ROCHESTER, WA. – For the third consecutive weekend Northern Provincial Pipelines Ltd. will be waving the Canadian flag in Washington State.  Darrell Midgley and the Team NPP #81 Super Late Model are competing at South Sound Speedway.  On Saturday night, the Rochester, Washington facility south of Seattle, is hosting the 22nd annual Miller 200.  “It’s been a while since I’ve been behind the wheel of a race car,” admits the Sidney, British Columbia driver, “we haven’t raced since Wenatchee (April 29th) but when you’ve been racing for as long as I have its just second nature now.”  Three practice sessions are scheduled for Saturday afternoon at South Sound Speedway before qualifying however record setting temperatures are currently baking the Seattle, Washington region.  “It’s been so hot here there might not be any point running any practice laps during the day. We were actually on the track for about ten laps last night (Thursday).  The car felt really good so we put it away.”

Midgley and team will probably bring the car out to run some additional laps on Friday night.  “We just want to make sure we are running the right gearing.  We’ll probably run another ten or twenty laps.”  This will be Midgley’s third time running this event.  “We could have won here last year.”  After qualifying 5th at the 2016 Miller 200 event, Midgley quickly found himself in the race lead.  Just past the halfway point, while running second, Midgley suffered a flat tire and was forced to pit.  Midgley finished the race in 17th.  “We’ll see what happens this weekend.  Organizers are expecting close to thirty Super Late Models.”  Several other Canadian race teams are joining Midgley in the pits for this years Miller 200 including Brandon Carlson.  The Victoria, British Columbia driver, sporting a Northern Provincial Pipelines Ltd. decal on the rear fender of his #14 Chevrolet, finished 3rd at South Sound Speedway back on June 3rd.  Defending event champion Wade Bland from Sannich, British Columbia has returned to Rochester, Washington hoping to repeat.

22nd annual MILLER 200
SOUTH SOUND SPEEDWAY – Rochester, Washington
> SATURDAY, August 5
Featuring: Super Late Models, Legends, Baby Grands
Gates Open @ 4:30pm
Qualifying @ 5:30pm
Racing @ 6:30pm
Admission
$22.00 General
$20.00 Youth and Senior
$10.00 Children (age 6 – 12)
Free Children (under 5)

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UPDATE: Darrell Midgley qualified 9th (13.864 / -0.156 seconds) out of 22 Super Late Models for the Saturday night Miller 200 at South Sound Speedway.  Defending event champion Wade Bland (Saanich, British Columbia) qualified #1 with a 13.708.  Brandon Carlson qualified #5 (13.824 / -0.116).

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UPDATE: Sidney, British Columbia’s Darrell Midgley finished 6th in Saturday nights Miller 200 race at South Sound Speedway.  Victoria, BC’s Brandon Carlson had a flat tire and finished 15th. Two other Canadians in the field had a fantastic night at the Rochester, Washington track.  Canadian Wade Bland (Saanich, BC) drove to his second consecutive Miller 200 victory.  Dave Hemrich of Delta, BC was second.

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