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Gimli Motorsports Park

Gimli Motorsports Park is a complex consisting of a 1.3 mile road course, a 1/4 mile IHRA dragstrip, a karting sprint course, and a motocross track located west of Gimli, Manitoba. The facility is located on a former RCAF base. The dragstrip is currently operated independently as Gimli Dragway.

New: 2006-02-19  Last Updated: 2010-02-06

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Track Facts

Elevation: 750 feet Latitude: 50.629756 Longitude: -97.049789 Time zone: CST/CDT (-0600/-0500)

Historical Note

Road racing used the runways here in 1971-1972, switching to the current dedicated 1.3 mile course in 1973. Drag racing started around 1972, and at times has operated under the names Dragways International, Keystone Dragway, and Viking Dragway.

References

Allan E. Brown, The History of America's Speedways: Past & Present. Comstock Park, Michigan: Brown, 2003 , ISBN 0931105617 , pp. 788,790. Order from National Speedway Directory

Track Office

Gimli Motorsports Park Manitoba Highway 231 Gimli, MB Gimli Motorsports Park Box 1246 Gimli, MB, Canada R0C 1B0 204-642-6697 204-642-6660 (fax) gidg@rmgimli.com

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A detailed facilities map is available Here on the official web site.

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The entrance is on Highway 231 a mile or so west of the junction of Highway 8 and Highway 231. The marked location on the "getting there" map link is a short distance west of the entrance to the facility.

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