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

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

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

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

The Plumb Perfect Wenatchee 200 returned to the Northwest schedule in 2023 to a huge spectacle. Full car counts, a packed grandstands, and $20,000 on the line as the best in the Northwest descended to the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval. Now, one week out from the 4th running of the 200 lap crown jewel, now paying $25,0000 to win, all three previous winners have officially entered this years edition, taking place May 30th . (Kole Raz celebrating 2023 Wenatchee 200 Victory, Elevat

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

On Monday, May 18th, 2026, Kasey Kleyn announced his debut in Craftsman Truck Series starts with Rackley War at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Saturday July 18th. Along with a few other truck series events, Kleyn also plans to compete in some big late model stock events, including his CARS Tour debut. Kasey also looks to continue racing in marquee super late model events across the country. Kasey Kleyn plans to make his truck series debut in the Rackley War #27 Truck at North Wil

SPOKANE, WA: When the sun came up on Saturday morning, Garrett Evans didn’t plan on racing his #64 Rockstar Energy Drink B Modified at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval. In fact, he didn’t even plan on being at WVSO at all. Evans was in Post Falls, ID ready to serve as a crew chief for Dave Garber in the NWSLM. However, Mother Nature had other ideas. With Stateline cancelled due to rain, Evans made the 3 hour drive to Wenatchee, where his Modified was being shaken down ready for

After a week off, the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval roars back to life with the 4th race of the 2026 season on Saturday, May 16th . Five classes will hit the high-banked ¼ mile oval for Driver Appreciation night, as the Rockstar Energy B Mods headline the event for Round 3 of their 2026 campaign, along with Round 2 for the Dicks Heating/AC Thunder Cars, the Plumb Perfect Road Runners and B&T Towing Youth Road Runners. The night will also feature the 3rd race of the season for t

SPOKANE-WA: Since returning to the Northwest calendar in 2023, the Plumb Perfect Wenatchee 200 has become a staple on Super Late Model schedules throughout the region. The $25,000 payday (20K in 2023) has drawn drivers from all across the West Coast and beyond. This year for the first time, the event will be sanctioned as part of a Series, as the SPEARS Cars Tour West Super Late Models will oversee the festivities. So far, the early entries have been no exception to the past,

For the second time this season, a Knutson brother brought home the Rockstar Energy B Mod Main Event victory at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval. This time, it was Michael Knutson, leading 49 of 50 laps to take home his first of the season, and 2nd career Modified victory. The multi-time Late Model track champion added the Modified to his racing program at last years season finale, leading over 60 of the 75 laps that night to win in his debut. On Saturday, Knutson started on th

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

The first ever visit for the SPEARS Cars Tour Northwest Pro Late Model Series saw a familiar face in Shockwave Victory Lane, as Stayton, Oregon's Alan Cress emerged from a wild 150 lap main event to become just the second winner in series history, and first to win a series race at the high-banked ¼ mile in Wenatchee Valley. (The sunset during the TreeTop 150, Photo by David Nelson) Cress, driving a brand new Joes Racing Chassis for Mike Barrett, had all the momentum entering

The CARS Tour Northwest (CTNW) inaugural season rolls on with round number two, the TreeTop 150 Leonard Evans Memorial. With a sold out crowd expected, the event is expected to be the largest Pro Late Model race in the history of the track. The season opener and first event CTNW event was won by Wenatchee's very own Thomas Stanford, with a decisive victory over Haeden Plybon and Ethan Ebert giving him a lead into round number, and all the advantage racing at his home track.