Honda Indy Toronto 2022 Race Build

HIT map for 2022

It's interesting that the sport that has race cars traveling around Exhibition Place in speeds measured in hundreds of kilometres per hour has a course and associated infrastructure that takes about a month to construct. The work crews have been hard at work putting out the concrete block barriers and fencing along with the grandstands to make ready the Honda Indy Toronto for the 2022 street course race July 15 to 17, 2022. You can find links to my race weekend posts here.

Updated July 13, 2022 photos of the track build near completion.

Painting the Start/Finish Line

Turn 11 and the Pit Lane

And back to the original post....

Princes' Blvd looking toward Princes' Gates and Turn 1

The Start/Finish line has not been painted yet

Princes' Gates

From HIT's media release: "Nu-Era Logistics, a leader in the transportation industry, will provide equipment and help transport materials to the track construction site. In total over 2,050 steel-reinforced barriers made using more than 10 million pounds (4.5 million kilograms) of concrete will be positioned. Fencing spanning four kilometres made from approximately 410,000 pounds (185,000 kilograms) of steel will be erected, and nearly half a kilometre of tire wall barriers will line the course. Concrete barrier block placement has begun along Manitoba and Ontario Drives."

Lake Shore Blvd work remains for road closures starting July 8 

Looking towards Turn 3 grandstands from the Pedestrian Bridge to Ontario Place

It takes a bit of fencing to make this temporary course

Here is the posted schedule for the Race Festival weekend.

Friday, July 15 - Free entrance on Fan Friday sponsored by Ontario Honda Dealers Association
GATE HOURS 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM USF2000 Practice 1
8:45 AM - 9:10 AM Indy Pro 2000 Practice 1
9:25 AM - 10:00 AM Porsche Carrera Cup Practice 1
10:15 AM - 11:35 AM NASCAR Pinty's Series Practice 1 & Qualifying
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM Sports Car Championship Canada Practice 1
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM NTT INDYCAR SERIES Autograph Session
12:35 PM - 12:55 PM USF2000 Qualifying 1
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM Porsche Carrera Cup Practice 2
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Indy Pro 2000 Qualifying 1
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice 1
4:00 PM - 5:20 PM NASCAR Pinty's Series Race

Saturday, July 16
GATE HOURS 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM USF2000 Qualifying 2
8:35 AM - 8:55 AM Indy Pro 2000 Qualifying 2
9:10 AM - 9:40 AM Porsche Carrera Cup Qualifying 1
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice 2
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Sports Car Championship Canada Practice 2
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM USF2000 Race 1
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Indy Pro 2000 Race 1
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Porsche Carrera Cup Race 1
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM Sports Car Championship Canada Race 1

Sunday, July 17
GATE HOURS 8:45 AM - 5:00 PM
9:45 AM - 10:25 AM USF2000 Race 2
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM NTT INDYCAR SERIES Warm-Up
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM Indy Pro 2000 Race 2
12:35 PM - 1:15 PM Sports Car Championship Canada Race 2
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Porsche Carrera Cup Race 2
2:40 PM NTT INDYCAR SERIES Driver Introductions
3:30 PM NTT INDYCAR SERIES Honda Indy Toronto

See more of the track build after the jump.

Ontario Drive between Turns 4-5

Turn 5

Between Turns 5-6 along the Better Living Centre

Princess Margaret Fountain at Turn 6

Manitoba Drive between Turns 6-7

Manitoba Drive looking towards Turn 7

The entrance to the pits along Manitoba Dr at Turn 9

Pit Lane looking toward Turn 10. The Trackside Suites is almost done, work on Turn 10 Grandstands continues

Turn 11 Grandstand

Looking between the Turn 11 Grandstands towards the Enercare Centre. The pedestrian bridge has not been put in place yet. Work has started on the Turn 11 Suites

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