January 17, 2022 Race Time Radio with Trevor Seibert
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During and interview with Race Time Radio on January 17th, Trevor Seibert announced the details of the upcoming Western Rattler 300 at the Penticton Speedway. Click the HERE to listen to the announcement.
Don't miss the first annual Western Rattler 300 on April 29th and 30th. Tickets are available online now!
PENTICTON SPEEDWAY LATEST UPDATES
October 2nd & 3rd Championship Weekend/Invitational
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The Championship Weekend at Penticton Speedway was a huge success! A total of 72 Hit-2-Pass, Late Models, Street Stocks, Hornets and Sprint Cars, along with over 500 spectators, joined us this bright sunny weekend for an action packed two days of racing!
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On October 2nd the Avion Sprint Cars, Late Models, Street Stock and Hornets hit the track.
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In the Sprint Car main event, Toy Globe #5 took first followed closely by Tyson Cross #83 in Second and Ryley Seibert #09 taking Third.
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A total of 14 Hornet cars raced for the win in their main event with Jordan David #75 taking First, Jason Thorpe #58 Second and Jenn Chipurda #23 Third.
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It was a tight race in the Street Stock class with Kale Woodske # 27 taking the lead and finishing First. Mike Clark #7 came in a close Second, followed by Billy Coles #70 in Third.
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In the Late Model class, 12 cars put on a spectacular show for the crowd. Matt Stephenson #01 and Ryley Seibert #09 battled for first place in the 100 lap Main Event. Matt Stephenson took First Place, followed by Ryley Seibert #09 in Second and Dave Howorth #89 in Third.
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October 3rd featured Late Models, Street Stocks, Hornets and Hit-2-Pass.
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The Hornet Class is quickly gaining popularity both with spectators and with new drivers. In Sunday's Main Event, Jenn Chipurda took First Place in the #2 car; Jason Thorpe # 58 came in Second and Corey Krickemeyer #25 Third.
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The Street Stock 75 lap Main Event resulted in Graham Cooke #75 taking First, Jeremy Smith #4 Second and Kale Woodske #27 Third.
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The Late Models returned to the Oval for another 100 lap tight race for the win. Matt Stephenson #1 came in First Place, followed by Ryley Seibert #09 in Second and Wesley Mader #10 in Third.
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The weekend ended with the Hit-2-Pass cars putting on an absolutely spectacular show for the crowd! Car #720 driven by Kale Shaw took First Place followed by Rick Digby car #32 in Second and Josh Miller car #38 in Third.
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A very special thank you to our friends from Hythe and Red Deer who travelled here to join us at the event. We look forward to your return in 2022!
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Congratulations to all of the winners and a big thank you to our staff, our fans, the drivers and their crews for making this an incredible weekend!
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The 2021 Season Champions:
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The 2021 Season was fantastic and we look forward to a brand new exciting season packed with entertainment next year! A sincere thank you to all of you for making this 2021 Season a huge success.
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The 2021 Season Champs are:
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Late Model: Car #1 Matt Stevenson
Street Stock: Car #75 Graham Cook
Hornet: Car #58 Jason Thorpe
Hit-2-Pass: Car #32 Rick Digby
​Hope to see you all for our Halloween Spooktacular Oct 30th!!!
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December 23, 2021
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The Penticton Speedway family would like to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday Season and all the best in 2022. We have some exciting new events in store for next year including the Western Rattler 300, Malicious Monster Trucks, the Young Guns Memorial Weekend and "King of the Hill".
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What is King of the Hill you ask?
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King of the Hill is a progressive spectator race open to the public. During a break in the regular racing action, fans will be invited to bring their personal "grocery getter" (truck, car etc.) down and sign up for the King of the Hill race.
The race will start with two vehicles parked side by side at the start/finish line with the flagger standing in the middle. When the flagger gives the green flag , the two vehicles will race from a stand still for one lap, back to the finish line.
The loser of each round is eliminated and the winner moves on to the next round. The last car to win is crowned King of the Hill .
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All participants in the King of the Hill race must sign a waiver and wear a Snell 2010 (or newer) helmet.
The 2022 Season will be kicking off with a Test N' Tune Practice for all competitors on April 23rd! We are looking forward to seeing everyone back at the Speedway in April!
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Wescar Late Models are coming to the Speedway in 2022.
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Dec 31, 2021
For immediate release:
Wescar Racing Association returns to the Okanagan Valley with 2 events scheduled at Penticton Speedway.
Wescar is elated to announce that it will kick off the 2022 season May 21st with a Saturday night show at Penticton Speedway and will return on September 24th for another Saturday night show to crown our Points Champion.
Wescar Racing Association is a volunteer operated society that has organized and hosted annual Late Model Racing Events throughout BC and Alberta. We are excited to announce our 22nd Season racing schedule for 2022 will be returning to the Okanagan Valley, this time to the Penticton Speedway Group facility in Penticton, BC.
