Keystone Dragways/Bison Dragways (Richer)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Gary Beck set the 6.15 track record at a 1975 NHRA divisional race
- Closed so Trans Canada Pipelines could upgrade the pipeline under the track
- Raced
- 1964-76
- Province
- Manitoba
- What's left
- You can still spot it in aerial photos, or broken pieces of the track surface remain.
- First race
- August 29, 1964
- Last race
- 1976 season
- Location
- Rural Municipality of Ste. Anne, 29 miles east of Winnipeg
- People
- Don and Glen Remple, managers (1964-)
- Bill Balicky, track manager (1971-)
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 909 ft (277 m)
- Coordinates
- 49.67169, -96.50698
This NHRA strip was in the Rural Municipality of Ste. Anne, 29 miles east of Winnipeg. It opened August 29, 1964 as Keystone Dragways, managed by Don and Glen Remple. New owners renamed it Bison Dragways in 1971 and made Bill Balicky manager. The track drew big names and hosted NHRA divisional races. Tom Hoover and Pete Robinson raced there in 1967. At the 1974 season opener Gary Beck beat Ken McLean three straight times with a best of 6.82 at 202.7 mph, and at a 1975 NHRA divisional race Beck set the track record of 6.15 in his top fueler. Trans Canada Pipelines planned to upgrade the line under the track, so it closed after the 1976 season and was sold.
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