South Sound Speedway

South Sound Speedway is a 0.375 mi (0.604 km) oval race track with a Figure 8 course located near Grand Mound and Rochester, Washington.

The racetrack, originally called the Olympia-Tenino Speedway, was constructed in 1971 by Dick and Wanda Boness. The track was later be owned by Jerry Cope, the uncle of Derrike Cope. The racetrack was sanctioned for use as a NASCAR site from 1989 until 2002, when the partnership ended due to rising costs.

The track was purchased from Mickey Beadle in 1995 by the Behn family, and an auto racing parts and tire store was opened on the site in 2002, with a repair shop eventually added.

Butch Behn, who remained owner into the late 2010s, purchased a $5 million set of five, self-cleaning public toilets originally for use in Seattle. After the restrooms became an immediate nuisance in the city, Behn paid over $12,000, equivalent to $17,944 in 2025, in 2008 for the German-made commodes during an online auction. Planning to use the facilities at the speedway, the installation costs prevented the toilets from ever being implemented. Remaining in storage, Behn first attempted to sell the toilets in 2016.

South Sound Speedway is located west of Tenino, Washington on Old Highway 99. The track is listed under a Rochester address.

The oval track is 0.375 mi (0.604 km) in length and the course is in a Figure 8 configuration. The track was repaved and the backstretch wall was moved back before the start of the 2001 season. Track times were noticed to immediately fall, placing the lap record of 14.28 seconds at 94.537 miles per hour (152.143 km/h), set by Dan Press of Vader, in jeopardy.

The track is mentioned in a 2003 report to accommodate 4,000 people. A wall on the front stretch of the track was raised by one foot before the 2007 season as a safety measure for spectators.

South Sound Speedway hosts several racing divisions including late model, street stock, Legends, NW baby grand, NW Vintage Modified, and asphalt sprint cars. In the past it hosted the NASCAR Winston West Series and has hosted the Northwest Super Late Model Series once or twice a season.^{[citation needed]}