Racing season to end with a thunderous bang at CTMP track north of Bowmanville

The thunder only finely tuned race cars can produce will be on full-throat display this weekend as Canadian Tire Motorsport Park closes out its racing season with the lightning-fast Labour Day Weekend Sprints.

This year marks the return of the legendary Trans Am Series championship to the iconic circuit north of Bowmanville, as the unmistakeable sounds of Trans Am Camaros, Corvettes, Challengers and Mustangs will echo across the park for the first time in a decade.

The co-featured NASCAR Canada Series will put a cap on the final major event of the season with the WeatherTech 200 Sunday afternoon.

The busy weekend also includes key races in the Nissan Sentra Cup, Sports Car Championship Canada and the Emzone Radical Cup Canada.

Two FIA open-wheel championships, the Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas) and the Formula 4 United States Championship (F4 U.S.), round out the on-track action.

It’ll be busy off-track as well in the CTMP Marketplace, with interactive displays, vendors, food and the Beer Garden, while the Canadian Tire Fun Zone serves up fun activities for families with younger kids.

Visitors can also get up close to all the team transporters, race cars, crews and drivers (and maybe even get an autograph) when they’re not on track competing at the race team paddock in the circuit infield at the north end near the start/finish straight.

The track formerly known as Mosport will celebrate the end of summer Saturday night with fireworks display, launched at dusk from Corner 1, and live music in the Beer Garden, with retro ’80s tribute band The Bomb belting out well-known tunes from Billy Idol, David Bowie, The Clash, Prince and more.