Race City Motorsport Park

Race City Motorsport Park
Location	Calgary, Alberta
Opened	Summer 1985
Closed	October 21, 2011
Major events	Atlantic Championship; (1989-1991); Canadian Superbike Championship; (1987-2010); CASCAR Super Series; (1993-2001, 2003, 2005); ASA National Tour; (1988-1993); NASCAR Northwest Tour; (1986-1987)
Road Course
Length	3.2 km (2.0 miles)
Turns	11
Short Oval
Length	0.8 km (0.5 miles)
Banking	11-15 degrees
Drag Strip
Length	0.4 km (¼ miles)

Race City Motorsport Park, also known as Race City, was a multi-track auto racing facility located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The facility featured a ¼ mile dragstrip, a 3.2 km (2.0 mi) 11-turn road course, and a ½ mile paved short oval.

The Race City grounds, known as Race City Speedway, was a regular host of Warped Tour.^[1]^[2]

Race City was due to close around October 9, 2009. However, on September 28, 2009, Calgary city council voted in favour of extending the lease on Race City until 2015.^[3] This decision was later overturned, and the track officially closed on October 21, 2011 due to expansion of the Shepard landfill.

References

^ "Forget Edmonton, Warped Tour is Back". Calgary Herald. April 30, 2007. Retrieved October 11, 2020 – via PressReader.com.
^ Hemminger, Pete (August 6, 2009). "Race City gets Warped once again". Fast Forward Weekly. Retrieved October 11, 2020 – via FFWD RWD - theyyscene.com.
^ "Race City lease extended to 2015". CBC News. September 28, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2020.