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"You can't afford not to come here, and not be entertained." "We're the Walmart of race tracks," Gord quipped. Most nights feature general admission rates of $13.50 for adults, $6.50 for children and $32.50 for families.

Gord and his father are hoping that bigger prize pools will help attract more drivers and fans alike.Īt the same time, they know they've got to keep rates at the gate affordable in order to keep the fans coming. He doesn't get behind the wheel as much as he used to now, but he's hoping "to go play down south" at tracks in Florida once the Full Throttle season winds down in late September.Ī typical race night sees five different classes of cars running two sets of 20-lap races each around the tri-oval track with 30-degree banking corners.īonus nights feature an extra race and additional prize money in a certain class if a driver wins all three races. Gord began driving in 1982 at the age of 16. "We have to build it to something where people really want to be here," said Pete, who started racing in 1963 and drove until 1987, closing out that final season as track champion at Flamboro Speedway in super late model. Back in 1970, Pete won the first-ever 50-lap race run in Varney. "The fans are getting more racing, and better racing," said Gord's father, Pete, enlisted along with his wife, Isobel, to lend a hand at the track. The switch to Friday night racing means Bennett can attract drivers who might otherwise have been committed to Saturday races elsewhere.Īt Full Throttle, drivers will race for money right off the mark, rather than running qualifying heats first.

And now he's an owner, having purchased the Varney track before racing began this season in May.įrom the outset, Bennett was intent on changing up the way things have been done in Varney - and at other Ontario tracks - for years.