Evergreen NASCAR Race Track

Evergreen Speedway: The Super Speedway of the Northwest!

Located a mere 25 miles northeast of Seattle, America's 16th-largest market, Evergreen Speedway is a majestic racing facility with a robust history dating back to its creation in 1954. Nestled in the expansive Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington, Evergreen Speedway has a solid record of standing-room-only attendance and support from the surrounding community. Much of the track's success can be attributed to its unique design, which combines a 5/8-mile paved outer oval with a 3/8-mile inner oval, a 1/5-mile oval, a 1/8-mile drag strip, and a figure-eight track. The unification of the five venues within view of the 7500-seat covered, and additional 7500-seat modular grandstands has created a flexible Motorsports arena offering a diverse entertainment product to the fan base.

Dubbed "The Super-speedway of the West" by NASCAR racing legend David Pearson, Evergreen Speedway’s outer oval provides an exciting, high-speed playing field for some of NASCAR's top touring divisions, while the smaller ovals and figure-eight track render a perfect venue for weekly NASCAR events.

In 1978, the helm of Evergreen Speedway was transferred to International Productions, Inc., owned and operated by the Beadle family. In the nineteen years that have followed, the Evergreen Speedway has enjoyed unparalleled success as the “gateway to automobile racing” in the Pacific Northwest.

In 1984, International Productions signed the prestigious Winston Racing Series sanctioning agreement with NASCAR, creating an alliance between the largest sanctioning body in the world and Evergreen Speedway -- now renowned as the largest speedway in the northwest. Over the past twenty years, International Productions has distinguished itself as an innovator in the promotions business.

With northwestern racing fans hungry for a big NASCAR race in their own backyard, the Speedway hosted the inaugural "Motorcraft 500" -- a 500-lap NASCAR Winston West Series race -- in July of 1985. For the region, it was the largest event in the history of NASCAR and over the years attracted some of the sport's top drivers, including Bill Elliott, Geoff Bodine, Sterling Marlin, Harry Gant, Ken Schrader, Derrike Cope, and the late Davey Allison. Moving with the trends of the industry, International Productions recognized the surging support for the NASCAR REB-CO Northwest Tour, and responded by developing and promoting the 250-lap "Coors Light 250", the longest event for the series.

In 1995, Evergreen Speedway landed on the schedule of the inaugural NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. With the national touring series came live television and radio coverage, exponential return on investments for Evergreen Speedway sponsors and a new, exciting entertainment product for the track's thousands of patrons.

The last 10 years have been one big rollercoaster ride of sharp turns and burning rubber. And the fans have loved every second of it.

With 50 racing events scheduled for the 2006-2007 season --including the NASCAR NAPACARD 200 Craftsman Truck Series clash, the August 15th Coors Light 200 NASCAR Winston West, the 200-lap NASCAR REB-CO Northwest/ Southwest Tour Shootout event, and weekly Saturday night NASCAR Winston Racing Series Super Stock, Street Stock, Mini Stock, Bomber and Figure-Eight shoot-outs --Evergreen Speedway is the destination-of-choice for nearly two hundred thousand Seattle Area race fans.

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