Nomee says the road course was the easiest to open with the least capital outlay for a partial season last year. “We need some return on our investment before we consider it,” he says. Nomee says the oval track will require “a tremendous amount of work” to return it to racing condition-and that won’t happen this year. The racing facility was built in the 1970s with a half-mile oval, a quarter-mile drag strip, and a 2.5-mile road course that accommodates stock cars and motorcycles. The tribe has since renamed the facility Qlispé, which is pronounced kuh-lee-SPEH, the original way members pronounced the tribe’s name. Hayford Road, just west of its Northern Quest Resort & Casino, from Spokane County in October 2021 for $5.35 million. While he’s still working on a race calendar, Nomee says it likely will include at least 63 days of scheduled events, with the potential for adding more dates.Īs earlier reported in the Journal, the tribe purchased the 243-acre facility at 750 N. Nomee, who has a background as a drag racer, says tentative plans for the drag strip are to have the opening race in May, with the season to run through September. Road course racing will start the third week in April and run through September or possibly into October, says Rodney “RJ” Nomee, Qlispé’s general manager and a Kalispel Tribal Council member. The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is planning full road course and drag racing seasons starting this spring at its Qlispé Raceway Park, formerly Spokane County Raceway, almost 1 1/2 years after buying the property.
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