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We hope to be your information source for all things related to grass roots motorsports in Southern Ontario. We feature the Photos of Derek Smith (well over 1 Million original photos now!) . We also have over 1300 links, and you can build your own personal Favourites list.

You can reach Derek at (be sure to put something in the subject line relating to your message) . Also, visit www.derekarts.com.

See: LATEST ADDITIONS TO racepulse.com , Quick Links .

A few quick links:

LATEST ADDITIONS TO racepulse.com
Norris McDonald - Toronto Star , Norris McDonald and Wheels.ca -great supporter of local racing.
Inside Track News - local racing news.
MotorSportAlley.com , MotorSportAlley facebook and MotorSportAlley youtube -Jerry Abramowicz video and photos.
PetalPower51 videos - video of Flamboro etc.
Speed51 - short track late models.
Dirt Track Digest - dirt track news.
Jayski - NASCAR news.
Auto Racing Daily and Racer - world news.
Interest Sites Canada and Interest Sites U.S.A. .
Canadian Racer -history of local tracks.
Race Time Radio -local short track news.

Peter Anderson and Derek Smith at Flamboro Speedway

Again this year (2022) Peter and Derek are the official track photographers at Flamboro Speedway.
Spencer Smye and Zoompics will back them up when neither Peter or Derek are available.

Many Thanks to Mike Kiers, for helping out previously. See Mike's photos at Cableguy Photos .

See Peter Anderson's photos at Inside Track and contact him at .

Also check out photos from Flamboro at Zoom Pics .

Derek's latest photos from Flamboro can be found below, and earlier ones here.
Derek will be travelling as usual to many of the tracks in Southern Ontario as well this season.

For more info on the track, please visit Flamboro Speedway .

Latest Additions to racepulse.com

Updates to racepulse.com - Last Update - Tuesday November 22, 2022

I've updated 1300 photos from CTMP NASCAR Saturday September 3 and 4000 photos from Flamboro October 2 .

I'll try to update a few thousand new photos each week. Attending races 2 or 3 days per week over the racing season kept me away from the computer (eg 6 races in 1 weekend etc, 11 races over 19 days/ 31,000 photos).

MOST RECENT RACING/AUTO PHOTO UPDATES (please scroll down to see them):
CTMP NASCAR, Saturday September 3, 2022 (updated Nov 22)
Flamboro Speedway, Sunday October 2, 2022 (updated Nov 18)
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday September 16, 2022 (updated Nov 17)
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday August 12, 2022 (updated Nov 8)
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday September 2, 2022 (updated Nov 5)
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday October 29, 2022 (updated Oct 31)
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday September 9, 2022 (updated Oct 27)
Ohsweken Speedway, Thursday September 15, 2022 (updated Oct 25)
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday October 22, 2022 (updated Oct 23)
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday September 3, 2022, practice (updated Oct 21)
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday August 20, 2022 (updated Oct 20)
Peterborough Speedway, Friday October 7, 2022 (updated Oct 19)
Humberstone Speedway, Saturday October 15, 2022 (updated Oct 16)
Peterborough Speedway, Saturday October 8, 2022 (updated Oct 14)
Peterborough Speedway, Sunday October 9, 2022 (updated Oct 12)
Ohsweken Speedway, Saturday September 17, 2022 (updated Oct 6)
Flamboro Speedway, Sunday October 2, 2022 (updated Oct 6)
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday October 1, 2022 (updated Oct 6)
Humberstone Speedway, Friday September 30, 2022 (updated Oct 6)
Delaware Speedway, Sunday September 25, 2022(updated September 29)
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday September 24, 2022(updated September 27)
Humberstone Speedway, Sunday September 18, 2022(updated September 22)

For updates of older photos, please click on Photos to the left or scroll to the bottom.

