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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.14.2010 - 3:47 pm
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The first NASCAR competition held outside of the U.S. was in Canada,
where on July 1, 1952, Buddy Shuman won a 200-lap race on a half-mile
(800 m) dirt track in Stamford Park, Ontario, near Niagara Falls.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.09.2015 - 11:06 am
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This track was a horse racing track used for stock car racing when the
horses weren't using it (the ponies owned the turf in August and
September). Many of its regular competitors were Americans hopping the
border from Buffalo.

This track closed in 1953 and was demolished afterward to make room for
what is now the city's Ascot Woods subdivision. The track was already
falling out of favor with car racers because of the rise of other
purpose-built facilities in the area.


  3.   Andy U posted:
  12.14.2018 - 10:13 pm
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Street view shows some undulation in the ground. It was a
horsetrack=flat but on the ground you might be able to figure out a
little more of the outline.


  4.   Andy U posted:
  12.14.2018 - 10:13 pm
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Wow, found a "Map of the Niagara Frontier" dated 1937 that shows the
track. It is oriented 11-5 o'clock.

Perpendicular to the RR tracks that are still there.

When I walk this one I will go around Ascot Cir, Southview Ave,
Trackview St, Tara Ave adn back to Ascot.


  5.   Andy U posted:
  12.14.2018 - 10:13 pm
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Well, I don't know how to go back and check old maps from Canada, but
Ascot Woods must be right if it was a horse track as were most NY NASCAR
tracks in the 50s. Street names Preakness, Paddock, Trackview, Post,
Citation.


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