Portland International Raceway
Portland International Raceway is located in Portland, Oregon's Delta Park complex on the former site of Vanport, just south of the Columbia River.
The track hosts a Champ Car race every year and ICSCC and SCCA road racing and Autocross events. The facility includes a drag strip and a motocross track.
The road course is almost perfectly flat and runs clockwise. Two track configurations are possible. One includes a hard chicane at the end of the front straight and involves twelve turns at length of 1.967 miles (3.17 km). Without the chicane, the track has nine turns an a lap length of 1.915 miles (3.08 km).
It is just west of a light rail station and less than a mile west of Interstate 5.
Champ Car race history
External links
- Portland International Raceway Official Site
- Trackpedia guide to driving this track
- Friends of PIR
- Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association
- Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association (OMMRA)
Champ Car Tracks | ||
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Ovals
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Atlanta • California • Chicago • Gateway • Homestead • Las Vegas • Loudon • Michigan • Milwaukee • Nazareth • Ontario • Phoenix • Pocono • Sanair • Texas • Texas World • Trenton | |
Road Courses
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Cleveland • Edmonton • Laguna Seca • Mid-Ohio • Montreal • Mont-Tremblant • Portland • Riverside • Road America • Watkins Glen | |
Street circuits
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Belle Isle • Denver • Detroit • Houston • Vegas G.P. • Long Beach • Meadowlands • Miami • San Jose • St. Pete • Tamiami Park • Toronto • Vancouver | |
International
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Assen • Brands Hatch • EuroSpeedway • Jerez • Mexico City • Monterrey • Motegi • Rio • Rockingham • Surfers Paradise • Zolder |
ALMS (American Le Mans Series) circuits | |
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Sebring • St. Petersburg • Long Beach • Miller • Lime Rock • Mid-Ohio • Road America • Mosport • Detroit • Road Atlanta • Laguna Seca Former Circuits: Former European Le Mans Series Circuits (2001 only) |