Grand Prix of Portland

Grand Prix of Portland

Venue	Portland International Raceway
First race	1984
Last race	2007
Previous names	Stroh's 200 (1984–1985) Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 (1986, 1988–1992, 1994) Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 Presented by Texaco (1987, 1993, 1995–1999) Freightliner/G.I. Joe's 200 Presented by Texaco (2000–2001) G.I. Joe's 200 (2002–2003) Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland (2004) G.I. Joe's Grand Prix of Portland (2005–2006) Mazda Grand Prix of Portland (2007)
Most wins (driver)	Michael Andretti (3) Al Unser, Jr. (3)
Most wins (team)	Newman/Haas Racing (8)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Lola (12)

The Grand Prix of Portland was a Champ Car World Series race held at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. The race has not been highly considered as an addition to the Indy Car Series, but is a likely candidate should the league desire a Pacific Northwest venue.

For nearly its entire existence, the title sponsor of the event was G.I. Joe's sporting goods and auto parts store.

Close finishes

The closest road course finish in Indy car racing history was set at this race at Portland. In the 1986 race, Michael Andretti ran out of fuel on the final lap, which allowed his father Mario to catch up and nip him at the line by 0.070 seconds. At the time at which it occurred, it was the closest finish of any race in Indy car history.

In 1997, the race set the now current all-time record for the closest two-car and closest three-car finish in Indy car racing history on a road course. Mark Blundell beat second place Gil de Ferran by 0.027 seconds, and beat third place Raul Boesel by 0.055 second, in a three-wide finish.

Race winners

Indy Car

Season	Date	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
						Laps	Miles (km)
1984	June 17	Al Unser Jr.	Galles Racing	March	Cosworth	104	199.16 (320.516)	1:53:17	105.484	Report
1985	June 16	Mario Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Cosworth	104	199.16 (320.516)	1:51:35	107.083	Report
1986	June 15	Mario Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Cosworth	104	199.16 (320.516)	1:50:53	107.759	Report
1987	June 14	Bobby Rahal	Truesports	Lola	Cosworth	104	199.16 (320.516)	1:50:02	108.59	Report
1988	June 19	Danny Sullivan	Penske Racing	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	104	199.888 (321.688)	1:57:17	102.253	Report
1989	June 25	Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	104	199.888 (321.688)	1:55:20	103.984	Report
1990	June 24	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor	104	199.888 (321.688)	1:48:22	110.643	Report
1991	June 23	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor	104	199.888 (321.688)	1:44:06	115.208	Report
1992	June 21	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	102	198.9 (320.098)	1:53:25	105.219	Report
1993	June 27	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske Racing	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	102	198.9 (320.098)	2:03:54	96.312	Report
1994	June 26	Al Unser Jr.	Penske Racing	Penske	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor	102	198.9 (320.098)	1:50:43	107.777	Report
1995	June 25	Al Unser Jr.	Penske Racing	Penske	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor	102	198.9 (320.098)	1:54:49	103.933	Report
1996	June 23	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	98	191.1 (307.545)	1:50:25	103.837	Report
1997	June 22	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing	Reynard	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor	78*	153.426 (246.915)	2:00:12	76.575	Report
1998	June 21	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	98	192.766 (310.226)	1:54:06	101.355	Report
1999	June 20	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	Reynard	Honda	98	192.962 (310.542)	1:47:44	107.457	Report
2000	June 25	Gil de Ferran	Penske Racing	Reynard	Honda	112	220.528 (354.905)	2:00:46	109.564	Report
2001	June 24	Max Papis	Team Rahal	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	76*	149.644 (240.828)	2:00:20	74.606	Report
2002	June 16	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Toyota	110	216.59 (348.567)	2:03:19	105.381	Report
2003	June 22	Adrian Fernandez	Fernandez Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	100	196.9 (316.879)	1:56:16	101.602	Report
2004	June 20	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	94	185.086 (297.867)	1:45:50	104.923	Report
2005	June 19	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	105	206.22 (331.878)	1:51:51	110.616	Report
2006	June 18	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	105	206.22 (331.878)	1:48:32	113.989	Report
2007	June 10	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Panoz	Cosworth	103	202.292 (325.557)	1:45:42	114.816	Report
[1]

• 1997 & 2001:Race shortened due to time limit.

