Alberni Valley Airport/Thunder in the Alberni Valley (Port Alberni, Vancouver Island)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Moved from the airport to Stamp Avenue in 2016 after a runway expansion
- Raced
- 2001-19
- Province
- British Columbia
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- 2001
- Location
- Alberni Valley Regional Airport, six miles northwest of Port Alberni; Stamp Avenue from 2016
- People
- Alberni Valley Drag Racing Association, race organizer (2001-2019)
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7 m)
- Coordinates
- 49.25195, -124.80957
The Alberni Valley Drag Racing Association held a weekend drag race every year from 2001 to 2015 at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport, six miles northwest of Port Alberni. A runway expansion forced the association to look elsewhere, and in 2016 the City of Port Alberni allowed the race on Stamp Avenue. Without enough parking, the association canceled the 2019 race. The 2020 race was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, though early signs pointed to a return in 2021 if the pandemic allowed. The association had hoped racing could go back to the airport, but that didn’t happen.
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