Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - THREE
First motorsports country club in pacific northwest Heppner students celebrate
attracting members from across the US
test scores with root beer
Construction at the
site o f the country’s newest
m otorsports country club
has revved up the number of
inquiries into memberships
and lot ownership opportu
nities at Pacific Northwest
Motorsports Park from rac
ing enthusiasts across the
Pacific Northwest and as far
away as Pennsylvania and
New York. The $100 mil
lion plus, state-of-the-art,
m otorsports country club
centered around a six-plus
mile m ulti-configuration
road course and 1-plus mile
kart track will boast one
o f the largest road racing
courses in the country when
it opens in 2009.
The first co u n try
club in the Pacific North
west to focus on road racing
rather than golf or tennis,
PNMP is part o f a new gen
eration o f private country
clubs cropping up all over
the country that provide
the am enities associated
with their predecessors -
e x clu siv e m em berships,
fine dining and luxurious
facilities - while offering
like minded individuals an
opportunity to bond over
their love of great cars and
speed. Car and Driver, The
Wall Street Journal, Forbes
and The New York Times
are among the major news
sources that have reported
on the phenomenal success
of this new kind o f country
club and the growing list of
facilities across the country
that includes the Autobahn
Country Club in Joliet, Il
linois; Motorsports Ranch in
Cresson, Texas; and the Vir
ginia International Raceway
in Danville, Virginia.
“Motorsports coun
try clubs have become one'
o f the fasted growing en
tertainment destinations in
the U nited States. Think
country club with a driv
ing course instead o f a golf
course,” said Bill Gardner,
a form er N A SC A R Cup
Championship team owner
and commercial real estate
developer who is the man
aging general partner for
PNMP. “ Instead o f taking
the afternoon off to play a
round o f golf, you can head
out to our club to exercise
your driving abilities in your
cars or motorcycles in an en
vironment made for speed.”
G ardner’s DiGard Racing
team w on 43 N A SC A R
CUP victories with Darrell
Waltrip and Bobby Allison
as his drivers, including the
1983 NASCAR WINSTON
CUP (now known as the
N A SCA R SPRIN T CUP
Series) Championship with
Bobby Allison.
“The main a ttrac
tion is the multi-configura
tion road course, where our
members and their guests
can compete on the same
kind of track as professional
drivers. The road course
at Pacific Northwest Mo
torsports Park will be built
to the stringent standards
required by professional
national and international
san c tio n in g b o d ies, and
will be made available for
their road-racing events.”
co n tin u ed G ardner. The
various unique track config
urations o f the 6-plus mile
road course will facilitate
all types o f racing, including
Formula cars, sports racers,
production racers, vintage
cars, stock cars, street cars
and motorcycles.
A variety o f mem
bership opportunities are
available, from individual
Founder memberships of
fering special benefits with
no lifetime annual dues and
the most track time to indi
vidual Diamond member
ships offering an average of
22 days o f track time each
month. Corporate, Junior
and Go-Kart memberships
also are available. The sheer
numbers o f inquiries from
individuals, who live out
side o f the Pacific Northwest
region, have inspired the ad
dition o f a National Founder
m em bership category for
those who live further than
600 miles from the club.
PNMP is currently
offering a pre-construction
discount o f 20% off o f the
initiation fees to the first 50
responders to join in each
membership category. Bil
lie Jean Morris, the director
o f m ark etin g for PNM P
e n c o u ra g e s p ro sp e c tiv e
members to call or apply
online to take advantage of
this limited offer. Accord
ing to Morris, there is no
set limit to the number of
memberships available in
each category. H ow ever,
as the m em b ersh ip ro s
ter grows, the mix will be
monitored very carefully to
ensure memberships are not
oversold.
Pacific N orthw est
Motorsports Park members
will have daily access to
the courses, with ex cep
tions only on days when
major sanctioned events are
running. A portion o f the
facilities also will be avail
able to rent for corporate
team -b u ild in g activ ities,
clubs or individuals. With
Boardman’s annual rainfall
at only 7-9 inches per year
and a m oderate clim ate,
PNMP expects to have the
facility open year-round.
PNMP has approximately
150 quarter-acre lots sited
around the road course for
purchase and development
as garages or luxury g a
rage suites, 40 o f which
are already under contract.
C ar enthusiasts also can
rent garages on a monthly
basis and will be able to
rent track owned and high-
performance vehicles for a
day, or portion o f a day, and
attend advanced racing/driv-
ing school classes. Once the
road course and Phase 1 fa
cilities are complete, PNMP
will begin construction o f
the approximately 145,000
square foot clubhouse with
all o f the am enities fea
tured at traditional country
clubs, guest facilities and
grandstands all designed
with a Pacific Northwest
theme. The site, course seg
ments, and architectural and
engineering plans are cur
rently under design.
Construction o f Pa
cific Northwest Motorsports
Park marks the first phase of
Master-Planned Motorsports
destination complex to be
built on 5,000-plus acres in
Boardman over the next 10
years that, when complete,
will also include a 1/4-mile
drag strip, a 5/8-mile asphalt
oval, a 2 -plus m ile o ff
road course, a 3/8-mile clay
oval and ultimately a high-
banked, super speedway de
signed to potentially accom
modate premier oval-racing
sanctioned events, with an
80,000 + seat grandstand,
luxury and garage suites,
a fan zone infield area, and
club seating.