Indy Lights

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine
1988	June 19	Tommy Byrne	March	Buick
1989	June 25	Tommy Byrne	March	Buick
1990	June 24	Paul Tracy	March	Buick
1991	June 23	Éric Bachelart	March	Buick
1992	June 21	Franck Fréon	March	Buick
1993	June 27	Franck Fréon	Lola	Buick
1994	June 26	André Ribeiro	Lola	Buick
1995	June 25	Greg Moore	Lola	Buick
1996	June 23	Gualter Salles	Lola	Buick
1997	June 22	Hideki Noda	Lola	Buick
1998	June 21	Guy Smith	Lola	Buick
1999	June 20	Philipp Peter	Lola	Buick
2000	June 25	Jason Bright	Lola	Buick
2001	June 24	Damien Faulkner	Lola	Buick
[2]

Atlantic Championship

Season	Date	Winning Driver
1984	June 10	Dan Marvin
1985	September 8	Jeff Wood
1986	August 24	Ted Prappas
1987	June 13	Dean Hall
	September 13	R. K. Smith
1988	August 28	Mitch Thieman
1989 – 2001	Not held
2002	June 16	Luis Díaz
2003	June 22	Ryan Dalziel
2004	June 19	Jon Fogarty
	June 20	Jon Fogarty
2005	June 18	Tõnis Kasemets
	June 19	Tõnis Kasemets
2006	June 18	James Hinchcliffe
2007	June 9	Robert Wickens
	June 10	Kevin Lacroix
[3]

Broadcasting

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)	Pit reporters
1984	ESPN	Art Eckman	Larry Nuber	Gary Lee
1985	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Larry Nuber	Jack Arute Gary Lee
1986	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Derek Daly	Jack Arute
1987	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Larry Nuber	Gary Lee
1988	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Johnny Rutherford	Gary Lee Larry Nuber
1989	ESPN	Paul Page	Johnny Rutherford	Jack Arute Gary Gerould
1990	ESPN	Paul Page	Derek Daly	Dr. Jerry Punch Sally Larvick
1991	ESPN	Paul Page	Derek Daly	Gary Gerould Jon Beekhuis
1992	ESPN	Paul Page	Derek Daly	Gary Gerould Jon Beekhuis
1993	ESPN	Paul Page	Derek Daly	Gary Gerould Jon Beekhuis
1994	ESPN	Paul Page	Derek Daly	Gary Gerould Jon Beekhuis
1995	ESPN	Paul Page	Derek Daly	Gary Gerould Jon Beekhuis
1996	ABC	Paul Page	Danny Sullivan	Jack Arute Gary Gerould
1997	ESPN	Bob Varsha	Danny Sullivan	Gary Gerould Marty Reid
1998	ESPN	Bob Varsha	Danny Sullivan Tommy Kendall	Jack Arute Gary Gerould
1999	ABC	Paul Page	Parker Johnstone	Jon Beekhuis Gary Gerould
2000	ESPN2	Paul Page	Parker Johnstone	Jon Beekhuis Gary Gerould
2001	ESPN	Paul Page	Parker Johnstone	Jon Beekhuis Gary Gerould
2002	CBS	Bob Varsha	Derek Daly	Ralph Sheheen Jon Beekhuis
2003	CBS	Bob Varsha	Tommy Kendall	Derek Daly Calvin Fish
2004	SpikeTV	Rick Benjamin	Tommy Kendall	Jon Beekhuis Chris McClure Bronte Tagliani
2005	CBS	Rick Benjamin	Jon Beekhuis	Chris McClure Ralph Sheheen
2006	CBS	Rick Benjamin	Derek Daly	Jon Beekhuis Cameron Steele Michelle Beisner
2007	ABC	Rick Benjamin	Jon Beekhuis	Bill Stephens Cameron Steele Michelle Beisner

References

1. "Portland International Raceway". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
2. "Portland International Raceway (Indy Lights)". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
3. "Portland International Raceway (Atlantic)". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

External links

• Official Site