Sanair Super Speedway
The drag strip-road course. | |
Location | Saint-Pie, Quebec, Canada |
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Time zone | GMT −5 |
Opened | 1970 Drag Strip 1972 Road Course 1983 Tri-Oval |
Major events | CART Indy Car World Series Molson Indy Montreal (1984-1986) NHRA
SCCA Trans-Am Series
American Canadian Late Model Tour
NOPI Drag Racing |
Website | http://www.sanair.ca |
Tri-oval | |
Length | 0.826 miles (1.33 km) |
Turns | 3 |
Drag strip | |
Length | 0.25 miles (0.4 km) |
Road course | |
Length | 1.24 miles (2.0 km) |
Turns | 8 |
Short oval | |
Length | 1/3 miles |
Sanair Super Speedway is a motorsports park with a .826-mile (1.33 km) paved triangular oval race track, a quarter-mile dragstrip, a 1 1/4-mile road course, a 1/3-mile oval, as well as a .12-mile mini-oval and .15-mile karting course. It is located in Saint-Pie, Quebec. It hosted the Molson Indy Montreal from 1984 to 1986. The dragstrip previously hosted the NHRA's Le Grandnationals Molson until Canadian fuel regulations, prohibiting leaded race fuel, forced the NHRA to quit holding a national event in the country. It currently hosts races in the American Canadian Tour Sèrie ACT Castrol.
Track history
Trans Am Series
Year | Driver | Vehicle | |
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1972 | Warren Tope | Ford Mustang | [1] |
1973 | Warren Agor | Chevrolet Camaro | [2] |
Molson Indy Montreal winners (1984–1986)
Season | Winning driver | Chassis | Engine | Team |
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1984 | Danny Sullivan | Lola | Cosworth | Doug Shierson Racing |
1985 | Johnny Rutherford | March | Cosworth | Alex Morales Autosports |
1986 | Bobby Rahal | March | Cosworth | Truesports |
See also
- Other Montreal area race tracks
- American Canadian Tour
References
- ^ "1972 Trans-Am Box Scores" (PDF). SCCA Archives. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "1973 Trans-Am Box Scores" (PDF). SCCA Archives. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
External links
- Sanair Racing
- Google Maps satellite image
- General course descriptions
- Ultimate Racing History - Sanair Super Speedway
- Racing Sports Cars - Sanair - List of Races
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