The Memorial

The Memorial is an annual prestigious event that began in 2013, when it was sanctioned by the FARC Truck Series, and is now sanctioned by the West Coast Late Model Series.

History
After the tragic events of the 2012 Hanmore World Championships, Eric Derenberger, the series director for the FARC Truck Series at the time, decided to form a memorial race in honor of the five drivers who lost their lives in that fateful Texas race: Tyson Lautenschlager, Tiffany Matthews, Gordon Sting, Cody Keaton, and Peter Kreamer

In 2015, the 3rd running of the race will take place at Long Beach, the third different venue for the race in as many runnings and the first time it will be run on a street course. Different for the 2015 race was the change in race distance, from 176 miles to 176 kilometers, and will be sanctioned by the West Coast Late Model Series.