Evergreen Speedway is an automobile racetrack located within the confines of the Evergreen State Fairground in Monroe, Washington The stadium can accommodate up to 7500 spectators in the covered grandstand and an additional 7500 in the uncovered modular grandstands. The layout of the track is unique in that it incorporates a 5/8-mile paved outer oval, a 3/8-mile paved inner oval, a 1/5-mile paved inner oval, a 1/4-mile dragstrip, and a figure-eight track located roughly within the 1/5-mile oval.
History[]
Originally an unpaved horse track, in 1954 Jimmie Collier convinced Snohomish County officials to allow him to convert the track for use in racing his Ford Model T roadster. The track was paved in the early 1960's and in 1967 the original bleachers were demolished and the current grandstands built.
Through the years the track played host to a wide variety of racing events including Sprint Cars, Roadsters, Midgets, Figure Eights, Foreign Stock, Modified, Hobby Stocks, Jalopies, Limited Sportsmen, Demolition, Grand National, Winston West, NASCAR Northwest Tour, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Stinger-8, Hornets and Bombers. Evergreen Speedway also hosted the "500," the richest and most prestigious race in the west.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ran an event at Evergreen Speedway once per year from 1995 to 2000.
Evergreen Speedway Today[]
Today Evergreen Speedway hosts a number of events for local as well as regional racing series. Some of the classes that can currently be seen are Super Stocks, Bombers, Mini Stocks, Super Figure-Eight, Extreme Contact Figure-Eight, Northwest Legends, Bump-to-Pass, Stinger-8, Hornets, School Bus Races, Demolition Derbies, Drifting, Autocross, Drag Racing and others.
Champions.[]
- 1965: Ed Peterson
- 1966: Kenny Eakright
- 1967: Larry Steffie
- 1968: Ivan Flenre
- 1969: LeRoy Anderson
- 1970: Allen Beane
- 1971: Jack Macintosh
- 1972: Joe McIntosh
- 1973: Jim Harter
- 1974: Jim Harter
- 1975: Bill Zimmerman Jr
- 1976: Bill Zimmerman Jr
- 1977: Bill Zimmerman Jr
- 1978: Dave Snow
- 1979: Dave Snow
- 1980: Bill Zimmerman Jr
- 1981: Dave Snow
- 1982: Bob Schukar
- 1983: Vern Roberts
- 1984: Carl Pane
- 1985: Ron Daggett
- 1986: Carl Zaretzke
- 1987: Bob Fox
- 1988: Carl Zaretzke
- 1989: Carl Zaretzke
- 1990: Joe Decker
- 1991: Mark Hubbard
- 1992: Gary Lewis
- 1993: Harold Raczynski
- 1994: Brian Millhuff
- 1995: Jeff Hubbard
- 1996: Tom Moriarity
- 1997: John Pierce
- 1998: Jon Zaretzke
- 1999: Tom Moriarity
- 2000: John Bender
- 2001: Tom Moriarity
- 2002: Tom Moriarity
- 2003: Tom Moriarity
- 2004: Jon Zaretzke
- 2005: Shane Harding
- 2006: Shane Harding
- 2007: John Zaretzke
- 2008: Naima Lang
- 2009: Naima Lang
- 2010: Tom Moriarity
- 2011: Naima Lang
- 2012: Naima Lang
- 2013: Daniel Moore
- 2014: Mike Holden
- 2015: Mike Holden
- 2016: Naima Lang
- 2017: Trenton Moriarity
- 2018: Tyler Tanner
- 2019: Tyler Tanner
- 2020: Tyson Lang
- 2021: Naima Lang
- 2022: Naima Lang
- 2023: Naima Lang
- 2024: Wyatt Gardner
Trivia[]
- Evergreen Speedway was featured as one of the playable tracks in 1999's "NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Racing" video game for the PC.
- Was nicknamed "The Superspeedway of the West" by NASCAR racing legend David Pearson.
- Some of the more notable drivers to have raced at Evergreen include: Bill Elliott, Geoff Bodine, Sterling Marlin, Harry Gant, Ken Schrader, Derrike Cope, Davey Allison, Greg Biffle, Ron Hornaday, Jr., Kevin Harvick, Michael Waltrip and Mike Skinner, Hershel McGriff, Art Pollard, Harry Jefferson, Jack Jeffrey, and Don Dowdy.