Wescar was formed in 2000 to find commonality with rules and race day formats for what was then known as the Sportsman Division of Oval Track Racing Cars throughout Western Canada. Over 21 years since that time we have had nearly 100 competing teams enter Wescar Events. Our First Champion was Al Gandy in 2000 leading 13 Champions since then including multi season Champions of Korbin Thomas, Bob Williams, and Penticton’s own Mark Berriau.
Trevor and Ryley Seibert have both competed within this series, Ryley winning the 2010 Rookie of the Year award as well as multi-Podium finishes, and Trevor winning a hard-fought battle at Sun Valley Speedway in Vernon.
Wescar is very excited to bring its Competitors to the Penticton area to reconnect with many former competitors in the Southern portion of our Province and Vancouver Island areas.
With the addition of Penticton Speedway Wescar will have now competed on every paved oval on the mainland of BC and Northern Alberta.
For more information on Wescar please visit www.wescar.ca
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Saturday September 25, 2021 featuring Street Stocks, Hornets and Hit-2-Pass
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With the lightening of Covid-19 Restrictions, we were pleased to be able to welcome fans back to the Speedway at full capacity this weekend.
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16 Hornets took to the track in a 50 lap race for the win.
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Hornet Class results: Jordan David #75 took First; Cory Krickmeyer #25 Second and Jason Thorpe #58 Third.
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In the battle of the Street Stocks, the 75 lap main event resulted in Graham Cook #75 taking First place, Derrick Lewis # 7 Second and Billy Coles # 70 Third.
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Spectators cheered with excitement while nine Hit-2-Pass cars put on an incredible show in the 25 lap main event. After an exciting race full of action Dillion Manderscheid #15 took First place folowed closely by Kale Shaw #720 in Second and Rick Digby #32 in Third.
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Don't miss the two day Championship Weekend and Invitational Oct 2nd and 3rd featuring Late Models, Street Stocks, Hornets, Avion Sprint cars and Hit-2-Pass.
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Saturday August 28, 2021 featuring Street Stocks, Hornets and Dwarf Cars.
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With the new Covid-19 Regulations implemented earlier in the week, we worked diligently to ensure that racing fans, drivers, and their crews were able to enjoy another exciting night of racing at Penticton Speedway.
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A strong field of Seventeen Hornets took to The Oval putting on an incredible show for the crowd, with all 17 cars reaching the checkered flag in the 50 lap main event! Jason Thorpe ran a flawless race taking the win in the main event while holding off Mark Richmond, and David Jordon. The field included 2 rookies in the race as Jack Hryniuk and Bryce Seibert took the green flag for the first time in the Hornet class finishing 8th and 9th in a race that had no cautions.
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Hornet Class results: Jason Thorpe #58 took First; Mark Richmond #27 Second and Jordan David #75 Third.
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The Street Stocks raced a 75 lap main event in which local driver Graham Cook took the lead followed closely by Jay Anderson and Joe Cornett-Ching.
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Street Stocks results: Graham Cook #75 took First; Jay Anderson#20 Second and Joe Cornett-Ching #36 Third.
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It was great to see the Dwarf Cars come out and put on a show for the crowd this weekend. If you have not seen the Dwarf Cars in action, be sure to check them out next time!
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Dwarf Car Results: Danny Karslake # 61 took First, Rick Taylor #18 Second and Scott Drake #51 Third.
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Our next event at the Penticton Speedway is on Saturday September 11, 2021 featuring Hornets, Street Stocks and Hit-2-Pass. Get your tickets before they are gone!
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See you back at the Speedway on September 11th, and thank you for your support!
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August 21, 2021 Trevor Seibert & Andrew Ranger Winners at Penticton Speedway
The Avion RS1 Series was back in action Saturday night at Penticton Speedway running twin 100-lap races on the newly refurbished ¼-mile oval in the Okanagan Valley. With equally prepared racecars and a progressive banking both races featured plenty of side-by-side racing action.
During the afternoon qualifying session it was three-time NASCAR Pinty’s Series Champion Andrew Ranger that posted the quickest time ripping around the track in his #familiar #27 car in 13.397 seconds. The Avion RS1 Series inverts the top-five qualifiers so it would be Adam Dowler of Sherwood Park, Alberta in the #17 car starting on the pole with brother Noel Dowler in the #35 alongside on the front row.
A very early caution period for a spin on the backstretch collected Ranger along with the #69 of Trevor Seibert of Williams Lake, BC and Trevor’s son Ryley Seibert in the #09 Superseal Chevrolet quickly took over the lead. It didn’t take long before Trevor Seibert and Ranger rejoined Ryley at the front of the field and a three-way battle ensued with the lead changing hands several times.
