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Entry List for 2026 Fall Classic
115 Cars have entered the 2026 Fall Classic across the five divisions, with the Northwest Super Late Model Series having the highest car count at 28. A very large field of Vintage Modifieds has entered, with 21 cars expected for their two days of feature racing. SCHEDULE Friday All divisions practice 12-7 Saturday - Main Events Start at 6pm Hobby Stock 40-Lap Feature Vintage Modified 35-Lap Feature Pro Late Model 80-Lap Feature Sunday - Main Events Start at 1pm Mini Stock 40-
ERR Staff
Sep 28


Keck Clinches Franks Radio Legends Title
Kaleb Keck came to Wenatchee with a shot at two championships on the line, a track title, and a touring title. While he came up short in the track pursuit to Damien Harriss, a dominating start to the season in the Franks Radio Legends, a Cars Tour West sanctioned series, saw Keck clinch the inaugural championship in series history. (Photo by Amber Taylor, Elevate Racing Media) The final race of the season saw Keck start 6th and finish 7th , but that was enough. He had clinche
Greg Rentz
Sep 20


Mackey’s First 410 Win Caps Championship Night at Skagit Speedway
9/19/26 Alger, WA - Season Championship Night Two at Skagit Speedway saw fireworks in the sky and on the track, as Colin Mackey came away with his first Hill’s Meat Company 410 Sprint Car win on Washington Trust Bank night at Skagit Speedway. On the final night of the year for the Hill’s Meat Company Sprint Cars, Colin Mackey won in one of the closest main event finishes of the past two decades. Mackey’s first victory came after leading all thirty laps of the feature, fendin
Kaleb Hart
Sep 20


First Batch of Champions to be CrownedSaturday in Wenatchee
As the 2026 season winds down, September means Champions must be crowned throughout the Northwest. While a couple of tracks have already crowned some of their 2026 Champions, the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval will join the process on Saturday September 19th . A total of 5 Championships will be crowned on that night, as the Cars Tour West Northwest Pro Late Models and Franks Radio Legends will be crowned, alongside three local classes. We will look at the Cars Tour separately, b
Greg Rentz
Sep 17


Starks Takes 360 Championship
9/12/26 Alger, WA - Trey Starks picked up another feature win and the season championship in the Exclusive Quality Customs 360 Sprint Cars on First Responders Night sponsored by Nelson Reisner. Shane Smith also picked up a win and championship in the NW Focus Midgets while Austin Kerrigan won the Hornet main event and Steve Peters took the track title for the class. The Exclusive Quality Customs 360 Main Event looked like a typical Starks wire to wire win in the making until
Kaleb Hart
Sep 14


SPEARS CARS Tour Northwest Event Preview: Labor Day Special at Tri-City Raceway
BROADCAST INFO: FloRacing (7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026) Track: Tri-City Raceway Location: West Richland, Washington Length: 0.500-mile paved oval Laps: 125 (Pro Late Model) SPEARS CARS Tour Northwest Pro Late Models return to Tri-City Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 5, for the penultimate round of the inaugural 2026 season, with a tight championship battle taking center stage at the half-mile tri-oval. Andrew Riehl enters the weekend atop the standings with 247
CARS Tour West
Sep 1


Cress Stays Hot in the “Neal Newberry 150”
Spokane, WA – Alan Cress was both lucky and good Saturday night at the Wenatchee Valley Super-Oval (WA), as the Stayton, OR racer continued his hot streak in the Northwest Super Late Model Series presented by Knottical Marine. Cress won his second consecutive “Neal Newberry 150” at the fast ¼-mile oval to register his third series win in-a-row and fifth overall. Cress was driving a Ford Mustang Super Late Model out of the Mike Barrett stables with Trevor Cristiani Racing head
Kevin Peters, NWSLMS
Aug 31


The NWSLMS Heads to Wenatchee for the “Neal Newberry 150”
For Immediate Release: Northwest Super Late Model Series Media Relations Spokane, WA – For the 13th consecutive season, the Northwest Super Late Model Series presented by Knottical Marine will visit the Wenatchee Valley Super-Oval (WA) for the “Neal Newberry 150” on August 29th . It will be “First Responders Night” where first responders are admitted free. It will pay $5,000 to the winner of one of the most popular events on the season schedule, whose distance has increased f
Kevin Peters, NWSLMS
Aug 26


Bird Flies to Victory in Ted Mitchell Shootout
Lucas Bird has won multiple Modified Championships at Stateline Speedway over the last several seasons. Between the former Northwest Modifieds and the now Freedom Modifieds, Bird has been the driver to beat in the class for years. Once a year, the Freedom Mods make a trek to Wenatchee Valley Super Oval for a combination race with their Rockstar Energy Drink B-Mods, the Ted Mitchell Modified Shootout. This year, the Shootout was 99 laps in distance, a 75 lap run to the competi
Greg Rentz
Aug 24


Final High Limit Tune Up Goes to Starks
8/22/26 Alger, WA - The final race for the Hill’s Meat Company 410 Sprint Cars before Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing rolls into town belonged to Trey Starks on All Phase Heating & Air Conditioning Night at Skagit Speedway. Starks led all 30 laps of the main event for a $5,500 payday. After a caution halted the initial start, Starks set out to the early lead in the main event and absolutely disappeared from the field. With no further caution flags coming, Starks built
Kaleb Hart
Aug 24


