Trey Starks

The finish certainly wasn’t what Trey Starks envisioned of his season opener, but the 17-year-old tapped into his veteran mindset after crashing Saturday night at Skagit Speedway.

Trey Starks has received a great education in the sport of sprint car racing over the last couple of seasons. Last year, he visited numerous tracks for the first time, during a summer trip to the Midwest

Trey Starks is well aware of the history, prestige and aura of the famed Chili Bowl Nationals. After all, his father John competed in the Chili Bowl during its formative years, finishing a very solid sixth in the 1995 edition of the star-studded event, which draws drivers from a multitude of racing series and disciplines. Trey will follow in his dad’s footsteps this year, as he’ll open his 2013 racing campaign in the Chili Bowl, which will mark his first career start in a midget.

From Starks Racing PR Puyallup, WA — (October 19, 2012) — Trey Starks has competed in some of the biggest events in sprint car racing this year. From the Knoxville National to the Kings Royal […]

If asked what his favorite tracks are, Trey Starks will quickly list Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif., as one. And why not? He led a number of laps there last fall during the Cotton Classic, nearly winning that event, and followed that up by picking up a win at the track earlier this season, which marked his first sprint car win outside of his home state of Washington. The 16-year-old will head back to the track in the Golden State this weekend to compete in the Cotton Classic with the King of the West Sprint Car Series.

When Trey Starks rolls through the pit gate at Grays Harbor Raceway in his home state of Washington, he expects to run up front

When a driver and team find a combination that works at a particular track, they try to stick to it as best as they can and ride the wave of momentum for as long as they can

Trey Starks nearly had a win at Grays Harbor Raceway in his home state of Washington, back in 2010, as he crossed the finish line first, but was deemed a few pounds light at the scales.

While Trey Starks has only raced at Willamette Speedway in Oregon a handful of times in his young career, the three-tenths-mile bullring has quickly become one of his favorite tracks, and his success there speaks for itself.

For the last couple of race seasons, Trey Starks has been circling a particular week on his calendar each and every year

Keeping a sprint car driver away from the race track is not an easy thing to do. Trey Starks and his team originally had planned to take this past weekend off in preparation for the World of Outlaws swing

For a teenager turning 16-years-old means one thing — getting a driver’s license. While that one certainly held true for Trey Starks, there was an even more pressing item that awaited him as well when that monumental birthday came back in March.

There’s something about the Skagit 360 Nationals at Skagit Speedway in Washington, that just agrees with Trey Starks.