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ORP is also a Manufacturer’s best-kept secret. When you see MFR promo videos, photos, TV commercials, often they are from Thunderhill or ORP. AUDI has used ORP somewhat recently
ORP is quirky, and can be run clockwise or counter, giving you ‘two tracks’ to help counter the familiarity endless laps you can turn there. They have a 14’degree banked S-bowl area that is so DAMN much fun……even more fun than the famous Corkscrew IMHO.
I think a Cantrell-tuned G4 ACR held the record there a couple years back
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JonB ~ PartsRack said:
ORP is also a Manufacturer's best-kept secret. When you see MFR promo videos, photos, TV commercials, often they are from Thunderhill or ORP. AUDI has used ORP somewhat recentlyORP is quirky, and can be run clockwise or counter, giving you 'two tracks' to help counter the familiarity endless laps you can turn there. They have a 14'degree banked S-bowl area that is so DAMN much fun……even more fun than the famous Corkscrew IMHO.
I think a Cantrell-tuned G4 ACR held the record there a couple years back
Super fun John your right. S bowl we called it “hot wheels valley” really cool and very different. S bowl on the top ten list cool track designs for sure. Didnt know Cantrell did vipers? Nice guys great hosts, and let us run wild. We had faster times clockwise and drivers liked clockwise better but either way CW or CCW super cool down home track. AND they have the nicest bathrooms of any track in the united states….. bed bath and beyond NICE. You guys in the northwest got a badass secret track lucky dogs.
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Got an invite to run ORP last year from some really great people and top notch Porsche mechanics Cantrell motorsports in Bellevue Wa. We had never run ORP before and only heard stories of this real life hot wheels inspired track. We needed to shake down a 5th gen viper we had just installed our TKO active ride height system with TKO double adjustable shocks and ton of other go fast TKO parts. The second car was our TKO Pirelli world challenge Porsche GT3R that we had just finished RR on. Our 2 Drivers Dave Traitel and Memo Gidely. These two usually share driving duties but at ORP it was a 2 day free for all, hot seating, run what you brung until the tanks are dry and do it again, Viper vs Porsche battle royal. Both cars were relatively evenly matched even though the viper is a daily driver street car; It was a nose to tail lead follow every track session. Both cars and both crews were wired for sound so the drivers could communicate with each other on track which is always a recipe for some extremely high quality and relentless on track radio communications shit talking between drivers.
We cam to ORP for an easy fun shake down of 2 cars but in the end. TKO porsche GT3R was second fastest racecar to ever run ORP( formula mazda 1.5 seconds faster then us) . The Viper set a lap record fastest street car to ever run ORP
If you ever get a chance to run ORP do it! Very unusual fun track , nice people, great facilities.https://tkomotorsports.com/events/oregon-raceway-park-4-19-19-4-20-19
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