It was his first trip to race late models in the Pacific Northwest, and Carson Brown made the most of it by leading every single lap of the CARS Tour West Summer Showdown at Evergreen Speedway. (Photo by Amber Taylor, Elevate Racing Media) Carson would qualify on the pole earlier in the day, and he did not look back from that moment. The green flag would drop, and the first 45 laps of the event were uneventful leading to the competition caution. The next 30 laps would remain

Not only was the 2026 Summer Showdown 100 his CARS Tour Northwest debut, but it was also Turner Brown's first late model start. The decorated go-kart driver showed a lot of speed in practice and was able to carry that experience over and find victory lane in his first start. (Photo by Amber Taylor, Elevate Racing Media) "Showing up yesterday morning for practice and looking at the track thinking 'I don't know if I am even going to race' cause I was so scared." Safe to say tha

Thursday, August 13th 2026 A hot and sunny start to the 2026 Summer Showdown gave the drivers very similar conditions to what they will face for the rest of the weekend. Jace Hansen set the fastest lap of the day in first practice at a 21.984. The defending Summer Showdown winner feels confident in his car. (Photo by David Nelson, 2026) "I am actually a little surprised we had that much pace, we were really tight right out of the trailer but were able to make adjustments and

"The Concrete Jungle" puts on exciting racing throughout the year, with sprint cars being one of the main attractions at the speedway throughout the year. One of the biggest sprint car races of the year is held at Meridian Speedway every September, and that is the Pink Lady Classic. Rob Grice has competed at Meridian Speedway for years, collecting wins in the weekly series, ISRL Series, and Speed Tour Regional Sprintcar Series. Unfortunately, his most recent highlight was not

Carson Brown is excited to turn his first laps at Evergreen Speedway this weekend during the 2026 Summer Showdown. Brown is fresh off his NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series debut, where he finished 15th at Iowa Speedway. "My expectations going into this race are pretty high but at the same time I feel like my thoughts are very open-minded. I have never truly raced a track like Evergreen and even more so in a super late model, but I attack this weekend just like any other weeke

One of the most successful super late model drivers in the country in 2026 is making his way to Evergreen Speedway for the Summer Showdown. Carson Brown is the current points leader of the ASA Stars National Tour, coming off a win at Newport Speedway in their most recent event. Brown made his debut in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series this past weekend at Iowa Speedway. (Photo by Kyler Hope, 2025) Five drivers are looking to double down on pay days, competing in both the

Big money has not been a stranger to the Summer Showdown in previous years, and this year there is over $202,000 up for grabs spread out across the CARS Tour West super late models, CARS Tour Legends, and pro late models. The 200-lap main event Saturday night will send a team home with $30,000 for winning the 14th running of this event. Keep an eye out for the full entry list that is expected to be announced early next week. Event Info: Friday Aug 14th Summer Showdown Grandst

The Northwest Sprint Tour makes their second and final trip to Evergreen Speedway in 2026 this Saturday, August 1st. Aaron Willison looks to grow his championship lead and win his 6th race on the year in the NWST. A Willison has won every Northwest Sprint Tour race in 2026, with five of them going to the points leader Aaron, and one going to brother Ryan at Agassiz Speedway back in June. Aaron won the first race at Evergreen Speedway back on May 9th, which was the series seas

Kevin Harvick went 2 for 2 at Mode Stadium Stateline Speedway by taking home the prestigious Idaho 200 presented by Knottical Marine. Harvick, who had won the Road to the 200 in June, started outside pole for the 200 lap race, his reward for bagging the win in the 150 lap race. Haeden Plybon, who set the new track record of a blistering 12.936 second qualifying lap, jumped out to the early lead. Plybon, a former race champion, set a torrid pace through the first 70 laps, all

Midsummer 2026 Northwest Driver Rankings. (Photo credit D.Darko) After surveying many people in the NW racing industry, on both the dirt and asphalt side, this is the midsummer top-10 driver rankings of Northwest drivers! The criteria that was used to qualify for the list was a Northwest based driver or team that predominantly races in the Northwest. Teams and drivers that travel here a few times a year do not qualify. If a Northwest driver competes in events outside the PNW,

7/11/2026 Domination continues for No. 78 Haley Constance when it comes to racing on the 3/8 oval. New Track record? Taken care of. A fifth win of the season? Done. Back to back Central Welding Supply 125’s and five thousand dollars? Complete. (Photo by Amber Taylor) With fourteen cars rolling off for this marquee race for the Pro Late Models were set to put on a show for fans. The race settled in early, with No. 12 Chad Fitzpatrick leading the first 22 laps before being pass

A year and a half ago, Tuscon, Arizona's Ethan Ebert had never set foot in a Super Late Model. The young gun was focused on Off Road racing, winning a Baja 500 championship. Fast forward to the United States of Americas’ 250th Birthday on July 4, 2026, the now Naches, WA native was parking his Port City Phase II for Jefferson Racing in Victory Lane at Tri City Raceway for the 3rd straight race at the ½ mile Tri Oval. Ebert traded fast laps in practice through the weekend with

7/4/26 Alger, WA - On the day where the USA celebrated birthday number 250, Trey Starks celebrated his 7th feature win of 2026 at Skagit Speedway by winning the Hill’s Meat Company 410 Sprint Car main event. Austin Kerrigan and Lane Zerbin were also winners on the night, the first Skagit Speedway win for both. Starks started in row two and quickly moved into second place while Levi Hillier had the early lead. Starks would shoot past Hillier on lap four to take over the lead

Keelan Harvick had to fend off a late race restart and pressure from his own dad Kevin Harvick in order to capture his first victory in the Northwest. As well as make up for a mistake that cost him this very event last year. (Photo by Amber Taylor) One year ago, it was a bad restart on lap 110 that saw Keelan lose the lead to the No. 55 of Haeden Plybon, who would go on to win the 14th edition of the event. This year Keelan was not about to make the same mistake. “Thank you

As of 10:30AM PST, Wednesday June 24th, 37 cars have officially entered the 2026 Mark Galloway Shootout. Only two previous winners are entered in the 37-car field so far, those being Naima Lang (00) who has won the event twice, once in the inaugural race in 2011, and again in 2021. Haeden Plybon also has a pair of victories, those coming in 2024 and 2025. PLM Entry List (37 cars): #00 Naima Lang* #3K Ken Bonney #3G Wyatt Gardner #3C Logan Cole #5J James Hamlin #5P Ryan Phipps