¼ mile
The drag strip
Home of the AHRA World Finals, plus Friday-night street racing, high school drags, bracket racing, and the Lilac Funny Car Championships.
Airway Heights · Spokane, Washington
Spokane Raceway Park
Drags · Stocks · Grand Prix
For decades, the quarter-mile, the half-mile oval and the road course west of town were where the Inland Northwest went fast on a Saturday night. This is a place to remember it: the photos, the racers, the World Finals, and the stories only the people who were there can tell.
Three tracks, one park
Few places anywhere packed this much racing onto one piece of ground. On a busy weekend you could hear all three from the parking lot.
½ mile
The oval
Opened in 1978 and billed as the "World's Fastest ½ Mile Oval," designed by Richard Childress. Northwest Late Models, Sportsman, Fever 4s, Hobby Stocks and Spin-to-Pass.
2.3 mi
The road course
Added in the 1990s. Ten turns and what the old site called "the longest straightaway on the North American continent." Sports cars, motorcycles and track days.
Home of the AHRA World Finals
Every August, the American Hot Rod Association's World Finals brought Top Fuel dragsters, nitro Funny Cars, Pro Mods and jet cars to Spokane. In 2002, the 40th annual Finals saw a jet car break the track speed record at 307 MPH. The year after, Odessa's Craig Smith won Top Fuel with a 5.069-second pass at 288.69 MPH.
Racers came from Montana, Idaho, Alberta and British Columbia, and fans came from everywhere in between.
Still racing
The track runs today as Qlispé Raceway Park. Coming up next:
Stories from the stands & the pits
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Your first night in the stands, the car you built in your garage, the run you'll never forget, the people who made the place go. Write it down and it'll be kept here.
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