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Sanair Super Speedway is a motorsports park with a 0.826-mile (1.33 km) paved triangular oval race track, a quarter-mile dragstrip, a 1/3-mile oval, as well as a 0.12-mile mini-oval and 0.15-mile karting course. It also formerly had a 1+1⁄4-mile road course which has since ceased to be used. It is located in Saint-Pie, Quebec. It hosted the Molson Indy Montreal from 1984 to 1986. The dragstrip previously hosted the NHRA's Le Grandnationals Molson until Canadian fuel regulations, prohibiting leaded race fuel, forced the NHRA to quit holding a national event in the country. It currently hosts races in the American Canadian Tour Sèrie ACT Castrol.

Sanair Super Speedway

Location	Saint-Pie, Quebec, Canada
Time zone	GMT −5
Opened	1970 (drag strip) 1972 (road course) 1983 (tri-oval)
Major events	CART Indy Car World Series Molson Indy Montreal (1984−1986) NHRA Le Grandnationals Molson (1971−1992) SCCA Trans-Am Series Molson Trans-Am (1972−1973) American Canadian Late Model Tour (present) NOPI Drag Racing PMRA Truck racing Drag racing
Tri-oval
Length	0.826 miles (1.33 km)
Turns	3
Drag strip
Length	0.25 miles (0.4 km)
Road course
Length	1.24 miles (2.0 km)
Turns	8
Short oval
Length	1/3 miles
Website	www.sanair.ca

Track history

Lap Records

The official race lap records at Sanair Super Speedway are listed as:

Category	Time	Driver	Vehicle	Date
Tri-Oval: 1.329 km (1983–present)[1]
CART	20.074	Rick Mears	Penske PC-15	1986 Molson Indy Montreal
Can-Am	23.534[2]	Horst Kroll	Frissbee KR3	1987 Canadian American Thundercars Sanair
Road Course: 2.092 km (1972–present)
Trans-Am (TO)	54.300[3]	Warren Agor	Chevrolet Camaro	1973 Sanair Trans-Am round
Trans-Am (TU)	1:00.300[4]	Bert Everett	Alfa Romeo GTA	1972 Sanair Trans-Am round

Trans Am Series

Year	Driver	Vehicle
1972	Warren Tope	Ford Mustang	[5]
1973	Warren Agor	Chevrolet Camaro	[6]

Molson Indy Montreal winners (1984–1986)

Season	Winning driver	Chassis	Engine	Team
1984	Danny Sullivan	Lola	Cosworth	Doug Shierson Racing
1985	Johnny Rutherford	March	Cosworth	Alex Morales Autosports
1986	Bobby Rahal	March	Cosworth	Truesports

• During practice for the 1984 race, Rick Mears suffered serious foot and leg injuries after a crash on the mainstretch.
• The 1985 race is known for a highly controversial finish involving Johnny Rutherford and Pancho Carter. Under safety car situation on the final lap, Rutherford led second place Carter, and appeared on his way to victory. As the field came out of the final corner, the safety car suddenly exited to pit lane, and the field unexpectedly started racing the final straightaway to the finish line. Carter got the jump on Rutherford, and edged his nose just ahead at the stripe, appearing to steal the victory. Officials deemed Carter the winner, and Carter celebrated in victory lane. Rutherford's team protested the finish because no green flag waved, and CART later restored the win to Rutherford. In most motorsport codes, when a race ends under the safety car, it exits to pit lane on the final lap and the leader crosses the line. In most North American codes, the safety car leads the field to the finish line.

NASCAR North Series

Sanair International Speedway

• 1979 (May): Beaver Dragon
• 1979 (July): Robbie Crouch
• 1980 (May): Bobby Dragon
• 1980 (July): Bobby Dragon
• 1981 (May): Robbie Crouch
• 1981 (July): Dick McCabe
• 1982 (May): Dick McCabe
• 1982 (August): Chuck Bown

Sanair Super Speedway

• 1983: Beaver Dragon
• 1984 (May): Randy LaJoie
• 1984 (August): Claude Leclerc
• 1985 (May): Bobby Dragon
• 1985 (August): Robbie Crouch

ASA National Tour

• 1987: Butch Miller

See also

• List of auto racing tracks in Canada
• Other Montreal area race tracks
  • Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
  • Circuit ICAR
  • Circuit Mont-Tremblant
• American Canadian Tour

References

External links

• Sanair Racing
• Google Maps satellite image
• General course descriptions
• Ultimate Racing History - Sanair Super Speedway
• Racing Sports Cars - Sanair - List of Races

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