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Portland EPrix
The Portland ePrix (known as the Southwire Portland ePrix then Hankook Portland ePrix for sponsorship reasons) was an annual race of the FIA Formula E World Championship, an all-electric single-seater racing series. The race was held on a very slightly modified version of the Portland International Raceway (PIR) for the first time in 2023, and again in 2024. Nick Cassidy won the inaugural race for Envision Racing, while António Félix da Costa and Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche swept both races the following year. History After construction in the Red Hook area of Brooklyn caused the New York City ePrix to be taken off the calendar for 2023, Formula E signed a deal with the City of Portland and PIR in order to keep the American interest in Formula E alive over the stop-gap period in New York. FE co-founder Alberto Longo said that the Portland motorsports fanbase and the city's "ecological credentials" were vital in choosing the city to play host to Formula E. The ePrix was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland International Raceway
Portland International Raceway (PIR) is a motorsport facility in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is part of the Delta Park complex on the former site of Vanport, just south of the Columbia River. It lies west of the Delta Park/Vanport light rail station and less than a mile west of Interstate 5. The track hosts the IndyCar Series, ICSCC and SCCA and OMRRA road racing, the NASCAR Xfinity Series and ARCA Menards Series West, and SCCA autocross events. Additionally, the PIR grounds are host to OBRA (Oregon Bicycle Racing Association) bicycling races on the track and the surrounding grounds. The facility includes a dragstrip and a motocross track. The road course is almost perfectly flat and runs clockwise. Two track configurations are possible. The modern Grand Prix circuit includes a hard chicane at the end of the front straight, referred to as the "Shelton Chicane" in honor of Vanport racing legend Monte Shelton, and involves 12 turns at a length of . Withou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Long Beach EPrix
The 2015 Long Beach ePrix was a Formula E motor race held on April 4, 2015 in Long Beach, United States on a revised version of a street circuit usually used for the Grand Prix of Long Beach. It was the sixth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season. China Racing driver Nelson Piquet Jr. became the sixth different winner in as many races, and as a result moved up to second place in the drivers' championship, one point in arrears of Audi Sport ABT's Lucas di Grassi. Di Grassi also finished in the podium placings, in third place, just behind Andretti driver Jean-Éric Vergne. Nicolas Prost ( e.dams-Renault) held the lead of the championship into the weekend, finished down in 14th position after serving a drive-through penalty. Report Background For the first time in the championship, the driver lineup was exactly the same as for the previous race in Miami. Fanboost was awarded to Nelson Piquet Jr., Jean-Éric Vergne an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auto Races In The United States
Auto may refer to: Vehicles * An automobile, or car * An autonomous car, a self-driving car * An auto rickshaw Mechanisms * Short for automatic * An automaton * An automatic transmission Media * Auto (art), a form of Portuguese dramatic play * ''Auto'' (film), a 2007 Indian comedy film * Auto (play), a subgenre of dramatic literature * ''Auto'' (Italian magazine), an Italian magazine and one of the organizers of the European Car of the Year award Fictional characters * Auto (''Mega Man''), a character from ''Mega Man'' series of games * AUTO, a fictional robot who serves as the main antagonist in the 2008 film ''WALL-E'' Locations * Auto, American Samoa * Auto, West Virginia Programming keywords * A keyword in the C programming language used to declare automatic variables * A keyword in C++11 C++11 is a version of a joint technical standard, ISO/IEC 14882, by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland EPrix
The Portland ePrix (known as the Southwire Portland ePrix then Hankook Portland ePrix for sponsorship reasons) was an annual race of the FIA Formula E World Championship, an all-electric single-seater racing series. The race was held on a very slightly modified version of the Portland International Raceway (PIR) for the first time in 2023, and again in 2024. Nick Cassidy won the inaugural race for Envision Racing, while António Félix da Costa and Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche swept both races the following year. History After construction in the Red Hook area of Brooklyn caused the New York City ePrix to be taken off the calendar for 2023, Formula E signed a deal with the City of Portland and PIR in order to keep the American interest in Formula E alive over the stop-gap period in New York. FE co-founder Alberto Longo said that the Portland motorsports fanbase and the city's "ecological credentials" were vital in choosing the city to play host to Formula E. The ePrix was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula E EPrix
In science, a formula is a concise way of expressing information symbolically, as in a mathematical formula or a ''chemical formula''. The informal use of the term ''formula'' in science refers to the general construct of a relationship between given quantities. The plural of ''formula'' can be either ''formulas'' (from the most common English plural noun form) or, under the influence of scientific Latin, ''formulae'' (from the original Latin). In mathematics In mathematics, a formula generally refers to an equation or inequality relating one mathematical expression to another, with the most important ones being mathematical theorems. For example, determining the volume of a sphere requires a significant amount of integral calculus or its geometrical analogue, the method of exhaustion. However, having done this once in terms of some parameter (the radius for example), mathematicians have produced a formula to describe the volume of a sphere in terms of its radius: : V = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known as a Formula One chassis List of Formula One constructors, constructor, the second-oldest active team and the second-most successful Formula One team after Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, having won races, 12 Formula One Drivers' Championship, Drivers' Championships, and nine Formula One constructors' championship, Constructors' Championships. McLaren also has a history in American open wheel racing as both an entrant and a chassis constructor, and has won the Can-Am, Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) sports car racing championship. McLaren is one of only three constructors, and the only team, to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport#Teams and manufacturers, Triple Crown of Motorsport (wins at the Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Le Mans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Hughes
