Welcome to the Track
The Ashby Lake Racetrack is a fictional local motor racetrack in Ontario, Canada, created by romance author Tasha Zima. A little worn around the edges and never mistaken for a glamorous professional circuit, it is where local drivers test their nerve, neighbours fill the stands, and raw ability matters more than polish.
The racetrack is an important location in the interconnected Katie and Bennett series. It is here that Katie Quinn’s extraordinary instinct behind the wheel becomes impossible to dismiss—and where a working-class mechanic begins to see a future much larger than the life she expected.
At a Glance
Type: Local motor racetrack and stock-car venue
Location: Ashby Lake, Ontario
Condition: Slightly rundown, well used, and full of character
Featured In: The Katie and Bennett series
Known For: Local racing, loyal spectators, and discovering unexpected talent
At Ashby Lake Racetrack, talent gets noticed—even when the driver would rather stay invisible.
Race Day in Ashby Lake
When the cars come around the bend, the modest local track feels enormous. Engines thunder past the grandstand, colour flashes against the worn pavement, and every person along the rail has a favourite driver—or at least a very confident opinion.
More Heart Than Polish
The facilities are practical, the grandstands have seen better days, and the roar of an engine carries well beyond the property line. None of that matters to the people who come here. The track has history, loyal regulars, and the kind of unvarnished energy that makes every race feel personal.
Before the Engines Start
Before the first car rolls out, the old grandstand waits in the quiet—the same view generations of Ashby Lake neighbours have claimed as their own.
When Ashby Lake Shows Up
On race day, those worn benches fill with families, friends, regulars, and curious newcomers. The crowd may be local, but the cheering is championship-sized.
Where Everything Changes
Katie Quinn knows cars because she has spent years doing the work: listening, repairing, learning, and surviving. At the racetrack, that hard-earned knowledge meets an instinct no one can teach.
Bennett Rhodes recognizes what Katie is capable of before she is ready to imagine it for herself. The track becomes the starting line for ambition, opportunity, and a relationship neither of them expected.
Featured in the Katie and Bennett Series
Follow Katie and Bennett through However Much or Little, Looking Up, and No Matter What Happens—an interconnected contemporary-romance series about class, ambition, racing, family, and choosing a future together.