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Shawn yes at least for the Labour Day weekend race this year the CASCAR Sportman Series will be there as a support race along with the Canadian Vintage Modifieds.
The Sportman's  Texaco Havolive 100 race is slated to start at 9pm on Saturday night.

well the radio ads have started playing on CHAM 820 in Hamilton and they must have signed the former cast of Hee-Haw to do it, you know, the "Bubba" style of advertising. They're almost downright embarassing. Phoney southern accents, etc.

Hi, I have raced Cayuga in a Cascar and love the track but my love for the track comes from the speed we reach there. If the track were made larger I would love it more. MAKE IT BIGGER!!! Shawn Mcglynn

I haave been thinking about this subject ever since the pending sale was announced.

My immediate first thoughts were that anything larger than 5/8 or 3/4 mile would eliminate anything running in Canada presently.  However I would suggest that anyone here or involved with the planned reconstruction of the track reserve their decissions until after October the 15  of this year.  The reason I say that is that date is the conclusion of the schedule at the new Iowa Speedway.

For anyone not familiar with this project go to  www.iowaspeedway.com  and have a look, the "gallery" section has hundreds of photos documenting the building of this track.  The schedule calls for a USAR Hooters pro cup race on Sept. 15 and an ASA late model race on Oct 14 and at the conclusion of these two events we will have a better idea of the feasibility of a track larger than 3/4 mile running what amount to late models.  One would also have to monitor the sanctioning body sites to see what changes they may require prior to these races.

I will point out that the "budget" for this project was announced at (if I remember correctly) 40,000,000  which I find very high but what do I know.

I sure hope that the Cayuga team would visit this site before committing to anything.

And finally my personal thoughts on a rebuild of Cauyga, especcially after looking at the latest pictures of the Iowa track with how much room there is in the infield, I would turn the track around, that is to say I would salvage the existing grandstands, make that the backstrretch, put a 3/8 or 1/4 mile oval infront of the existing grandstands, put a trioval dog leg on the old backstretch converting it to the new frontstrectch with all new facilities.  This would include the low garage and proper pit road.  And my guess is that all of that would require a track of at least 3/4 mile.

A comment on the measurijng of race tracks.  Horse tracks were always measured at where the horse would race which is to say 3 or 4 feet inside the inside rail.  I believe that many auto tracks, in order to enhance themselves measure the track at where a car could run against the out side wall, or even right at the outside wall.

Thanks for taking the time to read all of my ramblings.
SRAMA

I was hoping that they would totally rebuild the Grandstands and perhaps sell the corner stands to Oshwken which badly needs upgrading as far as spectator stands are concerned.
I hope the owners realize that the problem with Canadian short track racing is, in the last couple decades, we've have too many track owners, and not enough track promoters!

BTW I disagree heartily that it should be D shaped. The only reason for a doglegged frontstretch is for better visibility from the seats. At Cayuga that's already not a problem.

By "D" shape I mean as it is now with a straight and flat front stretch and a mildly curved and slightly banked back chute. No dog legs. Assuming that whatever they end up with will not include any type of tower structure on the infield the views would be quite good from all but the lowest rows such as it mostly is now. Of course that can be addressed as well coming from a "blank sheet of paper" perspective.

A lot of great ideas, hope they are being emailed to track