Ohsweken Speedway

The Ohsweken Speedway is a 0.375 miles (0.604 km) dirt track in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, and Mini Stocks, while the season finishes each year with the annual Northern Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights, and hosted the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series from 2007 until 2017.^[1] The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returned in 2025.^[2]

Ohsweken Speedway

The Big O
Location	1987 Chiefswood Road Ohsweken, Ontario Canada
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (UTC−04:00 DST)
Coordinates	43°04′58″N 80°06′47″W
Capacity	8,000
Owner	Styres Family
Operator	Glenn Styres & Curt Styres
Broke ground	1994
Opened	1996
Major events	Current: World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series Federated Auto Parts Ohsweken Showdown (2025-present) Northern Sprint Car Nationals (2023–present) Former: NASCAR Canada Series Northern Summer Nationals (2022–2024) World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Six Nations Showdown (2007–2017) Super DIRTcar Series Triple Crown Showdown (2015, 2017, 2020) World of Outlaws Late Model Series Six Nations 50 (2008–2009) Canadian Sprint Car Nationals (2005–2022)
Oval (1996–present)
Surface	Clay
Length	0.375 miles (0.604 km)
Turns	4
Banking	15 degrees
Race lap record	12.047 sec (Kraig Kinser, Steve Kinser Racing, 2010, 410 Sprint Car)

History

In 1994 race car driver Glenn Styres built the 0.375 miles (0.604 km) mile oval Ohsweken Speedway on 80 acres (32 ha) of Styres family-owned land on the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation Reserve southeast of Brantford, Ontario. The track has been continuously expanded in each year of its existence.^[3][4]

The track’s seating capacity was increased to over 8,000 in 2008 and a project was conducted to install Musco lighting, illuminating the speedway to allow the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series to run at the facility.^[5]

World of Outlaws - Federated Auto Parts Showdown at Ohsweken

The prestigious World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series made its first trip to Ohsweken Speedway for the first running of the Six Nations Showdown on July 25, 2007. Jason Sides won the inaugural event. In 2011, NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart won his first career World of Outlaws race at Ohsweken and repeated the victory in 2012.^[6]

Season	Date	Driver
2007	July 25	Jason Sides	[7]
2008	July 22	Rainout
2009	July 28	Jason Meyers	[8]
	July 29	Jason Sides	[9]
2010	July 30	Jason Sides	[10]
	August 1	Donny Schatz	[11]
2011	July 27	Tony Stewart	[12]
2012	July 31	Tony Stewart	[13]
2013	July 30	Donny Schatz	[14]
2014	July 29	Donny Schatz	[15]
2015	July 28	Stewart Friesen	[16]
2016	July 26	Donny Schatz	[17]
2017	July 25	Logan Schuchart
2025	May 14th	David Gravel
	May 15th	David Gravel

Photo gallery

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  Front straight and grandstands.
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  Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz sprint cars in the pits.
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  The pits.
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  Tony Stewart at the Six Nations Showdown World of Outlaws event.
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  View of main grandstand from backstraight through clay on the crash fence.

See also

• Dirt track racing
• List of dirt track ovals in Canada
• Sprint car racing
• Short track motor racing
• Auto racing
• Race track