Evergreen Speedway

Evergreen Speedway is an automobile racetrack located within the confines of the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington. The stadium can accomodate 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. Monroe is a city located in Snohomish County, Washington. ...

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. Snohomish County is a county located in the state of Washington. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ford Model T For the blues musician, see T-Model Ford. ...

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 1999. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series logo The Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ...

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.

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.