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Cornish Stadium
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The Cornish Stadium was a greyhound racing track and speedway venue in Par Moor Road, St Austell, Cornwall.[1]
Key Information
Opening
[edit]The track opened in May 1949 for speedway[2] and was located on the north side of Par Moor Road and south side of St Austell Road.[3]
Greyhound racing
[edit]Independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) greyhound racing took place from 11 July 1958 until 1986 over race distances of 250, 458, 650 and 860 metres.[4][1]
Speedway
[edit]Speedway took place from 1949 until 1964.[5]
Motor sports
[edit]Stock car racing took place between 1980 and 1987 shortly before the closure of the stadium. Sidecar Racing, Midget Racing and Go Karts were also held at the venue.[1]
Closure
[edit]The stadium was redeveloped into the Cornish Market World in 1988.[6]
References
[edit]
- ^ a b c "St Austell Greyhound Stadium". Greyhound Racing Times.
- ^ "New Speedway Track at St Austell". Western Morning News. 19 January 1949. Retrieved 23 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "OS Plan 1971". old-maps.co.uk.
- ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
- ^ "St Austell Speedway". Defunct Speedway.
- ^ "Closures and openings over the past 10 years, July 1993, page 18". Greyhound Star. 1993.
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