2024 Portland 112


The 2024 Portland 112 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West season, and the 4th running of the event. The race was on Friday, May 31, 2024, at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon, a 1.967 mile permanent asphalt road course. The race took the scheduled 57 laps to complete. William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would successfully take the lead from Brandon Jones in the middle stages of the race, and led the final 31 laps to earn his third career ARCA Menards Series West win, and his second of the season. This was also his first road course win in his ARCA career. Jones won the pole and led the first 26 laps, before being passed by Sawalich and finishing 2nd. To fill out the podium, Isabella Robusto, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would finish 3rd, respectively.

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Background

Portland International Raceway 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, Formula E, ICSCC and SCCA and OMRRA road racing, the ARCA Menards Series West, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and SCCA autocross events. Additionally, the PIR grounds are host to OBRA bicycling races on the track and the surrounding grounds. The facility includes a dragstrip and a motocross track.

Entry list

denotes rookie driver.

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, May 31, at 11:35 AM PST, and would last for 1 hour. William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:16.933, and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, May 31, at 2:30 PM PST. The qualifying system used is a multi-car, multi-lap based system. All drivers will be on track for a 20-minute timed session, and whoever sets the fastest time in the session will win the pole.
Brandon Jones, driving for Cook Racing Technologies, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 1.16.379, and a speed of.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
11Tyler Reif116
12Sean Hingorani107
3Trevor Huddleston106
4Jack Wood103
5Kyle Keller98
46William Sawalich96
17Nick Joanides87
18Takuma Koga84
29Eric Johnson Jr.83
910Gio Ruggiero82

  • Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.