Shannonville Motorsport Park Explained

Shannonville Motorsport Park
Nicknames:SMP
Location:Shannonville, Ontario, Canada
Time:UTC-5 (UTC-4 DST)
Coordinates:44.2254°N -77.16°W
Opened:1974
Owner:John Bondar and Steve Gidman
Events:Current:
Canadian Superbike Championship
(1980–2009, 2011–2014, 2016–2019, 2023)
Former:
Canadian Touring Car Championship
(2008–2009, 2014–2016, 2018–2020)
CASCAR Super Series
(1989–1991, 1995)
Layout1:Long Circuit (1974–present)
Length Km:4.051
Length Mi:2.517
Turns:15
Record Time:1:44.273
Record Driver: Alex Dumas
Record Car:Suzuki GSX-R1000
Record Year:2023
Record Class:SBK
Layout2:Pro Circuit (1974–present)
Length Km2:2.470
Length Mi2:1.535
Turns2:9
Record Time2:1:04.596
Record Driver2: Jordan Szoke
Record Car2:BMW S1000RR
Record Year2:2017
Record Class2:SBK
Layout3:Fabi Circuit (1974–present)
Length Km3:2.250
Length Mi3:1.398
Turns3:8
Layout4:Nelson Circuit (1974–present)
Length Km4:1.801
Length Mi4:1.119
Turns4:6
Layout5:Drag Strip
Length Mi5:1/4

Shannonville Motorsport Park is a motorsport road course circuit in Canada. It is located east of Belleville, Ontario, roughly midway between Toronto and Montreal, Quebec, near Highway 401 and along the former Provincial Highway 2.

It has many configurations, and its tight layout with much run-off space makes it a very good venue for race testing. Many race teams from Toronto and Montreal test at Shannonville in preparation for events held on street circuits, as the Shannonville raceway shares a lot of the same characteristics.

The raceway first started off as a dirt oval, with bedrock for a front straight. Much later, the "Nelson" circuit was built, named after the late John Nelson, owner of the circuit at the time. From there, the "Fabi" circuit was built north of the Nelson, and the two were linked to form the, 14-corner "Long Track". The Fabi circuit was named after Bertrand Fabi, a young Canadian driver who died while testing a Formula 3 car in England. The Fabi circuit has a long backstraight that now doubles as a drag strip. A link was then made after the first corner on the Nelson circuit to the seventh corner of the Long Circuit, creating the "Pro Circuit" layout.

Currently, the Canadian Touring Car Championship makes an annual visit to the facility, as well as auto-racing body CASC (Regional Road Races).[1] Drag racing is also heavily featured there.

Lap records

As of September 2023, the fastest official race lap records at the Shannonville Motorsports Park are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent
Long Circuit: 4.051 km (1974–present)
1:44.273[2] 2023 2nd Shannonville CSBK round
1:47.284[3] 2023 2nd Shannonville CSBK round
GT41:48.455[4] 2020 Shannonville CTCC round
1:49.485[5] 2018 Shannonville CTCC round
1:49.767 2018 Shannonville CTCC round
1:50.723 2023 SMP Lapping Day
Pro Circuit: 2.470 km (1974–present)
1:04.596[6] 2017 Shannonville CSBK round
1:06.057[7] 2014 Shannonville CSBK round
1:08.059[8] 2018 Shannonville CTCC round
GT41:08.188[9] 2020 Shannonville CTCC round
1:08.336 2020 Shannonville CTCC round

Fatalities

See also

References

  1. http://www.casc.on.ca CASC
  2. Web site: 2023 Bridgestone CSBK Round 5 GP Bikes PRO Superbike Feature GP Bikes - PRO Superbike - Race 3 . 17 September 2023 . 11 October 2023.
  3. Web site: 2023 Bridgestone CSBK Round 5 Liqui Moly PRO Sport Bike & Bickle Racing PRO Twins - Race 2 . 17 September 2023 . 11 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Shannonville Motorsport Park, August 15 Aout 2020 CTCC at Shannonville ASN Canada FIA Pirelli Canadian Touring Car Championship Round #3/Epreuve #3 . 15 August 2020 . 21 July 2023.
  5. Web site: Shannonville Motorsport Park, July 7 Juillet 2018 Peter Jackson Memorial Races ASN Canada FIA Pirelli Canadian Touring Car Championship Round #5/Epreuve #5 . 7 July 2018 . 21 July 2023.
  6. Web site: 2017, RD1, Shannonville Motorsport Park - Pro Superbike Race Results . 28 May 2017 . 21 July 2023.
  7. Web site: 2014, RD1, Shannonville Motorsport Park - Pro Sport Bike Race Results . 8 June 2014 . 21 July 2023.
  8. Web site: Shannonville Motorsport Park, July 8 Juillet 2018 Peter Jackson Memorial Races ASN Canada FIA Pirelli Canadian Touring Car Championship Round #6/Epreuve #6 . 8 July 2018 . 21 July 2023.
  9. Web site: Shannonville Motorsport Park, August 16 Aout 2020 CTCC at Shannonville ASN Canada FIA Pirelli Canadian Touring Car Championship Round #4/Epreuve #4 . 15 August 2020 . 21 July 2023.
  10. Web site: Motorsport Memorial - .
  11. http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/MPL/MPL002504520pf_0341.pdf Magazine clipping
  12. News: 2023-06-11 . Motorcyclist killed, 4 injured in crash at Belleville-area raceway . CBC News . 2023-06-12.

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