The DiscoverElks #10 Dirt Car Racer
Elks get ready to start your engines with Discover Elks youth racer Brayden Brookshire!
Brayden Brookshire is a 17-year-old IMCA SportMod dirt car racer from Vancouver, WA. Brayden was gifted a go-kart on 7th birthday and has not slowed down since. With the racing bug in his blood, as he comes from a long line of stock car racers, Brayden stepped up from driving go-karts to full size 4-cylinder cars at 12-years-old and now onto rocketing a sportmod around various dirt tracks across Washington and Oregon.
The #10 will be testing his skills against local racers and kicking off his season on May 10th in Elma, WA at the Grays Harbor Raceway. Brayden will return to the 3/8-mile clay oval at Grays Harbor Raceway over Memorial Weekend for the 2-day Modified Clash show with fireworks on and off the track!
Brayden will finish out the month of May at the fastest 1/3-mile track on the West Coast, Willamette Speedway, in Lebanon, OR on the 31st.
Keep an eye out to see where Brayden Brookshire shows up during the WILD WEST IMCA SPEEDWEEK June 14ththrough June 21st. Six different tracks, seven races, eight days! We know for sure he will be finishing the week out at the Sunset Speedway aka the “Bull Ring” in Banks, OR on June 21st.
Fast Cars, Fireworks & Freedom Cup at the Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, OR will bring an exciting 3 days of racing for Brookshire on July 3rd, 4th and 5th on the 1/4-mile track.
Brayden Brookshire and the #10 car will be at the Vancouver Elks #823 lodge on July 12th for its annual car show. Come meet Brayden and see the car up close.
Next up is another 2-day show, this time at the Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, OR on July 18th and 19th.
Want another chance to meet Brayden and see the #10 car?! Then come on out to the car show at the Mt. Adams #1868 lodge in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge.
On August 9th, the #10 sportmod will make his final appearance of the season with “Elk Night at the Races” at the Grays Harbor Raceway!
Labor Day weekend will see the #10 racing 2 different tracks in 2 days! Catch Brayden at Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday, August 30th and then at Willamette Speedway on Sunday, August 31st.
The checkered flag will fall on September 13th at the Cottage Grove Speedway.
If you are unable to make it out to the track, you can subscribe to catch the races live on the various track channels through online streaming. We encourage all Elk Lodges to coordinate ‘Watch Parties’ as part of their summer event planning. What’s better on a Saturday night than having a cold beverage, hot meal, surrounded by Elks and watching the Discover Elks racecar live on TV right in your lodge!
