NSXPO 2008 9/24-30, 2008
September 11-14 (Thurs-Sun) - Social Events
September 15-16 (Monday-Tues) - HPDE Event




NSXPO 2008 Schedule
(Latest available, note subject to change)


Thursday, September 11, 2008
  • 5-9pm - Registration
  • 5-9pm - Meet and Greet at the banquet room Crown Plaza
  • 7pm - ? Pub Crawl
    • Meet up for optional activities
    • Hop Works Brewery
    • Portland City Grill
    • Henry's, Rogue Brewery
    • Green Dragon
    • Belmont Station
Friday, September 12, 2008
  • 7am - Breakfast in NSXPO banquet room
  • 7:45am - Meet in hotel lobby for briefing
  • 8am - 3pm - Oregon Coast Scenic Drive Poker Run (depart from hotel)
  • 11 - noon - Catered lunch at Manhattan Beach
  • 3pm - Arrive at Pat's Acres kart track (various timed individual and team event competition)
  • 5pm - BBQ dinner
  • depart to optional indoor karting facility
  • 7-9pm - "rain option" SyKart indoor racing
  • Dark - return to hotel
Saturday, September 13, 2008
  • 7am - Breakfast in NSXPO banquet room
  • 7 - 9am - Detailing available at Acura of Portland
  • 7:45am - Meet in hotel lobby for briefing
  • 8am - Travel to Acura of Portland
  • 10am - 3pm - Optional sight seeing tour:
    • Japanese gardens
    • Lunch
    • Tour of Nike campus
    • Return to hotel
  • 10am - Car show cars due in lot for judging
  • 9am - 4pm - Acura Tour, Tech Seminars, Vendors
    • 9 - 10am - Suspension seminar, Jon Martin and Erik Ras of JRZ
    • 10 - 11am - Forced Induction, Shad Huntley of Driving Ambition
    • 11 - noon - Maintenance Seminar, Morgan Peetz and Larry B
  • Noon - Lunch and Car Show Voting
    • 1 - 2pm - Motor Tuning and Lubrication, Rod Faulkner of Dumonde Tech
    • 2 - 4pm - Comptech Racing, IMSA Lite Car, Doug Peterson of CT Engineering
  • 4 - 5pm - Travel back to hotel
  • 5 - 6pm - Free time
  • 6 - 7pm - Happy hour
  • 7pm - till the fun is done - NSXPO Banquet begins
    • Ken Williams Introductions
    • Comedian: Willie Halliburton
    • Car Show Awards
    • Live Auction
    • Guest speaker: Parker Johnstone
Sunday, September 14, 2008
  • 7 - 7:45 am - Breakfast in NSXPO banquet room
  • 7:45 am - Meet in Hotel Lobby for briefing
  • 8 - 10 am - Willamette Valley drive (depart from hotel)
  • 10 - Noon - Evergreen Aviation Museum Tour
  • Noon - Lunch
  • 1 - 3 pm - Continue tour & group photo
  • 3 - ? - Continue tour or head back to Hotel
  • 5:30 pm - Those headed for Seattle/Kent for track days begin departure
Monday, Sept. 15, 2008
  • 7 - 8 am - Continental breakfast
  • 8 am - Travel to Pacific Raceways Track
  • 9 am - Drivers education briefings hosted by ProFormance
  • Noon - Lunch hosted by Acura of Lynnwood
  • 4:30 pm - Track closes
  • 7 pm - Dinner
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008
  • 7 - 8 am - Continental breakfast
  • 8 am - Travel to Pacific Raceways Track
  • 9 am - Drivers education briefings hosted by ProFormance
  • Noon - Lunch hosted by Umbrella Designs
  • 4:30 pm - Track closes
  • depart for home