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,

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

Have you ever seen a driver take a race car out of the back of their shop that had been sitting for close to seven years, give it a tune up, then pilot it to a race win and $7,500? Well fans in the stands saw that very thing happen live as No. 41w Aaron Willison climbed to the top of the wing of his car and became the second winner of the Granite Can-Am Shootout. (Photo by Amber Taylor, 2026) Rolling into the main event, most eyes were on the attention of two cars. Both Willi

Monroe WA - 2026 is already off to a strong start for one of the Northwest's top pavement Sprint Car racers. Langley, British Columbia’s Aaron Willison started his year off strong Apr. 10th at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, nabbing a $30,000 payday and scoring the first ever main event for the Race 4 the Million Sprint Car Series. Willison did so in a chassis he built in his own garage in just 88 days. The win was an emotional one, with Willison dedicating it in m