MATCHBX
01-22-2005, 09:04 AM
I just got this in email today.
It's past the rumor stage:
NEWS RELEASE
January 19, 2005
New race track planned for Pine County
Investment group introduces new club membership
concept to the Upper
Midwest
FOREST LAKE, Minn. – A motorsports facility with
multiple race tracks
is in the development stages in Pine County.
The project, named Pine Run Motorsports Park, will
offer a variety of
racing, featuring a
3.9-mile road course, a quarter-mile championship
dragstrip, a go-cart
track, a clubhouse with lounge, locker room and
observation deck, and
a Vehicle Dynamics Area. Pine Run will also offer a
number of
spectator events involving sanctioned professional
motorsports racing
as well as other events such as snowmobile grass
drags and snowcross
races.
For day-to-day use, Pine Run will feature club racing
where sports car
owners can buy an annual membership and then race
their car on
designated days. It's a concept that's growing
rapidly in other parts
of the country because owners of high-performance
sports cars want a
safe facility in which to drive their cars fast.
The proposed track configuration is four tracks in
one, with a
tri-oval track (three turns and three straightaways)
wrapped around
two short road courses that can be connected to make
one long road
course. A road course involves both right and left
turns, unlike an
oval track that features all left turns.
A Vehicle Dynamics Area is used for driving
instruction, and to test
vehicles in varying road conditions. It's basically a
large, open
paved area used to train drivers in skid recovery,
slalom, evasive and
defensive driving, braking, etc.
Pine Run is being developed by Forest Lake-based JD
Investments on a
500-acre parcel about 10 miles west of Pine City,
Minn., near the town
of Henriette. JD Investments is currently working
with Pokegama
Township and Pine County to acquire approval for the
project.
"We've very excited to start working with local
governments and
neighbors to move our project forward," said Jed
Copham, JD
Investments CEO. "As a recreation destination, we
believe Pine Run
will be a fantastic asset for Pine County as it
brings business to
this area, creates jobs and generates significant
taxes for the county."
Those who use Pine Run are expected to come from the
Twin Cities,
Duluth and central Minnesota, Copham said. But the
facility could host
drivers and car clubs from throughout the country.
And its spectator
events could bring competitive and professional
racers from around the
globe.
## #
Editors: For more information, call Communications
Director Geoff
Gorvin at 218-821-9513.
http://www.mnsportbikeriders.com/~cra_fizzer/pinerun.pdf
http://www.pinerunracing.com
It's past the rumor stage:
NEWS RELEASE
January 19, 2005
New race track planned for Pine County
Investment group introduces new club membership
concept to the Upper
Midwest
FOREST LAKE, Minn. – A motorsports facility with
multiple race tracks
is in the development stages in Pine County.
The project, named Pine Run Motorsports Park, will
offer a variety of
racing, featuring a
3.9-mile road course, a quarter-mile championship
dragstrip, a go-cart
track, a clubhouse with lounge, locker room and
observation deck, and
a Vehicle Dynamics Area. Pine Run will also offer a
number of
spectator events involving sanctioned professional
motorsports racing
as well as other events such as snowmobile grass
drags and snowcross
races.
For day-to-day use, Pine Run will feature club racing
where sports car
owners can buy an annual membership and then race
their car on
designated days. It's a concept that's growing
rapidly in other parts
of the country because owners of high-performance
sports cars want a
safe facility in which to drive their cars fast.
The proposed track configuration is four tracks in
one, with a
tri-oval track (three turns and three straightaways)
wrapped around
two short road courses that can be connected to make
one long road
course. A road course involves both right and left
turns, unlike an
oval track that features all left turns.
A Vehicle Dynamics Area is used for driving
instruction, and to test
vehicles in varying road conditions. It's basically a
large, open
paved area used to train drivers in skid recovery,
slalom, evasive and
defensive driving, braking, etc.
Pine Run is being developed by Forest Lake-based JD
Investments on a
500-acre parcel about 10 miles west of Pine City,
Minn., near the town
of Henriette. JD Investments is currently working
with Pokegama
Township and Pine County to acquire approval for the
project.
"We've very excited to start working with local
governments and
neighbors to move our project forward," said Jed
Copham, JD
Investments CEO. "As a recreation destination, we
believe Pine Run
will be a fantastic asset for Pine County as it
brings business to
this area, creates jobs and generates significant
taxes for the county."
Those who use Pine Run are expected to come from the
Twin Cities,
Duluth and central Minnesota, Copham said. But the
facility could host
drivers and car clubs from throughout the country.
And its spectator
events could bring competitive and professional
racers from around the
globe.
## #
Editors: For more information, call Communications
Director Geoff
Gorvin at 218-821-9513.
http://www.mnsportbikeriders.com/~cra_fizzer/pinerun.pdf
http://www.pinerunracing.com