In some cases, a front row starting spot could be considered an advantage but Glenn Watson’s Ontario Outlaw Super Late Model Series win – Saturday, July 23rd – at Peterborough Speedway was hardly a walk in the park. A track branded as ‘Canada’s Toughest 3rd Mile Oval’ keeps drivers and...
The last time John Baker Jr. raced at Peterborough Speedway his car came back to the pit area hooked to a tow truck and his team needed the help of friends to load the heavily damaged piece into the hauler for the trip back home. Saturday, July 23rd the former...
Ground pounding power and unbridled horsepower will take control of Canada’s Toughest 3rd Mile Oval as the Ontario Outlaw Super Late Model Series returns to Peterborough Speedway. Heading into the Saturday, July 23rd date at the popular Central Ontario oval, the Super Late Model squad has seen 14 different teams...
After a short break in the schedule, teams with the Ontario Modifieds Racing Series will return to action Saturday, July 23rd at Canada’s Toughest 3rd Mile Oval. From humble beginnings dating back to more than a dozen years ago, OMRS – presented by GEN-3 Electrical – has blossomed into one of...
The forecast calling for a great night of racing was right on the money as the Ontario Sportsman Series joined the home track Bone Stock, Mini Stock, Super Stock and Late Model teams – Saturday, July 16th – at Peterborough Speedway. Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock runners were the first to...
With each turn of the steering wheel, the bar gets pushed another notch higher. Future generations of first-year Peterborough Speedway racers will have their performance judged against the accomplishments of Jacob Mercer’s rookie stock car racing season. Saturday, July 16th – in just his 5th ever start – the 15-year-old...
Special guests have long been the perfect compliment to the local racing scene and the 2022 schedule at Peterborough Speedway is no exception. Saturday, July 16th, the Ontario Sportsman Series will pay its annual visit to the venue known as Canada’s Toughest 3rd Mile Oval for the AF 100. To this...
His name is quite familiar to Peterborough Speedway regulars. Beaverton, Ontario’s Donny Beatty collected the 2013 Super Stock track championship, in an effort that he dedicated to the memory of his brother Larry. A couple of seasons after that – in 2015 – he was named rookie of the year and...
Everyone loves a party. Saturday, July 9th Peterborough Speedway threw an old fashioned summertime shindig with the Pure Country 105 Mid-Season Bash at Canada’s Toughest 3rd Mile Oval. The Trent Lakes Complete Plumbing Renegade Truck teams were the first guests to arrive at the party, with Paul Boundy and Stacy Switzer on...
His birth certificate lists his age as 15, while the strip of yellow tape across the rear bumper of his No. 81 Late Model stock car is indicative of his status as a rookie in the sport. Despite those tell-tale signs, to a casual observer, Jacob Mercer is performing at...
