Sorry race fans, Spokane County Raceway cancels 2021 season
SPOKANE, Wash - Spokane County Raceway Operator, Craig Smith, has requested to end his agreement with the County, which will close the Spokane County Raceway for the 2021 season.
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Without any clear indication from the county of the amount of spectators that would
be allowed. Track manager Craig Smith decided to pull the plug, he wanted a longer
term on the lease as well. Bin going to Spokane since 1978 AHRA World Finals.
Love the place, but it has had a dark cloud hanging over the place for the last 20 years.
It opened in 1974
be allowed. Track manager Craig Smith decided to pull the plug, he wanted a longer
term on the lease as well. Bin going to Spokane since 1978 AHRA World Finals.
Love the place, but it has had a dark cloud hanging over the place for the last 20 years.
It opened in 1974
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Nice pictures of thr Problem Child AA/FC going KA-BOOM, I was there, love the prison in the background...LOLYeah; really sucks. My favorite track...; very photographer-friendly. Hopefully it isn't gone forever, but I suspect it is.
A few shots from the top end...
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Didn't even realize that was a prison. 
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Bin there for a number of years. When I started going in the 70s, there was nothing around the track.Didn't even realize that was a prison.
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Yeah. It does seem to have that dark cloud. I went to the 85 and 87 "World Finals" when Seattle's manager was having a spat with NHRA.Back then Orville Moe ran it, but ran into some kind of financial battle despite having huge crowds at his Finals events. Then Bucky Austin took over and had more money issues. Now former TF racer Craig Smith. Is it the government making things difficult, or what? Anybody over there know why this facility has so much trouble ?
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What I have bin told and read over the years, Orville Moe built the place in 1974 and then ran it into the ground.
With his financial doings, he got in some big time trouble with the city, county and maybe Washington State.
Way to much stuff to write here. I believe before Bucky and Craig two other guys tried a go at it and it didn't
work out. Spokane County has owned the place for number of years now and I think trying to work with the
county to get a lease is a huge problem. I have to give a big thank you to Bucky and Craig they tried!!!
One humor I keep hearing over the years is the casino next door wants to buy the land and you guessed it
turn it into a golf course. Here are some links about Mr. Moe
ORVILLE MOE - Gone from Spokane? | Competition Plus
Banned from the park he helped shaped into a versatile racing facility and removed as its general manager after a sordid three-year legal fight, a bitter and beaten Orville Moe reluctantly must look ahead.
Orville Moe bankruptcy close to wrapping up
Orville Moe’s bankrupted racetrack company may pull together enough money to pay lawyers, taxes and a handful of business vendors, but the several hundred people who invested in an affiliated company will have to wait to hear how much they’ll be repaid.
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Spokane racetrack investors see first payoff after years
Hundreds of investors in a busted Spokane racetrack company started 43 years ago by Orville Moe received long-awaited payouts last month for the first time. The legal tangle that has played out for the past decade is far from over,...
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Orville Moe shows up in court to give deposition
Orville Moe, the longtime owner of Spokane Raceway Park, appeared in Spokane County Superior Court today to give a deposition long sought by attorneys representing former investors in the track. Moe had been charged with contempt of court for disobeying court orders in the case and had been...
www.spokesman.com
Orville Moe, motorsports entrepreneur, dies at age 78
Orville Moe, the man who built Spokane Raceway Park and supported regional motorsports for more than three decades, died Thursday. He was 78. Moe raised $2.5 million to build the 640-acre complex, which opened for its first races in 1974. Before that, he ran the old Deer Park Drag Strip with his...
www.spokesman.com
Here are some videos
Arghhhh Casino.... hello Wild Horse. I'm reminded of the late Speedworld here in Phoenix. Land owned by the state, managed by Maricopa County & leased to whomever. Last guy who ran the track did some illegal stuff like building ramps w/o permits and extending the off road track past the legal boundries of the track. He got into a big legal battle & lost. We lost too, cuz track closed. I guess there is fault on both sides at times. I feel bad for the racers in Spokane. Where do they go now? Long tows.....
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Arghhhh LOL... Where do they go now?
Walla Walla,WA the closest to Spokane
Yakima, WA
Seattle
Boise
Gone Dead Train
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All tracks are open and racing. The only problem is no fans allowed at Washington State tracks.
Boise, ID can have some fans. All tracks last year raced, there weekly bracket races. Seattle and Boise
had there Div 6 races last year. Will we have the National Event at Seattle, only time will tell.
Might have to go to Boise to one of there major events, but YIKES 8 hour drive for me, you loose
an hour MST
Seattle
Yakima
Walla Walla
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My family lives in the Avondale area, and from 95-97 I lived in Scottsdale, so while I was living out there we would go to Speedworld and it was a blast. I helped a buddy who ran a 7.90 dragster at the time. Great little track, with kind of a "cozy" feel to it. I remember there was a little restaurant deal real close to the starting line on the left side of the track. Really hurts when we lose tracks...
It was a cool class. The guy I helped once or twice was Vito Adragna, and I also got to help his brother Danny at a divisional at Firebird in Chandler, with his TAD. Great memories.
Al
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What I have bin told and read over the years, Orville Moe built the place in 1974 and then ran it into the ground.
With his financial doings, he got in some big time trouble with the city, county and maybe Washington State.
Way to much stuff to write here. I believe before Bucky and Craig two other guys tried a go at it and it didn't
work out. Spokane County has owned the place for number of years now and I think trying to work with the
county to get a lease is a huge problem. I have to give a big thank you to Bucky and Craig they tried!!!
One humor I keep hearing over the years is the casino next door wants to buy the land and you guessed it
turn it into a golf course. Here are some links about Mr. Moe
ORVILLE MOE - Gone from Spokane? | Competition Plus
Banned from the park he helped shaped into a versatile racing facility and removed as its general manager after a sordid three-year legal fight, a bitter and beaten Orville Moe reluctantly must look ahead.www.competitionplus.com
Orville Moe bankruptcy close to wrapping up
Orville Moe’s bankrupted racetrack company may pull together enough money to pay lawyers, taxes and a handful of business vendors, but the several hundred people who invested in an affiliated company will have to wait to hear how much they’ll be repaid.
Spokane racetrack investors see first payoff after years
Hundreds of investors in a busted Spokane racetrack company started 43 years ago by Orville Moe received long-awaited payouts last month for the first time. The legal tangle that has played out for the past decade is far from over,...
Orville Moe shows up in court to give deposition
Orville Moe, the longtime owner of Spokane Raceway Park, appeared in Spokane County Superior Court today to give a deposition long sought by attorneys representing former investors in the track. Moe had been charged with contempt of court for disobeying court orders in the case and had been...
Orville Moe, motorsports entrepreneur, dies at age 78
Orville Moe, the man who built Spokane Raceway Park and supported regional motorsports for more than three decades, died Thursday. He was 78. Moe raised $2.5 million to build the 640-acre complex, which opened for its first races in 1974. Before that, he ran the old Deer Park Drag Strip with his...
Here are some videos
Thanks so much for all of your research there Jim. Moe was certainly an interesting story ! If I remember correctly Moe was also involved in the end of AHRA, the short lived ADRA, then the short lived rebirth of AHRA in '87. Those associations were never the fine tuned machine that NHRA was, but losing them, and now Spokane's track is a loss for the racers and fans. Too bad nobody else has found success there either. Like you said, at least they tried !
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