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August is ‘Speed Month’ in Portland featuring the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland (Aug. 8-10) and Pacific Office Automation 147 (Aug. 29-30)

PORTLAND, Ore. (June 2, 2025) –  Public ticket sales began today (June 2) at 10 a.m. PT for all multi-day tickets for two major August race events at Portland International Raceway (PIR) - the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland, featuring the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, and Pacific Office Automation 147, headlined by the NASCAR Xfinity Series. 

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A native of Nagoya, Japan, 48-year-old Takuma Koga is now a veteran of NASCAR racing. Since 2001, when he made his debut in the NASCAR Raybestos Northwest Series, he has competed in various series. In 2002, he joined the NASCAR West Series (now the ARCA Menards West Series) and competed in 125 races until 2024, holding the all-time record for West Series races by a non-American driver. He earned 28 top-10 finishes and four top-5 finishes. The first was at the Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, CA, and all the others at the Portland, OR road track.

This year, he has moved to the ARCA Menards East Series and is gaining momentum with the Fast Track Racing team led by Andy Hillenburg. He recently achieved his best career result there, finishing third at Flat Rock Speedway in Flat Rock, MI. This oval, like the Orange Show, is a 0.250-mile bullring. “I love short tracks” Koga said. He performs well there and aims to finish in the top three in the championship. He is currently in fifth place. But this third-place finish is the best result ever achieved by a Japanese driver in a NASCAR series above the Super Late Model level.

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INDIANAPOLIS (Sunday, May 25, 2025) – Alex Palou’s place among the legends is now secure.

Three-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Palou earned the first oval victory of his career, capturing the biggest race of them all, the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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The next Australian Supercars driver to take on the NASCAR Xfinity Series will be Jack Perkins

Jack Perkins, 38, has over 150 starts in Australian Supercars, winning the 2015 Gold Coast 600 Race #2 as a co-driver to James Courtney. He is a veteran of 19 Bathurst 1000s, earning a podium result there in 2019. His father, Larry Perkins, is a six-time winner of the iconic event.

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INDIANAPOLIS (Sunday, May 18, 2025) – The fairy tale became reality for Robert Shwartzman and PREMA Racing, as the rookie driver in his first-ever oval race and the first-year NTT INDYCAR SERIES team shocked the field to win the NTT P1 Award for the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge.

Shwartzman, from Tel Aviv, Israel, became the first rookie driver to win the pole since Teo Fabi in 1983. He is just the third rookie to win the pole on track and will be the sixth first-year starter to lead the field to green in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

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'Speed Month’ features the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland set for August 8-10 and the Pacific Office Automation 147 on August 29-30

PORTLAND, Ore. (May 15, 2025) – The ticket renewal process begins tomorrow (May 16) at 10 a.m. PT for all multi-day Grandstand and RV space purchasers from last year’s BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland, featuring the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, and Pacific Office Automation 147, headlined by the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Eligible customers from 2024 will receive a direct email communication with further purchase instructions. Public ticket sales will begin for multi-day Reserved Grandstand tickets and any remaining RV spaces on Monday, June 2 at 10 a.m. PT for both events.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sunday, March 2, 2025) – One of the big questions for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES field entering the 2025 season was how to halt the title march of three-time and two-time defending series champion Alex Palou.

They’re still searching for that answer, even after the first race of the season Sunday on the sunny streets of St. Petersburg.

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