Oregon

OREGON

The Beaver State

From the travels and adventures of the “World’s #1 Trackchaser”

Highlights

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

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