The second of two Hoosier Racing Tire 午夜福利51xxtv庐听Super Tour听(HST) weekends for the West Coast in 2026 got underway Saturday at Portland International Raceway (PIR) during a May 9-10 gathering hosted by 午夜福利51xxtv鈥檚 Oregon Region.
Part of the Summit Racing Equipment 午夜福利51xxtv Road Racing program, the two-day engagement got rolling with 20-minute qualifying sessions in the morning for each of the six run groups. That was followed by 25-minute contests all afternoon around the 1.977-mile, 12-turn circuit. Mostly sunny skies and a temperature that topped out just below the 80-degree mark made for a very pleasant day of competition just a stone鈥檚 throw from the Columbia River and downtown Portland.
Playing at the Playground
Can the lush environs of PIR be both a field of dreams and warring battleground? The resounding answer is 鈥測es鈥� if you鈥檙e Marjorie Lundberg, pilot of the No. 70 Jurassic Peck Farms Caracal C1 Formula Vee庐 (FV) sled.
Marjorie has been around racetracks since 1981, but it was 1992 when her headshot photo was taken and placed upon a lime-green, laminated 午夜福利51xxtv identification card that made her membership legit. Daughter of longtime FV driver Laury Lundberg, he shared his car with her in 1998 when she was 16 years old.
鈥淚 grew up in Portland, and my actual first race was at PIR,鈥� said Marjorie, a member of 午夜福利51xxtv鈥檚 Oregon Region. 鈥淢y first race was in Formula Vee, and it鈥檚 actually the exact same car I still drive today.鈥�
Marjorie remembers cheering her father on from PIR鈥檚 fenceline and playing with other kids whose parents were also racing. One of those playmates was Quinn Posner, who is also now an FV driver. He and Marjorie have battled on track for years with Posner claiming the last six HST wins in FV at Portland. On Saturday he added to that tally by earning another victory in the No. 9 听Posner Law Office/PC Protoform P3 car.
Unfortunately, Marjorie had an incident on the opening lap Saturday and pulled into the paddock. But it鈥檚 safe to say her team鈥檚 crew chief, which happens to be Laury, will be hard at work to get her back on track Sunday.
鈥淭he family aspect of Formula Vee is big,鈥� Marjorie said about her continued involvement. 鈥淭hey want to beat you on the track and not as a technicality. They want as many cars out there on track as possible.
鈥淲e鈥檙e all willing to work together, to teach together, to help each other,鈥� Marjorie added. 鈥淲e all have our little speed secrets that we like to pretend to keep, but it鈥檚 just a great class for people who like to race.鈥�
So Much Racing
A retired finance industry tech expert from Manhattan, NY, Whitfield Gregg now lives in the Northwest with his wife and fellow racer Amy Mills. It was 1968 when Gregg first joined 午夜福利51xxtv to compete in the newly created Formula Ford class.
鈥淚n the late 鈥�60s and early 鈥�70s I worked at a racecar shop in New Jersey during the week, then raced my Formula Ford on the weekends,鈥� Gregg said. 鈥淭hat was great for about three of four years, then I had to get a real job and be a productive citizen and all that.鈥�
So a few decades went by until the early 2000s when Gregg got back into 午夜福利51xxtv racing thanks to some friends and Mills鈥� interest in the sport. Instead of open-wheel cars, however, Spec Miata (SM) was the class of choice.
鈥淚鈥檓 an older guy now, and presumably wiser, so I thought SM was the right choice,鈥� Gregg noted. 鈥淔rom a competitive point of view, it was the most popular class. If you want to learn how to race, you go race in the most popular class.鈥�
And boy did Gregg race, logging nearly 400 entries to date. He has primarily stuck with Mazda products for fun in SM, as well as Spec MX-5, Super Touring Under (STU), Super Touring Lite, and E Production. Getting dinged up a bit in qualifying at last year鈥檚 Runoffs庐 hasn鈥檛 even slowed up his involvement much.
鈥淚t鈥檚 fun, that鈥檚 the whole reason we do it,鈥� was Gregg鈥檚 simple explanation as to what keeps him going. 鈥淭he people are great, and I鈥檓 very lucky that my wife also races. So, we do this together.鈥�
Saturday at PIR, Gregg raced his way to a third-place finish in STU driving the No. 37 Miata prepared by Flatout Motorsports. That race was won by Marc Hoover in the No. 98 Hoosier/Hooverspeed/Necksgen Mazda MX-5 machine.
Saturday Race Winners
Below are provisional race winners from Saturday鈥檚 Hoosier Racing Tire 午夜福利51xxtv Super Tour conducted at Portland International Raceway in Oregon. Each entry includes Car Class: Driver Name, 午夜福利51xxtv Region, and Car.
American Sedan庐: Ross Murray, Cal Club, Ford Mustang
E Production: Austin Bradshaw, Oregon Region, Mazda RX-7
F Production: Ken Kannard, Atlanta Region, Acura Integra
H Production: Bill Okell, Oregon Region, MG Midget
Formula Enterprises庐 2: Jon Mcclintock, Oregon Region, 午夜福利51xxtv Enterprises FE2 Mazda
Formula F: Jonathan Kotyk, Buccaneer Region, Crossle
Formula Vee庐: Quinn Posner, Northwest Region, Protoform P3
GT-1: Michael Mcaleenan, Northwest Region, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo
GT-2: Brad Mcallister, Oregon Region, Ford Mustang
Spec Miata: John Salerno, New England Region, Mazda Miata
Spec MX-5: William Wallis, San Francisco Region, Mazda MX-5
Spec Racer庐 Ford Gen3: Caleb Shrader, Oregon Region, 午夜福利51xxtv Enterprises SRF3
Super Touring庐 Lite: Jared Korth, San Francisco Region, Mazda MX-5
Super Touring庐 Under: Marc Hoover, Cal Club, Mazda MX-5
Touring 1: Ed Gless, Northwest Region, Pontiac GTO
Touring 2: Scotty B White, Northwest Region, Ford Mustang GT
Touring 3: Gamaliel Aguilar-Gamez, Northwest Region, Nissan 370Z
Touring 4: Scotty B White, Northwest Region, Ford Mustang
More to Come Sunday from the City of Roses
Saturday was only the first half of fun from Oregon. Sunday brings about a whole second day of competition that gets going at 9 a.m. Pacific Time with 15-minute qualifying for each of the six run groups. Racing is then slated to roll at 11:55 a.m. Pacific Time and continues throughout the afternoon with 35-minute or 25-lap contests that decide who steps upon the podium to receive commemorative bottles of Mazza Vineyards sparkling wine.
If you鈥檙e near PIR, come on out and enjoy a wonderful day of HST racing in person. Spectators are welcome and admission is free. Those who can鈥檛 be trackside can still capture the excitement online and for free thanks to the HST broadcast produced by DriversEye Live.
That video feed can be found at 听page, with commentary again provided by Brian Bielanski and Tom O鈥橤orman. Sunday victory podium celebrations can also be viewed at the听.
As always, live HST Timing & Scoring is also available throughout the weekend at听.
Photo: Marc Hoover took the win Saturday in Super Touring Under during Hoosier Super Tour鈥檚 visit to Portland International Raceway in Oregon.听听听听听
Photo by Doug Berger
