Photo courtesy of Swan Valley Speedway
Marty Thomas, Swan River, Manitoba (January 18) Swan Valley Speedway near Swan River, MB will be celebrating 30 years of racing in 2015. The first race was held at a different track 2 miles east of Swan River. The club being new thought racing on sand would be great, until they raced on it. About that time a farmer was digging a dugout near where the track is now and found clay just below the surface. A Cat and scraper was brought in and a 1/4 mile, semi banked track was built.
In the early years, Super Stocks, Street Stocks and even Late Models came from The Pas, Flin Flon, Thompson and Wadena, SK – but sadly these tracks are now closed. About 10 years ago car counts dropped down to about 4 Street Stocks. A 4 Cylinder class was created and now car counts have increased to about 9 Street Stocks and 8 4 Cylinders with more cars coming from Yorkton and Tisdale, SK.
Along with racing, the track has a mudbog pit in the infield and holds 4 Cylinder demo derbys. Plans are in the works for a party after the August 1st race with BBQ and a band.
For more information about events ins 2015, visit out website at www.swanvalleystockcarclub.ca or visit out Facebook page at www.facebook.com/swanvalley.stockcarclub.1
