Ask even a casual stock car racing fan about the driver who made the number 43 famous and almost everyone will answer ‘Richard Petty’. Even though he lost his life in a crash at the Daytona 500 in 2001, Dale Earnhardt will be forever linked to the black #3 car...
No matter where they might have spent the 2017 regular season, there isn’t a racer anywhere in the province who wouldn’t love to add an Autumn Colours Classic championship to their resume. Ontario’s premier auto racing event celebrates its 25th anniversary – October 6th, 7th and 8th – at Peterborough...
Fielding a competitive race team – even at the weekly short-track level – takes a solid commitment of both time and effort. The #60 Thunder Car program of Jacobs Motorsports is one of the most dedicated operations in the pit area at Peterborough Speedway. During the 2017 season, the Thunder Car...
With the 2017 track championships decided, fans at Canada’s Toughest 3rd of a Mile Paved Oval got more bang for their buck – Saturday, September 2nd – as Peterborough Speedway presented the first ever Top 10 Shootouts to wrap-up the 50th Anniversary regular season. The Organics & Glass Late Models were...
With the 2017 track titles up for grabs, teams in Peterborough Speedway’s 5 weekly divisions – along with the Ontario Modifieds Racing Series – hit Canada’s Toughest 3rd of a Mile Paved Oval to close out the regular season – Saturday, September 2nd – for the Championship Clash. New this...
It may have taken a while to get rolling, but John Baker Jr. was finally able to put a string of bad luck and mechanical issues behind him. The home track fan favourite recorded his 3rd consecutive Ontario Modifieds Racing Series – powered by Torque Builders Inc. – main event...
It promises to be an amazing night of racing…for all the marbles. Saturday, September 2nd the 5 weekly classes at Peterborough Speedway; plus, the Ontario Modifieds Racing Series will decide the 2017 titles during the Championship Clash, at Canada’s Toughest 3rd of a Mile Paved Oval. An incredible regular schedule of...
From a start near the end of May, the 2017 regular season at Canada’s Toughest 3rd of a Mile Paved Oval ran its second-to-last show of the year with the home track Battlefield Equipment Rental 4Fun, Thunder Car and Organics & Glass Late Model divisions; along with the Trailers Plus...
As in the investment world, the phrase ‘past performance does not guarantee future results’ could also apply to weekly short track stock car racing. After claiming last year’s Thunder Car track championship at Peterborough Speedway, Howie Crowe’s strong performance during the 2017 schedule has been met with less than expected...
Canada’s Toughest 3rd of a Mile Paved Oval has been very good to Matt Haufe. Since the 2016 running of the Autumn Colours Classic, no other Legends car racer had won a main event at the popular Central Ontario raceway. After his performance Saturday, August 26th at Peterborough Speedway, that...
