Some auto racing firsts:

First official auto race - Paris to Rouen, France (7/22/1894)

First US auto race ( road race ) - Chicago to Evanston to Chicago,Il (11/28/1895)

First oval track race - Narragansett Park,RI (9/07/1896)

First official US drag race - Brewerton Raceway,WA (March 1949)

First Canadian road race - Winnipeg,MB (1904)

First Canadian oval track race - Canadian National Expo,ON (9/04/1900)

First official Canadian drag race - Abbotsford Airport,BC (1953)

Oldest active oval - Knoxville Raceway,IA (first race 8/20/1901)

Oldest active US road course - Sebring International Raceway,FL

(first race 12/31/1950)

Oldest active dragstrip - Brewerton Raceway, WA (first race March,1949)

Oldest continual run track - Indianapolis Speedrome,IN (1944 - present)

First driver to race at 500 tracks in his lifetime - Pappy Hough (1920s - 1990's

Track Survey

Canadian Tracks

Total (active) Ovals  Drags  Road Course  F8

Alberta           61 (9)  12 (5)   14 (2)  2 (1)

British Columbia       75 (17) 31 (13)     8 (4)        4 (2)

Manitoba      25 (3)     2 (1)       8 (1)          -

New Brunswick    15 (4)       4 (2)      2 (0)       -

New Foundland     6 (2)       4 (1)      1 (0)     -

Northwest Territories     2 (1)         -              -        -

Nova Scotia  32 (4)    11 (8)     3 (1)      -

Ontario        211(27)   18 (8)    19 (7)  25 (24)

Prince Edward Island    6 (1)      1 (1)          -        -

Quebec        117 (13)   16 (8)    14 (7)     -

Saskatchewan          52 (10)      3 (1)      3 (0)   -

Yukon             3 (0)          -             -    -

Canadian totals        605 (91) 102 (48) 72 (22) 31(27)

Canadian Tracks by Decades

                  Ovals   Drags   Road Course   F8

1895-1899      -          -               -               -

1900-1909    11         -               -              -

1910-1919    22         -               -              -

1920-1929    29         -               -              -

1930-1939    26         -               -              -

1940-1949    54         -               1             -

1950-1959   180        6              18           -

1960-1969   213       29             24           -

1970-1979   161       29             31           -

1980-1989   165       32             33           1

1990-1999   150       39             21           3

2000-2003   102       55             26          30

Source : Christian ‘Ti-Gaz’ Genest

Provenant du livre " The History of America'S Speedways Past &

Present", donc il est collaborateur pour la deuxième fois ( 1994 - 2004 )