The Master-Planned
com plex includes d ev el
opm ent o f the C olum bia
riverfront adjacent to the
site, a car museum, marina
complex, RV villages and
campgrounds, golf course, a
water and amusement park,
a convention center, hotels,
motels, retail centers and
restaurants, and an industrial
area.
Pacific N orthw est
Motorsports Park is located
at 2 Marine Drive in Board-
man, Oregon, about 2 hours
east of Portland, and is easily
accessible from the entire Pa
cific Northwest on Interstate
84, by rail, water and air. For
more information about the
Pacific Northwest M otor
sports Park or membership
or garage suite lot purchase,
contact Billie Jean Morris,
D irector o f m arketing at
541.481.7000, bjmorris@
pnwmotorsportspark.com,
www.pnwmotorsportspark.
com.
Daugherty receives lifetime achievement award
One o f Eastern Or
egon University’s dedicated
leaders has been recognized
for his nearly 30-year career
in higher education.
M ike D a u g h erty ,
dean o f students and former
director o f residence life at
EOU, is the recipient o f the
2008 Lifetime Achievement
Award from the Northwest
Association o f College and
U niversity Housing O ffi
cers. The award recognizes
D augherty’s contributions
throughout his career as
a student housing profes-
sional, leader and mentor.
Daugherty received
the award at a recent con
ference o f the NWACUHO
held in Vancouver, Wash.
Institutions from Alaska,
H aw aii, O reg o n , W ash
ington, Alberta and British
Columbia are members o f
the association.
“Mike has dedicated from a comfortable retired
his life to students and their life is evidence o f his corn-
success,” Stephen Jenkins mitment to students and to
wrote in a letter to
th eir su cc e ss,”
the NWACUHO,
Lund w rote
nominating
^er
l et t er
of
D a u g h e r ty fo r
nomination.
D augh
the award. “Mike
erty rejoined the
r e p r e s e n ts th e
university family
best parts o f what
last August as in
it means to be a
terim vice presi
housin g p ro fe s
dent for student
sional and educa Mike Daugherty
affairs. During
tor.”
implementation
Jenkins
took over the position o f o f E O U ’s R epositioning
director o f residence life Plan, Daugherty’s position
w hen D augherty retired evolved into the current
in 2006. Words o f support dean of students.
“ I w as su rp rise d ,
also came from Dixie Lund,
EOU president, and others deeply honored, and very
who have worked closely humbled by being named as
with D augherty over the a recipient o f the Lifetime
Achievement Award by the
years.
“ The fact that he NW ACUHO,” Daugherty
(Mike) was willing to return said. “Working with college
to full-tim e em ploym ent students has enriched my life
and I have been blessed with
having outstanding mentors
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my professional life. I have
many to thank and much to
appreciate.”
During his tenure at
EOU, Daugherty served as
interim dean o f student af
fairs, oversaw the construc
tion o f three new residence
halls, and taught and men
tored hundreds o f student
leaders through the resi
dence life program.
Daugherty is also a
1974 Eastern graduate. He
founded EO U ’s O utdoor
Program while still a student
and the program continues
to thrive, providing classes,
training and equipment to
students to enjoy and ex
plore the natural environ
ment.
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float parties.
The junior high and 9,h and 10lh grade high school students
received a treat Thursday March 20th. Those who passed
the TESA Language Arts test with a score of 231 for 8lh
grade, or 236 for high school, raised their previous score
by six points, or exceeded these tests were invited to a root
beer float party. Mr. Browning held his root beer float in the
cafeteria during the junior high lunch. Mrs. Collins held
her root beer float parts in her room during the high school
lunch. It was estimated that over 60 kids were invited to
attend. “It was awesome," commented students. Many kids
said that their friends who didn't quite make it were going
to try harder next time and pass so that they could come to
the next one. “This is a great way to reward kids for their
well deserved, academic effort," said Mrs. Collins. “Kids
respond well to extrinsic motivation," Mr. Browning stated.
The next TESA testing round for language arts will be early
May. -Photos by Autumn Morgan
Upcoming performances
announced by lone High
Drama classes
The lone High School drama classes are present
ing two one-act plays on Wednesday, April 9th, at 6 p.m.
on the stage in the lone Community School's cafetorium.
The Speech and Debate Team w ill be serving dinner in the
cafeteria prior to the performance at 5:30 p.m.
“That's Acute Bunny,” starring Mikey Raible and
Alex Carlson, will be performed at 6 p.m. This outrageous
ly funny comedy also showcases the talents o f Teonna
Vandever, Tiana Camarillo. Marly Pfingsten. Mayra Ver-
duzco. Matt Hams, Katy Amspiger, Gunner .lessen, and
Bora Moon (and one very funny costume).
“Snowee White and the Seven Chicks," starring
Tanner Rietmann and Tori Heagy, will be staged following
the first play and a short intermission. This witty slapstick
further highlights the comedic talents o f Luke Bradfield.
Sarah Stillman, Mary Mae Gates, Alex Rietmann, Beth
Morter, Ronney Wilson, Clay Morter, Camilo Acosta, and
Patrick Lee (and several funny costumes).
The drama classes invite everyone in the commu
nity to come and eat some delicious food and. especially,
to watch their we 11-rehearsed plays. Donations are will
be welcomed at the door, to be used in future drama class
endeavors.
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