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History
In 1961 the first international professional sportscar races at Mosport Park took place with the inaugural Players 200 in June won by Stirling Moss and the first Canadian Grand Prix won by Peter Ryan in September as part of the Canadian Sportscar Championship. In 1966 the Grand Prix became part of the inaugural Can-Am Series season before becoming a Formula One Grand Prix in 1967. The Mosport Can-Am races continued to be part of the Can-Am series through to its demise in 1986 with the track hosting more Can-Am races than any other facility.



In 1975 the International Motor Sports Association sportscars visited the track for the first time when it’s Camel GT Challenge raced during the Labatt's Blue 5000 Weekend sharing the weekend schedule with the SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship. The inaugural 100 mile IMSA race was won by Hurley Haywood in a Porsche Carrera.

The race was included as part of the World Sports Car Championship on six occasions, for the first time in 1976 and for the final time as the 1985 Mosport 1000 which also marked the final FIA World Championship event to be held at the facility.



From 1989 through 1992, IMSA returned to headline GT only races in May and June for their GTO and GTU classes. With the launch of the new World Sports Cars category in 1995, prototypes returned to the track for the first time in a decade for the Chrysler Mosport 500.

In August of 1999, the American Le Mans Series made its first appearance at the track as the new headline IMSA sanctioned series for the renamed Grand Prix of Mosport weekend. Mosport was one of four tracks that would appear on the American Le Mans Series schedule every year for the next fifteen years of the series existence.

In 2014 the Grand Prix continued as part of the new IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship following the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

In 2020 and 2021 the Grand Prix was not held for the first time in a quarter of a century due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Merrittville Speedway is a 3/8 mile dirt short track motor racing oval, located 20 minutes west of Niagara Falls, in Thorold, Ontario, Canada. The track hosts a weekly Saturday night program that runs from April to September each year and features stock car, sprint car and modifieds races.

History
The speedway is known as the oldest operating race track in Canada as it has been in continuous operation since it opened on July 1, 1952.

New ownership took over the track in 2017 and it will be celebrating its seventieth anniversary in 2021.

Speedway classes
The tracks weekly racing program features six classes of racing:
 * 358 Modifieds
 * Sportsman
 * Stocks
 * 4 Cylinders
 * Modified Lites
 * V6

The track has also regularly featured touring series including the Super DIRTcar Series, World of Outlaws Late Model Series, UMP Modifieds, DIRTcar Sportsman Series, Action Sprint Tour, Southern Ontario Sprints, Empire Super Sprints and the Patriot Sprint Tour.

The track also hosts a weekly karting series on Tuesday nights.

Motorsports
Having originated in 1980 at Exhibition Stadium, the Toronto Supercross moved to the Rogers Centre upon its opening in 1989. The event was held annually through 1996 before going on hiatus. It was revived as a part of the FIM World Supercross GP series in 2004 and joined the AMA Supercross Championship after the two series fully merged in 2008. The event ran until 2014 and returned for 2016 and 2017.

On January 16, 1993 the stadium hosted the Skydome Grand Prix featuring the USAC National Midget Car Series. The night of racing featured NASCAR stars John Andretti, Kenny Irwin Jr., Tony Stewart and Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva racing on a 1/6 mile oval track and was broadcast across Canada on TSN.

The Monster Jam monster truck tour hosts an annual event in the month of January.

North American Street circuit races and locations
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Old Toronto, flag, coat of arms and

University of Toronto Varsity Blues (1877), Upper Canada College Blues (1829), St. Michael's College Majors and Kerry Blues (1906), Ryerson University Rams (1948) and George Brown College Huskies (1967).

Argonauts (Football) (1873), Maple Leafs (AAA Baseball) (1896), Marlboros (Hockey) (1903), Blueshirts (Hockey) (1911), Maple Leafs (NHL) (1917), Huskies (NBA) (1946), Maple Leafs (Lacrosse) (1966), Falcons (Soccer) (1967), Blizzard (Soccer) (1971), Blue Jays (MLB) (1977) and the Rock (Lacrosse) (1999).

Attendance
1997 Toronto 164,406

1999 Toronto 72,000 page 146 Vancouver Champ Car race could be last here Montreal Gazette Randy Phillips August 18, 2006

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20060818/282269545870539