Mountain Valley Raceway

We are sad to announce that due to COVID restrictions, we have found it necessary to cancel Enduro Mayhem and the fireworks show. We will reschedule both when our state opens up again. Thank you all for your continued support and understanding.

Happy New Year from our family to yours!Happy New Year from our family to yours!

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas! We hope you and yours have a lovely day and that Santa brings you health and happiness (and race car parts). Let’s all say a little prayer so we can have a full racing season.

Who’s your favorite dirt track driver, pro or amateur? What is your favorite dirt track?Who’s your favorite dirt track driver, pro or amateur? What is your favorite dirt track?

Mountain Valley Raceway offers our condolences to the family and friends of Jerm Smith. He passed very unexpectedly this evening. Thank you for your help Jerm. We know you will be missed.

Howdy Race Fans, we all hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving. What about that Tyson/Jones fight?Howdy Race Fans, we all hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving. What about that Tyson/Jones fight?

Hey hey everyone! We hope y’all are safe from the huge wildfires raging across this state. I’ve been a bit slow at getting pictures up but I’ll be working on them in the next few days. Stay safe and keep an eye out for the pictures.

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

Tony Reed of the Trinity Journal captured this fantastic photograph of Tressen Smith in the #2 and Russ Newman in the #73. More photos and video to come and look for Tony’s article in the Journal this week.

We would like to thank all of you that came out to race Saturday. Everyone had a great time and the track was wonderful. We had a special treat Saturday night, Koa Crane brought his Winged 360 Sprint car out to do some laps and boy was it impressive. He's a great driver and put down some fast laps and to think, Koa is only 14! We look forward to having him back. Our winners are as follows: In the Mini Division, Ross Vige from Orland took the win in the Heat Race and Troph...y Dash. Our own Ricky Berry pulled off the win in the Main Event. In the Hobby Stock Division, Tressen Smith, now representing Hayfork, took the win in the Heat Race and the Trophy Dash. He almost got the win in the Main Event but had a mechanical breakdown in the last lap leading to Freddie Leeper of right here in Hayfork to with the Clyde Cordell Memorial Main Event and boy was he excited. This division put on a heck of a show all night with some very exciting racing. We want to give a big round of applause for our rookie driver, Doug Gritts. In the Sport Modified Division, Tressen Smith took the win in all three races. Joe Short of Weaverville was out there making a run for the checker but just wasn't able to get there. We had a couple of Karts and Sean Green of Redding took the wins in the Trophy Dash and Main Event. This was his first time at our track and we thank him for making the drive up. Last, but not in the least, we had our Enduro class. JD Hudman took the win with Larry Richardson in 2nd place with Kyle Thurman taking 3rd. These guys are always fun to watch.

All of us here at Mountain Valley Raceway are impressed with this young man’s skill and sportsmanship. We look forward to having him back. Thank you for making the long drive from the Sacramento area.

Turn those wrenches one last time and load the trailers - It’s Race Day! See y’all soon!

Drivers, get ready to start your engines the Clyde Cordell Memorial Race is here and we think he’d be proud of how good it’s looking. The racing surface is going to be great. Remember, I’ll be at the registration table around 2:00 pm. Packing at 6:00pm, Hot Laps at 6:15pm, mandatory Drivers’ Meeting at 6:45pm and Racing starts at 7:00pm. We can’t wait to see y’all at the track - Wendy.

ATTENTION - The fireworks show has been cancelled. We understand the extreme danger and do not want to put extra pressure on our fire fighters. Good news, we have rescheduled the show to New Year’s Eve along with the Enduro Mayhem race and maybe some other exciting events. Thank you!

Hey MVR family - Wendy here. Who’s ready to get their cars on the track? I know we’re ready to get you guys out there. We’ve got some housekeeping for you. 1. The County still says no spectators. Sorry folks. I am still going to give it one more try and will keep y’all updated. 2. We are limited to the driver and 4 crew members per car. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience. ... 3. Fees are as usual, $50 for the car and driver and $25 per pit crew member. 4. We have set a schedule we’d like to keep to in order to keep the action flowing. Pits will open right around 2:00pm. Mud packing at 6:00pm Hot laps at 6:15pm Mandatory drivers meeting at 6:45 Racing starts promptly at 7:00 pm after the Anthem and invocation. 5. Don’t forget the fireworks in memorial of the lives lost on 9/11, as well as for our 4th of July celebration. Please know that the State Fire Marshall/CalFire approved the fireworks show. We will be taking extra precautions to assist the firefighters that will be on site. 6. Free primitive camping is allowed in the pit area. Please know there is no potable water in the pits and NO FIRES are allowed. Any other questions, give us a holler. See ya Saturday!

MVR Family, we have an update for the September 12 race. We have additional confirmation from the county that we must limit pit entry to the driver, up to 4 pit crew members per car and volunteers only. We are going to do our very best to Live Stream the races and, of course, the fireworks are visible from many places in town. We apologize for these restrictions. When we can get back to normal, we plan on having some very special events to thank all of you for sticking with us.

Hey Mountain Valley Raceway Family, we have some news. The State Fire Marshall of CalFire has approved our application to give you a great fireworks show during our September 12 race. While we have not been approved to have the grandstands opened, we have a number of spots available in the pits (with social distancing guidelines) and the fireworks can be seen from Morgan Hill Road and along Highway 3. We will be taking extra precautions to assist the CalFire crew to make... sure the fireworks show goes off on in a safe manner. If you have any questions, shoot us a message and one of us will get right back with you. Thank you so much for your continued support.

We here at Mountain Valley Raceway are so very proud to announce that the September 12th race will be known as The Clyde Cordell Memorial Race. As most of you know, Mr. Cordell was instrumental in bringing dirt track racing to Hayfork. The Memorial race is normally held during the fair race, however circumstances being what they are, we are holding on September 12. Bring your cars out to make this a great one for the family. (We are still awaiting spectator approval from the county).

Hey hey drivers - Wendy here. We have a track rental session available on Sunday, September 6 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. The session is limited to 4 cars. We also have a couple spots available during the morning session. Please message us for additional information. And remember, our race is coming up soon.

Hey guys and gals - Wendy here. I wanted to let y’all know that there is camping allowed in the pits at no charge. It’s dry camping and no fires will be allowed, with only small propane bbq’s allowable. We want to be very fire safe. See y’all soon!

Is everyone getting excited to put their cars on the track? September 12 isn’t that far away, get them all tuned up and spiffied up! See y’all soon!