EDMONTON, AB – Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series race teams have been waiting patiently for the 2014 race season to start. Barring any last minute hiccups to the weather forecast, the green flag will drop this Saturday night at Castrol Raceway. Last weekend’s scheduled season opener at Central Alberta Raceways in Rimbey was rained…

EDMONTON, AB – Thanks to last Saturday’s rainout in Rimbey, Alberta, the Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series will attempt to kick off its 14th consecutive season at Castrol Raceway tonight….weather permitting!! This will be the 108th appearance of the NPP Late Model Series in Edmonton, Alberta since 2001. A total of four past and…

EDMONTON, AB – Kevin Wheeler kicked off the 2014 season of the Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series the same way he ended the 2013 season and that was with a trip to victory lane. The defending NPP Series Champion got by pole sitter Dwight Kennedy at the halfway point of the Feature and then…

EDMONTON, AB – To celebrate the Canada Day long weekend, many communities across Alberta will be holding spectacular fireworks shows at night. This Saturday and Sunday in Sangudo, Alberta, there will be a rare opportunity to see some fireworks in the daytime. Sangudo Speedway hosts its first ever Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series two-day…

SANGUDO, AB – The Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series holds its first ever two-day points race at scenic Sangudo Speedway this weekend. Last September, Whitecourt, Alberta’s Kevin Wheeler won the NPP Series Feature on the Sangudo, Alberta oval track. This race was the first appearance of the NPP Series at Sangudo Speedway since August…

SANGUDO, AB – The first ever Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series two-day race weekend at scenic Sangudo Speedway was a wet one. NPP Series teams endured two separate rain delays totaling more than three-hours Saturday and faced a complete rainout on Sunday. “Going into the race weekend we knew we were going to be…

EDMONTON, AB – Castrol Raceway hosted one of Canada’s biggest drag race events on the weekend. Track officials have already declared the 12th annual IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals a huge success. Thousands of race fans poured through the gates for the three-day motorsports extravaganza. On display in the concourse area was the Northern Provincial…

EDMONTON, AB – Canada’s longest running open wheel race event is this weekend at Castrol Raceway. First competed at Edmonton’s Speedway Park (1954 – 1969), the 60th anniversary of the Gold Cup runs Friday and Saturday night. Castrol Raceway has hosted the prestigious Gold Cup event since the track opened back in 1991. “The Gold…

BATTLEFORD, SK – Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series announcer Gord Craig is resting comfortably at home after a scary crash in Saskatchewan late Wednesday night. Just shortly after 11pm Craig drove the NPP Series Pace Car into a herd of more than 25 Black Angus cattle which had wandered onto Highway 16 west of…

EDMONTON, AB – The Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series is proud to be a part of the 60th anniversary of the Gold Cup. First run at Edmonton Speedway Park in 1954, the Gold Cup is Canada’s oldest, most prestigious open wheel race event. Edmonton’s Castrol Raceway has hosted the Gold Cup since 1991. The…