The season may be winding down but action is starting to heat up. Peterborough Speedway’s Autumn Colours Classic is less than a week away and even though he’ll be travelling between 2 different venues, Bryan Mercer is looking forward to a weekend of running the roads and tackling the track. With...
Local racers have become experts when it comes to change. Weather, track conditions and mechanical issues can all play a role in a team’s performance but for the last couple of seasons, it has been COVID-19 that has had the biggest effect on Graham Racing. The father and son motorsports operation...
Racing heroes and hopefuls alike always look forward to the Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing. The 2021 edition of the Autumn Colours Classic – presented by Lucas Oil and Pure Country 105 – is slated for October 8th to 10th at Peterborough Speedway. When the green flag waves, several...
Volume levels climb much higher than they would in a traditional chess match but the moves are just as calculated and thought-out. Hometown racers are always looking for the strategy that will put them into the winner’s circle. Saturday, September 4th Steve Powell had all the right moves and picked-up...
Local racers never stop learning. There is figuring out how to adjust to changing track conditions, tire pressures, handling issues and a variety of other adjustments. After 6 years in the sport, Jeremy Dobb decided the 2021 season was the perfect time to back to school. The 41-year-old from Tweed, Ontario...
For many Central Ontario race fans, it was almost like a day without sunshine. COVID-19 forced the postponement of the 2020 edition of the Autumn Colours Classic, but officials at Peterborough Speedway have confirmed that the 3-day season-ending spectacular – presented by Lucas Oil and Pure Country 105 – will...
Even before the green flag waved, it was already a tight championship chase in the Late Model division at Peterborough Speedway. As the abbreviated 2021 regular season schedule wrapped-up Saturday, September 4th Bryan Mercer was 2 points out of the overall point lead. This was his first year back in...
Pressure is nothing new for drivers on the local racing scene. Saturday, September 4th, teams at Peterborough Speedway felt the weight of scoring as many points as possible as the 2021 championships in the home track divisions were decided at Canada’s Toughest 3rd Mile Oval. Stephen Bierworth and Paul Boundy showed...
The hardest worker on any local racer’s pit crew is someone no one has ever seen. Their name is ‘Mo’, as in momentum. For the last few weeks of the 2021 regular season at Peterborough Speedway, ‘Mo’ has been doing some great work on the No. 60 Super Stock team...
With a limited schedule because of COVID-19, teams with the Ontario Modifieds Racing Series, presented by GEN-3 Electrical have been more excited than ever to get the opportunity to hit the track. The popular tour logged its final event of the 2021 season Saturday, September 4th during the annual Championship...
