VIDEO: Summer Showdown practice at Evergreen Speedway

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The seventh annual Summer Showdown, Evergreen Speedway’s premier race for Super Late Models, takes place this weekend at the Monroe racetrack. Qualifying on the five-eighths-of-a-mile track is Friday afternoon, with the 200-lap main event set for Saturday evening. The winner pockets $25,000. Here’s what you need to know:

SCHEDULE

Friday

3:30 p.m. — Gates open

4:30 p.m. — Super Late Models qualifying

5:45 p.m. — Driver meet and greet in the stands

6:30 p.m. — Opening ceremonies followed by:

Mini Stocks main event (50 laps)

Legends main event (50 laps)

Super Late Models qualifying heats (25 laps)

Saturday

12:00 p.m. — Gates open

2:00 p.m. — Columbia River Legends qualifying

4:00 p.m. — Super Late Models last chance qualifier (50 laps, tentative)

5:00 p.m. — Columbia River Legends main event (50 laps)

5:45 p.m. — Super Stocks main event (50 laps)

6:30 p.m. — Opening ceremonies

7:00 p.m. — Summer Showdown main event

PAST WINNERS

2012 — *Pete Harding

2013 — *Jay Sauls

2014 — Cameron Hayley

2015 — Bubba Pollard

2016 — * Tayler Riddle

2017 — *Preston Peltier

* Entered in this year’s race

2018 ENTRY LIST (42)