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

6/19/26 Alger, WA - The Big Cat went hunting for a big payday on Saturday night at Skagit Speedway, as Brad Sweet led all 40 laps of the 54th annual Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup presented by The Skagit Casino Resort, taking $100,026.26 for the win and $12,000 in lap led money. (Photo via Skagit Speedway Facebook) Sweet started from the pole and controlled the race from start to finish. Traffic was a factor early and often, and Brent Marks was constantly hounding Brad over the

6/19/26 Alger, WA - Few drivers in the country have been as hot as Brent Marks, and on Friday night, the Myerstown, PA driver continued his hot streak with a $10,000 win on preliminary night number two of the Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway presented by The Skagit Casino Resort. Levi Hillier had control of the race for the first 22 laps, with the field behind him rapidly changing positions. Marks was the biggest gainer, coming from 11th to 2nd by the time a wre

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

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

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.

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

5/23/26 Alger, WA - The John Carroll Classic for the Hill’s Meat Company 410 Sprints Cars at Skagit Speedway had twists and turns aplenty, but as the dust settled it was Jesse Schlotfeldt scoring his first win of 2026. Racing action on the night was sponsored by Skagit Farmers Supply Fuel & Propane, and joining Schlotfeldt as a winner were Colton Heath and Alex Peck. Heath was on a roll early, capitalizing on momentum he gained in the Exclusive Quality Customs 360 Main Event

Coming into the fourth race night of the season for Pro Late Models at Evergreen Speedway, two numbers stuck out from the start of the season for the ten time track champion No. 00 Naima Lang. Three pole awards, and only one lap led. Ahead of night three Lang rolled out a new build Joe’s Chassis car that he began work on in the offseason. After the race on May 2nd finishing in third the Lang team knew they had more to figure out he mentioned on the podium. (Pictured: Naima L

The Northwest is home to so many great events, and we are closing in on some of the biggest ones of the year! Here is your guide for the marquee races remaining in the 2026 in the PNW. (Photo of Wenatchee Valley Super Oval, David Nelson 2025) May 30th - Wenatchee 200 - Wenatchee Valley Super Oval The CARS Tour West super late model series makes their first of three stops to the Northwest in 2026 on Saturday, May 30th for the Wenatchee 200. This event is highlighted with the 2

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

While no Super Late Model races fall on the weekend of May 2nd in the Northwest, three drivers who call the region home will make the trek to Dacono, Colorado for round 3 of the SPEARS Cars Tour West Super Late Model series. The Builders Warehouse 150 from Colorado National Speedway will see Ethan Ebert, Bryce Bezanson, and Johvan Dillon make the trip to the fast 3/8 mile, a first for all three. (Ethan Ebert during driver intros for the 2026 Treetop 150 at WVSO, Photo by Ambe

The 3rd of three straight races to kick off the 56th season of racing at the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval has a slightly different feel to it. While 4 local classes, the Rockstar B Mods, Mini Bombers, Knutson General Construction Crown Vic Stocks, Northwest Vintage Modifieds, will hit the track, the Pro Am Drift Tour will return to WVSO for their 4th consecutive year. What started as a one-off event has evolved into multiple highly anticipated events on the Wenatchee Valley Su

It was a figure eight racing fans dream Saturday, April 25th from the Super Speedway of the West as Evergreen saw dual 40 lap main events for both Outlaw & Super Stock figure eight divisions. With six classes and 7 main events on tap it was set to be a jammed packed show, The headline were the Outlaws and with twelve cars set to start the main it was shaping up to be a good event. Unfortunately two cars would not make it to the green flag as No. 50 John Carlson was hit in the