Ohsweken Speedway
Ohsweken Speedway is a dirt racing track in Ontario, Canada, with an oval shape and four turns banked at 15 degrees that help cars navigate the corners smoothly. The facility holds more than 8,000 spectators and features floodlights that allow races to take place in the evening.
Glenn Styres, a race car driver, built the 0.375-mile dirt oval in 1994 on 80 acres of Styres family land on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve southeast of Brantford. The track has been expanded every year since. Seating passed 8,000 in 2008, when Musco lighting was installed so the World of Outlaws could race at night; that series first came on July 25, 2007, won by Jason Sides.
Racing at Ohsweken runs on Friday nights from May to September, with Micro Sprints on Thursdays. The season closes with the Northern Sprint Car Nationals. The Six Nations Showdown brought the World of Outlaws here from 2007 to 2017, and Tony Stewart won his first career World of Outlaws race at this track in 2011.
The speedway sits on Styres family land on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, southeast of Brantford. Weekly racing runs Friday nights from May to September, with Micro Sprints on Thursdays, so plan around the evening program. Seating for over 8,000 and Musco floodlights mean night races go ahead after dark.
Tony Stewart, the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, took his first career World of Outlaws win at Ohsweken on July 25, 2011, then repeated it in 2012. Jason Sides won the inaugural Six Nations Showdown here in 2007. The series ran at the track from 2007 to 2017 and returned in 2025.
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