Grand Prix of Portland

Grand Prix of Portland

Venue	Portland International Raceway
First race	1984
Last race	2007
Duration	1 hour, 45 minutes
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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Champ Car race history

Season	Date	Race Name	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine	Team	Report
1984	June 17	Stroh's 200	Al Unser, Jr.	March	Cosworth	Galles Racing	Report
1985	June 16	Stroh's 200	Mario Andretti	Lola	Cosworth	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
1986	June 15	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Mario Andretti	Lola	Cosworth	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
1987	June 14	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Bobby Rahal	Lola	Cosworth	Truesports	Report
1988	June 19	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Danny Sullivan	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	Penske Racing	Report
1989	June 25	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	Patrick Racing	Report
1990	June 24	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Michael Andretti	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
1991	June 23	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Michael Andretti	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
1992	June 21	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Michael Andretti	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
1993	June 27	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	Penske Racing	Report
1994	June 26	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor	Penske Racing	Report
1995	June 25	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor	Penske Racing	Report
1996	June 23	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Alex Zanardi	Reynard	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
1997	June 22	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Mark Blundell	Reynard	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor	PacWest Racing	Report
1998	June 21	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Alex Zanardi	Reynard	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
1999	June 20	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Gil de Ferran	Reynard	Honda	Walker Racing	Report
2000	June 25	Freightliner/G.I. Joe's 200	Gil de Ferran	Reynard	Honda	Penske Racing	Report
2001	June 24	Freightliner/G.I. Joe's 200	Max Papis	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Team Rahal	Report
2002	June 16	G.I. Joe's 200	Cristiano da Matta	Lola	Toyota	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
2003	June 22	G.I. Joe's 200	Adrian Fernandez	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Fernandez Racing	Report
2004	June 20	Grand Prix of Portland	Sébastien Bourdais	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
2005	June 19	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix of Portland	Cristiano da Matta	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	PKV Racing	Report
2006	June 18	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix of Portland	A. J. Allmendinger	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Forsythe Racing	Report
2007	June 10	Mazda Grand Prix of Portland	Sébastien Bourdais	Panoz	Cosworth	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
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Indy Lights history

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	Eric 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
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Atlantic Championship history

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: No races 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
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References

1. ^ "Portland International Raceway". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5zFxGlmnc. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Portland International Raceway (Indy Lights)". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5zFxSGchL. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
3. ^ "Portland International Raceway (Atlantic)". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5zFxOgz1k. Retrieved 7 June 2011.