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...
Across the board, the motorsports community loves a first-time main event winner. Saturday, July 9th Dawson Drimmie earned his place in the history of the Trailers Plus Canadian Legend Car Series with his first career feature victory at Peterborough Speedway. Coming from his 4th place starting spot at the drop of...
This year’s schedule at Canada’s Toughest 3rd Mile Oval was designed for 16 consecutive Saturday nights of action. As of Saturday, July 9th, the track has reached the unofficial halfway mark of the 2022 regular season line-up with the Pure Country 105 Mid-Season Bash. “Mother Nature wasn’t our friend early on...
Just as with the major stick and ball sports, a local weekly racer’s statistics are governed by their performance. Under the watchful eye of his race team and crew members, 15-year-old freshman Late Model stock car driver Jacob Mercer had recorded back-to-back 4th place finishes in the first 2 feature...
