Evergreen Speedway, Motorsports track in the United States
Evergreen Speedway is a racetrack inside the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington. Its layout combines a 0.625-mile paved outer oval, 0.375-mile and 0.200-mile inner ovals, a 0.125-mile dragstrip and a figure-eight track. Covered and uncovered grandstands hold 7,500 spectators each. A low white concrete wall with chain-link fencing lines the curves.
The land was Snohomish County's poor farm, founded in 1893, and passed to the Evergreen State Fair in 1949. A 0.625-mile horse track followed in 1950; Jimmie Collier converted it for racing a Ford Model T roadster in 1954. Dick Norton's 1962 contract brought regular racing, the track was paved in early 1963, and the current grandstands replaced the original bleachers in 1967.
The track sits inside the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, so access runs through the fairground gates. The covered grandstand holds 7,500 and the uncovered modular stands another 7,500; the outer oval measures 0.625 mi (1.006 km). Racing runs weekly in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series, and Formula Drift visits the third weekend of July.
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