Maitland International Raceway/Maitland Dragway
Status unknownStatus unknown Closed, but nobody has checked how much of the site survives, or the exact spot was never found.
- Reopened in 1986 with a $60,000 federal grant and $200,000 in private investment
- Two couples were married on the starting line in 1989
- Raced
- early 1960s-68, 1986-1997
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- What's left
- How much of the site survives hasn't been checked yet.
- On the site today
- Sod farm
- Raced on
- An airport runway
- First race
- 1960s or possibly earlier
- Surface
- Airstrip
- Location
- Abandoned airstrip at Maitland
- People
- Maitland Racing Ltd., operator (1986)
- Scott Fraser, operator (1992)
- Elevation
- 72 ft (22 m)
- Coordinates
- 45.32866, -63.52965
Drag racing on this abandoned airstrip began in the 1960s, possibly earlier. It stopped for a while when Sackville opened in 1968. After Sackville closed, Maitland came back in 1986 and ran through at least 1990. The revival came from Maitland Racing Ltd., which built on land held under a five-year lease and refurbished the airstrip with a $60,000 federal grant and $200,000 in private money. After the short 1986 season, fifteen local families protested the noise, but a large majority of Maitland residents spoke up for the track. It was known as Maitland International Raceway and Maitland Dragway. At a 1989 event, two couples were married on the starting line. Scott Fraser took over operations in 1992. The site is now a sod farm.
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