ELLIOTT LONG RACING

Elliott Long Racing started in a garage attached to my residence in 1990. I read an article in CYCLE magazine about the 'Speedway Racing' taking place in Southern California. What a crazy idea - could racing so thrilling take place in Oregon? And the challenge began!
The first Speedway Bike I purchased was a JAWA 890 2-valve owned by Robert Johnseine. Robert was part of a group of seven speedway racers who would travel around the state of Washington, finding a 'flattrack' venue that would let them race as an exhibition class. They were known as the 'Magnificant Seven' of Class A flattracking.

I contacted Bill Cody of Cody Racing and ask if he needed a Dealer in the State of Oregon and he said "Yes". I now had access to speedway bikes and maintenance parts. I was the only Dealer in the Northwest United States. Speedway racing had it's ups and downs with the rise and fall of the Hillsboro Race Track. The speedway racers returned to the Rainer Wa. and Thurston Cty ORV Park for exhibition racing as before. The Clark County Arena was the venue used in the Winter months until it was closed. The best track (1999) was at Pat's Acres in Canby, Oregon. After a fantastic 1999 race program and crowning our Division 1 champion Mike Marr Jr., the track was closed.

The year is now 2009 and I have first-hand knowledge that a 'legal' decomposed granite Speedway Track will be built and operational by Spring of 2010 at PIR in Portland, Oregon. All of the Oregon/Washington speedway racers need to uncover those dusty speedway bikes and prepare them for the "Spring Opener".

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Elliott Long Racing
P.O. Box 2103
Gresham, OR 97030

CODY RACING
US Distributor for JAWA
Email or Phone: (714)265-1576

DJ's Cycle Shoppe
1825 SE Franklin 'G'
Portland, OR. 97202
Phone: (503)235-9373
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