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, 2024) Former: Canadian Touring Car Championship (2008–2009, 2014–2016, 2018–2020) CASCAR Super Series (1989–1991, 1995) |
Layout1: | Long Circuit (1974–present) |
Length Km: | 4.03 |
Length Mi: | 2.517 |
Turns: | 14 |
Record Time: | 1:43.824 |
Record Driver: | Francis Martin |
Record Car: | BMW |
Record Year: | 2010 |
Record Class: | Pro Superbike |
Layout2: | Pro Circuit (1974–present) |
Length Km2: | 2.470 |
Length Mi2: | 1.535 |
Turns2: | 9 |
Record Time2: | 1:04.327 |
Record Driver2: | Jodie Christie |
Record Car2: | Honda |
Record Year2: | 2014 |
Record Class2: | Pro Superbike |
Layout3: | Fabi Circuit (1974–present) |
Length Km3: | 2.230 |
Length Mi3: | 1.398 |
Turns3: | 8 |
Layout4: | Nelson Circuit (1974–present) |
Length Km4: | 1.8 |
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 October 2024, 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: 4.03km (1974–present) | ||||
1:43.824[2] | Francis Martin | Super Series RACE Super Series Round 1 (May 2010) | ||
1:44.617 | Honda | Super Series RACE Super Series Round 1 (May 2010) | ||
GT4 | 1:48.455[3] | 2020 Shannonville CTCC round | ||
1:49.485[4] | 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) | ||||
1:04.327[5] | Series2014 Race Super Series | |||
1:05.429 | Andrew Nelson | Series 2008 Race Super Series | ||
1:08.059[6] | 2018 Shannonville CTCC round | |||
GT4 | 1:08.188[7] | 2020 Shannonville CTCC round | ||
1:08.336 | 2020 Shannonville CTCC round | |||