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Portland Speedway
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Location Portland, Oregon, USA
Time Zone UTC -8/-7 (DST)
Capacity 5,500 (grandstands)
Opened 1924
Closed 2001
Major Events World Stock Car Championship
Round of Oregon

North American Stock Car Tour
Race of Portland
Clay Oval (1924 - 1946, 2001)
Surface Clay
Distance 0.500 mi (0.806 km)
Turns 4
Banking
Paved Oval
Surface Asphalt
Distance 0.500 mi (0.806 km)
Turns 4
Banking

Portland Speedway was a half-mile race track for auto racing in Portland, Oregon. It was in existence from 1924 until 2001. It hosted several rounds of the World Stock Car Championship in the 1950's and 1960's. The track began as a five-eighths-mile (one km) clay oval in 1924 on the site of a field in north Portland. The track hosted big cars, midget cars, and stock cars before the suspension of racing during World War II.

The track was paved in 1946 as a half-mile oval.

The last race on the pavement surface was on July 30, 2000. The track was converted to a clay surface and hosted Sprint Cars in 2000 and 2001.