OREGON
The Beaver State
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From the travels and adventures of the “World’s #1 Trackchaser”
All-Time Favorite Oregon Track:
River City Speedway/ Eugene Territorial Motocross Park MX
Current lifetime trackchasing state rank: 1
Best Memories:
I wanted to get to Coos Bay for the longest time. When I did they ran 25-lap features for 4-5 car fields. Oregon has some really good caged kart racing at places like Cottage Grove, Salem, Medford and Roseburg.
Fun SXS racing at the Eugene Territorial Motocross Park MX in Junction City on a 28-degree day. Our friends Wes and Jill Moody joined us for their first ever trackchasing effort at the Forster Livestock Pavilion. The Hermiston Super Oval was a rustic track with grass growing up through the asphalt race surface. Saw a really well-run show with great modified racing at the Madras Speedway. On the other hand, I experienced a really boring CART race at the Portland International Raceway.
A 34-degree day in a roofed building without walls for kart racing at the Red and Eleanore Isola Memorial Arena took up one of my trackchasing days. At the River Arena in Roseburg fans used portable propane heaters to keep warm. Saw the first-ever figure 8 race at the Oregon state fair at a track named the Salem Indoor Stadium at the Pavilion. We watched the races on a 100-degree night with fellow trackchasing competitors Alan and Nancy Brown at the Southern Oregon Speedway. I only learned of the Willamette Speedway Kart Track’s existence the day before I came to watch the racing.
| # | TRACK | CITY | STATE | COUNTRY | DATE | TRACK TYPE |
| 1 | Riverside Speedway | Cottage Grove | Oregon | United States | June 28, 1986 | DO |
| 2 | Portland Speedway | Portland | Oregon | United States | July 17, 1992 | PO |
| 3 | River City Speedway | St. Helens | Oregon | United States | July 18, 1992 | DO |
| 4 | Willamette Speedway | Lebanon | Oregon | United States | July 8, 1994 | DO |
| 5 | Southern Oregon Speedway | Medford | Oregon | United States | August 25, 1999 | DO |
| 6 | Portland International Raceway | Portland | Oregon | United States | June 25, 2000 | PRC – chicane |
| 7 | Portland Speedway | Portland | Oregon | United States | August 24, 2001 | DO |
| 8 | Race City USA | Hermiston | Oregon | United States | September 29, 2001 | PO |
| 9 | Salem State Fairgrounds | Salem | Oregon | United States | December 19, 2004 | DO |
| 10 | Sunset Speedway Park | Banks | Oregon | United States | September 23, 2005 | DO |
| 11 | Red & Eleanore Isola Memorial Arena | Medford | Oregon | United States | December 10, 2005 | DO |
| 12 | River Arena | Roseburg | Oregon | United States | December 10, 2005 | DO |
| 13 | Forster Livestock Pavilion | Salem | Oregon | United States | January 28, 2006 | DO |
| 14 | Jackson County Sports Park | White City | Oregon | United States | July 11, 2008 | DO |
| 15 | Cottage Grove Speedway | Cottage Grove | Oregon | United States | August 7, 2009 | DO |
| 16 | Douglas County Speedway | Roseburg | Oregon | United States | August 8, 2009 | PO |
| 17 | Willamette Speedway | Lebanon | Oregon | United States | June 13, 2010 | ADJACENT-DO |
| 18 | Oregon Raceway Park | Grass Valley | Oregon | United States | August 5, 2012 | PRC |
| 19 | Coos Bay Speedway | Coos Bay | Oregon | United States | July 2, 2013 | DO |
| 20 | Eugene Territorial Motocross Park MX | Junction City | Oregon | United States | January 19, 2014 | DRC |
| 21 | Madras Speedway | Madras | Oregon | United States | May 8, 2015 | DO |
| 22 | Albany Motor Sports Park | Albany | Oregon | United States | June 20, 2015 | DRC |
| 23 | Hermiston Super Oval | Hermiston | Oregon | United States | June 20, 2015 | DF8 |
| 24 | Salem Indoor Speedway @ the Pavilion | Salem | Oregon | United States | September 2, 2018 | DF8 |
| 25 | Salem Indoor Speedway @ the Pavilion | Salem | Oregon | United States | September 2, 2018 | DO |
| 26 | Portland International Raceway | Portland | Oregon | United States | October 19, 2019 | PRC – non-chicane |
| 27 | Tillamook County Fairgrounds | Tillamook | Oregon | United States | August 13, 2021 | DO |
| 28 | Douglas County Dirt Track | Roseburg | Oregon | United States | June 9, 2023 | DO |
If you see a track link in the above list simply click on it to be transferred to my Trackchaser Report. Here you will be able to read about my adventure at this particular track. Not only will you learn about my time at the track but you’ll hear about all of the interesting people, places and things I encountered during the entire trip, coming and going, to that speedway. Most of my Trackchaser Reports will also include a photo album and YouTube video. Check it all out. Don’t be afraid to use the “search” box in the upper right corner of my website’s home page. Just type in the track name or whatever and you’ll be directed to the place you want to be.
Below is a key to surface types and track configurations so you can understand the above list just a little bit easier.
Surface types: D-dirt; P-paved; M-mixed
Configuration types: O-oval; RC-road course; F8-figure 8 track