Datsun racing in Portland, July 11-13, 2014

[troyt]

The HMSA Portland Historics, with Datsun as the featured marque, will be July 11-13, 2014 at Portland Int'l Raceway. While most amateur vintage racing is free to attend (or maybe $5 at the gate), the HMSA Historics seem to charge about $25 for a three-day ticket (single days are cheaper) as they consider it a "spectator event". But still well worth it as the entry gets you full access to the track, pits, cars, drivers, etc. I'll be there with my 710, Steve V. will be there with the 510 Wagon, Phil M. will be there with his 240Z, Roadster, and IMSA GTP car, Troy Ermish and several of his 510 customers will be there, and I'm sure lots of SoCal and NorthWest Datsun racers will attending as well.

You Oregon Ratters should apply for a Datsun car corral. And if nothing else, the event t-shirt is bitchin'.

 

http://www.portlandhistorics.com/index.html

[graveltrapp]

The posters are bad as as well.

Me and the family will be coming down.

1200 or 411?

We also annually go to the races in the Seattle area which are held over the 4th of July weekend.

[dr.feltersnatch]

datsun races? or just races?

[The Dat-side]

I'm going Sunday. Anyone coming from south of Portland want to meet up at Altered Motives?

[troyt]

Three days of vintage racing, all types of cars. Practice Friday, Qualifying races Saturday, Flag races Sunday afternoon (1-5pm). Datsun 510s/610s/710s will be in Group 6 - 2.5 Trans Am. 1200s and Roadsters probably in Group 2 - Small Bore Prod, and Z's probably in Group 4 - Big Bore. Tried to attach the sched but you can't cut and paste on this forum anymore, maybe the website has it...

[Mattndew76]

Oh man this sounds fun.

[bananahamuck]

Three days of vintage racing, all types of cars. Practice Friday, Qualifying races Saturday, Flag races Sunday afternoon (1-5pm). Datsun 510s/610s/710s will be in Group 6 - 2.5 Trans Am. 1200s and Roadsters probably in Group 2 - Small Bore Prod, and Z's probably in Group 4 - Big Bore. Tried to attach the sched but you can't cut and paste on this forum anymore, maybe the website has it...

 

 

I might add that they are running practice laps at like 9:00 am so we always try to get there very early as the sounds of cars screaming by while touring the pits and cars are warming up for their practice is happening all day long.. Quite the sensory treat .

 

 

Schedule of Events

 

 

Friday July 11

8:00 Driverss Meeting Each Day

Practice Sessions

9:00 - 9:25 Group 1 Practice—104.9 dB

9:30 - 9:55 Group 2 Practic—104.9 dB

10:00 - 10:25 Group 3 Practice—109.9 dB

10:30 - 10:55 Group 4 Practice—109.9 dB

11:00 - 11:25 Group 5 Practice—111.9 dB

11:30 - 11:55 Group 6 Practice—111.9 dB

12:00 - 12:25 Group 7 Practice—111.9 dB

12:30 - 12:55 Group 8 Practice—111.9 dB

1:00 -1:25 LUNCH BREAK

1:30 - 1:50 Group 1 Qualifyin—104.9 dB

1:55 - 2:15 Group 2 Qualifying—104.9 dB

2:20 - 2:40 Group 6 Qualifying—111 9 dB

2:25 - 2:50 Group 7 Qualifying—111.9 dB

2:55 - 3:25 Group 8 Qualifying—111.9 dB

3:30 - 3:50 Group 3 Qualifying—109.9 dB

3:55 - 4:15 Group 4 Qualifying—109.9 dB

4:20 - 4:45 Group 5 Qualifying—109.9 dB

4:50 - 5:20 Group 8 Qualifying—111.9 dB

 

 

 

Saturday, July 12

Practice/Qualifying Sessions

9:00 - 9:20 Group 1 Qualifying Race

9:25 - 9:45 Group 2 Qualifying Race

9:50 - 10:10 Group 3 Qualifying Race

10:15 - 10:35 Group 4 Qualifying Race

10:40 - 11:00 Group 5 Qualifying Race

11:05 - 11:45 Group 6 Qualifying Race

11:50 - 12:10 Group 7 Qualifying Race

12:15 - 12:35 Group 8 Qualifying Race

12:40 - 12:55 LUNCH BREAK

12:15 - 12:45 Collector Car Parade

12:50 Singing of National Anthem

Heat Races:

12:55 - 1:15 Group 1 Qualifying Race

1:20 - 1:40 Group 7 Qualifying Race

1:45 - 2:05 Group 2 Qualifying Race

2:10 - 2:30 Group 3 Qualifying Race

2:40 - 3:00 Group 4 Qualifying Race

3:10 - 3:30 Group 5 Qualifying Race

3:35 - 3:50 Group 6 Qualifying Race

3:55 - 4:40 Group 8 Qualifying Race

 

 

 

Sunday, July 13

8:00 Chapel Service

Warm Ups:

9:00 - 10:00 Collector Car Parade/Hot Rod Corral

10:00 - 10:20 Group 8 Warm - Up

10:25 - 10:50 Group 1 Warm - Up

10:55 - 11:15 Group 2 Warm - Up

11:20 - 11:40 Group 3 Warm - Up

11:45 - 12:00 Group 4 Warm - Up

11:05 - 11:15 Group 5 Warm - Up

11:20 - 11:30 Group 7 Warm - Up

11:35 - 11:45 Group 6 Warm - Up

11:50 - 12:00 All Datsun Parade

12:00 - 12:50 LUNCH BREAK

12:05 - 12:45 Collector Car Parade/Hot Rod Corral

12:45 Invocation - Singing of the National Anthem

Races:

