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[NOTE: This race fact sheet was used during the CART/Champ Car years. They have not been updated since then. However, we left them up for the historical information.]
Grand Prix of Portland
Track: Portland International Raceway
Location: Portland, Oregon
Type: 1.964-mile road circuit (12-turn flat layout).
Lap Record (up to 2007)
Bruno Junqueira (2006) - 57.631 (122.684 mph).
Race Record (up to 2007)
Sebastien Bourdais (2007) - 1:45:42.774 (114.816 mph) -- record for current track configuration.
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Past Race Winners
| Year |
Driver |
Laps |
Miles |
Time |
Speed |
| 1984 |
Al Unser, Jr. |
104 |
199.16 |
1:53:17.39 |
105.484 |
| 1985 |
Mario Andretti |
104 |
199.16 |
1:51:35.524 |
107.083 |
| 1986 |
Mario Andretti |
104 |
199.16 |
1:50:53.48 |
107.759 |
| 1987 |
Bobby Rahal |
104 |
199.16 |
1:50:02.53 |
108.590 |
| 1988 |
Danny Sullivan |
104 |
199.888 |
1:57:17.42 |
102.253 |
| 1989 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
104 |
199.888 |
1:55:20.286 |
103.984 |
| 1990 |
Michael Andretti |
104 |
199.888 |
1:48:22.036 |
110.643 |
| 1991 |
Michael Andretti |
104 |
199.888 |
1:44:06.044 |
115.208 |
| 1992 |
Michael Andretti |
102 |
196.044 |
1:55:25.246 |
102.219 |
| 1993 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
102 |
198.9 |
2:03:54.620 |
96.312 |
| 1994 |
Al Unser, Jr. |
102 |
198.9 |
1:50:43.706 |
107.777 |
| 1995 |
Al Unser, Jr. |
102 |
198.9 |
1:54:49.410 |
103.933 |
| 1996 |
Alex Zanardi |
98 |
191.1 |
1:50:25.401 |
103.837 |
| 1997 |
Mark Blundell |
78 |
153.426 |
2:00:12.982 |
76.575 |
| 1998 |
Alex Zanardi |
98 |
192.766 |
1:54:06.822 |
101.355 |
| 1999 |
Gil de Ferran |
98 |
192.962 |
1:47:44.560 |
107.457 |
| 2000 |
Gil de Ferran |
112 |
220.528 |
2:00:46.002 |
109.564 |
| 2001 |
Max Papis |
76 |
149.644 |
2:00:20.836 |
74.606 |
| 2002 |
Cristiano da Matta |
110 |
216.59 |
2:03:19.113 |
105.381 |
| 2003 |
Adrian Fernandez |
100 |
196.9 |
1:56:16.626 |
101.602 |
| 2004 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
94 |
185.086 |
1:45:50.461 |
104.923 |
| 2005 |
Cristiano da Matta |
105 |
206.745 |
1:51:51.404 |
110.898 |
| 2006 |
A.J. Allmendinger |
105 |
206.22 |
1:48:32.853 |
113.989 |
| 2007 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
103 |
202.292 |
1:45:42.774 |
114.816 |
Previous Portland Area Venues and Results
Portland - 14.6-mile Road Course
| Year |
Driver |
Laps |
Miles |
Time |
Speed |
| 1909 |
Howard Covey |
3 |
43.8 |
0:47:08 |
55.757 |
| 1909 |
Charlie Arnold |
3 |
43.8 |
0:45:53 |
57.276 |
| 1909 |
Bert Dingley |
7 |
102.2 |
1:44:18 |
58.792 |
Other Pacific Northwest Area Venues and Results
Tacoma, WA - 5-mile Plank Road
| Year |
Driver |
Laps |
Miles |
Time |
Speed |
| 1912 |
Eddie Pullen |
30 |
150 |
2:25:18.55 |
61.937 |
| 1912 |
Earl Cooper |
30 |
150 |
2:15:41.70 |
66.325 |
| 1912 |
Ted Tetzlaff |
40 |
200 |
2:52:31.25 |
69.556 |
| 1912 |
Ted Tetzlaff |
50 |
250 |
3:47:00.85 |
66.075 |
Tacoma, WA - 3.5-mile Plank Road
| 1913 |
Earl Cooper |
57 |
199.5 |
2:49:32 |
70.605 |
| 1913 |
Earl Cooper |
71 |
248.5 |
3:32:08.2 |
70.285 |
Tacoma, WA - 2-mile Dirt Oval
| 1914 |
Hughie Hughes |
100 |
200 |
2:41:32.4 |
74.285 |
| 1914 |
Earl Cooper |
125 |
250 |
3:24:34.8 |
73.44 |
Tacoma, WA - 2-mile Board Track
| 1915 |
Glover Ruckstell |
125 |
250 |
2:57:03.0 |
84.722 |
| 1915 |
Eddie Pullen |
100 |
200 |
2:21:14 |
84.96 |
| 1916 |
Eddie Rickenbacker |
150 |
300 |
3:21:40.81 |
89.25 |
| 1917 |
Earl Cooper |
50 |
96.95 |
1:08:51 |
84.488 |
| 1918 |
Cliff Durant |
12 |
24 |
0:15:09.4 |
98.96 |
| 1918 |
Cliff Durant |
25 |
50 |
0:30:37.6 |
97.95 |
| 1918 |
Eddie Hearne |
37 |
74 |
0:47:43.5 |
94.29 |
| 1919 |
Ralph Mulford |
20 |
40 |
0:24:02.4 |
99.83 |
| 1919 |
Louis Chevrolet |
30 |
60 |
0:36:47.2 |
97.86 |
| 1919 |
Louis Chevrolet |
40 |
80 |
0:49:24.12 |
97.16 |
| 1920 |
Tom Milton |
100 |
200 |
2:23:28.0 |
83.643 |
| 1921 |
Tom Milton |
125 |
250 |
2:34:30 |
97.09 |
| 1922 |
Jimmy Murphy |
125 |
250 |
2:33:55.4 |
97.451 |
Kent, WA - 2.2-mile Road Course
| Year |
Driver |
Laps |
Miles |
Time |
Speed |
| 1969 |
Mario Andretti |
45 |
99 |
1:11:20 |
85.559 |
| 1969 |
Al Unser, Sr. |
45 |
99 |
1:12:46 |
84.386 |
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The Track
The Sights
Portland Posts
1909: First race for stock class costing $1600 or under, second race for stock class
costing $3000 or less, and final race a free-for-all.
1912: First race for medium car class (231-301 ci), second race for medium heavy class
(301-450 ci), third race a free-for-all, and final race held the following day also a free-for-all.
Pullen was only finisher in first race.
1915: Driver William Carlson and riding mechanic Paul Franzen killed on 56th lap of first
race. Maxwell team manager, Ray Harroun, retired the team.
1920: Milton drove non-stop.
1922: Final race on Tacoma board track.
1969: Race run in two heats. Second heat was first rain race in USAC history.
1986: Michael Andretti runs out of gas within sight of the checkered flag handing the
Father's Day victory to his dad.
1995: Al Unser, Jr. was initially disqualified for ground clearance. The decision was
reversed on appeal after the season was over.
1997: Race shortened due to the two hour limit as a result of heavy rain. Closest margin
of victory in Champ Car history -- 0.027 seconds. Also, closest finish for top three (0.055 sec.).
2001: Race shortened due to the two hour limit as a result of rain and numerous full course yellows.
2003: Adrian Fernandez becomes second owner/driver to win a CART race.
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