WENATCHEE, WA. – “That was a fun weekend,” exclaimed Darrell Midgley after climbing out of his Northern Provincial Pipelines/Alien Chassis #81 Dodge Sunday afternoon. The Sidney, British Columbia driver finished 11th at the Leonard Evans Memorial 200 race at Wenatchee Super Oval in Washington. “The car was pretty good in the first half of the race,” says Midgley, “but during the mandatory stop [lap 100] at the halfway point we made some adjustments to the car and it was a bit of a handful for the last half.” Midgley finished four seconds behind eventual race winner Taylor Riddle of Yakima, Washington. “We finished on the lead lap and got to drive the car on the hauler with no damage.” Midgley finished 18th at the 2014 spring race in Washington. “We improved on our finish from last year. It would have been nice if it was a top ten but overall I’m very happy with the weekend.”

Midgley, the 2009 NPP Late Model Series Champion has had a busy off-season racing his pavement Late Model south of the border. He finished 22nd at the annual Chilly Willy 100 in Tuscon, Arizona back on February 7th. On March 1st, Midgley grabbed a 13th place finish at the inaugural Winter Showdown 250 at Kern County Speedway in Bakersfield, California. Midgley stood on the podium at California’s Irwindale Speedway after a third place run at the 2015 Spring Classic on April 11th. “I really want to thank Dwight Kennedy [at NPP] for sponsoring the car and allowing me to do this. Can’t wait to race him again in the NPP Series this year.” Midgley will be competing in several more pavement Late Model events over the coming months. “Nothing really written down yet. I know we will be racing at Western Speedway in Victoria a few times this year.” Next race event for Midgley won’t be on the pavement. It will be on the ‘dirt’ at Edmonton’s Castrol Raceway on Saturday, May 23rd for the 2015 season opener of the Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series. Midgley finished 7th in NPP Series Championship points last season.

SIDENOTE: Leduc, Alberta’ s Trevor Emond was also competing in Wenatchee, Washington on the weekend. The 3x NPP Series Champion finished 12th on Sunday. Emond last competed in a NPP Series race in 2012.

LEONARD EVANS 200
Wenatchee Valley Super Oval
> Sunday, April 26th
1. #15 Taylor Riddle – Naches, Washington
2. #64 Garrett Evans – Wenatchee, Washington
3. #75 Jeremy Doss – Upper Lake, California
4. # 4 Parker Stephens – Tumwater, Washington
5. #89 Doni Wanat – Woodinville,Washington
6. #65 Tyler Tanner – Auburn, Washington
7. # 1 Mitch Kleyn – Quincy, Washington
8. #83 Braeden Havens – Spokane, Washington
9. #16 Blake Williams – Spokane, Washington
10.#51 Glenn Knutson – Quincy, Washington
11.#81 Darrell Midgley – Sidney, British Columbia
12.#17 Trevor Emond – Leduc, Alberta
13.#34 Scott Walker – Prosser, Washington
14.#42 Jeff Jefferson – Naches, Washington
15.# 9 Josh Roberts – Ephrata, Washington
16.#100 BJ Tidrick – Yakima, Washington
17.#99 Shane Mitchell – Orondo, Washington
18.#91 Alan Cress – Sutherlin, Oregon
19.#73 Gary Lewis – Snohomish, Washington
20.#47 Toby Becker – Highland, California
21.#40 Jason Ogle – Bothel, Washington
22.#20 Shelby Thompson – Spokane, Washington