MOST RECENT RACING/AUTO EVENTS ATTENDED (please scroll down for more info/winners/etc):
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday October 29, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday October 22, 2022
Humberstone Speedway, Saturday October 15, 2022
Peterborough Speedway, Sunday October 9, 2022
Peterborough Speedway, Saturday October 8, 2022
Peterborough Speedway, Friday October 7, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday October 2, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Friday October 1, 2022
Humberstone Speedway, Friday September 30, 2022
Delaware Speedway, Sunday September 25, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday September 24, 2022
Humberstone Speedway, Sunday September 18, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Saturday September 17, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday September 16, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Thursday September 15, 2022
Merrittville Speedway, Saturday September 10, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday September 9, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Sunday September 4, 2022
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Sunday September 4, 2022
Merrittville Speedway, Saturday September 3, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday September 3, 2022
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Saturday September 3, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday September 2, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday August 27, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday August 26, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday August 20, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Tuesday August 16, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Monday August 15, 2022
Sunset Speedway, Saturday August 13, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday August 12, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway Pinty's practice, Tuesday August 9, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday August 6, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday August 5, 2022
Merrittville Speedway, Monday August 1, 2022
Humberstone Speedway, Sunday July 31, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday July 30, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday July 29, 2022
Merrittville Speedway, Saturday July 23, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday July 22, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday July 16, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday July 15, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday July 9, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday July 8, 2022
Humberstone Speedway, Sunday July 3, 2022
Merrittville Speedway, Saturday July 2, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday July 1, 2022
Humberstone Speedway, Thursday June 30, 2022
Sunset Speedway, Saturday June 25, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday June 24, 2022
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Sunday June 19, 2022
Peterborough Speedway, Saturday June 18, 2022
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Saturday June 18, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday June 17, 2022
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Friday June 17, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday June 11, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday June 10, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday June 4, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Friday June 3, 2022
Humberstone Speedway Sunday May 29, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday May 28, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway, Tuesday May 24, 2022
Merrittville Speedway, Monday May 23, 2022
Sunset Speedway, Sunday May 22, 2022
CTMP, Sunday May 22, 2022
Sunset Speedway, Saturday May 21, 2022
CTMP, Friday May 20, 2022
Sunset Speedway, Saturday May 14, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday May 7, 2022
Motorama Sunday May 1, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday April 30, 2022
Motorama Saturday April 30, 2022
Motorama Friday April 29, 2022
Merrittville Speedway, Saturday April 23, 2022
Flamboro Speedway, Saturday April 23, 2022
Merrittville Speedway, Wednesday April 20, 2022
Dragstrip Memories, Mount Hope, Sunday April 10, 2022

I've created a new section for Non-racing photos (updated Tuesday October 26, 2021). People keep asking me what else i shoot. Here are a few examples, such as nature photography and concerts.
You can also find them under Photos in the left column on the home page.

Latest concert/nature/hockey updates include:
---Halloween Cat, October 31, 2022
---Halloween Cat, October 26, 2021
---Nature -Coyote in Toronto, July 16 2021
---Nature - Fox in Toronto, June 19, 2021
---Nature - Albino Raccoon June 5, 6, 8,9 2021

Canadian Tire Mo'sport Park, Saturday September 3, 2022

The Labour Day Weekend Sprints were held Friday through Sunday. The NASCAR Pinty's Series held a practice and qualifying session today. Also on track today were the Nissan Sentra Cup, Sports Car Championship Canada presented by Michelin, Emzone Radical Cup Canada presented by Michelin and the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship. For full official results and more info, please see Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and NASCAR Pinty's Series .

Here are 1300 PHOTOS . See also Sunday's CTMP NASCAR photos.

Flamboro Speedway, Sunday October 2, 2022

Flamboro Speedway held their annual Frostoberfest Weekend Saturday and Sunday. Today, Andrew Gresel won the 100 lap Grisdale Triple Crown Pro Late Model feature, followed by JR Fitzpatrick, Ryan Kimball, Treyten Lapcevich, Erik Dalla Riva, Jordan Howse, Dwayne Baker, Rick Burbridge, Mark Burbridge and Shawn Chenoweth. Brandon McFerran won the Super Stock feature, with Lane Zardo in 2nd and Gerritt Tiemersma in 3rd. Wayde Thorne won the Pure Stock feature, followed by Cameron Thomson and Spencer Riddell. Jessica James won the Outlaw Midget feature, followed by Mike Bradley and Jason Metcalfe. For full official results and more info, please see Flamboro Speedway and Outlaw Midgets .

Be sure to check out Motorsport Alley's video of this event and Petal Power's videos .

Here are 75 sample PHOTOS . Here is a larger selection of 4000 PHOTOS .

Ohsweken Speedway, Friday September 16, 2022

The Canadian Sprint Car Nationals was held this weekend, from Thursday (practice) through Saturday evenings. Tonight was the 'Night Before the Nationals', featuring the first ever Canadian Crate Sprint Nationals. Mike Bowman won the 30 lap feature, followed by Darren Dryden, Steve Murdock, Jesse Costa and Dale Curran. The fast car qualifier was Brett Stratford. Jordan Thomas won the Knights of Thunder 25 lap Sprint race, followed by Liam Martin, Chuck Hebring, Josh Hansen and Paulie Colagiovanni. For full official results and more info, please see Ohsweken Speedway , Action Sprint Tour and Knights of Thunder .

