Full Throttle Motor Speedway @ Varney (formerly Varney International Speedway) is a 1/4 mile high banked
short track motor racing
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oval, located south of the village of
Varney, in
Durham,
Ontario
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, Canada. The track hosts a weekly Saturday night
stock car racing
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program that runs from May to September each year.
History
In 1966 brothers Joe and Tom Kennedy purchased a 35-acre property on Highway 6 south of Varney, Ontario. In the fall of 1969 the track was constructed with paving, lights, drainage and the first grandstand. The speedway opened in June 1970 and was operated by the Kennedy family until 1985.
New ownership took over the track in 2014 and renamed the facility Full Throttle Motor Speedway.
In 2020 the track was renamed Varney International Speedway when ownership also took over the operation of
Grand Bend International Speedway and received
NASCAR
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sanctioning for both locations.
Speedway classes
The tracks weekly racing program features fifteen classes of racing:
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Late Model
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* Retro Late Model
* Junior Late Model
* Super Stock
* Street Stock
* Fun Stock
* Mini Stock
* Kid Stock
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Thunder Truck
* Mini Truck
* Junior Mini Truck
* Outlaw Sprints
* Junior Sprint
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Legend Cars
* Crazy Trains
The track also regularly features touring series including the Ontario Sportsman Series,
OSCAAR
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Modifieds, Can-Am
Midgets and the Ontario Pro Challenge.
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See also
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List of auto racing tracks in Canada
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Grand Bend International Speedway
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Sauble Speedway
Sauble Speedway is a 1/4 mile short track motor racing oval, located east of the beach community Sauble Beach, Ontario, Sauble Beach, in Hepworth, Ontario, Hepworth, Ontario, Canada. The track hosts a weekly Saturday night stock car racing progr ...
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Delaware Speedway
References
External links
Full Throttle Motor Speedway @ Varney Official Site Motorsport venues in Ontario
Paved oval racing venues in Ontario
Motorsport in Canada
1970 establishments in Ontario
Sports venues completed in 1970
Stock car racing
Tourist attractions in Grey County