Luskville Dragway
ActiveActive Still racing today.
Quarter-mile strip in the Pontiac region of Quebec, about 30 minutes west of Ottawa-Gatineau, NHRA sanctioned since 1981. Best known for its decades-old Bracket Bonanza and a busy Saturday cruise-night program.
- Switched to bracket racing in 1976, which greatly increased car counts
- Arnie Malcolm has owned the track for more than 40 years
- Raced
- 1969-present
- Province
- Quebec
- Raced on
- Built as a drag strip
- First race
- August 17, 1969
- Sanction
- NHRA Division 1
- Track
- 1/4 mile (runs 1/8 mile brackets)
- Surface
- Concrete (repaved fall 2020)
- Address
- 800 Lamoureux Rd
Luskville (Pontiac), QC - People
- George Perron (or Parent), original owner (1969-)
- Jim Barkely, owner (1980-81)
- Arnie Malcolm, owner (1981-present)
- Elevation
- 207 ft (63 m)
- Coordinates
- 45.51769, -76.03365
Big races
NAPA Auto Parts Bracket Bonanza
Multi-day bracket race that has run for more than four decades and is the track's biggest week of the year.
NHRA National Open with Jet Car Night of Fire
NHRA National Open for sportsman racers paired with a jet car night show.
Canadian Bracket Super Tour
Rounds of the Super Tour bracket series, including the Fall Bracket Nationals in early September.
Carl Jessup Memorial Mulligan Race
Memorial opening-weekend race with Super Pro, Semi Pro, Jr. and nostalgia classes.
Wally Weekend / King of the Track and Saturday cruise nights
NHRA Wally Weekend in August and regular Saturday time trials with street car cruise nights through the season.
History
George Perron (or Parent) was the first owner of this quarter-mile strip, which opened on August 17, 1969. Its second season had 25 events scheduled. On August 22, 1971, Dave Routliffe died driving his ‘49 Anglia in time trials. In 1976 the strip switched from classified car racing to bracket racing, which brought in far more racers. Jim Barkely bought the track in 1980 and added a new staging area and a concrete burnout pit, and Labatt Breweries paid a large share of the purse and trophies. He scheduled 30 weeks of racing, with a two-day meet on the last weekend of each month: eighth-mile racing on Saturday and quarter-mile on Sunday. Arnie Malcolm bought the track in late 1981 and affiliated it with NHRA. He has owned it for more than 40 years and was still the owner in 2021. The whole track was repaved in concrete in fall 2020.
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