Excerpt from: Wheels.ca
... Bondar and his business partner, Steve Gidman, a Toronto-based business owner who is himself an avid racing enthusiast, took possession last October. Now, Dominique is overseeing the racing operations – the touring cars plus the regional motorcycle, drag and drift racing series acquired in the transaction – and John is running Shannonville’s day-to-day operations.
The track, which was built in 1974, has needed attention for a number of years. Bondar is starting small, but he has grand plans long-term.
“We’re going to be looking at improvements over the next five years,” he said. “When there’s heavy rain, we typically have some pretty bad flooding on the track, so I’ve had contractors in already to work on alleviating that. I need to repair a spot on the track, which we hope to have done by the spring.
“A lot of the paddock here is gravel and dirt, so we’re going to enhance the paddock to make it more usable. We’re getting all-new fencing put across the front because the property, as you approach, looks like a farmer’s field.
“It’s going to be more presentable, and that’s going to allow me to approach corporate Canada to get more engaged.”
Work will also begin on an event centre this summer that will give high-end clients a permanent facility for hosting guests. But one thing Bondar doesn’t plan to mess with is Shannonville’s much-loved modular layout. Incremental builds over several years have resulted in a total of four track layouts, plus a drag strip and an 8,500-metre skid pad.
“That has a rich history, so that doesn’t make any sense to change it,” he said.
Business is already on the upswing. Shannonville’s richest history is motorbike racing, and the Canadian Superbike Championship has a pair of season-bookend stops scheduled here on its 2020 calendar, the opener on May 22-24 and the finale on Sept. 19-20.
They will be at this weekends Motorcycle Show as well !
Nice New Website: Shannonville Motorsport Park – The Birthplace Of Champions Since 1974