To purchase photos from this event, please contact track photographer Dale Calnan first at Image Factor . If he has what you're looking for, please purchase from him - if not, please contact derek for photos - thanks.

Here are 2600 PHOTOS .

Ohsweken Speedway, Friday August 12, 2022

Justin Ramsay won the 50 lap Brock Leonard Thunder Stock Memorial, followed by Ryan Beagle, Dave Bailey, Jim Lampman and Mark Fawcett. Mack DeMan won the Crate Sprint feature, with Lucas Smith in 2nd and Jacob Dykstra in 3rd. Cody McPherson won the ROC Sportsman feature, followed by Justin Sharpe and Bill Bleich. Tyler Lafantaisie won the Mini Stock feature, with Jeremy Hughes in 2nd and Jason Tolton in 3rd. For full official results and more info, please see Ohsweken Speedway .

To purchase photos from this event, please contact track photographer Dale Calnan first at Image Factor . If he has what you're looking for, please purchase from him - if not, please contact derek for photos - thanks.

Here are 1950 PHOTOS .

Ohsweken Speedway, Friday September 2, 2022

Ryan Turner won the 360 Sprint feature, followed by Aaron Turkey, Nick Sheridan, Mitch Brown and Mikey Kruchka. Lucas Smith won the Crate Sprint feature, with Darren Dryden in 2nd and Brett Stratford in 3rd. Ryan Beagle won the Thunder Stock feature, followed by Dave Bailey and Ken Sargent. Tristan DaSilva won the Mini Stock feature, with Ryan Hillar in 2nd and Eric Yorke in 3rd. For full official results and more info, please see Ohsweken Speedway .

To purchase photos from this event, please contact track photographer Dale Calnan first at Image Factor . If he has what you're looking for, please purchase from him - if not, please contact derek for photos - thanks.

Here are 1500 PHOTOS .

Flamboro Speedway, Saturday October 29, 2022

The Wadded Up Monster Truck tour visited Flamboro Speedway Saturday, featuring 5 Monster Trucks, Monster Truck rides, 2 10 lap Enduro races and ATV races. For more info, please see Flamboro Speedway .

Here are 100 PHOTOS . I'll update many more when i have time. Please check back.

Ohsweken Speedway, Friday September 9, 2022

Gary Lindberg won the 358 Modified feature, followed by Mike Bowman, Scott Wood, Brad Rouse and Chad Chevalier. Nelson Mason won the Sportsman feature, followed by Adam Leslie, James Friesen, Bill Bleich and Brad Rouse. Ryan Beagle won the Thunder Stock feature, with Tim Phalen in 2nd, Kyle Wert in 3rd, Trevor DeBoer in 4th and Christopher Hale in 5th. Rodney Rutherford won the Mini Stock feature, followed by Jeremy May, Dusty DeBoer, Nick Erskine and Tyler Lafantaisie. For full official results and more info, please see Ohsweken Speedway .

To purchase photos from this event, please contact track photographer Dale Calnan first at Image Factor . If he has what you're looking for, please purchase from him - if not, please contact derek for photos - thanks.

Here are 1450 PHOTOS .

Ohsweken Speedway, Thursday September 15, 2022

The Canadian Sprint Car Nationals was held this weekend, from Thursday (practice) through Saturday evenings. Tonight i attended the practice session for all divisions. Since there was no actual racing tonight, for a change of pace i spent the entire evening shooting in the pits. For full official results and more info, please see Ohsweken Speedway , Action Sprint Tour and Knights of Thunder .

To purchase photos from this event, please contact track photographer Dale Calnan first at Image Factor . If he has what you're looking for, please purchase from him - if not, please contact derek for photos - thanks.

Here are 1400 PHOTOS .

Flamboro Speedway, Saturday October 22, 2022

Flamboro Speedway held a 250 lap Halloween Enduro today, followed by a Demo Derby. Dan DosSantos won the Enduro, with Craig Cole finishing 2nd and Jordan Willms finishing 3rd. Trevor Chechalk won the Demo. For full official results and more info, please see Flamboro Speedway .

Here are 130 PHOTOS . I'll update many more soon. Please check back.

Flamboro Speedway, Saturday September 3, 2022

I only attended the practice today before heading off to Merrittville for my 3rd race track of the day...

Racing tonight were the Pro Late Models, Canadian Vintage Modifieds, Super Stocks and Mini Stocks. Peter Anderson covered the event - please see his photos at Flamboro Speedway . For full official results and more info, please see Flamboro Speedway and Canadian Vintage Modifieds .

Here are 200 PHOTOS .

