Role at Riverside: Promoter, Official

Ernie Ledwidge got his start in racing at Riverside Speedway as one of the scorers for the inaugural Riverside 250 in 1977.

Ernie continued as scorer at Riverside through 1979 then moved to the same role at Onslow Speedway. In 1983 Ernie became race director at Onslow and so his wife, Cathy, took over the scoring duties.

From 1984 to 1987 they worked at Riverside in similar roles, and included son Mike in scoring the races. In 1988 the trio moved their expertise to Scotia Speedworld where they expanded their roles to cover just about every aspect of race-day control. In 1994 they helped with the planning, construction, and opening New Brunswick’s Speedway 660.

In 1996 they returned to Scotia Speedworld running the competition operations of the facility, and in 2001, when the Maritime Pro Stock Tour was formed, took on the same role with it.

Cathy Ledwidge passed away in 2007; Mike and Ernie remained actively involved in racing until the end of the 2008 season.

The Ledwidge family was inducted to the Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2009.