Nitro cars racing this weekend

AIRWAY HEIGHTS - In the year that remembers the 50th season of drag racing at the former Spokane Raceway Park, the renamed Qlispe Raceway will bring back some of the sights and sounds of nitro-methane June 21-22.

Owned by the Kalispel Tribe and located adjacent to Northern Quest Resort in Airway Heights, Qlispe's "Nitro Jam" featuring a field that also includes nostalgia funny cars, fuel alters that will offer the smell of nitro in the air and cackle in the ears.

A half century ago the track first hosted drag racing with the American Hot Rod Association Spring Nationals from May 31 to June 2,...