Flamboro Speedway, Saturday August 20, 2022

Chris Howse won the first Pro Late Model feature, followed by Rick Burbridge and Matt Box. Mark Burbridge won the second Pro Late Model feature, with Kevin Albers in 2nd and Kevin Gallant in 3rd. Cory Wittam won the Can-Am Midget feature, followed by Daniel Hawn, David Miller, Jeff Blackburn and Craig Pitchell. The top 2 finishers in both Canadian Vintage Modified features were TJ Marshall and Ricky Willigar. Mike Podd was 3rd the first time, and Quinton Murdoch 3rd the second time. Bobby Mercer won the first Mini Stock feature, followed by Mike Thomson and Mike Gilmour. Mike Thomson won the second Mini Stock feature, with Bobby Mercer in 2nd and Matt Young in 3rd. Kris Lawrence won the first Pure Stock feature, followed by Eric Stewart and Gillian Hils. Mark Thorne won the second, with Kris Lawrence in 2nd and Eric Stewart in 3rd. For full official results and more info, please see Flamboro Speedway , Canadian Vintage Modifieds and Can-Am Midgets .

Here are some sample PHOTOS .
Here is a larger selection of 2000 PHOTOS .

Humberstone Speedway, Saturday October 15, 2022

Humberstone Speedway held the 19th Wreckfest Saturday night. Dilian Sliter won the 100 lap Enduro, with Rodney Rutherford finishing 2nd. There was also a Woman's Race, and Youth Race, a Backwards Race, a Flagpole Race (they had to circle a concrete block each lap), 4 Figure Eight Races and a Demolition Derby. For full official results and more info, please see Humberstone Speedway

Here are 1200 PHOTOS . I'll update a few more when i have time.
Please check back.

Peterborough Speedway, Sunday October 9, 2022

Peterborough Speedway held the 29th running of the Autumn Colours Classic October 7-9. The final day consisted of features. JR Fitzpatrick won the 167 lap Pro Late Model feature followed by Gord Shepherd, Ryan Kimball, Travis Hallyburton and Connor James. Andy Kamrath won the OSCAAR Modified feature, Tyler Hawn won the OSCAAR Hot Rod feature, Shawn Chenoweth won the Super Stock feature, Adam Cuthbertson won the Legends feature (and was the Legends overall winner), James Townsend won the Mini Stock feature and Craig Cole won the Bone Stock feature. For full official results and more info, please see Peterborough Speedway and OSCAAR .

Here are 1100 PHOTOS . I'll update a few more when i have time.
I shot 12,000 photos during the weekend. Please check back.

Peterborough Speedway, Saturday October 8, 2022

Peterborough Speedway held the 29th running of the Autumn Colours Classic October 7-9. Saturday included more practicing and qualifying, as well as features for the Outlaw Midgets (won by Jessica James), the Junior Late Models (won by Will Quarrie), the Legends (won by Cole McFadden), the Ontario Pro Sprints (won by Adrian Kemps), a B Main for Mini Stocks (won by Ryan Babin) and a B Main for Bone Stocks (won by Kris Khan). For full official results and more info, please see Peterborough Speedway , OSCAAR , Ontario Pro Sprints and Outlaw Midgets .

Here are 2500 SATURDAY photos . Please see also Friday and Sunday.

Peterborough Speedway, Friday October 7, 2022

Peterborough Speedway held the 29th running of the Autumn Colours Classic October 7-9. Friday included practices and qualifying, as well as the 'Young Guns' race for Mini Stock drivers (won by Dustyn Mombourquette) and the 'Young Guns' race for Super Stock drivers (won by Cayden Lapcevich). For full official results and more info, please see Peterborough Speedway , OSCAAR , Ontario Pro Sprints and Outlaw Midgets .

Here are 2600 PHOTOS (afternoon and evening online now) .

Flamboro Speedway, Sunday October 2, 2022

Flamboro Speedway, Saturday October 1, 2022

Flamboro Speedway held their annual Frostoberfest Weekend Saturday and Sunday. Today, Andy Kamrath won the OSCAAR Modified feature, followed by Dale Reinhardt, AJ Emms, TJ Edwards and Jason Keen. Cole Weber won the OSCAAR Hot Rods feature, followed by Dalen Martin, Tom Walters, Bill Zardo and Rob Bromley. Hudson Nagy won the Legends feature, with Josh Indig in 2nd and Cole McFadden in 3rd. Shawn Taylor won the Mini Stock feature, followed by Bobby Mercer, Karl Sault, Mike Thomson and Samantha Shaw. Adrian Kemps won both Pro Sprint features. Ryan Wardel and Tyler Cullen were 2nd and 3rd in the first feature , and Tyler Cullen and Ashley Bender were 2nd and 3rd in the second feature. Austin Arnel won the Junior Trucks feature, followed by Kaisha Zimoch and Hayden Sim. Jake Spencer-Walt won the Junior Late Model feature, followed by Laila Walser and Judah Buesink. For full official results and more info, please see Flamboro Speedway and OSCAAR .

