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  1.   chris o posted:
  07.30.2012 - 1:20 pm
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track has closed


  2.   chris o posted:
  11.15.2012 - 8:51 pm
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im not sure they have an extention til 2015, so its open


  3.   AnonymousEFR posted:
  09.19.2013 - 7:20 am
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Extension fell through, from what I heard.


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.08.2016 - 8:43 pm
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Track closed for good in 2011 but it appears to still be in existence.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.10.2021 - 7:08 pm
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This track saw one of the more unusual weather events in stock car
racing history when the 1992 Players 500, a major ASA ACDelco Challenge
Series with American TV coverage on TNN, actually was shortened by a
snowstorm. Why is that unusual for a race in Alberta? Because the race
was run in August in the middle of summer. The event was scheduled for
500 laps but snowed out after just 382 with "The Polar Bear" Mike Eddy
bagging the win over Johnny Benson, Jr. and Gary St. Amant. The race was
run on an off weekend for the Winston Cup series and featured a guest
driver as four-time ASA champion Mark Martin made a surprise appearance,
driving an Oldsmobile no less when he was one of Ford's big guns in
NASCAR, and Martin sat on the pole and was leading until he lost it
after blowing a tire and crashed out. Snow in Alberta in August isn't
quite common but it does happen every now and then.

The ASA series, traditionally more of a staple in the Midwestern United
States, made an annual visit to Race City each year from 1988 to 1993,
hosting two races in 1992. Traditionally the series ran here in early
July with the snowed out event in late August being the only exception
to that. Benson won the last race here in 1993 on his way to the series'
title.


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