Ryley Seibert was on his way to victory in the first race when he encountered fuel issues and fell back. Trevor Seibert held off Andrew Ranger for the victory in race one with Noel Dowler claiming third spot on the podium.
Andrew Ranger took the lead in the second 100-lap race resulting in a First Place victory. Trevor and Ryley Seibert claimed second and third place, respectively. With his first and second place runs, Andrew Ranger takes over the championship points lead.
The Avion Sprint cars also took to the track August 21st. The 30-lap feature ran green from start to finish with Matt Stephenson taking the victory, Jim White coming in second and Ryley Seibert placing third.
Fans can enjoy a pre-recorded broadcast of these races on REV TV Canada and Shaw Spotlight in many British Columbia communities. The show will debut September 6th. Check local listings for channel and times.
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July 29th - August 1, 2021 Gordie Mannes Memorial Invitational
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The annual Gordie Mannes Memorial Weekend of racing at Penticton Speedway has been an important event for many years. Penticton Speedway's owners, Trevor and Ingo Seibert, were excited to welcome back fans for this very special event featuring exciting fields of Late Models, Street Stocks and Hornets along with Hit-2-Pass cars for three spectacular days of racing.
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“Competition was fantastic” said Penticton Speedway General Manager Al Lebert. “The Late Model’s put on two great shows, we had 200-laps of sensational action. The Street Stocks were just as exciting. With that kind of intense racing, you’ll always have a little bit of contact, but during the entire weekend only a few cars suffered damage. Hornets and Hit-2-Pass also had really good shows” he added.
“We’ve achieved what we were hoping for having two grooves of racing and drivers being able to race for hard for positions without tearing each other up” added Trevor Seibert.
Here’s the list of race winners from the weekend:
Hit-2-Pass: Rick Digby won the feature Friday evening.
Hornets: Pieter Vanderbroek on Friday & Saturday and Jason Thorpe on Sunday
Street Stock: Graham Cook on Friday & Sunday, Jeremy Smith won Saturday.
Late Models: Brandon Carlson won both Saturday and Sunday’s feature race.
Nearly $15,000 in prize money was awarded to the racers based on points accumulated during the three days of racing. Champions for the weekend were Brandon Carlson in Late Models, Billy Coles in Street Stocks and Pieter Vanderbroek in Hornets.
Next up at Penticton Speedway is the evening featuring the Avion RS1 Series and the Avion Sprint Cars August 21st. The RS1 Series features talented drivers like Sean McIntosh, Trevor & Ryley Seibert, Noel and Adam Dowler and three-time NASCAR Pinty’s Series Champion Andrew Ranger. Plus, local favorites Ben Lindsay, Elisa Alexis, Jack Hryniuk and Garry Van Soest.
Tickets are available online and can also be purchased at the gate the night of the races.
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Photo: 1. Brandon Carlson 2. Billy Coles 3. Pieter Vanderbroek the weekend Champions of the Late Model, Street Stock and Hornet Classes at victory podium
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Only days after the March 8th sale of Penticton Speedway was finalized, Lake Excavating Ltd. began mobilizing equipment to start work on Phase I of the facility improvements. The objective with the updates is to provide a heightened experience for the fans, racers, sponsors and all involved with Penticton Speedway.
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Since this time, the new and previous owners have diligently been working to significantly cleanup the grounds to make room for improved event parking and to facilitate construction.
The track itself is seeing dramatic changes and will feature progressive banking through turns three and four. When completed there will be four distinct lanes with more banking as drivers move further up the racetrack. Beginning with 6 degrees at the bottom and progressing through 9, 12 and ultimately 16 degrees on the outside lane to promote higher speeds, side-by-side racing and a more exciting fan experience.
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In addition, the front straight has been redesigned and widened by two car widths, which required a new wall and realignment for turn one to match the increased track width.
New LED floodlighting will be added to better illuminate the entire track surface, as well as catch fencing that allows for trackside viewing while ensuring proper safety for fans. When we can welcome fans back to take in the sights and sounds, they can expect to enjoy the new bleachers.
“Every day as we work on improvements, people are dropping in to express their excitement and appreciation that the facility is being upgraded and expanded,” stated Penticton Speedway Co-owner Ingo Seibert. “The community support from racers, sponsors and fans has been tremendous” he added. Seibert carries on saying, "we would also like to thank some volunteers who gave up their own time and really helped us to accelerate the schedule. Special thanks to Ken Rife, Hajeir Mazinani, Lee Howarth, Bryan Wevers and Billy Coles. Thank you for pitching in, getting in the dirt and making a difference."
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Keep checking back for regular renovation updates. Race season will be here soon!
Lots of work happening
Changes are happening
Heavy machinery
Lots of work happening