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

The Malicious Monster Truck Tour rolled into the Wenatchee Valley for the 2nd year in a row, this time a month earlier, and Wenatchee, Washington certainly returned the favor. For the 2nd straight year, a new all time Friday record was set for attendance for the ¼ mile Wenatchee Valley Super Oval, and the mood after was Saturday was gonna be even bigger. Not only was it bigger, it was an all time record attendance for the 56 year old facility. Five trucks competed through a t

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

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

As we near the moment the 2026 field of the Mark Galloway Shootout will exit off turn four and make the run to the green flag. We wanted to highlight a handful of the contenders for this crown jewel of the Northwest. (Thomas Stanford at the 2025 Mark Galloway Shootout, Photo by David Nelson) With over 35 entries into the race it will be a showcase of some of the best of the northwest, taking on some of the best in the southwest. The Mark Galloway Shootout is the first of two

It doesn’t take long for drivers and spectators alike to realize the 5/8 oval at Evergreen is a special track. The history, the skill it takes to tame it, and the speed leave some of the best drivers still seeking victory on it. (Photo by Kyler Hope, 2023) “(The 5/8 oval is) unlike anything in the Pacific Northwest. We don’t have many big tracks which makes this one even more special.” wrote driver of the No. 55 Pro and Super Late Model Haeden Plybon. Paved originally in 1963

The 2026 season at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval seems like it just started yesterday with the Tommy Wentz Classic. A quick look at the date though and you’ll realize that the season is no longer “young”, and the points picture has begun to become clear. Four classes took to the high banked ¼ mile oval for Fathers Day Weekend, including the Dicks Heating A/C Thunder Cars, Plumb Perfect Road Runners, BT Towing Youth Road Runners, and NAPA Auto Parts Bandoleros. It was a hot d

For Immediate Release: Northwest Super Late Model Series Media Relations Spokane, WA – Brandon Carlson dominated the inaugural “Kennedy Classic 150” at Saratoga Speedway (BC), as the Northwest Super Late Model Series presented by Knottical Marine visited Canada for the first time in series history. Carlson took home $10,000 for the rich win, $1,000 for the “John J.R. Edgett Memorial Pole Award” and $6,000 in lap leader money from Northern Provincial Pipelines Ltd., for a haul

For Immediate Release: Northwest Super Late Model Series Media Relations Event: For the first time in Northwest Super Late Model Series presented by Knottical Marine (NWSLMS) history, the series will visit Canada and the province of British Columbia. On June 12 and 13, the series will visit Saratoga Speedway (BC) for the $10,000 (USD) to win “Kennedy Classic 150”, with an additional practice day on Thursday, June 11th. The event will pay $1,000 to start with additional bonuse

In a night with weather causing nothing but uncertainty heading into the night, the clouds would break leaving enough blue sky for all classes to run on a night that put Evergreen Speedways motto of rain or shine to test. A rainy morning meant that the entries for the track's Pro Late Model division only had one joint practice session that would also double as their qualifying session. No. 00 Naimia Lang, fresh off a victory in the last race, would grab the pole once again.

Hobby Stock drivers have a new challenge on the horizon starting this weekend (June 6th). Officials of Mode Stadium Stateline Speedway and Wenatchee Valley Super Oval have come together to create a two race shootout for the popular division. Introducing, the Hoosier Tire West NW Bullring Hobby Stock Challenge. (Photo by Amber Taylor, Hobby Stock/Thunder car action at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval, 2026) With one race at each track, the series is seen as a spiritual successo

The Northwest Sprint Tour will continue its 2026 racing season Saturday night in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley at Penticton Speedway. This year will mark the fifth time that NST has visited the quarter mile oval nestled high in the mountains overlooking Lake Okanagan, with last year’s race winner Jeff Montgomery road tripping from Owosso Speedway in Michigan back to Penticton after running in Wednesday’s Race for the Million. The Rob Leighton Motorsports team did not h

Dylan Zampas’ first trip to Wenatchee started off on the wrong foot. Zampa and the crew struggled through practice on Friday to figure out the ¼ Wenatchee Valley Super Oval. Going into Saturday morning, the team was scratching their head to come up with a plan of attack. They got that in final practice, carrying momentum into a Top 5 qualifying effort. Once the Plumb Perfect Wenatchee 200 main event started, Zampa quickly worked his way to the front, dodging a big wreck o

WENATCHEE, WA: “It’s not everyday one of these races comes along.” That sentiment was heard multiple times through the pit area during Friday practice among drivers as one of the biggest races of the year arrives at the Plumb Perfect Wenatchee 200 set for Saturday, May 30th. This is the fourth running of the prestigious 200 lapper at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval, but the first edition to be sanctioned by the SPEARS Cars Tour West Super Late Model Series. (Photo by David Ne

WENATCHEE, WA: The Franks Radio Legends take to the track for the 2nd time this season at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval with two main events, one Friday night on May 29th, one Saturday night May 30th as part of the Wenatchee 200 weekend. This will mark races three and four on the inaugural tour for the Cars Tour West sanctioned Legends division, and looks to host a strong Northwest contingent. (Legends on the backstretch of WVSO during round 1, Photo by Amber Taylor) The hot ha

In the longest and highest paying race of the year for the tracks Mini Stock division. One car was the class of the field. No. 221 Lindon Smith finally was able to display the speed the car has been trying to show most of the season, winning $1,000 in the 51 lap main event. (Cole Rarden and Lindon Smith side-by-side, Photo by Amber Taylor) The night didn’t start easy for Smith, rolling the car out for qualifying he found he had no drive in the car making it about ten feet. Ge

A high car count is expected for the Dicks Heating and Air Conditioning Thunder Cars for the Wenatchee 200 on Saturday, May 30th. At time of writing, 26 cars have entered for what has become one of the biggest races of the year for the popular division, a long time staple of Wenatchee Valley Super Oval. (Photo from Thunder Car action 2021, Photo by Kyler Hope) The Season Opening Tommy Wentz Classic saw the first race of the year won by Dave Lund. Lund has been traveling t

SPOKANE-WA After unforeseen circumstances saw the cancelation of the 2nd race of the year at Tri City Raceway, the Diamond of the Desert roared back in style on Memorial Day Weekend with the first of 2 CRASHFEST events of the year. Two local classes that once called Hermiston Raceway home just 30 minutes south, Hornets and Bombers, came out to play on the infield ¼ flat track at Tri City. The Hornets came out first, bringing over 10 cars for the 30 lap exhibition, and they d