Riverside Speedway is a 1/3 mile, high banked, asphalt short track located in James River

James River, Nova Scotia

James River is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County.-References:*...

, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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, Canada

Canada

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, about ten kilometres southwest of the town of Antigonish

Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Antigonish is a Canadian town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous highland games in North America.-History:...

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History

Riverside Speedway opened in 1969 under the ownership of Antigonish

Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Antigonish is a Canadian town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous highland games in North America.-History:...

 businessman John Chisholm. The track has attracted some big names in racing, such as Benny Parsons

Benny Parsons

Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS, ESPN, NBC and TNT...

 and Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #52 car, for Jimmy Means Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500.-Early career:...

, and was once a venue for the NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Busch East Series. Chisholm sold the track to local resident Derek Vandalin in the 1980s. Vandalin owned the track until his death in 2005, at which point John Chisholm bought it back.

Upon regaining ownership of the track, Chisholm began a major renovation project. The renovation consisted of repaving the entire track, replacing the metal guardrail

Guardrail

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s with concrete walls, rebuilding and enlarging the grandstand

Grandstand

A grandstand is a large and normally permanent structure for seating spectators, most often at a racetrack. This includes both auto racing and horse racing. The grandstand is in essence like a single section of a stadium, but differs from a stadium in that it does not wrap all or most of the way...

s, and constructing a new press box

Press box

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 with VIP

Very Important Person

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 seating. The restroom facilities were completely rebuilt, the sound and lighting systems were replaced, an electronic scoreboard

Scoreboard

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 was installed, and the parking and campground capacity was increased.

In 2006, the track hosted two CARQUEST

Carquest

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 Pro Stock Tour races and a PASS North Super Late Model race. The 2007 schedule includes three 100 lap CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour races, a 250 lap PASS North race, and a 300 lap NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series , commonly abbreviated as NCATS, is a national NASCAR racing series in Canada that is based from the old CASCAR Super Series which was founded in 1981.-History:...

race.

2010 season schedule

• June 19: CARQUEST Ron MacGillivray Chevrolet 100 Maritime Pro Stock Tour
• July 16-17: IWK 250 presented by Steve Lewis Auto Body
• August 14: CARQUEST Parts for Trucks 100 Maritime Pro Stock Tour along with the Riverside Sportsman
• August 27-28: Antigonish Super Pull
• Sept 17-18: Komatsu 300 presented by Wilson Equipment