No, there are two road courses; the first in Sonoma, California and the other in Watkins Glen, New York.

The lower Nationwide Series runs a couple road courses: Watkins Glen, Road America (which is in Wisconsin I believe), and Montreal, Canada.

Sprint Cup is the highest level of competition in NASCAR.

Nascar is normally run on oval/trioval tracks. They do run 2 road courses in the Sprint Cup series during the year. The other 34 races are on oval type tracks. They run 3 road courses (I think) in the developmental Nationwide Series.

As to the difference, this confused me as well because there are "sprint" cars that run on dirt tracks. There is also the Sprint Cup series, which happens to be NASCAR's elite division. The difference is that Sprint Cup is sponsored by Sprint, the communications company. This was the division that was Winston Cup. For one year it was also Nextel Cup. Sprint purchased Nextel, continued to sponsor Cup division, so this became the Sprint Cup series. Hope this helps.

NASCAR is the sanctioning body and Sprint is just a sponsor. The NASCAR Sprint cup series is the highest level of touring series that NASCAR car has. They run the longest races and pay the biggest purses. There are also 2 lower national touring series, the Nationwide series, and the Camping world truck series. All are NASCAR sanctioned events, but they are just called "Sprint" or "Nationwide" because Sprint pays for it to be called that. NASCAR also sanctions regional series and local tracks.

They Also Have Road Course Racing In Nascar.

no its not
there is 2 road courses
2 races at pocono which is a triangle
martinsvle is like a paperclip
and dover is egg shapped

There are two road course races each year. I wish there were more but oh well. Passing is too difficult in F1 and too simple in Nascar. Zero lead changes is too few and 63 is too many .

Mcdonalds is descent
but id reccomend tacobell

Portland has tons of great dining options and is widely considered a very 'foodie' town. Here are a few ideas for restaurants…

Pambiche – Great Cuban food and amazing desserts in NE.

Oba – Good place for happy hour in the Pearl District.

Gustav's/ Rheinlander – Portland institution for German food, Gustav's is the more casual half of the restaurant, NE.

Portland City Grill – Seafood/Steaks asian influence on many dishes but it has an amazing view of Portland, on the 30th floor of the US Bank building in downtown.

Ken's Artisan Bakery – Great bread and baked goods.

Jim & Patty's Coffee – Great coffee and baked goods, very popular, NE.

Albina Press – Some of the best espresso ever. Award winning baristas.

Pho Van – Great Vietnamese food, multiple locations.

Milo's – Near Lloyd Center, great breakfast, lunch, dinner, cafe type spot, busy on weekends.

The Lloyd Center is the biggest mall in Oregon, located in NE Portland. Pioneer Place mall is pretty, located in downtown. Some nice streets to browse/shop on are;

NW 23rd – Upscale shopping. Papa Haydn is a restaurant on this street with fancy desserts.
SE Hawthorne – Sort of has a hippie type vibe though not as much as it used to, one of the Pho Van's is on this street.
N Mississippi – Urban hipster type street, lots of good restaurants, coffee, shops.

Wineries you are going to have to go out of Portland for. Many are south along the Willamette Valley, lots and lots to choose from. I know there is a service that offers a winery tour.

Museums – Portland Art Museum in Downtown is very nice. OMSI is the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, neat science things for kids, you can tour a submarine, OMNIMax. Oregon Zoo is also very nice.

Other sites worth a visit are the Portland Rose Test Garden, located in the West Hills, gorgeous roses if in bloom, nice view.
The Portland Tram at OHSU hospital, gives a nice view of the city, tram ride I think is $4.

If you have time to venture out of the city try driving along the Columbia River Gorge, it is amazing. Multnomah Falls is there, Crown Point, great views. If you drive all the way to Hood River there are many wineries near there, about an hour from Portland.

The Grotto is very nice. Also check out the winter wonderland drive through exhibit at Portland International Raceway. Driving down Peacock Lane is also nice, they have a lot of lights.

Most people go Downtown to the Pioneer Square. Theres a huge christmas tree and I guess visitors like to go look at it lol. There is a Starbucks in the square so I think a lot of people go get coffee and look at the tree and just walk around downtown Portland. Not much else is open on Christmas eve. Downtown is usually decorated pretty nice tho… if you're into looking at Christmas decor lol. I'm not sure why you're choosing to be in Portland for Christmas Eve but honestly, as far as I know, not much happens here lol.