Evergreen Speedway Crowns all but 1 Champion for 2026
Monroe, Wa. - Following the completion of Evergreen Speedways NASCAR Championship Night Number One on September 12th, the first four champions of the year were crowned including three female drivers.
In the track's premier division, the Pro Late Models. It was 21 year old, No. 78 Haley Constance defeating ten time track champion No. 00 Naima Lang. Constance crossed the line first last Saturday capturing her sixth win of the season and pulling even on points with Lang. With the tie breaker being wins. The title was Constance’s.
Constance came up through the track's youth hornet program which allows kids 12 to 14 years old to race at the Super Speedway of the West. The two time winner of the track's Central Welding Supply 125 recently scored her highest finish on the track's oversized 5/8 mile oval, placing third during the Mark Galloway Shootout 150.
The title is Constance’s first title at the race track, she also becomes the first female to win a Late Model title in the 72 years Evergreen Speedway has operated.
(Photo by Amber Taylor, Elevate Racing Media)
No. 67 Mackenzie Repin becomes the first female to win a second title back to back. The Super Stock Figure 8 driver defended her title by defeating No. 36 “The Cowboy” John Carlson on track on Saturday. The pair were deadlocked on points entering the night.
Repin became the first female to win a figure 8 title at the track last season. Repin also comes from a long line of figure 8 racers. The granddaughter of Evergreen Speedway hall of famer Vern Deitz and wife to two time track champion Jake Repin.
The third female driver to claim a title was touring division driver No. 24 McKenna Cox, capturing her second NW Pro 4 Truck title in three years.
Similar to Repin, Cox comes from a long line of racers at Evergreen Speedway. Her dad, Steve is a six time figure 8 champion and her brother, Dawson is a former hornet champion and current late model driver.
Cox had to overcome adversity this season after being wrecked hard on opening night, coming from behind with a repaired race car and points gap to make up.
The final championship of the night was won by No. 30b Braeden Wagar in the tracks INEX Legend division. Wagar won his second career championship winning the division in back to back years.
Wagar defended his title from No. 42 Chris Bellanca who put together a late season charge to challenge for the title. Wagar is only the fourth person to win a title in the Legend division in the eight years the track has hosted a points title for the class.
Four more titles were handed out this last Saturday from the Super Speedway of the West with new drivers taking home titles in new divisions.
The top division of the night was the Tire Pros Street Stocks. The race saw the winner in Austin Camp secure his first on track win, his first win having previously come through a disqualification to another driver. Mark Hubbard would finish second and Jackson Beckel would finish third.
The podium finish would be the icing on the cake for Beckel who secured his first title in the division and his third title across three divisions in four years. Winning a Buzz Inn Steakhouse Stinger 8 title in 2023 and a BECU Mini Stock title in 2024, Beckel was the 2025 Street Stock Rookie of the Year.
BECU Mini Stocks had their final race of the year which was won by Cole Rarden going back to back to end the year. Justin Brave would finish in second and Matt Snyder secured his Rookie of the Year honor with a finish in third place.
All of that cleared the way for Zach Bristol to claim his first Mini Stock title and fourth career title at Evergreen. Bristol had won three straight PRCBD Hornet titles from 2023 to 2025, including winning the 2024 NASCAR Division 5 National Championship. On route to the title Bristol won both Mini Stock races at the Mark Galloway Shootout and Summer Showdown.
Buzz Inn Steakhouse Stinger 8’s had their champion essentially set entering the evening, with Matt Sommerville claiming a third career title in the division. He would cap off the night with a win in the main event, Diezel Snyder would finish in second and Bryson Wingfield would finish in third.
PRCBD Hornets crowned Damon Claibourn its champion with a win in the evening. It’s Claibourn’s first title at Evergreen after finishing top five in points the past few years. Christian Miller would finish in second and Bobby Houck would finish in third.
The final division on the night was the Northwest Vintage Modifieds. Whose race was won by Bart Hector Jr. Shane Strimple finished in second and Kahl Cheth would finish in third. The title will be decided with their final race at Tri-Cities Raceway.
The final title at Evergreen is still set to be decided with the Roadrunner Express Wash Outlaw FIgure 8 champion to be decided this Saturday. It will come down to Ryan Clark, Zach Larson and Dakota Wilkinson. Only one of them will walk away a champion.
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Evergreen Speedway is Washington State's only NASCAR sanctioned track. Operating in its 71st year, Evergreen Speedway hosts circle track, figure eight track, drift and autocross events year round. Evergreen Speedway’s famed 5/8th of a mile oval is one of the longest and fastest short track ovals on the west coast.