Update 10/26/07

If NASCAR executives are looking for a track in the Pacific Northwest for expansion of their Nextel Cup series, Bill Gardner might be the man to talk to. Gardner, the "Gard" in DiGard, the historic NASCAR teams from the 1970s and early 1980s that carried Darrell Waltrip for a while, is working on what is proposed as a $100 million speedway to be called Pacific Northwest Motorsports Park near Portland, Ore. Groundbreaking was set for this week, with a number of local and state politicians on hand. It was unknown if Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski would be there. The track, apparently to be similar in style to Virginia International Raceway in Danville, would include a six-mile road course in several configurations. It is to be completed by the fall of 2008. -- Winston-Salem Journal

For many years my little neck of the woods has been pulling out all the stops we could to get a Track capable of hosting NASCAR and other events.

This summer we got this.

Pacific Northwest Motorsports Park

"The first luxury motorsport country club to be built in the Pacific Northwest, PNMP will have approximately 400 exclusive memberships for both individuals and corporations and the potential to attract sanctioned premier race events such as IRL, Champ Car, IMSA, Grand American, American LeMans, SCCA, AMA and NASCAR."

A Country Club?

Here is the proposed course.

I don't see anything like we were told we were fighting for. Hell, I don't even see a place for an oval (or shape thereof)

Membership fees for a track that may never see a sanctioned race? Just a big playground? what?

If it ever gets built. Construction update here.

I mean alleged construction update.

I am not a big road course fan and this just makes me mad-sad-disillusioned- and-and other stuff!

There is a little 1/3 mile track here that has my heart, but after that one trip to Talledegga, I really want the big boys to come and play in my back yard!

So, that said, have any of you readers out there live in an area where an outfit like this has "come to town"? Does this sound a bit fishy to you?

This is my first time (here anyway) So buy me a drink first!