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Record Crowds Rock Wenatchee
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
Greg Rentz
Jul 13


Starks Takes Career 410 Win #20 at Skagit Speedway on Hall of Fame Night
7/11/26 Alger, WA - On a night where Skagit Speedway enshrined three new members to its Hall of Fame, Trey Starks furthered his future Hall of Fame resume by taking his 20th win in Hill’s Meat Company 410 action in his career. Starks followed a familiar pattern that he’s set in previous races by jetting out to an early lead and keeping it throughout the race. Starks would lead all 30 laps, enjoying a lead over four seconds for most of the way in taking the $5,500 top prize.
Kaleb Hart
Jul 13


Ebert Cruises to 3rd Straight Tri-City Victory
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
Greg Rentz
Jul 6


Starks Celebrates America’s 250th Birthday with Skagit Speedway Win
7/4/26 Alger, WA - On the day where the USA celebrated birthday number 250, Trey Starks celebrated his 7th feature win of 2026 at Skagit Speedway by winning the Hill’s Meat Company 410 Sprint Car main event. Austin Kerrigan and Lane Zerbin were also winners on the night, the first Skagit Speedway win for both. Starks started in row two and quickly moved into second place while Levi Hillier had the early lead. Starks would shoot past Hillier on lap four to take over the lead
Kaleb Hart
Jul 6


Starks Still Rolling at Skagit Speedway
6/27/26 Alger, WA - For the fifth time in 2026, Trey Starks dominated the Exclusive Quality Customs 360 Sprint Car field for a main event win at Skagit Speedway. Ultra slick conditions did not deter Starks who managed to find speed where others didn’t as he led all 30 laps of the main event after starting on the pole thanks to his 4 to 1 run in the heat race. Robbie Price ran second all race and ended up in the runner up spot with Colton Heath rounding out the podium. Kai Di
Kaleb Hart
Jun 30


Keelan Harvick Avenges 2025 Mistake, Holds Off Late ChallengeTo Win Mark Galloway Shootout
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
Benjamin Eyman
Jun 29


Ingram Threepeats At Wenatchee in Thunders
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
Greg Rentz
Jun 21


McFadden Wins Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup Night One at Skagit Speedway
6/18/26 Alger, WA - Night number one of the 54th annual Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup presented by The Skagit Casino Resort is in the books and as the dust settled around Skagit Speedway, James McFadden emerged as the winner of the 30 lap A Main event, paying $6,500 to win. DJ Netto set out to the early lead in the 30 lap feature with McFadden sitting roughly six car lengths behind him as the pair worked their way toward slower traffic. McFadden would close o with a couple car
Kaleb Hart
Jun 19


Northwest Vs National Stars: 2026 Dirt Cup Entry List
The 2026 Jim Raper Memorial Super Dirt Cup kicks off this Thursday, June 18th at Skagit Speedway, and the 52-car entry list is stacked with talent. Six defending Dirt Cup Champions, several full-time High Limit "High Rollers", and a few young guns make up a small portion of the impressive field. (Photo from 2022 Skagit Dirt Cup, PC Kyler Hope) The 2025 Super Dirt Cup Champion and the current Skagit Speedway 410 points leader Trey Starks is looking to be the first driver to go
Kyler Hope
Jun 17


The NWSLMS Makes Inaugural Trip to Canada for the “KennedyClassic 150”
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
Kevin Peters, NWSLMS
Jun 11


Rainy Weather Can't Stop Constance
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.
Benjamin Eyman
Jun 9


New Challenge For Northwest Hobby Stock Drivers
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
Greg Rentz
Jun 8


NST returns to action at Penticton Speedway Saturday Night
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
Cole Sorenson
Jun 4


Zampa Cashes $25K At Wenatchee
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
Greg Rentz
Jun 1


Hillier Has Huge Night at Skagit Speedway
5/30/26 Alger, WA - It was an epic night for Levi Hillier and Rudeen Racing at Skagit Speedway as the 16 year old won both Sprint Car main events on the night, culminating with his first career 410 Sprint Car win in the night’s finale. First up was the Exclusive Quality Customs 360 Sprint Car main event, which took multiple tries to get up and running as the field endured four red flags before completing two laps. Once the race got up and jamming, Hillier jumped out to the l
Kaleb Hart
May 31


Mitchell, Drake, Bracy and Fisher Win May Finale at Deming Speedway
5/29/26 Everson, WA - The final race of May is in the books at Deming Speedway with racing on the night sponsored by NW Propane and Keizer Wheels. Kyle Mitchell, Dakota Drake, Brooklyn Bracy and Lucas Fisher were the feature winners on the night, exiting the second month of racing with big momentum as we head to June. Kyle Mitchell took over the lead on lap two of the Speedmart 600 main event and rode the rim the rest of the way to a dominant feature win. While Mitchell was
Kaleb Hart
May 30


Legends Back for Round Two At Wenatchee
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
Greg Rentz
May 29


Lindon Smith Captures Signature Victory in Mini Stock 51 Lap Race Over Memorial Day
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
Benjamin Eyman
May 28


Thunder Cars See High Car Count For 200 Weekend
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
Greg Rentz
May 27


Knowles, Preston Win Big on Tri City Short Track
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
Greg Rentz
May 25
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