About Team Continental
Team
Continental was formed in 1957. There were eight founding members,
all of whom were employees of Continental Motors which was then located at
19th and Morrison in Portland, Oregon. The founding members were
sports car enthusiasts and most of them owned race cars. The group
joined the newly founded International Conference of Sports Car Clubs.
Initially Team Continental was entered into the International Conference
of Sports Car Clubs as an affiliate member.
During those early days the club members consisted
solely of drivers. The club would host driver trainings that
lasted three days, instructing, just as today, members of the public
wishing to improve their driving skills. The club also organized
driver trainings for governmental organizations such as the Portland
Police Bureau who used Team Continental as a resource within the community
to improve their officers' driving abilities.
During the early 1960s the composition of Team Continental's membership
changed from a drivers-only club to an organization where any person
interested in motor sports was welcomed into the fold. With the
increase in membership facilitated by the decision to open membership to
driving enthusiasts, Team Continental began, during the mid 1980's, to
host club road racing events. Team Continental has hosted races at a
variety of tracks throughout the Northwest: Olympia, Washington;
Tri-Cities, Washington; Port Orford, Oregon; Thunderhill, Willows,
California and Spokane, Washington.
This past year Team Continental organized a race held at Spokane Raceway
Park located in Spokane, Washington. Spokane Raceway Park has the longest
front straightaway of the tracks on which ICSCC races. It combines a
series of 10 turns over a two and a half mile course. Drivers really like
the track. This year Team Continental will again host a race in
Spokane on July15, 16 and 17 presenting conference drivers with an
opportunity to measure their abilities for at least two races on a double
race weekend.