The first look at Northwest race schedules have been released for the 2027 season. The CARS Tour sanctioning body on the west coast will see no major changes in 2027. The CARS Tour West will continue to be their Super Late Model division, running up and down the west coast. The pro late models will be divided up again as the CARS Tour Northwest and the CARS Tour Southwest. Here is a look at the Northwest specific changes in 2027. The CARS Tour Northwest (Pro Late Models) rema

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-

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 th

125 laps at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval served as the nightcap on the inaugural SPEARS Cars Tour West Northwest Pro Late Model season. Those 125 laps for the Jerry Berschauer Memorial, a long time staple of the WVSO Calander for nearly a decade, saw the highest of highs, lowest of lows, and even got turned upside down at one point. Entering the night, it was a 2 horse race for the title between Corbitt, Oregon's Andrew Riehl, and Tucson, Arizona's Ethan Ebert, just 5 points a

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

In September of 2006, Wenatchee Valley Super Oval crowned Gary Lewis the final NASCAR Northwest Tour Champion. 20 years and 3 days later, a new Northwest Tour will crown its inaugural Champion, as the SPEARS Cars Tour West Northwest Pro Late Models hit the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval for their 2nd and final visit of 2026. This one holds a much different attitude then the April race won by Alan Cress. This one will see a year long points battle culminate in 125 laps. (Photo by

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

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

During the World Figure 8 Tuesday Tuneup event at the Indianapolis Speedrome, Chris Curtis was involved in a big wreck with the turn 3 wall after a stuck throttle. Chris along with several other Washington State drivers made the trip to compete in the 2026 World Figure 8 Championship race in Indiana. (Photo by Amber Taylor) The latest updates on his condition came from the teams Facebook page - NBQ Motorsports. Posted at 10:40am PT on 9/10 "Chris was finally taken out of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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