NASCAR Xfinity Series headlines stock car racing weekend at Portland International Raceway
PORTLAND, Ore. (May 20, 2022) - Toyota has been named the official car and truck of the Pacific Office Automation 147, the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Portland International Raceway (PIR) on June 3-4, 2022. With the support of the Pacific Northwest Toyota Dealers Association, Toyota has been added as another major partner for the big stock car racing weekend in the Rose City, showcasing the exciting return of a NASCAR national series to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in 22 years.
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Oregon Department of Transportation partners with upcoming NASCAR weekend at Portland International Raceway
Transportation Safety Office’s Distracted Driving Program will be featured during the Pacific Office Automation 147 race event.
PORTLAND, Ore. (May 19, 2022) - The Transportation Safety Office (TSO) of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is partnering with the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Portland International Raceway (PIR), the Pacific Office Automation 147, June 3-4.
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NASCAR Xfinity Series Pacific Office Automation 147 Races into Rose Festival
Racing fans can cap the weekend at 98.7 The Bull CountryFest Sunday in the RoZone
PORTLAND, Ore. (April 26, 2022) – The Pacific Office Automation 147, a NASCAR Xfinity Series race visiting Portland International Raceway (PIR) June 3-4, 2022, is a highlight event of the Portland Rose Festival’s Rose City Reunion. The race weekend will generate millions of dollars in economic impact during the middle weekend of the Portland Rose Festival.
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Noah Gragson holds off Earnhardt, wins in Talladega overtime; Dash 4 Cash to Allmendinger
It was an Earnhardt Saturday in Earnhardt country.
Grabbing the lead on a restart in the third overtime, Noah Gragson — driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports — won the Ag-Pro 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega Superspeedway.
Gragson beat Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, who was driving a black No. 3 Chevrolet in a special appearance for Richard Childress Racing, which fielded Dale Sr.’s car during his heyday.
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NASCAR event at Portland International Raceway named the Pacific Office Automation 147
Single Day Tickets Go On Sale Today at 10 a.m. PDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (April 19, 2022) – Pacific Office Automation has been announced as the title sponsor of the highly-anticipated NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Portland International Raceway (PIR), June 3-4, 2022. The 75-lap race covering 147.52 miles will be called the Pacific Office Automation 147.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – On older tires, Brandon Jones stole an Xfinity Series win from the scion of the owner of his race team on Saturday night at Martinsville Speedway.
Jones dived to the inside of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs as the Call 811 Before You Dig 250 presented by Call811.com went to a second overtime. Jones cleared Gibbs on the second circuit (Lap 261) and got to the finish line 0.677 seconds ahead of Landon Cassill, as Sam Mayer bumped Gibbs’s Toyota and squeezed it into the outside wall off the final corner.
Josef Newgarden kept Team Penske unbeaten in three NTT INDYCAR SERIES races this season with his second consecutive win of 2022, capturing the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in a taut, three-way tussle under brilliant Southern California sunshine Sunday.
Newgarden earned his first career Long Beach victory in the No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet, holding off Romain Grosjean in the No. 28 DHL Honda and reigning series champion Alex Palou in the No. 10 NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Grosjean tied a career best by finishing second, with Palou rounding out the podium finishers in third.
The race ended under caution after Takuma Sato speared the tire barrier in Turn 8 on Lap 84 of the 85-lap race.
New Era for Series Includes Return To Iowa Speedway, Debut at Nashville
INDIANAPOLIS (Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022) – INDYCAR is launching a new era of operational control of Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires with the announcement of a 14-race schedule for 2022.
INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, Jan. 10, 2022) – NBC Sports and INDYCAR have announced the broadcast start times for the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule, which will feature a record 14 races on broadcast network NBC, headlined by the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on Sunday, May 29 at iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with coverage on NBC beginning at 11 a.m. (ET).
