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Western Speedway was located just outside Victoria, British Columbia. It was a 4/10-mile (643 meter) paved oval track founded in 1954. It was western Canada’s oldest speedway until it’s closure in September 2022 and was located on southern Vancouver Island. The track was able to seat up to 3,000 fans and park up to 1,500 cars with a season running from April to September. Western Speedway hosted mainly stock cars, late models, Old Time Racing Association, sprint cars winged and non-winged, demo cars/trucks, dwarf cars, drag races, and mini figure eight cars and monster trucks and more.

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The track hosted 9 NASCAR Winston West Series events between 1970 and 1982. And also hosted 10 NASCAR Northwest Series races between 1986 and 1989.

Western Speedway also hosted 2 CASCAR West Series races in 2001 and 2002.

External links

• Official website
• http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/CAN/BC/Western.html#TrackFacts
• Western Speedway archive at Racing-Reference

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