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Farrar Scores First Street Stock Win Of 2014 At Su...

7/20/2014

Farrar Scores First Street Stock Win Of 2014 At Sunset By Ben Deatherage The Street Stocks were on tap as a support class for the Saturday July 19th event at Sunset Speedway Park. Thirteen entries would sign in on the registration sheets at the “Banks Bullring”. Freya Smith from McMinnville would pace the field early in her Sweere's Auto Body/Sweere's Trucking/Tire Factory of McMinnville #37 Camaro. She would lead until lap five when West Linn’s Brian Roden would make the pass for the top...more

Mark Carrell Wins Round #2 Of WWMS At Sunset Speed...

7/21/2014

Mark Carrell Wins Round #2 Of WWMS At Sunset Speedway Park By Ben Deatherage (Photo Courtesy of Northwest Racing Productions) Sunset Speedway Park would host the second round of the 2014 Wild West Modified Speedweek on Sunday July 20th. A total of twenty-eight entries would sign in on the registration sheets representing the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, and North Dakota. Travis Peery of Williston, North Dakota looked to make it two in a row in his Susan River...more

Brian Roden And Travis Koch Earn SSP Victories On...

7/22/2014

Brian Roden And Travis Koch Earn SSP Victories On Sunday July 20th By Ben Deatherage The Street Stocks and 4-Bee’s were on hand as support classes at Sunset Speedway Park on Sunday July 20th. A decent car count would be on tap for both divisions as they would negotiate the “Banks Bullring”. In the Street Stock feature Brian Roden of West Linn would seize the initial race lead. Roden, who had led for the much of the main event the night before but ended up second, would receive a little bit...more

Racing Returns To SSP July 26th Including The Iron...

7/23/2014

Racing Returns To SSP July 26th Including The Iron Woman 50 By Ben Deatherage (Photo Courtesy of Ken O’Neil) Banks, Oregon- Racing will be back at the "Banks Bullring" on Saturday July 26th with a full card of classes including the biggest race of the year for the Womens division, the inaugural Iron Woman 50. Originally the event was on the schedule for May 10th but unfortunately that was cancelled due to weather. Other classes include the Northwest Wingless Tour, Northwest Extreme Modifieds,...more

Treat Wins Iron Woman Event; Hubbard, O’Connor, Ma...

7/28/2014

Treat Wins Iron Woman Event; Hubbard, O’Connor, Martinez, And Broadwell Also SSP Main Event Winners By Ben Deatherage (Photo Courtesy of Alyssa Jones) In addition to hosting the Northwest Wingless Tour, Sunset Speedway Park would host five other classes. Those divisions were the Womens, Dwarf Cars, Street Stocks, Northwest Extreme Modifieds, and Micro Sprints. Of the five other classifications on tap four would be first time winners. The Womens division were on hand for their biggest race of...more

6th Annual Doug Walters Classic Next For SSP

7/30/2014

6th Annual Doug Walters Classic Next For SSP By Ben Deatherage Banks, Oregon- Sunset Speedway Park is back in action on Saturday August 2nd for the 6th annual Doug Walters Classic. This race is ran in honor of former SSP promoter Doug Walters who was a huge supporter of racing in the Pacific Northwest. Classes in competition include the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks, and 4-Bee’s. The Late Models will compete for sixty-seven laps in honor of...more

Details Revealed About Upcoming Driver Appreciatio...

8/4/2014

Details Revealed About Upcoming Driver Appreciation Night (Photo Courtesy of Nikki Gamell) Many of you are asking, “What is this Drivers Appreciation Night everyone is talking about?". Well here is the scoop on the 1st Annual Drivers Appreciation Night that will be held on Saturday August 23rd. This year Sunset Speedway Park has come up with a wonderful way to thank their drivers for their continued support this over the years. For each driver who has attended 80% of the races, Sunset...more

Cassell, Farrar, Schave, And Koch Score SSP Victor...

8/4/2014

Cassell, Farrar, Schave, And Koch Score SSP Victories By Ben Deatherage In addition to the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series on tap at Sunset Speedway Park for the Doug Walters Classic four other divisions were on the card on Saturday August 2nd. The IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks, and 4-Bee’s were all on hand at the “Banks Bullring”. Taking care of business and leading flag to flag in the IMCA Modifieds was Craig Cassell, who had managed to make it to the race after coming back...more

SSP Ready For Open Wheel Frenzy

8/5/2014

SSP Ready For Open Wheel Frenzy (By Ben Deatherage (Photo Courtesy of Ken O'Neil) Banks, Oregon- Sunset Speedway Park will be the place to be this Saturday August 9th as the ¼-mile clay oval will host the “Open Wheel Frenzy”. On the card will be the American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region, USAC Focus Midgets, and Micro Sprints. This will be the one and only visit of the year from ASCS-Northwest which will feature the best winged 360 Sprint drivers in the Pacific Northwest. Roger Crockett...more

Thomas And O’Brien Feature Winners At SSP

8/11/2014

Thomas And O’Brien Feature Winners At SSP By Ben Deatherage (Photo Courtesy of Jim Marshall) In addition to the ASCS-Northwest Region being on hand at Sunset Speedway Park on Saturday August 9th the ¼-mile clay oval also would host the USAC Focus Midgets and Micro Sprints. Both classes would produce some good car counts as well as some entertaining racing. Tristin Thomas from Burlington, Washington would seize the initial lead in the USAC Focus Midgets in the main event. Thomas would retain...more

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