Jake John Hughes (born 30 May 1994) is a British people, British racing driver who currently competes in Formula E with Maserati MSG Racing and is also the simulator driver for the McLaren, McLaren F1 Team. He is the winner of the inaugural 2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship, BRDC Formula 4 Championship and has won multiple races at Formula 3. Early racing career Karting Hughes started his racing career in karting in 2010 at the age of sixteen, finishing eleventh in the Junior Class of the Easykart UK Championship. In 2011, he finished fifth in the Super 1 National Formula KGP Championship. He stayed in the same championship for 2012, improving to fourth in the series standings, whilst also winning the Easykart UK Championship in the Light category. Local championships Hughes made his Open wheel car, single-seaters debut in 2012 at Silverstone in the 2012 Formula Renault BARC season, Formula Renault BARC Championship with Antel Motorsport and contested in the Rockingham rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porsche Motorsport
Porsche has been successful in many branches of motorsport of which most have been in long-distance races. Despite their early involvement in motorsports being limited to supplying relatively small engines to racing underdogs up until the late 1960s, by the mid-1950s Porsche had already tasted moderate success in the realm of sports car racing, most notably in the Carrera Panamericana and Targa Florio, classic races which were later used in the naming of streetcars. The Porsche 917 of 1969 turned them into a powerhouse, winning in 1970 the first of over a dozen 24 Hours of Le Mans, more than any other company. With the 911 Carrera RSR and the Porsche 935 Turbo, Porsche dominated the 1970s and even has beaten sports prototypes, a category in which Porsche entered the successful 936, 956, and 962 models. Porsche is currently the world's largest race car manufacturer. In 2006, Porsche built 195 race cars for various international motor sports events, and in 2007 Porsche is expec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andretti Autosport
Andretti Global is an American motorsports organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series, Indy NXT, Formula E, and joint entries in IMSA and the Australian Supercars Championship. Starting in 2026, Andretti will also operate the Cadillac Formula One team in collaboration with General Motors. The team was founded as Forsythe/Green Racing by Gerald Forsythe and Barry Green in 1993, and began competing in the CART Indy Car World Series the following year. Green and his brother Kim took over the team in 1995 and renamed it to Team Green. In 2002, the team was again renamed to Andretti Green Racing after 1991 CART champion Michael Andretti purchased a stake in the team; it began competing in the Indy Racing League in 2003. Andretti acquired full control in 2009 and rebranded the team to Andretti Autosport. The team restructured in September 2023 in pursuit of a Formula One entry and rebranded to Andretti Global, with Dan Towriss becoming a minority owner. In 2024, Andr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Dennis
Jake Dennis (born 16 June 1995) is a British racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Andretti Global, Andretti and serves as a factory driver for BMW in motorsport, BMW. Dennis won the 2022–23 Formula E World Championship with Andretti. Born and raised in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Dennis began competitive kart racing aged eight. After a successful karting career—culminating in his victory at the KF3, junior direct-drive Karting World Championship in 2010—Dennis progressed to formula racing, junior formulae. Early career Karting Dennis began his racing career in karting at the age of eight with Andy Cox Racing. In 2005 he clinched South West Cadet championship title. Following year he finished third in the Shenington Club Championship. In 2008 he received Racing Steps Foundation backing and graduated to KF3 category. in his first year he became British champion in KF3. By 2010 he claimed MSA Super 1 British Junior Championship and the CIK-FIA U18 World Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Office Automation 147
The Pacific Office Automation 147 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race that is held at the Portland International Raceway road course in Portland, Oregon. This race replaced the B&L Transport 170, the series' race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. It the only standalone race on the Xfinity Series schedule and is held on the same weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series race at Gateway and the Truck Series race at Gateway. An ARCA Menards Series West race will be held at the track on the same weekend as this race. A NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race was previously held at this track in 1999 and 2000. The Xfinity Series race at Portland marked the first time since then that a NASCAR national series has had a race in the Pacific Northwest. History On September 18, 2021, Elizabeth Blackstock from ''Jalopnik'' reported that there were rumors of the track hosting an Xfinity Series race and a Truck Series race in 2022. On September 25, Jordan Bianchi from ''The Athletic'' reported that Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASCAR Xfinity Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support race on the day prior to a Cup Series event scheduled for that weekend. The series was previously called the Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series in 1982 and 1983, the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series from 1984 through 2002, the NASCAR Busch Series from 2003 through 2007, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series from 2008 through 2014. Since 2015, it is sponsored by Comcast via its consumer cable and wireless brand Xfinity. History The series emerged from NASCAR's Sportsman division, which had been formed in 1950 as NASCAR's Short track motor racing, short track race division. It was NASCAR's fourth series (after the Whelen Modified Tour, Modified and Roadster (automobile), Roadster series in 1948 and Strictly Stock Series in 1949). The sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
