Through 36 seasons as a motorsports journalist, J. Wally Nesbitt has written it all. Nesbitt started his media career in 1986, producing a seasonal motorsport column for the Port Perry Star and the (Scugog) Standard through 2016. He was the track reporter for Mosport Speedway from 1998 to 2013, self-publishing a book about the speedway in 2014, and he’s also written reports and driver profiles for the Toronto Star.

Nesbitt produced press releases for the Canadian Touring Car Championship from 2016 to 2017, while doing similar work pro-bono for various drivers and teams over the years. He joined Inside Track Motorsport News in 2007, where he was senior writer and on-line editor through his retirement in December 2022.

With Inside Track, Nesbitt wrote race reports, news and driver profiles about multiple disciplines, from short track and regional road racing to Canadian touring series and international support series. He’s also contributed to the NASCAR Pinty’s Series, VARAC Vintage Grand Prix and Canadian Motorsports Expo/Motorama programs, while compiling schedules for the annual Canadian Racing Guide.

Nesbitt has covered events ranging from the Vancouver IndyCar and Montreal NASCAR races to the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, while reporting from tracks such as Circuit ICAR, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and virtually every short track in Ontario. He’s also attended tracks in the U.S., including Daytona International Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His international contacts include such notable names as Emerson Fittipaldi, Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya, while he’s interviewed many notable Canadians, including Ron Fellows, Scott Goodyear and James Hinchcliffe.