About Us

Well here is a little about us . We are a group of drag racing nuts that need a place to do what we love , Race . Eric Harper who has lived in Campbell river his whole life , and who has built and raced his own 70 Duster 440 , then moved on to starting a business called Harpers Performance Tuning , thus providing a chassis Dyno for the rest of the power hungry gearheads to run their cars on  as a measuring stick so to speak . Tuning for max performance possible with what they have . And if that aint good enough for them , we can help them go faster and quicker . Just so they could go to the mainland to race ? We have been talking for many years about building a track up here , so here we are , trying our best to get this idea off the ground . We have started a forum for you to voice your opinion. Having a world class track here along with the multisport park would bring in alot of money for many businesses in the Campbell River and surrounding areas . From parts stores to Hotels , restaurants , airport , gas stations and on and on .We are looking for a few people who would like to invest in Campbell Rivers future. Where would you like your company name,  at or near the start line ?  We have a few companies ready to donate equipment and the manpower needed to move ahead , so get onboard , donate if you can your time ,ideas , manpower , machinery ,money . Contact either Eric or Myself Andy (the web page making dude and co owner) so we can take this next step for our community together.

Our proposal

We are proposing to build a multi million dollar , extreme multi sport park for Vancouver Island , possibly including the following; Alternative fuels and energy testing of vehicles for a greener planet . We want to incorporate as much green energy  as possible to help sustain or fully sustain this multi sport park .Volunteer Fire/search and rescue station ,An amphitheater for local bands , as well as big name concerts , for local schools to use for plays and music , A drive in theatre , a state of the art series style go-cart track and general cart rentals , motorcycle road race coarse , a small water/amusement park for kids with possible drop off and daycare ,fun care center. NHRA or IHRA legal ¼ mile drag strip to include Friday night drags to keep street racing off the streets . Dirt style oval track , auto cross , BMX / Moto cross track , rock climbing for 4x4s , Quad track and hill climbing , off roading area and eventually a Jr drag school for up and coming young racers , eco sports such as suspended walk ways and zip lines ,soccer fields , extreme mountain biking ,hopefully down the road a bit a wind tunnel for skydiving simulation and a wave rider machine for surfing on .New aged moving Rock Climbing gym ,Camping and R. V parking and camping .Big BBQ area for fresh local foods .We have gathered information from Port Alberni drag race week end Thunder In The Valley from 2004 and the economical impact to the community , hotels/motels/ restaurants / gas bars etc…was $731,250. To $1,250,000 and these numbers have grown every year. We have contacted Mission Raceways and were told they bring in over $4 million dollars to the community per year but could have brought in substantially more for the community if they could have held National events , but they do not have enough property for the parking for the racers to come to the event with all their trucks and trailers . The city of mission has a population of around 35,000 similar to ours .We would have on site camping for the racers and camping for the fans and public as well . We believe our community needs this boost , this is a long term viable and definitely a renewable resource for our community for years to come . We would like to put in a volunteer fire / rescue station that could be used by the search & rescue and fire departments . This would be in trade for a safety crews on race days . With all the other venues we would like to offer we should be able to run  the park 12 months a year which will benefit all the local businesses of Campbell River for years to come . We predict that within 5 years , upwards of $10 million dollars could be realized per year by the local businesses of the Campbell River and surrounding areas not to mention Vancouver Island . We would need to employ anywhere from 50 to 100 employees and maybe way more !!!