Lucky Dog Racing League returns to Portland International Raceway on July 19-20, 2025 for “Salute to the Dawgs,” presented by Oregon’s own Pyrotect. The event honors our veterans, military, first-responders, and their families & veterans racing program Heroes Motorsports. Since…
The August IndyCar race at PIR marked the conclusion of “FOPIR” road racing events in 2024. Starting with NASCAR and Formula E in June, and followed by the Rose Cup Races in July, hundreds of volunteers have worked tirelessly to…
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to Portland International Raceway on August 23-25, 2024. The 2024 BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland will mark the 30th open-wheel race weekend at PIR and the 40th anniversary of the first race held in 1984…
The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s Western Championship returns from a nearly three-month hiatus for the PIR SpeedTour at Portland International Raceway. The Trans Am Series has been visiting Portland since 1972, holding 31 races at the 1.97-mile circuit…
Racing at PIR on Thursday Nights began back in the early 1970’s when a guy by the name of Jim Rockstead had just been up at Sidewinders the Friday night before watching the flat track races and thinking how cool…
If you loved the NASCAR Xfinity Series race here at PIR in May, you’ll want to find the best seats at the track for the Rose Cup Races’ Late Model Stock Cars. This race is open to all late models…
At this weekend’s Rose Cup Races, there’s one group of cars that represents the heart and soul of amateur racing, and the deep history of the Rose Cup. The Small-Mid Bore race group comprises street cars of the 1970s, 80s,…
In the first months of 1961, the Portland Rose Festival Association partnered with the city’s Jaycees club and Cascade Sports Car Club to launch a new sports car racing event as part of the city’s annual Rose Festival civic celebration.…
One of the most popular amateur racing series in America is the Sports Car Club of America’s Spec Racer Ford. With more than 900 cars built over more than 35 years, the Spec Racer Ford offers an affordable way to…
With their brightly colored paint jobs, Spec Miata race cars are often jokingly known as Skittles, named after the candy. But don’t be fooled by the size or the colors, because Spec Miata is always one of the closest and…