Rose Cup Celebrates 50 Years
The annual Rose Cup Race, the oldest amateur road-racing event west of the Mississippi River, has been popular with West Coast racing enthusiasts for five decades. The 50th running of the Rose Cup Race features more than 400 amateur drivers in varied classes of racecars. It's one of the featured events of the Sports Car Club of America, a 60,000-member not-for-profit national organization featuring more than 2,000 amateur and professional motor sports events each year. Races like Portland´s prestigious Rose Cup, organized by the Oregon region of the SCCA, represent the grassroots motor sports participation that typifies the club.
This is a weekend full of excitement with plenty of continuous racing action and exhibits that give the whole family a chance to discover the world of motorsports.
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Rose Cup Honorary Grand Marshals
In Celebration of the history of the race, Rose Cup will greet honorary Grand Marshals this year: Jerry Grant and Dick Hahn. Jerry was the first driver to record a 200-mph average speed on an oval track and won the 1961 and '62 Rose Cup races in a car owned by Dick Hahn, father of racer Cindi Lux. (Jerry also raced in the Indianapolis 500 a total of 10 times between 1965 and 1976 and he still holds a world-record lap time at Le Mans.)
Winner Jerry Grant
Unique to the Rose Cup Races is the Festival Trophy Race, which debuted in 1997 as a companion feature race that rotates between different regional points race groups. The Porsche Club of America holds the Porsche Cup race during Rose Cup weekend as well. Carrera Motors of Bend, Oregon, is presenting sponsor of the Porsche Cup race again this year.
Two popular features of the 2010 Rose Cup Races include Friday Night Drags and Third Annual Rose Cup Races Cruise-In. Throughout the summer, Friday Night Drag Racing is a staple at PIR - and for Rose Cup weekend we'll expand to two nights, Friday and Saturday. Drag racing will be held after racing & qualifying by Rose Cup race groups on Friday, June 11 and Sautrday, June 12. Due to safety reasons, drag racing will only take place weather-permitting. The Cruise-In will take place Sunday, June 13 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Entrants can show off their Pre-1973 Hot Rods, Customs or Cool Rides and compete for Prizes and Trophies.
Drivers can visit RoseCup.Com for participant information from the Oregon Region SCCA.
Ron Heagy, a quadrapalegic, drives a Pontiac Firebird at Portland International Raceway (produced by Will Campbell, The Columbian, from the 2009 Rose Cup).
