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Portland International Raceway (PIR) is located in Portland, Oregon, USA's, Delta Park complex on the former site of Vanport, just south of the Columbia River. It is west of a light rail station and less than a mile west of Interstate 5.

The track hosts ICSCC and SCCA and OMRRA road racing, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, and SCCA autocross events. Additionally, the PIR grounds are host to OBRA (Oregon Bicycle Racing Association) bicycling races on the track and the surrounding grounds. 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 and a lap length of 1.915 miles (3.08 km).

The City of Portland is working to establish the track as carbon neutral.

Portland International Raceway Video

A glimpse at the inaugural ChumpCar World series race at Portland International Raceway Produced by Tam Communications ©2009 All Rights Reserved
3.60 min. | 5.0 user rating		 It's finally done. 3D demo reel featuring Portland International Raceway, 8 cars, full soundtrack, a paint garage, and slates. My DVD is about to be created, and then I've got to make my DVD labels and jewel case inserts, and I'll be set for the job hunt. Imagine 6 months of research, and 6 months of creation, all for 2 and a half minutes of video... :-\ *edit* To avoid confusion about ending slate, The music during the video here is from Infected Mushroom, from various tracks on their BP Empire album... I have Sony Acid Music Studio on there because I composed the menu screen music, which is only on DVD, and not on this youtube video.
2.57 min. | 4.57 user rating		 This is the COBB Tuning Time attack GT-R at the Mazda Grand Prix held at Portland International Raceway
0.43 min. | 3.0 user rating		 Took my 1988 Lincoln Mark VII LSC to Portland International Raceway for the High Performance Driving course from Prodrive.net
2.88 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Onboard a Ducati 1198s filming a 1098s at Ducati NW at Portland International Raceway, May 16, 2010. Part 1 of 2
7.40 min. | 5.0 user rating
This is the COBB Tuning Time attack GT-R at the Mazda Grand Prix held at Portland International Raceway Sorry for some of the sound issues, I accidentally put my finger over the mic a couple times.
0.80 min. | 3.62 user rating		 PIR Live caught on film footage behind the scenes of an episode for Leverage 2010 season in Portland Oregon. Watch the season opener on June 20 9/8c. All-star cast, great action show. This film spots Leverage\'s Timothy Hutton, Beth Riesgraf, Gina Bellman, & Christian Kane, along with guest star Bill Engvall.
2.13 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Me in my mr2 at the Portland international raceway. This was a track day hosted by the Alfa Romeo club of Oregon. Mods on the car are 2zz-ge engine swap, kw variant 3 coilovers, white line swaybars and falken 615's 205 50 15 front 215 45 16 rear. link to the second video: www.youtube.com
8.43 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Portland International Raceway Grand Reopening on Feb. 23rd, 2008. We are in a Sti and are following several other cars who are following a pace car around the track. 3 laps for $10 with procedes going to Friends Of Portland International Raceway.
8.77 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Amateur drifters from around the northwest participating in a drift event sponsor by Unnatural Inc. It was held at Portland International Raceway in March 2007. Oh and the song is "Blood on the STREETS". haha i just realized i misspelled it.
4.90 min. | 4.87 user rating

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The Columbian--(AP) -- Portland officials are reviewing a proposal from race car promoter Chris Pook to take over management of -Portland International Raceway-. ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:32:52 GMT+00:00
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velonews.competitor.com--4 at -Portland International Raceway- turned into a mud bath Sunday as a thundering herd of more than 1000 riders battled on a course drenched with several ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:24:09 GMT+00:00
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Circle Track Magazine--During those years, we had the CART races taking place at -Portland International Raceway- and right next door we had a huge home development (North Portland) ... - Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:16:13 GMT+00:00

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