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Portland International Raceway is a motor racing venue located in Portland, Oregon, USA. The location is featured in Need for Speed: ProStreet. The location of the venue is built upon the remains of Vanport, Oregon following a flood in 1948. Vanport was a small city constructed in 1943 to create public housing for the workers of the Kaiser Shipyards. The remaining streets following the flooding were utilised for races during annual events before being fully paved in the 1970s.

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  • Der Portland International Raceway ist eine Rennstrecke in Portland in den USA. Sie wurde 1960 gegründet und ist 1,967 Meilen lang.
  • Portland International Raceway is a motor racing venue located in Portland, Oregon, USA. The location is featured in Need for Speed: ProStreet. The location of the venue is built upon the remains of Vanport, Oregon following a flood in 1948. Vanport was a small city constructed in 1943 to create public housing for the workers of the Kaiser Shipyards. The remaining streets following the flooding were utilised for races during annual events before being fully paved in the 1970s.
  • Portland International Raceway (PIR) 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. It is just west of a light rail station and less than a mile west of Interstate 5. The City of Portland is working to establish the track as carbon neutral.
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  • Der Portland International Raceway ist eine Rennstrecke in Portland in den USA. Sie wurde 1960 gegründet und ist 1,967 Meilen lang.
  • Portland International Raceway is a motor racing venue located in Portland, Oregon, USA. The location is featured in Need for Speed: ProStreet. The location of the venue is built upon the remains of Vanport, Oregon following a flood in 1948. Vanport was a small city constructed in 1943 to create public housing for the workers of the Kaiser Shipyards. The remaining streets following the flooding were utilised for races during annual events before being fully paved in the 1970s.
  • Portland International Raceway (PIR) 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. The City of Portland is working to establish the track as carbon neutral.
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