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Edmonton Int'l Raceway is Western Canada's only NASCAR-sanctioned Race Track. Stock car racing every Saturday night mid-May to early October every year. EIR is home to the only 10-lap stock car test drive experience, or try your own car on their paved oval race track.
Edmonton International Raceway is a 0.250 mi (0.402 km), paved oval auto racing facility, outside Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, approximately 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of Edmonton. The track is the first in Alberta to be sanctioned by NASCAR, and hosts races in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. It hosted its first NASCAR Pinty's Series race in 2014. On July 26 and 27, 2024, it hosted a newly branded NASCAR Canada Series event, the only NASCAR event in Alberta.
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The Peace Cairn was erected to commemorate 60 years of peace between the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) and Cree (Nehiyawak) nations. This historic peace pact took place in a group of hills just north of present day Wetaskiwin. These hills are known as the Hills of Peace and the name Wetaskiwin is a derivative of the Cree word Wîtaskiwinihk, meaning "the hills where peace was made."
The Manluk Centre is the City of Wetaskiwin's fitness destination providing aquatic and dry land fitness opportunities. Gym, fitness classes, water slides, BoardRider, steam room, hot tub, tot play area and 25-m competition pool. General admission provides access to the entire facility for the full day.