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.
As of September 2023, the fastest official race lap records at the Shannonville Motorsports Park are listed as:
Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Event |
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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 | |||
GT4 | 1:48.455[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 | |||
GT4 | 1:08.188[9] | 2020 Shannonville CTCC round | ||
1:08.336 | 2020 Shannonville CTCC round | |||