Peterborough Speedway Moves Opening Day to This Saturday

“Pivot” has been a theme for the Peterborough Speedway as its opening day has been moved to Saturday.

The Speedway was previously having their opening day last Saturday. Photo courtesy of Peterborough Speedway.

The speedway was set to run last weekend but held off due to the massive windstorm after being surveyed by speedway staff.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a storm like that before,” said J.P. Josiasse, speedway owner. “The sky got dark and then the wind picked-up. After that, all we could do was watch things develop and wonder when it was going to stop and how much damage there would be.” 

The grounds had to be cleaned up before being able to be open to the public according to Josiasse.

“Even with the amount of damage that the storm caused, we have to look at things in a positive light,” he said. “With free grandstand admission, opening night is always one of the most popular events on our schedule. We were about an hour away from opening the spectator gates and the place would have been filled with fans. We’re very fortunate that no one was injured.” 

Opening Day will feature free spectator admission and racing with a 50-lap main event for the Jiffy Lube Mini Stocks, plus the hometown Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock, Trent Lakes Complete Plumbing Renegade Truck and KOD Disposal Super Stock divisions.

The day also marks the season opener for the GEN-3 Electrical Ontario Modifieds Racing Series and the debut of the Junior Late Model class.

Pit gates will open at 1:30 p.m. with the spectator grandstands unlocked at 3 p.m. with race time at 5 p.m. 

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