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Evergreen Speedway

Located at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington, Evergreen Speedway has been a cornerstone of NASCAR

racing in the Northwest since the former horse racing track was paved in the mid-1960s.

“Evergreen Speedway is the fast, affordable, friendly place to go,” said Doug Hobbs, who has managed the facility since 2011. “Our primary goal is to sell the fun and the excitement of coming to an event live.

“We are a rain-or-shine program,” Hobbs added. “We have 10 different home classes and eight of those 10 can run in the rain. Even if we have five or six classes running, we know at least four are going to be able to put on a show for the fans. Another thing is we have a covered grandstand to make sure the people are out of the elements if it’s too hot or if there is some rain.”

EVERGREEN SPEEDWAY HOSTS MORE THAN 100 EVENTS A YEAR. VISIT EVERGREENSPEEDWAY.COM FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS

STORIED HISTORY

IN AUGUST, THE ARCA MENARDS SERIES

West made its 60th visit to Evergreen Speedway.

“The history and heritage of Evergreen started many decades ago,” Hobbs said. “During the Motorcraft 500 years in the 1980s and early ’90s, fans got to see a lot of Cup Series drivers who would come out and participate. The Truck Series was here from 1995 to 2000, and we are trying very hard to get that back again.”

MULTIPLE LAYOUTS

EVERGREEN SPEEDWAY FEATURES MULTIPLE

track configurations, including five-eighths-mile and three-eighths-mile ovals.

“The three-eighths-mile track is predominantly for our weekly series – our NASCAR street stocks, NASCAR mini stocks, NASCAR pro lates and then our INEX Legends also run that track. We create a little bit of a road course for our hornet classes. Our winged sprint cars primarily run the three-eighths track and then we use a fifth-mile for our junior hornets,” Hobbs explained.

MARQUEE EVENT

RUN ANNUALLY DURING THE THIRD

weekend of July, the Summer Showdown is Evergreen Speedway’s headline race.

“That is a race that draws a lot of attention from pro late model drivers and super late model drivers from throughout the West and Canada,” Hobbs said. “It’s one of the larger purses for short tracks in America. The super lates run for a minimum of a $25,000-to-win purse. The pro lates are either $10,000 or $15,000 to win.”