For league racing, training seminars and instructional courses % Imagine indoor Tesla or formula EV racing with no exhaust ... %
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Electric-car-racetrack-in-North-Portland-214638931.html Electric car racetrack in North Portland? By Wendy Culverwell, Portland Business Journal Jul 8, 2013 [image http://media.katu.com/images/Electric+car+racetrack.jpg Beautiful red Tesla Roadster EV shown ] It would seem so. Portland-based Harsch Investment Co. wants to create a 45,701-square-foot indoor racetrack facility at 2664 N. Marine Drive, according to a pre-application conference request filed with the city of Portland. Harsh officials did not comment on the plan. According to public documents, the indoor racetrack would cater to league racing, training seminars and instructional courses. Approximately 100,000 racers and spectators are expected annually, with approximately 18,000 to 20,000 races per year. [© 2013 Fisher Communications] ... http://www.harsch.com/ marketing @harsch.com ... http://goo.gl/maps/BuKOf 2664 North Marine Drive, Portland, OR http://www.plugincars.com/portland-company-build-indoor-electric-car-racetrack-127716.html Portland Company To Build Indoor Electric Car Racetrack By Brad Berman July 12, 2013 [image http://www.plugincars.com/sites/default/files/roadster-620i.jpg Performance version of the Tesla Roadster ] The introduction of electric vehicles to professional auto racing is erasing the perception of battery-powered cars as glorified golf carts. The message: EVs can be cool and fast. But how much fun would it be to take your own high-performance electric car on the track? A Portland, Ore.-based company wants to make that possible—giving everyday drivers that ability to witness and feel the full thrust of high-power electric torque. The company intends to build an indoor racing facility dedicated to fast electric cars. The full plans have not yet been disclosed, but it could become a shrine to electric performance. According to the Portland Business Journal, Harsch Investment wants to build a 45,701-square-foot indoor racetrack facility at 2664 N. Marine Drive. Public documents indicate that the indoor racetrack would cater to league racing, training seminars and instructional courses. Indoor racing is possible because electric cars don’t have tailpipes that emit pollution. The Pacific Northwest is a good location, considering the popularity of electric cars and the abundance of public charging infrastructure. Harsch expects 100,000 racers and spectators per year, with approximately 20,000 races annually. [©2013 PluginCars.com] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Honda Fit EV has a waiting-list from minimal-production EVLN: British-built Leaf EV, the most stealthy fun car out there EVLN: A Sonoma bailiwick of hobbyists, early-adopters, & EVs EVLN: Solar-eplane completes cross-country trip landing in NY (video) + EVLN: Nissan Engineer Says 500 Mile EVs Possible, But Not Viable {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Wanna-race-a-45k-sq-ft-Portland-OR-weathertight-EV-racetrack-tp4664245.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
