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Speedway In Ontario, Canada Receives Total Rebuild
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Cayuga Speedway, located in Ontario, Canada, has been renamed Jukasa Motor Speedway. Racing will return to the 5/8th-mile paved oval for the first time since the track closed its doors in 2009.
Area businessmen Jerry Montour and Ken Hill purchased the track and has since set about the task of restoring it.
According to Jukasa general manager Alex Nagy, all the fine-tuning at the speedway will be done in time for the August 26-27 running of two APC United Late Model events.
"We should have the top coat of asphalt on the track this spring," said Nagy, who took over the GM duties last fall. "There is still some infield work to do, along with a safety fence and the scoring tower, but we're making progress, and most should be done by the end of June."
After a couple of coats of a new surface were applied last year, both a Thunder-class car and an open-wheel Modified car took to the track for testing. According to Nagy, the session was positive and worked to the design of the repaving.
The August races are the only events on the card for 2017 and will feature two 75-lap races along with a 75-lapper for the Outlaw Super Late Models. The APC races will be the eighth and ninth of the Ontario-based 10-race series.
According to officials, the track was hoping to get open-wheeled events for the 2017 racing season, but the timing was not good as most groups have their dates set already. More events and a full slate of weekend special events are to be expected at the track in 2018.
"We're doing our diligence for next year,” Nagy said.
Built in 1965 as a dirt track, the speedway saw its first racing in 1966. It was purchased by Bob Slack the following year and paved with asphalt, running weekly Friday night shows but later dropping that format for a specials-only arrangement with major weekend events until 1994.
The track then went through various owners until closing its doors in 2009. After the purchase by Hill and Montour in 2014, the facility has received major updating and rebuilding.
Area businessmen Jerry Montour and Ken Hill purchased the track and has since set about the task of restoring it.
According to Jukasa general manager Alex Nagy, all the fine-tuning at the speedway will be done in time for the August 26-27 running of two APC United Late Model events.
"We should have the top coat of asphalt on the track this spring," said Nagy, who took over the GM duties last fall. "There is still some infield work to do, along with a safety fence and the scoring tower, but we're making progress, and most should be done by the end of June."
After a couple of coats of a new surface were applied last year, both a Thunder-class car and an open-wheel Modified car took to the track for testing. According to Nagy, the session was positive and worked to the design of the repaving.
The August races are the only events on the card for 2017 and will feature two 75-lap races along with a 75-lapper for the Outlaw Super Late Models. The APC races will be the eighth and ninth of the Ontario-based 10-race series.
According to officials, the track was hoping to get open-wheeled events for the 2017 racing season, but the timing was not good as most groups have their dates set already. More events and a full slate of weekend special events are to be expected at the track in 2018.
"We're doing our diligence for next year,” Nagy said.
Built in 1965 as a dirt track, the speedway saw its first racing in 1966. It was purchased by Bob Slack the following year and paved with asphalt, running weekly Friday night shows but later dropping that format for a specials-only arrangement with major weekend events until 1994.
The track then went through various owners until closing its doors in 2009. After the purchase by Hill and Montour in 2014, the facility has received major updating and rebuilding.
