Welcome To Historical Langley Speedway
Langley Speedway is a 1/4-mile paved oval track used for stock car racing located in Langley, British Columbia. The track opened in either 1963 or 1965 (there are conflicting references on both this and the track length), and closed in 1984.
Langley Speedway hosted NASCAR Winston West races in 1971, 1972 and 1978. This makes it one of only three sites in BC that had hosted NASCAR races. The others being Western Speedway in Victoria and Westwood in Coquitlam. (In these modern times, NASCAR owns the former CASCAR brand and runs at tracks across the country.)They ran Late Models, Super Stocks, Street Stocks and Bombers in the final years, but everything from Super Modified to crash-to-pass and mini-stock cars were run at the track.
The track was closed to racing at the end of the 1984 season. There is some disagreement on whether there was a lease for the 1985 season or not. It has been said that there was, but it was cancelled before the season began.The property is still part of the Campbell Valley Regional Park, owned by Metro Vancouver taxpayers.The park staff removed all the buildings, the hillside seats and any other structures such as the fencing and the starters tower. Vandalism became a problem after the track was closed.
As of 2008, the track surface is intact, with some minor damage due to parties with bonfires and a couple of trees that layed roots under the surface. These trees have been removed.The concrete walls are still in place. Some appear to be falling apart, but in fact are showing the damage caused by race cars smashing into them.
Cache Log Requirements
Answer the following question and send the answer to me through the messenge center on geocaching.com
1) Go to the west entrance to the track (See waypoint) where the sign post is located and answer this question. How many meters is the loop around the track?
2) Take a creative picture of yourself with something to do with racing,and post in your log.Include the track in the background. Example: Holding a toy race car, A peice of paper with your user name in the sharp of a race car.
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