Back-to-Back 4th Place Runs Help Jacob Mercer’s Championship Chase

Whatever the stage, consistency has long been the key to motorsports success. Heading into the most recent date on the 2024 schedule, Jacob Mercer was 3rd in Peterborough Speedway’s Late Model championship chase. The No. 81 Mercer Motorsports group was facing a busy night, with weather issues seeing the team run...

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OMRS Bill Pickford Memorial Event Comes to Peterborough Speedway

Action returns to the venue known for Making Memories for Life – Saturday, July 20th – as the Ontario Modifieds Racing Series Bill Pickford Memorial joins a full night of short track excitement at Peterborough Speedway.   Also on the docket will be the home track Mini Stock, Renegade Truck, Super Stock,...

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Busy Night Opens a New Month of Peterborough Speedway Action

For the last couple of weeks, inclement weather made the headlines. Saturday, July 6th, Peterborough Speedway kicked-off a new month of local racing will an action-packed show.   The first order of business was a feature event for the Kingsway Auto Centre Junior Late Models that had Savannah Strawn and reigning track...

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Steve Powell Wheels His New Ride to a Pair of Top-5 Finishes

Some people relax by playing softball or soccer. Others spend their leisure time chasing a little white ball around the golf course. Steve Powell enjoys kicking-back behind the wheel of a racecar. A hard crash late in the 2023 season may have kept Powell on the sidelines but he vowed...

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Mercer Motorsports is Ready for its Peterborough Speedway Return

Like many other racers, the No. 81 Mercer Motorsports team was sidelined when poor weather washed-out the Saturday, June 22nd and June 29th dates at Peterborough Speedway.   Port Hope, Ontario’s Jacob Mercer and his team have been working hard behind the scenes to get their equipment ready for the next night...

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Hometown Bone Stocks are the Peterborough Speedway Featured Attraction

Some of the best racing on the annual Peterborough Speedway docket comes from the Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stocks. Saturday, July 6th the track’s entry level division will take its much-deserved place in the spotlight when teams run a 50-lap feature event.   Since this year’s opening night, close to 25 different...

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Ontario Legend Car Series Returns to Peterborough Speedway

After a trio of early season main events – including wins by Mitch Wright and a pair of victories from hometown runner Dawson Drimmie – at the Central Ontario known for Making Memories for Life, the Trailers Plus Ontario Legend Car Series will be back at Peterborough Speedway Saturday, July...

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Follow the Crowd to Fan Appreciation Night at Peterborough Speedway

You can’t get much with $ 4.00 anymore, but Saturday, June 29th Peterborough Speedway hosts an action-packed night of hometown short track racing. The Mount Pleasant Road venue that is Making Memories for Life will offer fans the season’s 2nd Double Toonie/Fan Appreciation Night, presented by Pepsi. Enjoy the local Bone...

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