1:00 - 1:20 Group 1 Flag Race

1:25 - 1:45 Group 7 Flag Race

1:50 - 2:10 Group 2 Flag Race

2:15 - 2:35 Group 3 Flag Race

2:45 - 3:05 Group 4 Flag Race

3:10 - 3:30 Group 5 Flag Race

3:35 - 3:55 Group 6 Flag Race

4:00 - 4:45 Group 8 Flag Race

RACE GROUPS

1 Early Production Cars—104.9 dB

2 Small Bore Production Cars—104.9

3 FIA Sports Racing Cars—109.9 dB

4 Formula and Sports Racing Cars—109.9 dB

5 Big Bore Production—111.9 dB

6 European Sports Cars '60-'69 Under 2L—111.9

7 2.5 Liter TransAm cars—111.9 dB

8 GASS—111.9 dB

[exit64]

There are tickets available through Groupon for $15 for one day or $22 for Sat/Sun.  Rumor has it that Carolla will be there with a couple of his cars.  I will be there Thursday night and Friday.

[graveltrapp]

I was at the Seattle Historics this weekend. Along with my admission I paid al little extra and was able to take three laps on the track. It was to much fun cutting the. Apex ( kind of) if Portland has the option be sure to take it. I did have to buy in advance for the track lap option. See you on the track.

[q-tip]

I was at the Seattle Historics this weekend. Along with my admission I paid al little extra and was able to take three laps on the track. It was to much fun cutting the. Apex ( kind of) if Portland has the option be sure to take it. I did have to buy in advance for the track lap option. See you on the track.

I was at Seattle and didn't see anywhere that I could have a go at it myself! How and where!?

[graveltrapp]

At this point, If you want to take the laps on the track you have to buy your tickets at the gate. When purchasing the ticket, tell them that you want the "hot rod corral" tickets. This will get you and your car into the corral area and onto the track.

Seems like very little interest in this event considering the amount of members here that live in the Portland / Vancouver area. This will probaly be the only time that we will see Datsun as the headlining Mark.

There should have been a Ratsun area in the corral. oh well.

[bananahamuck]

If we go it would be Sunday because we are supposed to be working on a few Datsuns that are scheduled to come here to the house, and my son was thinking of hittiing the Yardbirds Import show , Saturday.

[graveltrapp]

Yardbirds you say eh.

[bananahamuck]

Yardbirds family shopping center ,, i believe it will be predominately late models that are lowered and stretched tires like stancewars/nation  type event.. But it's really close to us and he likes that sorta thing... That is if ZTherapy has sent his SU floats by then.

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/245999465592108/

[arizonajones]

I'm going on Sunday.

Here's the Groupon link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/portland-international-raceway-and-all-events-held-here?p=1&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&sid=ff1b7691-39dd-4423-b3c0-4e4d2afe9f97&division=portland&user=d699fd0801be298e5b6ea0839fb468c8bc564ec67c581f9a3c464a155c734935&date=20140618&s=body&c=button&d=deal-page&utm_campaign=ff1b7691-39dd-4423-b3c0-4e4d2afe9f97

 

decent deal

[nismo dr]

I'll be there Sunday! 

[The Dat-side]

I'll be there Sunday also. And maybe RDM after. Depends on how the wife is doing.

[bananahamuck]

I'm going on Sunday.

Here's the Groupon link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/portland-international-raceway-and-all-events-held-here?p=1&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&sid=ff1b7691-39dd-4423-b3c0-4e4d2afe9f97&division=portland&user=d699fd0801be298e5b6ea0839fb468c8bc564ec67c581f9a3c464a155c734935&date=20140618&s=body&c=button&d=deal-page&utm_campaign=ff1b7691-39dd-4423-b3c0-4e4d2afe9f97

 

decent deal

 

 

 

How does this work??

 

I know what group-on is,,  but how do you get tickets and if printed off how will i be certain they will accept it??

 

And what is preferred parking it mentions in the offer??

[arizonajones]

I've never used a groupon at PIR before, but I've use them for other stuff. Never had trouble using them at any other venue.

How does this work??

 

I know what group-on is,,  but how do you get tickets and if printed off how will i be certain they will accept it??

 

And what is preferred parking it mentions in the offer??

 

You sign up for a Groupon account, pay for the thing with your credit card, they email you a printable version of the coupon that has a barcode in it, and you bring the printout with you to the event. The 8-digit code under the bar code is single-use, which is why I think they can use an email print-out as proof of purchase. Then you just have to exchange it for an actual ticket at will-call. I'm not exactly sure how the parking part works though. 

[bananahamuck]

Cool,, sounds like that deal between all of us could pay for the gas down there.. We will probably all pile in the 7 passenger soccer basher as we don't need someone pulling emblems off our unattended Datsuns to make a snazzy neckless.

[nismo dr]

I'll just leave this here

 

[The Dat-side]

Good job Troy. I was worried that was video of me getting squirrely coming out of turn two during the parade lap. Bummer I missed the Hako on Saturday.

[arizonajones]

Weird weather, but a very fun event. Tons of access to cool cars. Troy Ermish has a damn fast 510.

[nismo dr]

parade

 

 

[q-tip]

Vids are private Dr.