The land was originally the Snohomish County poor farm, which was established in 1893. In 1949 the county allowed the Evergreen State Fair to use a portion of the land. In 1950 the county allowed the fair to use more land upon which a horse track was built. In 1954 Jimmie Collier convinced
Snohomish County officials to allow him to convert the track for use in racing his
Ford Model T roadster. The fair board, led by manager Bob Follis, promoted racing events over the Memorial Day and July 4 holidays in 1955. Poor weather hampered the events and after losing much money the fair board contracted with Gents Enterprises out of Seattle to promote events in 1956. Those events were discontinued in July 1956. The track continued with equestrian events over the next few years, but auto racing was not. In 1962 Dick Norton signed a ten-year contract to promote events on the track. After signing the contract, he planned on running a few end of the season events on the dirt but was unable to do so. The track was paved in the early 1963 and the first events were held over the Memorial Day weekend. An inner 1/5th mile track and the figure eight track was paved in 1966 and in 1967 the original bleachers were demolished and the current grandstands built. Through the years the track played host to a wide variety of racing events including Sprint Cars, Roadsters, Midgets, Figure Eights, Foreign Stock, Modified, Hobby Stocks, Jalopies, Limited Sportsmen, Demolition, Grand National, Winston West, NASCAR Northwest Tour, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Stinger-8, Hornets and Bombers. Evergreen Speedway also hosted the "500," the richest and most prestigious race in the west. The
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ran an event at Evergreen Speedway once per year from 1995 to 2000. A Motocross Track and beginners MX track for riders 65cc and under. Also an ATV race facility was added. Evergreen Speedway is the premiere "Short Track" on the Northwest, in addition to being named the #2 Figure 8 track in America. Evergreen Speedway is one of the stops of the
Formula Drift professional drift series. Along with the professional drift series, Evergreen Speedway is also the location for the Evergreen Drift ProAm series. Evergreen Drift is the Northwest series that feeds drivers into the Pro ranks of FD. Through Evergreen Drift, Evergreen Speedway plays host to not only the series events but also many open drift and drift school events. Evergreen Speedway hosted a
Global RallyCross Championship round in 2016. It was confirmed later that Evergreen will also have a round in 2017. ==References==