What a fantastic Saturday morning it was for the Bring a Trailer/ Avant-Garde Collection Gathering at the 2026 FOPIR Rose Cup Races! We filled the entire display field along the front straight at Portland International Raceway and welcomed enthusiasts in…
The 65th Annual Rose Cup Races delivered a standout weekend of racing, community engagement, and expanded attractions at Portland International Raceway, highlighted by intense on-track competition and a record-setting Bring a Trailer / Avant-Garde Collection car show. The 2026 event…
Bring A Trailer is very excited to announce that we’ll be hosting a Bring a Trailer Gathering at this year’s Rose Cup Races—held at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon—with BaT seller and Local Partner @911r of Avant-Garde Collection. Join us on Saturday, July…
Porsche Club of America joins the Rose Cup Races in 2026 with their West Coast Series. 911’s, Boxster’s and Cayman’s will compete in their own highly competitive run group. Porsche… there is no substitute. Oregon PCA & Zone 6 sign…
It was June 11, 1961 and the newly minted Portland International Raceway Park was hosting its inaugural Rose Cup Race, which at that time was part of the Rose Festival. While in high school, Steve Woodyard raced through the streets…
Michael McAleenan has been coming to the annual Rose Cup race at Portland International Raceway for over ten years. As one of the peak auto racing events of the summer, and a decades-long tradition for amateur sports car racers up…
The 2025 winner of the Wemme Trophy is John Woodward, congrats! The original Wemme Trophy race ran east on Division Street from Portland to Gresham, and then back into Portland on Stark Street. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of that…
Beginning in 2022, the pole position award given to the fastest Rose Cup Qualifier was named in honor of Gary Bockman. For those who have been involved in racing at PIR over the last 50 years, there is no person…
Ken Sutherland raced at Portland International Raceway for well over 20 years before becoming the 2024 Rose Cup winner. Starting in Spec Miata and establishing himself as one of the leading drivers in that group, Sutherland branched out into vintage…
One of the most popular amateur racing series in America is the Sports Car Club of America’s Spec Racer Ford. With more than 900 cars built, the Spec Racer Ford is an affordable purpose-built racecar. Even more important, every Spec…