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Westwood Motorsport Park - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 49°18′34.56″N 122°47′13.2″W / 49.3096000°N 122.787000°W

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Westwood Motorsport Park
Mountain High Racing

Location	Coquitlam, British Columbia
Time zone	UTC-07:00
Coordinates	49°18′34.56″N 122°47′13.2″W / 49.3096000°N 122.787000°W / 49.3096000; -122.787000
Owner	Province of British Columbia
Operator	Sports Car Club of British Columbia
Broke ground	1957
Opened	1959
Closed	1990
Major events	Atlantic Championship (1971–1990) Trans-Am Series (1977–1980) NASCAR Winston West Series (1973–1974) Player's GM Challenge Series (1987–1990)
Road Course (1959–1990)
Length	2.897 km (1.800 miles)
Turns	8
Race lap record	0:59.705 ( Hiro Matsushita, Swift DB4, 1989, Formula Atlantic)

Westwood Motorsport Park (or Westwood Racing Circuit) was a 1.800 mi (2.897 km) 8-turn motorsport race track located in Coquitlam, British Columbia on the southern slopes of Eagle Mountain (known locally as Eagle Ridge).

History

The track was built and operated by the Sports Car Club of British Columbia (SCCBC). Construction of Westwood began in 1957, and the first race was held on July 26, 1959, making it the first purpose-built permanent road course in Canada.

Westwood hosted many different professional race series over the years, including long stints with the Formula Atlantic Series, Trans-Am Series, and Player's GM Challenge Series. Champion drivers to have raced professionally at Westwood include Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg, Indianapolis 500 winners Bobby Rahal and Danny Sullivan, as well as other famous names including Gilles Villeneuve and Michael Andretti.

The December 12, 1988 episode of MacGyver, titled Collision Course, was primarily filmed at Westwood (where it was referred to as the Westwood Springs Race Course). The Player's GM Challenge Series served as the backdrop of the story.

The track, which was located on leased provincial crown land, eventually fell victim to urban development. The track finally closed in 1990 to make way for the Westwood Plateau housing development and the Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club.

Lap records

The fastest official race lap records at the Westwood Motorsport Park are listed as:

Category	Time	Driver	Vehicle	Date
Full Circuit: 2.897 km (1959–1990)^[1]
Formula Atlantic	0:59.705^[2]	Hiro Matsushita	Swift DB4	1989 Westwood Atlantic Championship round
Trans-Am	1:06.960^[3]	Greg Pickett	Chevrolet Corvette	1978 Westwood Trans-Am round
Group 4	1:11.300^[4]	Eppie Wietzes	Ford GT40	1966 Westwood CSCC round
Group 3	1:18.000^[5]	Bob Stevens	Chevrolet Corvette Stingray	1970 Westwood 500

Major race results

CASC / SCCA Atlantic Championship

Year	Date	Driver	Car
1971	Oct 3	Craig Hill	Lotus 69B	^[6]
1972	July 9	Craig Hill	Lotus 69B	^[7]
1973	May 27	Allan Lader	Brabham BT-40	^[8]
1974	May 26	Allan Lader	Chevron B27	^[9]
1975	June 1	Bertil Roos	March 75B	^[10]
1976	May 30	Marty Loft	March 76B	^[11]
1977	July 17	Keke Rosberg	Chevron B-34	^[12]
1978	April 23	Keke Rosberg	Chevron B-45	^[13]
1979	June 3	Kevin Cogan	Ralt RT-1	^[14]
1980	June 1	Jacques Villeneuve Sr.	March 80A	^[15]
1981	Aug 23	Rogelio Rodriguez	Ralt RT-4	^[16]
1982	Aug 23	Tommy Phillips	Ralt RT-4	^[17]
1983	May 22	Michael Andretti	Ralt RT-4	^[18]
1984	July 22	Chris Bender		^[19]
1985	July 21	Dan Marvin		^[20]
1986	July 6	Ted Prappas		^[21]
1987	Aug 23	Johnny O'Connell		^[22]
1988	Aug 6	Dean Hall		^[23]
1988	Aug 7	Rod Granberry		^[24]
1988	Sept 11	Hiro Matsushita		^[25]
1989	May 28	Hiro Matsushita	Swift DB-4	^[26]
1989	Aug 5	Hiro Matsushita	Swift DB-4	^[27]
1990	Aug 5	Mark Dismore	Swift DB-4	^[28]

SCCA Trans-Am Series

Year	Date	Driver	Car
1977	June 5	Peter Gregg	Porsche 934	^[29]
1978	June 4	Ludwig Heimrath	Porsche 935	^[30]
1979	June 3	John Paul	Porsche 935	^[31]
1980	Sept 7	John Bauer	Porsche 911SC	^[32]

External links

Atlantic Championship Series race venues (1974–2009, 2012, 2014–present)

Current (2024)

Road courses	Road Atlanta Mid-Ohio Pittsburgh Road America New Jersey Summit Point

Returning (2025)

Road courses	Watkins Glen

Former

Ovals	Calgary Chicago Gateway Milwaukee Nazareth New Hampshire Phoenix
Road courses	Autobahn Barber Brainerd Bridgehampton Calgary Cleveland Edmonton (airport) Edmonton (speedway) Firebird Gimli Homestead Indianapolis Laguna Seca Lime Rock Memphis (NC) Mexico City Mont-Tremblant Mosport Ontario Palm Beach (NC) Portland Riverside Sanair Seattle Sebring Shubenacadie Sonoma St-Félicien St. Louis Topeka Thompson Utah Virginia Westwood Willow Springs
Street circuits	Denver Des Moines Detroit Granby (NC) Halifax Hamilton Houston Las Vegas Long Beach Miami Monterrey Montreal Québec City Phoenix San Jose Spokane St. John's St. Petersburg Tacoma Toronto Trois-Rivières Vancouver

Trans-Am Series race venues (1966–present)

Current (2024)

Trans-Am	Sebring Road Atlanta New Orleans Gateway (TA2) Lime Rock Pittsburgh Mid-Ohio Road America Watkins Glen Mosport Virginia Austin
West Coast	Thunderhill Sonoma Laguna Seca Portland Spring Mountain Austin

Future (2025)

Trans-Am	Barber
West Coast	Buttonwillow

Former

References

Johnston, Tom, Westwood, Everyone's Favourite Racing Circuit, Granville Island Publishing, ISBN 978-1-894694-49-0

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