Be sure to check out Motorsport Alley's video of this event and Petal Power's videos .

Here are 250 PHOTOS . I'll update many more when i have time. Please check back.

Humberstone Speedway, Friday September 30, 2022

Paulie Colagiovanni won the Knights of Thunder Sprint Car feature, Jacob Dykstra and Mike Bowman tied for first in the Action Sprint Car feature, Justin Sharp won the Sportsman feature, Kraig Handley won the Street Stock feature and Anthony Kelly won the Mini Stock feature. For full official results and more info, please see Humberstone Speedway , Action Sprint Tour and Knights of Thunder .

To purchase photos from this event, please contact track photographer Steve Ruddy first at Steve Ruddy Racing Photos . If he has what you're looking for, please purchase from him - if not, please contact derek for photos - thanks.

Here are 750 PHOTOS . I'll update more when i have time. Please check back.

Delaware Speedway, Sunday September 25, 2022

Brandon Watson won the NASCAR Pinty's Series 250 lap race, followed by Donald Theetge, Kevin Lacroix, Treyten Lapcevich, DJ Kennington, Alex Labbe, JP Bergeron, LP Dumoulin, Marc-Antoine Camirand and Dexter Stacey. Camirand also won the series points championship. For full official results and more info, please see Delaware Speedway and NASCAR Pinty's Series .

Here are 1800 PHOTOS .

Flamboro Speedway, Saturday September 24, 2022

Cory Whittam won the Can-Am Midget feature, followed by David Millar, Jayden Riddell, Daniel Hawn and Andrew Whelan. Hudson Nagy won the Legends feature, followed by Cole McFadden, Kenny McNichol Jr, Jordan Latimer and Wesley Cuthbertson. TJ Marshall won the first Canadian Vintage Modified feature, with Quinton Murdoch in 2nd and Scott Tonelli in 3rd. Rodney Rutherford won the second CVM feature, followed by TJ Marshall and Daryl Henwood. The top 3 in the first Mini Stock feature were Bobby Mercer, Kaitlyn Wallace and Mike Thomson. Mike Thomson won the second Mini Stock feature, followed by Kyle Istead and Bobby Mercer. Kyle Lucas won the first Pure Stock feature, with Leo Labarbera in 2nd and Reece Bourgeois in 3rd. Kyle Lucas also won the second Pure Stock feature, followed by Alex Stewart and Rick Mitchell. For full official results and more info, please see Flamboro Speedway , Canadian Vintage Modifieds and Can-Am Midgets .

Here are 550 PHOTOS . I'll update some more when i have time. Please check back.

Humberstone Speedway, Sunday September 18, 2022

Mat Williamson won the 40 lap Pete Cosco Memorial race, Cody McPherson won the Sportsman feature, Ryan Beagle won the Street Stock feature, Anthony Kelly won the Mini Stock feature and Josh Sliter won the Mod Lite feature. For full official results and more info, please see Humberstone Speedway .

To purchase photos from this event, please contact track photographer Steve Ruddy first at Steve Ruddy Racing Photos . If he has what you're looking for, please purchase from him - if not, please contact derek for photos - thanks.

Here are 700 PHOTOS . I'll update a few more when i have time.
Please check back.

Ohsweken Speedway, Saturday September 17, 2022

The Canadian Sprint Car Nationals was held this weekend, from Thursday (practice) through Saturday evenings. Ryan Turner won the 35 lap 360 Nationals Sprint race, followed by Mikey Kruchka, Chuck Hebring, Jordan Poirier, Mitch Brown, Josh Hansen, Cory Turner, Jordan Thomas, Glenn Styres and Baily Heard. Todd Hoddick was the fast qualifier at 13.814, and Mikey Kruchka won the Dash. Mike Bowman won the 25 lap AST feature, followed by Jacob Dykstra, Steve Murdock, Lucas Smith and Darren Dryden. For full official results and more info, please see Ohsweken Speedway , Action Sprint Tour and Knights of Thunder .

To purchase photos from this event, please contact track photographer Dale Calnan first at Image Factor . If he has what you're looking for, please purchase from him - if not, please contact derek for photos - thanks.

Here are 2500 PHOTOS .