In 1961 the local people started hosting motocross races in the village of Heide, Venray.

Former members Johan van Dijck, Jan Derikx and Harry Maessen founded a new private foundation in 1983, Stichting Motor Cross Venray.

[4] In its first years most races at Circuit de Peel were sanctioned by the International Motor Bike Association.

At the end of 1989 the Circuit de Peel lost its licence to host the Motocross World Championship Grand Prix.

During the highly prestigious Stockcar F1 World Cup at Circuit de Peel one of the drivers suffered a fatal accident.

Keijzer spun and whilst approaching the infield had a head-on collision with Ed Neachell.

[8] The racetrack was never included in the land-use planning but the municipality allowed the circuit to operate in order to prevent motorcyclists taking to the woods and causing more nuisance.

Since 1993 the track lied within the "Ecologische Hoofdstrucuur", a network of nature reserves with restrictions on what could be done inside them, was implemented by the Dutch Government and the provinces, leading to the circuit not only operating without a license but also in an area where it could never be allowed to.

During an inspection by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment the commission decided that the track had to cease its activities.

[9] The council of the local province decided that a replacement venue had to be found before the track would be closed.

In January 2006, however, the King's Commissioner Léon Frissen allowed the track to continue activities for six months.

The case in which various ecological societies demanding the local government to close the racetrack even went to court.

In March 2008 Maessen built an oval track near the town of Oirlo without permission of the municipality.

In February 2007 an agreement was reached to move the old circuit De Peel across the road from the old complex.

Midway through the season the infield grandstand was moved from the backstretch of the inner oval to turn 4 and part of a pedestrian bridge over the exit of turn 4 of the outer oval was constructed in order to allow spectators to go to and from the infield during races as well, though the bridge was not completed in 2014.

The full karting circuit was likewise first used in 2014, though sections inside the short oval's walls had been used previously already.

The following classes have local championships in Venray: The LMV8 Supercup is the regular series at the half mile oval.

The series features modern late model, such as Lefthander, Tanner and Howe, and older ASCAR chassis.

Dynes suffered a hard crash at Raceway Venray after which he retired from racing[15] The following season more Dutch drivers joined the series such as Barry Maessen and Joey Hanssen.

The championship in 2014 was a battle between Big Tuned Racing teammates Frank Wouters and Patrick den Biggelaar.

For 2010 Maessen decided to host a new BRL V6 series at Raceway Venray on the new half mile oval.

Since the tracks initiation several prestigious non-championship races have been held at Circuit de Peel and subsequently Raceway Venray.

Van Lier suffered heavy injuries and was transported by air ambulance to the Radboud UMC.

[23] ^1 Keijzer was awarded the World Cup posthumously after his fatal crash during the 2005 main event.