Scott Kalitta, a two-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion will be remembered first on Friday during the first Funny Car qualifying session. Jeff Arend, who is now piloting Kalitta’s DHL Toyota Solara, will make the first qualifying run as a single in the left lane…
Trees Planted For Each Green Flag At NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Races Will Store Emissions Goal Is To Plant 20 “Green” Acres Per Year.
A local driver with vast knowledge at Stateline could upset the current ASA Northwest Late Model Tour points chase. Kevin Richards (Newman Lake, WA) has so many wins at his home track they have lost count.
The BULLDOG CONTRATERS night will be the talk of the week with the “Wednesday fans” with everyone looking to next week to catch more excitement.
NASCAR has its Camping World West Series running at Portland (Oregon) International Raceway in July-a seven hour drive from the Inland Empire. Those interested in seeing NASCAR stars D.J. Kennington, JR Fitzpatrick and Cale Gale who are development drivers for some of NASCAR's top teams…
The West Coast's premier late model event, the Montana 200, has ticket and entry information posted on its website.
Spokane-based MotoConcepts Racing Team rider Weston Peick grabbed a top-10 finish in Freestone Texas last weekend.
This is the fifth installment in an occasional series of 2009 releases highlighting some of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ most renowned car numbers and their performance heritage. This installment takes a look at the No. 21.
Skagit Speedway drivers, fans and officials will take part in a fund-raiser for Relay for Life on Saturday night.
Drivers excited as the cameras from SPEED will be on hand at Dodge City, Kan. for both nights of racing to capture all of the action for a future broadcast.
Tony Berry, the current points leader and 2007 Inland Northwest Sprint Car Association (INSCA Champion picked up the win May 16th at the season opening event at Spokane County Raceway.
With two consecutive Idaho 200 victories, an ARCA West pole to go along with a runner-up finish, Gary Lewis sees Stateline Speedway's ASA NWLMT event coming at just right the time in his season.
Kurt Johnson is looking to capture his first win of the season at the Englishtown quarter-mile, and he is confident that the moves being made now to improve his car's performance will deliver long-term benefits for the remainder of the season.
Modifieds from around the Northwest region will take to the track for a special Modified Challenge exhibition race.
The apparent home track advantage could most benefit David Ragan, who is struggling coming off a promising 2008 campaign. Ragan has just one top-10 finish after scoring 14 last season. He currently sits 31st in the points standings.
Expected entrants for this weekend’s race are the famed Red Perkin’s owned gold machines of the 65 with 2006 and 2008 INSCA Champion Kevin Burck driving and the 65-1 with Ephrata racer, Donnie Kudrna behind the wheel. Also expected is current points leader, Tony Berry.
Craig Dollansky led seven laps last season at Dodge City en route to finishing second. In his career he has finished ninth or better at the track in seven of his nine starts there. He is currently fifth in points this season on the strength…
With 14 races in the books, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, competing in their first year as teammates in Stewart’s new ownership collaboration with Carl Haas, find themselves first and fourth in the current point standings.
Over the last three years, David Gilliland (2006), Stephen Leicht (No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet) and Joey Logano (No. 20 GameStop Toyota) have all won at the 1.5-mile track, overcoming fields that included nearly six double-duty drivers on average.
With Budweiser recently announcing that they will not return in 2010 after 30 years of primary sponsorship with the Kenny Bernstein team, new sponsorship is being actively pursued.
Bob Tasca, a sophomore in NHRA Funny Car competition, raced to his first career victory earlier this season at the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Flordia. It was an emotional scene as he celebrated with is Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Ford Mustang crew. If…
Eddy McKean started in the sixth position and quickly made his way to the front to pace the field most of the race. The victory came in only his eighth career series start as he has been concentrating his efforts on track ownership (Magic Valley…
You really have to hand it to Kyle Busch. The most exciting young racer to come along in many years, he has demonstrated his determination to the world by tackling pretty much every racing series you can think of, and beating all of them at…
INSSA champion, David Garber, followed up a win at Stateline Speedway with his second series victory of 2009 this time at Spokane County Raceway.
The chase for the first ever ASA NWLMT championship is a battle by the top 10. Only 90-points separate first through tenth. Current point leader Brent Harris (E. Wenatchee, WA) has a slim 6-point edge on Gary Lewis.
Motorsports correspondent Doug Pace keeps up with motorsports news and notes from around the region.
