Posted by: Thayne
« on: March 27, 2008, 02:27:48 PM »That would be cool, seeing all of those race cars at the beach...you know there would be a tonne of full coolers! lol
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Posted by: dls« on: March 27, 2008, 01:35:28 PM »The original track was a clay flat track......not very good to drive on when it had just rained. There's not a whole lot of traction on wet clay. The 1/4 mile track which was built inside the clay track was paved and banked, with no walls around it, so when you went off the paved track, you would oftentimes get stuck in the sand surrounding the racing surface.
A friend of mine owned the Wasaga Race Track in the 50's & 60's, and probably the 70's, along with the Hitching Post Dine and Dance pavillion which was located at the front of the property. As a young teenager I actually worked for Bob Smith (the owner) for several years both at the track (I ran the concession stands on race Days/Nites) as well as at the Hitching Post at other times. It was quite a place, with lots and lots of racing story memories. A lot of race drivers, from all over Ontario, whose names many of you will remember, used to come to "The Beach" to race on Saturday nites, as well as to spend time on the beach when they were not at the track. It wasn't unusual to see 20 - 25 race cars behind tow vehicles parked on the beach when they weren't at the track. ...........dls Posted by: blkflagagain« on: March 27, 2008, 12:24:32 AM »That horse track would no doubt be a 1/2 mile!!! Too bad it didnt still exist!!!! would of been great to have a half mile here in Simcoe County today!!
Posted by: CanadianRacer.com« on: March 27, 2008, 12:08:32 AM »blkflagagain - I'm glad you like it. Check out the rest of the site when you get a chance. There's tons more.
barrie97ps - in the top aerial photo you can see another, larger oval around the paved oval. The larger one is the old horse track that was also used for stock car racing before the paved track was built. I don't know the exact dates for it but it would have been the early - mid 1950's. The paved track was built in 1956. Posted by: Thayne« on: March 26, 2008, 11:41:30 PM »Google earth rules!
a couple screenshots of google earth in action. These two are Wasaga speedway!     Posted by: blkflagagain« on: March 26, 2008, 11:29:22 PM »That ghost track section on your site is excellent CANADIAN RACER!!! Very imformative!!! Great job my friend I learned a fair bit just from reading some of your interesting tidbits!!! thanks alot!!! Dave Vokey
Posted by: Thunder6« on: March 26, 2008, 11:15:30 PM »Yes, the fall is pretty good too, I used to go to a few ghost towns in Ontario usually in the fall.
It's quite odd that any of these places exist, you would think that whoever owns the land would use it for some kind of development. I guess we're lucky to see these places. Posted by: CanadianRacer.com« on: March 26, 2008, 09:39:51 PM »The best time to go ghost track hunting is in the early spring after the snow has melted and the ground has hardened but before the grass and weeds have really started growing. It's easier to find things. Posted by: Thunder6« on: March 26, 2008, 09:05:57 PM »Didn't see anything like that, but it is all heavy pine brush area... and I didn't go on the property.
We'll have to see what is there this summer. Posted by: CanadianRacer.com« on: March 26, 2008, 07:22:55 AM »Cool, maybe this summer I might swing by the site of Orillia Speedway and see if anything is still there. There is a gate, possibly two entrances to the site and a high hill right by the road, so some investigation is required. I saw some photos of Orillia taken in the early 1990's. There was a light tower standing in the old infield at the time. Posted by: Thayne« on: March 26, 2008, 02:18:23 AM »u gotta see wasaga kev, the track is still like intact..ikts pretty neat and eary
Posted by: Thunder6« on: March 26, 2008, 01:32:02 AM »Sure Thayne, will do, I dunno if there is much left there it closed in the 50's but it might be interesting. It really is too close to home not to check out.
Posted by: 25_JLM_13hp« on: March 26, 2008, 01:13:47 AM »Yep Bluewater was it. I'm going to start looking to find this "natural amphitheater".
Edit: A dirt track located directly next to a fast moving river... man guys were fearless back then! Posted by: Thayne« on: March 26, 2008, 01:06:51 AM »Kev, lemme know i love seeing ghost tracks..i went out to wasage...its super cool...makes me want to grab the quad and go pavement oval racing on it with the bro
Posted by: Thunder6« on: March 25, 2008, 11:37:28 PM »Cool, maybe this summer I might swing by the site of Orillia Speedway and see if anything is still there. There is a gate, possibly two entrances to the site and a high hill right by the road, so some investigation is required. I am reluctant to trespass on other people's property, so I would rather talk to some residents in the area first... Every time I am in the area I either have no time or it isn't an appropriate time to talk to anyone.
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