and strength. 2 of the characteristics used to describe the comic book legend ‘Man of Steel’. Even though the name Superman doesn’t appear anywhere in the driver roster, Peterborough Speedway’s KOD Disposal Super Stock division provided fans with some powerfully strong competition during the track’s 2019 season. Close to 20...
Central Ontario motorsports fans are hungry for some short track racing excitement and Peterborough Speedway is happy to deliver a thrilling 2020 schedule of action. Everything at Canada’s Toughest 3rd of a Mile Paved Oval kicks-off with the annual Pure Country 105 Season Opener – featuring free spectator grandstand admission...
Amid some very trying times here at home and around the world, the team at Peterborough Speedway put together its 2020 schedule anticipating a Saturday, May 16th opening night. Knowing the uncertainty of current events, track officials will continue to closely monitor conditions with an eye toward giving fans and...
Tradition has long been an important component of local motorsports. As Peterborough Speedway gets ready to embark on its 2020 schedule of events, it looks to continue a tradition of quality, excellence and commitment to customer satisfaction that has existed for more than half a century. With opening night slated...
