Andy Flinn • a day ago Portland International Raceway, owned and operated by the city, is funded primarily by the money generated by local car clubs, drag racers, sports car racers, and other events - not by visits from big bucks-generating national race series.

Riverside International Raceway was a privately-owned circuit that was sold to a developer and bulldozed to build a Lowe's industrial complex because the land was too valuable to remain a racetrack - despite visits from big bucks-generating race series.

Fortunately, Laguna is more like PIR than RIR.