Brockville Ontario Speedway

Brockville Ontario Speedway

The BOS, The Beast of the East
A Modified heat race at "The BOS"
Location	7214 Temperance Lake Road Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	44°38′07″N 75°51′00″W
Capacity	2000 (permanent)
Owner	Paul Kirkland
Operator	Paul Kirkland
Broke ground	1968
Opened	1969
Construction cost	Unknown
Architect	Ralph Hurley
Former names	Brockville Speedway Brockville Canadian Speedway
Major events	World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Super DIRTcar Series ODLM Late Models Lucas Oil Canadian Dirt Tour ESS Sprints Patriot Sprint Tour SOS Sprints ODLM Late Models O'Reilly All Star Late Models DIRT Northeast Fall Nationals
Oval
Surface	Clay
Length	3/8 miles (0.6 km)
Turns	4
Banking	25 degrees (approx.)
Race lap record	10.923 sec. (Jason Meyers, World of Outlaw Sprint Car, July 29, 2011)
Race lap record	13.824 (Brett Hearn, Big Block Modified, October 17, 2015)

The Brockville Ontario Speedway is a 3/8 mile dirt track in the community of Forthton, Ontario, Canada. It is located on County Road 29 about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Brockville. Commonly known as "The BOS", the track has been running a weekly racing schedule for most summers since 1969. The BOS has also run Go-Karts on Wednesday nights since 2005. They race on a smaller oval on the infield of the track.

History

First opening in 1969 as a 1/4 mile long oval, The BOS ran events every year through to the fall of 1980. A change in ownership and lack of funds forced the speedway to close for the 1981 season, but was brought back to life in 1982. The 1983 season was the first year that the speedway ran under the DIRTcar banner, with Marcel LaFrance being the inaugural DIRTcar Track Champion. After the 1984 season, ownership changed once again and the entire facility was rebuilt. The new grandstands put in that year came from the old Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, Ontario. After the 1987 season, The BOS was again shut down and the track sat dormant for the next 4 years. In 1992 the track was reopened and ran events for 6 dates that summer. The very next year saw The BOS run its first full racing season since 1987.

The BOS ran weekly events every Thursday night, but it would change to Friday nights in the early 1990s up to mid-2000s. In 2006, it was announced that the track would race on Saturday evenings, a switch that proved well with an increase in car counts for each division. Over the 2007-08 winter, the speedway had major improvements done to the racing surface, making the corners 25 feet longer at each end. The track is now close to 3/8 of a mile.

For the first time in 2009, The BOS extended its season into October with the DirtCar Northeast Fall Nationals finale. The 2 day event was held on Oct. 17 & 18, and included the Mr. Dirt series 358 Modified and Pro Stock tours, as well as Sportsman tour race, 360 Sprint car event and a Street Stock Invitational. Because of the success in 2009, the finale returned in 2010 and was run over 3 days. The event was sponsored again by DirtCar, and also held the championship finales in Pro-Stocks, Sportsman, and Modifieds. The Big Block Modifieds were also in attendance for the first time. Again the event was successful and it will continue to run every October.

On November 4, 2010 the Brockville & District Chamber of Commerce awarded The BOS with the Small Business of the Year Award, and praised the speedway as "one of the crown jewels of the North American motorsport world."

On July 29, 2011, the prestige World of Outlaws Sprint Car series made its first trip to The BOS during a 3-race Canadian tour. Many top-tier sprint drivers including 20-time WoO Sprint Car Champion Steve Kinser, and 4-time Champ Donny Schatz were in attendance. Paul McMahan won the inaugural event, after 3-time series champ Sammy Swindell had a tire issue with a few laps remaining. 2010 WoO Champion Jason Meyers ran the fastest lap ever recorded on the small track with a time of 10.923 seconds. The series brought in thousands of fans - upwards of 3500 - which is likely the biggest crowd ever to watch an event at the speedway.

The 2014 season saw another first as the track hosted the opening event of the Big Block Modified Super DirtCar Series, the 7th appearance of the series at the facility.

Weekly classes that run at the track include Modified, Sportsman, Rookie Sportsman, Street Stock and Rookies. A Vintage Modified class also runs every other week. The track ran a Pro-Stock division from 1994-2001. Special shows during the year feature the Big Block Modifieds, Sprint Cars and Late Models.

Past Track Champions

Year	Modified	Sportsman	Street Stock	Rookie	Rookie Sportsman
2016	Danny O'Brien	Shane Pecore	Alex Gagnon	Bob Ray	Derek Cryderman
2015	Danny O'Brien	Dylan Evoy	John Gifford	Jamie Truelove	Madison Mulder
2014	Danny O'Brien	Shane Pecore	Kevin Fetterly Jr.	Corbin Millar
2013	Lee Gill	Shane Pecore	Kevin Fetterly Jr.	Quincey Roberts	Vintage
2012	Kyle Dingwall	Chris Herbison	Kevin Fetterly Jr.	Dwight Feltham	Paul Billings
2011	Danny O'Brien	Chris Herbison	Kevin Fetterly Jr.	Jean-Marc Larose	Wayne Riddell
2010	Pat O'Brien	Dylan Evoy	Kevin Fetterly Jr.	Jean Marc Larose	Jason Powers
2009	Danny O'Brien	Matt Billings	Steve Billings	Steve Barber	Paul Billings
2008	Danny O'Brien	Chris Raabe	Steve Billings	Josh Kane	Bob Botting
2007	Danny O'Brien	Randy Earl	Bill Code	Jessica Power	Ben Tucker
2006	Danny O'Brien	Chris Raabe	Bill Code	Josh Kane	Clay NcNamee
2005	Pat O'Brien	Marcel Pecore	Bill Code	Steve Smith
2004	Steve Paine & Danny O'Brien†	Kyle Dingwall	Dana Aikins	Bill Woodward Jr.
2003	Lee Gill	Ben Tucker	Pete Stapper	Kurtis McPhee
2002	Lee Gill	Adam Moore	Robin Perrin	Rosco Garreau	Pro Stock
2001	Lee Gill	Randy Gaudet	John Mulder	Kees Vanwinden	Randy Earl
2000	Lee Gill	Ben Tucker	Terry McCullough		Mark Therrien
1999	Danny O'Brien	Randy Gaudet	Roger Bushey		Mark Therrien
1998	Paul Moreland	Randy Gaudet	Brent Moulton		Randy Earl
1997	Pat O'Brien	George McIntyre	Chris Curran		Daryl Steele
1996	Rick Wilson	Dennis Larocque	Dale Brown		Daryl Steele
1995	Danny O'Brien	Bob Thurston Jr.	Bob Botting		Chris Herbison
1994	Danny O'Brien	Sylvain Latulippe	Daryl Steele		Steve Side
1993	Danny O'Brien
1992	Danny O'Brien

†Paine drove a Big Block car, and O'Brien drove a Small Block, therefore named champions of each class.

See also

• Dirt track racing
• Dirt track racing in Canada
• Modified stock car racing
• Short track motor racing
• Auto racing
• Race track

External links

• Brockville Speedway Official Site
• Google Map view of Brockville Speedway
• YouTube video of Sportsman racing at The BOS
• History of the Brockville Speedway