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Midway through 1965 hall of fame racer Bob Zeigler sold his stock car, purchased land, formed a corporation with his brother Dick and cousin Karl John, and began building a racetrack in Evans Mills, New York. [1] [2] The facility opened in 1967 as the Evans Mills Speedway with a dirt surface, but was paved to start the 1968 racing season. [3]
It was named for Ethni Evans, a mill owner. [3] Evans Mills became an incorporated village in 1874. Its population was then about 500. The LeRay Hotel, circa 1828, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [4] The town is the home of Evans Mills Speedway which was built in 1967.
The Can-Am Speedway was built in 1974 by an Evans Mills, New York real estate broker, Leslie W. Brown. The track lasted one year under this ownership and Brown filed for bankruptcy. Early in 1975, a group of Watertown Speedway investors purchased the track, that consisted of Bob Thurston Sr., Douglas Atkinson, and Thomas Coughlin. This ...
On October 24, 1985, Evans, who had clinched the 1985 National Modified title the week before at Thompson, was practicing for the Winn-Dixie 500 Modified race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia (the races featured 200-lap Modified and Busch Grand National, and a 100-lap Late Model feature). He crashed heavily into the concrete ...
When the track became available in 1972, Canadian Stan Friesen, the 1969 track champion, along with a partner acquired it. Friesen also owned the nearby Merrittville Speedway in Ontario, Canada. [3] The track remained in the Friesen family until 2015 when it was purchased by Parm Atwal, whose family was an active sponsor of races at the track. [4]
Incumbent Susan Evans, a Democrat who was first elected in 2018, is unopposed this year. She faced no challengers from her own party Tuesday and has no Republican opposition this fall.
In 1968, they updated their rules to allow the newer small block engines, and the nearby Evans Mills Speedway opened with similar rules. Propelled by the strong economics of southeastern Canada's metropolitan areas, the "small blocks" became the premiere class in the St. Lawrence River Valley. [17]
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