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The Vintiques Car Club of Yakima will be holding their 35th Annual Northwest Nationals Rod Run on July 30-August 2, 2009. Once again, the event will be held on the grounds of State Fair Park and is open to vehicles manufactured in 1972 and before.

Come down to State Fair Park and enjoy the Swap Meet, Food, Camping, Cruises, Car Games, Volleyball, Bingo and more. Car races will also take place at Renegade Raceway on Saturday, August 1st.

For more details check out the Vintique website: www.vintiques.com

Through out the summer, you can enjoy a variety of auto races close to home. The Central Washington State Fair Dirt Track Racing Series has begun and has at least two weekend races each month.

The Renegade Raceway's Summit Series is blazing on the drag strip near Parker, WA. and will continue through September. You'll also be able to see the Quarter Midget Region 9 Cup on June 13-14 and the Vintiques will be there at the end of July.

Yakima Speedway is running at full speed throughout the summer and offers stock car races weekly culminating with the Fall Classic.

The Yakima Reds Soccer Club is in its' final month of the 2009 season. Although they have not had a winning season to this point, they have proved to be a very competitive matchup for most teams in their USL Premier Development League.

The Reds play their home games at Marquette Stadium and generally offer a free event for youth soccer players the day before their games with free or reduced admission with a paid adult admission.

The home games in July are on the 10th, 11th, and 18th, aginst the Vancouver Whitecaps, the Portland Timbers U23, and the Cascade Surge, respectively.

The Yakima Bears are in full swing at Yakima County Stadium with "A" level professional baseball.

The short season affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks is fielding an exciting team this season and scheduling many promotions and fan give-aways to provide a fun and entertaining night out.

The Bears will have home series every week in July against the Spokane Indians, Vancouver Canadians, Salem-Kaiser Volcanoes and the Everett Aquasox.Check our Sporting News for game dates.

The official deadline for entering the 2A-3A-4A Bracket in the 2009 SunDome Volleyball Festival and YVCC JV Tournament has been extended.A few more teams are needed to round out the field of 32 teams. The 1B-2B-1A Bracket is full with a very competitive group of state wide teams.

For applications and information, please call the Yakima Valley Sports Commission at 509-575-3010.

The Festival will offer a preview of some of the state championship contenders and take place on September 11-12, 2009.

Meeting Max is an on-line housing website now available for event planners, to facilitate and track room reservations for their event.

Participating hotels commit a block of rooms to the event and provide a complete description of their facility, prices and policies.

Event participants would be able to go to the Meeting Max website,click on the event they wish to attend, and follow the seven easy steps to reserve their room!

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If you have any questions, please contact Rich Austin or Mike Carey at the Yakima Valley Sports Commission at 1-800-221-0751.

Do you have "Game"?

The 2009 Yakima Hot Shots 3-On-3 Basketball Tournament will take place in the streets of downtown Yakima on August 29-30.

2008 saw 293 teams compete in several classifications to see who had the most "game". This year promises to be bigger and better.

August 5th is the registration deadline. For more information and to get the registration form, visit the Hot Shots web site:

www.hotshots3on3.com