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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, Wash., the stately race track has a solid record of vigorous 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 Superspeedway of the West" by NASCAR racing legend David Pearson, the track'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, Bob, Dorothy, John, Bobbie, Mickey, and Lyn Beadle have dedicated their lives to the success of the beloved track and to the health of 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 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 stockcar race in their own backyard, Evergreen 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. With 50 racing events scheduled for 1998--including the May 9th NASCAR NAPACARD 200 Craftsman Truck Series clash, the August 15th Coors Light 200 NASCAR Winston West, the July 18th 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 (rain or shine!) --Evergreen Speedway will be a destination of choice for nearly two hundred thousand Seattle Area race fans.
