Portland International Raceway

OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland

Aug 9 at 8:00 PM on
Portland International Raceway
Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR
TRACK INFO
Track
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Portland, OR
110 laps · 216 miles
Portland International Raceway opened in 1961 on the former location of the city of Vanport, which was destroyed by the Memorial Day 1948 flood. The 12-turn, 1.964-mile natural road course is relatively flat but contains several spots for passing opportunities, including a quick chicane at the end of the frontstretch, a hard-braking right-hander (Turn 7) leading onto the sweeping backstretch, and a three-turn complex leading back onto the frontstretch. Al Unser Jr. won the first INDYCAR SERIES race in 1984. In 1997, the race set the now current all-time record for the closest two-car and closest three-car finish in INDYCAR SERIES racing history on a road course. Mark Blundell beat second-place Gil de Ferran by 0.027 of a second, and beat third-place Raul Boesel by 0.055 of a second, in a three-wide finish.

EVENT SCHEDULE

PRACTICE 1 Fri, Aug 7 · 9:30 PM
PRACTICE 2 Sat, Aug 8 · 5:00 PM
COMBINED QUALIFYING Sat, Aug 8 · 11:00 PM
WARMUP Sun, Aug 9 · 5:00 PM
RACE Sun, Aug 9 · 8:00 PM

DRIVER NEWS

Kyle Kirkwood
Kirkwood and Andretti Global delivered a mighty qualifying effort Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway, edging oval master Josef Newgarden to win the NTT P1 Award for the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls, IndyCar.com reports.