The Ridge Motorsports Park is a racetrack located in Shelton, Washington, United States, approximately northwest of Olympia. It has hosted MotoAmerica national races, regional car and motorcycle sanctioning bodies, track days, and other events.
The full road course is long, with 16 turns and a change in elevation of more than from start to finish.
History Ground was broken for the Steve Crawford designed road course on 26 April 2011.
The first event at "The Ridge" was a charity event benefitting local Mason County food banks, held on 10–11 December 2011.
The first official race, a Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association - WMRRA event, was held on 26 May 2012.
For the 2014 season, turn 13 of the original road circuit was reconfigured to mitigate excessive surface degradation, and the terrain surrounding the road circuit underwent an enormous amount of grading and smoothing prior to the application of topsoil and hydro-seeding, to both enhance the appearance of the facility and to manage runoff. New poured in place concrete barrier walls were constructed to replace temporary barriers, curbing was added in several places and additional new paving was completed. Finally, a large spectator viewing area was created on the upper part of the site.
In 2015, an outdoor scale replica kart track was added to the site, named "Olympic Grand Prix", or "OGP". OGP is a 1/5th scale replica of the road circuit, including elevation change. Additionally for 2015, the available paved paddock area was nearly doubled in size.
For 2016, electrical power and water systems were brought on line and a bathroom & shower building was completed. Construction of a new motocross facility called "Ridge MX", also began in the spring of 2016, with initial test laps being run on 6 May 2016. An invitational pre-grand opening test event was held on 1 October 2016 and the official grand opening was held on 29 October 2016.
In 2020, The Ridge Motorsports park added a chicane to the front straight to slow down superbikes ahead of its inaugural MotoAmerica event on June 26–28. Use of the chicane is optional for each sanctioning body and track day organizer.
Lap records
Official lap records
As of June 2025, the fastest officially timed lap records at The Ridge Motorsports Park are listed as:
CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEventDate Full Circuit (2014–present): Sports car racing 1:31.421 Mark Uhlmann Stohr WF1 Global Time Attack 2023 Round 2 July 23, 2023 Trans-Am 1:38.392 Brody Goble Ford Mustang Trans-Am 2022 The Ridge Trans-Am West Coast round June 12, 2022 Full Circuit with Chicane (2020–present): Superbike 1:39.663 Cameron Beaubier BMW S1000RR 2023 The Ridge MotoAmerica round June 25, 2023 Supersport 1:42.308 Tyler Scott Suzuki GSX-R600 2025 The Ridge MotoAmerica round June 28, 2025 Twins Cup 1:46.026 Alessandro Di Mario Aprilia RS 660 2025 The Ridge MotoAmerica round June 29, 2025 Supersport 300 1:52.650 Tyler Scott KTM RC 390 R 2021 The Ridge MotoAmerica round June 26, 2021
Unofficial lap records
Driver Configuration Time Vehicle Type Vehicle Event Date Jake Gagne Chicane 1:39.145 1000cc Motorcycle 2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 2022 Dynapac MotoAmerica Superbikes at The Ridge June 26, 2022 Rocco Landers Chicane 1:42.774 600cc Motorcycle 2020 Yamaha YZF-R6 2022 Dynapac MotoAmerica Superbikes at The Ridge June 26, 2022 Adam Robarts No Chicane 1:37.79 1000cc Motorcycle 2017 BMW S1000RR 2019 WMRRA Round 4 August 17, 2019 Adam Robarts No Chicane 1:39.939 600cc Motorcycle 2019 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 2019 WMRRA Round 4 August 17, 2019 Cable Rosenberg No Chicane 1:37.058 Sports Car 2013 Dodge SRT Viper GTS 2021 Global Time Attack April 5, 2021
Pre 2014 lap records
Driver Configuration Time Vehicle Type Vehicle Event Date Eric Johnson No Chicane 1:42:932 Kart KTM - June 22, 2013 Miles Jackson No Chicane 1:32.962 C Sports Racer JFC Racing Stohr CSR 2013 NW Region SCCA Romp on the Ridge Return July 28,2013* pre-2014 configuration
References
External links Ridge Motorsports Park Official website Maps.google.com Shelton Mason County Journal Kitsap Sun Seattle Times Hooked On Driving Washington Motorcycle Road racing Association