Drag Strip

Live Life a Quarter Mile at a Time

Come live the iconic line from Fast and Furious and line it up at the various drag strips across Southern Ontario. It's the perfect way to safely test your vehicles performance and acceleration and even challenge your friends.

Safety and Excitement

Purpose built drag strips feature prepared surfaces, electronic timing, safety equipment, medical staff and safety barriers to keep drivers and spectators safe. It is a controlled and organized environment where all you have to concentrate on is the green light to go.

Cost Effective and Accessible

You can bring any mechanically worthy vehicle to the drag strip any week during the season for as low as $40. Everything from the normal family sedan to fully prepared race cars can "line it up".

How To Get on The Drag Strip

Learn How to Drag Race

Currently Toronto Motorsports Park is offering the only program (Drag Racing Experience) where you can learn the basics of drag racing in a provided vehicle.

This is your opportunity to get behind the wheel of high-powered Muscle Cars and experience the exhilarating thrill of drag racing, the world’s fastest form of motorsports. You will learn everything from safety and burnouts to staging and acceleration on this legendary dragstrip. Then you will have the chance to race side-by-side in a “pro-style elimination competition”.

For More Info: TMP Drag Racing Experience

Test and Tune Events

Test and tune events are open to all vehicle makes and models including motorcycles. They typically run on Friday Evenings and Saturday/Sunday during the day. You simply show up, pay your fee, go through technical inspection and then queue for your turn to blast down the 1/4 mile strip. You will be given a time slip at the end of each of your run to show how your did. Typically test and tune does not feature "prepared" surfaces ie. glue being put down on the lanes prior and are just for testing/fun.

Test and Tune Events:

Where to Get on the Drag Strip

1040 Kohler Rd. Cayuga, Ont

The 1/4 mile track at Toronto Motorsports park was originally a World War II airstrip which was abandoned and developed in 1948. In 1954 permission was given to start using the air strip for drag racing. In 1960 the strip was moved to it's current location and has been operating ever since hosting public test and tune and NHRA events since 1998.

45633 Sparta Line, St. Thomas, ON

St. Thomas Dragway is Canada’s oldest purpose built drag strip featuring a 1/4 mile track. Originally opened in 1962 by Bob & Helen Harvey it continues to be the oldest continually run drag strip in the country. In 2020, the track became part of the Spriet group of companies and has been running public test and tune and NHRA events.

70292 Grand Bend Line, Grand Bend, ON

Grand Bend Motorplex features IHRA Championship Drag Racing on its 1/4 mile dragstrip and is home of the annual IHRA Mopar Canadian Nationals, Canada's longest running and largest National Event Drag race. Grand Bend also hosts adhoc public test and tune events throughout the season.

7047 Old Highway 2, Shannonville, ON

Shannonville Motorsport Park was built in 1974 by John Nelson who was a motorcycle and racing enthusiast. The facility include a 1/4 drag strip which is used today as part of their "mix and match" program where drivers can lap on the road course and use the drag strip for one price.