2020 Portland Spotter's Thread

Wow, yeah, that is a haul. I saw a few Fcars on the "Hooked On Driving" events at PIR, thought about a summer shakedown of the car I am buying. If that other track is worth the time, I'd consider it. Once I have sorted the car it will go to the SF area for Laguna Seca and Sonoma tack time

 

I saw a blacked out aventador headed west on hwy 14 near vancouver today. I have never seen one in person but dang they look cool.

 

Definitely very different tracks. I wouldn't call PIR long, being just under 2mi so lap times under 1:30 (for intermediate drivers), but definitely flat. ORP is a hoot with the elevation changes. Going in a couple weeks and then again in July. 6hr drive worth it for a two day weekend.

 

One other cool thing about ORP is that it can be run in either direction. For two day events you'll get a chance to run both ways. Really changes the visuals.

 

Couple videos of ORP were just posted in the Tracking and Driver Education Forum/Post Your Best Lap Times thread.

 

355 spider with black wheels on flatbed near 99/18 iirc

 

Saw a bunch of Ferrari’s with Shell logos on them at Jantzen Beach. I was thinking the Annual Meet was cancelled LOL.

 

I think the Drive Oregon part remained.

 

yes the Drive Oregon is still on but they have events planned most of the week. Brothers Collection. Ron Tonkin gala. day drives and then the big drives thrus-sat

 

All the cars are leaving Thursday morning from the red lion so there may be close to 100 cars ripping out about 7am

 

Well, they officially cancelled the FCA event in its entirety but not the Drive Oregon. Then some of the local folks started scheduling what events they could and they ended up with everything except the speakers, concours, PIR track day. They did a heck of job and were able to put together a real great itinerary.

 

Stopped by to say Hello at Red Lion before they left.
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I had signed up for the Annual Meet (F1 and F2), but not Drive Oregon. My interest was in the concours and track days at PIR, none of which happened. When I heard of additional events (day drives, Brothers Collection etc) being added to fill the void I asked if I could join in and was told, rather bluntly, that only those who were going on the Oregon drives were invited. I would have gladly paid a fee to take part but that wasn't offered as an option - not sure why. Don't get me wrong. I have been a NWRFCA member for 10 years and have enjoyed a variety of events. It's a great club with a lot of folks that work very hard to make things happen. It just seems like, in this case, more could have been done for the members who signed up to enter the events unique to the Annual Meet. Just my 2 cents.

 

I'll ask around. It sounds like its like what wiley355 said is that you had to be signed up for drive oregon to get access to the rest of the events. maybe it was the drive oregon guys that set it all up

 

Saw a RC 488 and Rosso Dino Roma heading south on I5 just north of Eugene, must have been heading home from the meet. Shortly behind was a convoy of ~40 'vettes as well....

 

Red 488 Spider this afternoon - gas station at 26 and NW Glencoe just outside of North Plains.

 

Standing on my front deck this morning when a red Testarossa idled by. Sounded great.

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There was a red Testarossa for sale at the Wilsonville Ferrari dealership a few months ago. I wonder if this is the same one.


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May have been.

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