Carlson and Montgomery win Saratoga main events, Willison wins Neil Montgomery Memorial
Black Creek, BC - The most prestigious event on the Northwest Sprint Tour calendar served as the wrap up for the 2026 season with the running of the Neil Montgomery Memorial Aug. 14th-15th at Saratoga Speedway. 22 cars from British Columbia, California, Florida and Utah showed up to battle for $3,000-to-win each night and $10,000 to the top points earner on the weekend. In qualifying on night one Aaron Willison 12.480 to pace the field, drawing a 10 pill for the inversion in
Cole Sorenson
Aug 18


Mittry Conquers Skagit for First Win
8/15/26 Alger, WA - The breakout season of Max Mittry continued on Saturday night at Skagit Speedway as the Redding, CA raced to his first victory at the track in the Exclusive Quality Customs 360 Sprint Cars. Mittry would start outside row one of the Exclusive Quality Customs 360 Sprint A Main event and would dominate the A Feature, leading all 30 laps with a seven second advantage over second place most of the way. Mittry would take the top spot ahead of Eric Fisher in sec
Kaleb Hart
Aug 16


Starting Lineup is Set for 2026 Summer SHowdown
Carson Brown will lead the field to green in tonight's 200-lap Summer Showdown at Evergreen Speedway. The time that put Carson on the top spot was a 22.201, compared to Jace Hansen's 22.256. Three drivers tagged the field today that ran their cars in last night's pro late model 100 lap race. Those drivers are #9B of Alex Boyatt, #54 Trace Thompson, and #57 Brad Clark. Gabe Sessler, Ethan Ebert, Haeden Plybon, Doni Wanat, and Kenny Sleveland are the other five double-duty driv
Kyler Hope
Aug 15


Turner Brown Wins in CARS Tour Northwest Debut
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
Kyler Hope
Aug 14


Qualifying Pill Draw Results for Summer Showdown
A pair of young drivers will set the bar as the first drivers out for both the CARS Tour West Super Late Models and CARS Tour Northwest Pro Late Models qualifying for the Summer Showdown. Bryce Bezanson is the first to roll in SLM qualifying, and Turner Brown will be out first for the PLM. (Photo of Turner Brown, PC Amber Taylor Elevate Racing Media) Last year, the pole time for the Summer Showdown SLM was a 21.772, set by Tristan McKee. Qualifying this year will hold a littl
Kyler Hope
Aug 14


After 32 Years of Trying Chris Curtis Finally Win’s The Big Ed Ritchie 60 Minutes of FEAR
The crown jewel weekend for both Super Stock and Outlaw figure eight division fired off with a jam packed schedule. Six classes on the schedule and big fields for all. Starting with the Outlaw figure eights which had a strong 15 car field fire off. The field started straight up with No. 83g Zach Larson on the pole. Over the long run the lead would only change three times. Larson would lose out to the No. 676 Ricky Dietz, who would go on to lead the most laps before his motor
Benjamin Eyman
Aug 11


Skagit 410 Win for Sanders
8/1/26 Alger, WA - With a week off from California racing, Justin Sanders stayed North at Skagit Speedway and collected a $5,500 prize for winning the Hill’s Meat Company 410 Sprint Car Main Event on Breast Cancer Awareness Night. Sanders pulled off the elusive clean sweep of the evening, setting fast time and winning his heat race before starting on the pole of the main event. Sanders jetted out to the early lead and went the entire distance for the win, easily navigating t
Kaleb Hart
Aug 3


Cress Captures the “Weather Guard Roofing – Kennedy Classic 200”
Spokane, WA – Alan Cress continued his recent success at South Sound Speedway (WA) Saturday night, claiming a hard-fought victory in the “Weatherguard Roofing – Kennedy Classic 200” before a packed grandstand. Cress had to come from the back twice to earn the victory in Round #3 of the Northwest Super Late Model Series presented by Knottical Marine, taking home $8.000 for his effort. Cress in now the fifth driver to score multiple wins in the traditional “South Sound / Miller
Kevin Peters, NWSLMS
Aug 3


Pre-Entry List for NWSLMS Return to South Sound Speedway
The pre-entry list for this weekend's "Weather Guard Roofing - Kennedy Classic 200" for the Northwest Super Late Model Series presented by Knottical Marine at South Sound Speedway. 20 Super Late Models are expected with one of those waiting final confirmation. A possible $13,000 could go to the winner with the addition of $8,000 in lap leader money bonuses available from Northern Provincial Pipelines Ltd. Come out on Saturday, August 1st, to see the return of the NWSLMS to So
Kevin Peters, NWSLMS
Jul 31


Greg Bennett Survives Late Race Restart, Wins on RevUp Energy Night
In the second to last Pro Late Model race of the year on the 3/8 oval, It was a surprise driver crossing the line first with the No. 98 of Greg Bennett holding on to beat No. 00 Naima Lang and No. 33 Kyle Lang. (Photo by Amber Taylor, Elevate Racing Media) The race fired off with No. 12 Chad Fitzpatrick getting to the lead early, before being run down by the No. 78 of Haley Constance. Constance, who set the track record in qualifying has been the driver to beat this year, wit
Benjamin Eyman
Jul 30
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