Renegade Raceway — Local services in Wapato

The semi final round had 3 cars in it. 2 ran, 1 would not even start. The rule book is clear: the driver must stage the car under its own power, even with a single, in order to advance to the next round, otherwise they were to be disqualified. In direct conflict with this rule, the non-starter was advanced to the final round. When the semi final winner came up to run the final round, the non-starter still would not start. Somehow or another, the non-starter was named runner-up in the final. The runner-up from the semi final round should have been named runner-up for the race in this instance. The question was brought to Derek (the owner) about how this was allowed to happen. Instead of trying to calmly explain his thoughts and reasoning behind that decision, he promptly says, and I quote: "This is my racetrack, and I can change the rules however I want to. I can do what I want, this is an outlaw track. If you or anyone else doesn't like it, you don't have to come here." He also said he makes more money off of the Diesel truck drags and other events than he does bracket racing. All this was stated while getting in my face in the staging lanes. At a time when a lot of race tracks are closing, you would think the operators of the remaining tracks would be a little more customer-service oriented and welcoming, instead of the unhinged behavior that Derek is notorious for giving. We all spend way too much time and money on our cars and getting to and from the tracks to be treated the way Derek...

I spent a large part of youth and Young adult life at the track. We lived at the Twin Bar Ranch which is just the other side of the fence at the far end of the track. My brother and I worked for Dee and Carol Adams (absolutely Great People)the previous owners. when I was 12yrs old my brother and I came up with an idea to take down the No Trespassing we belly crawled through the grass to one lone bush just in front of the finish line, best seats on the property!! We got caught Dee and the Sheriff put the fear of God in into us Carol came out of the concession stand and saved us (God Bless Her)!! Two weeks later I started working there cleaning the track after the races what ever they could for me to do during the races did that for 10yrs from age of 12-22...

I went with my family and we spent $300 for 20+ min and from the beginning the lady working there had horrible attitude and was not nice or welcoming. We had younger kids with us so we had a few spinouts but nothing to end us early on. she ended us early and was rude about it and we couldn't get our money back. she also didn't do or help with anything one younger man helped get people unstuck when she sat on her phone the whole time again not being friendly at all. If you want to have fun with your family do not go there. it's over priced for the experience you get and the costumer service was terrible at least with that...