2003 Tiberon race car of the Blue Line Racing Association

Amanda Preece, SECN reporter

Calgary’s motorsport fans are in for a treat this weekend as police from Edmonton descend on Race City Motorsport Park to test out their racing prowess.  Members of Edmonton’s Blue Line Racing Association will be taking part in races along with teams from the Alberta Sheriff Department and the R.C.M.P. this Friday, Sept. 25, from 7 p.m. The Blue Line Racing Association is a non-profit organization formed by members of the Edmonton Police Service. Continue Reading

Local drag racing veteran Harry Svinger makes his last run at Race City

Sunday afternoon may have seen the last deafening roar from the straight pipes of high horsepower cars at Race City.  The venerable motorsports facility is set to close after this season thanks to the City of Calgary’s insatiable demand for land to expand the Shepard Landfill.  Continue Reading

Warming up the tires prior to a run at Race City Sunday

Summer has officially arrived when the roar of open exhaust systems fills the air in southeast Calgary.  This past weekend it was the Calgary Drag Racing Association’s turn to tear up the track at Race City, with almost a hundred cars competing on Sunday.  Continue Reading

The Janeshewski jet car ready to run the quarter mile at Race City Sunday

You can’t beat the ear-splitting whine of a jet engine, volumnious clouds of smoke, great puffs of flame and 250 mph for pleasing race fans.  The several thousand people who came to Race City this past weekend for the 23rd Annual Father’s Day Classic hosted by the Calgary Drag Racing Association went away happy customers. Continue Reading

Prairieland Motorsport's jet truck packs 7,500 h.p. and goes 250 mph in the quarter mile

The Calgary Drag Racing Association is hosting the 23rd Annual Father’s Day Classic June 20th and 21st at Race City.  The Father’s Day Classic is recognized as Calgary’s premier drag racing event, bringing out racers and fans from all over Canada.  Continue Reading

Allen Berg, right, offering pointers to driving student

You’re driving along an Alberta highway in the dead of winter, listening to the radio, thinking you should divert some heat to the floor because your feet are cold.  Suddenly, your car hits black ice.  Continue Reading