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| Location | Pacific Avenue, Yakima, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 46°35′36″N120°28′45″W / 46.59333°N 120.47917°W |
| Owner | Ted Pollock |
| Operator | Doug Betteral |
| Opened | 1956 |
| Closed | 2021 |
| Major events | NASCAR Winston West Series (1964, 1967–79, 1983-85, 1994) NASCAR Northwest Series (1985–86, 1992–2006) Fall Classic |
| Oval (1965–2021) | |
| Surface | Dirt (1956–59) Asphalt (1960–2021) |
| Length | 0.805 km (0.500 miles) |
| Turns | 4 |
Yakima Speedway was a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) paved oval race track located in Yakima, Washington. It opened in 1956 as a dirt track. For most of its 62 years in operation, it was owned by Ted Pollock, who first visited the track at age 13 in 1956. [1] The track held 21 NASCAR Winston West Series races between 1964 and 1994 and 42 NASCAR Northwest Series races between 1985 and 2006. [2]
Pollock declined to renew the track's lease after he sold 16 acres of the property, including a portion which the track sat on, to Papé Machinery. Pollock had planned to renew the lease, but because he only owned part of the track, he no longer had the authority to lease the entire venue. [3] Papé Machinery bought the land with plans to construct a new building on the property. [4]
