NASCAR driver Kyle Petty and his wife, Pattie, have chosen a location in Wyandotte County for their second Victory Junction Gang Camp.</p><p>They have selected a 71-acre site at 8205 Riverview Road &#8212; just south of Interstate 70 and fewer than five miles from Kansas Speedway &#8212; to build a year-round facility that helps children with serious illnesses or chronic medical conditions.</p><p>The land, worth about $1 million, will be donated by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City Kansas, pending a review and official approval by the county commission, likely in early 2009.</p><p>The property, considered surplus land by the Unified Government, is similar in size to the 72-acre site of the original Victory Junction Gang Camp the Pettys opened in 2004 in Randleman, N.C., in honor of their son, Adam, a NASCAR driver who died in a crash in 2000.</p><p>The Pettys plan to make an announcement this morning at Kansas Speedway. They had looked at 11 pieces of property on both sides of the state line for the year-round camp, which is free to children ages 6 to 16 from all over the country.</p><p>&#8220;This was the piece Kyle chose,&#8221; Pattie Petty said. &#8220;He said it was too good to be true. It&#8217;s near a church, near a community, has lots of trees and natural features. It looks like the road you go down when you come to the camp in North Carolina. Yet, you&#8217;re in town. We have to drive 20 minutes (in Randleman) to the closest town.&#8221;</p><p>Because the donation of the property is still awaiting approval, and more funds need to be raised for the $35 million project, a formal groundbreaking is not expected until next spring. It likely will be incorporated with Kyle Petty&#8217;s stop in Kansas City in May or June during his annual Motorcycle Charity Ride Across America.</p><p>It&#8217;s possible the camp could serve children on a partial schedule sometime in 2010, and be fully open be open by 2011, said Mike Lepore, president of the Kansas camp.</p><p>County officials and neighborhood leaders are welcoming the camp, which has not been able to keep pace with the number of children who want to attend the facility in North Carolina.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve received no opposition to it, and we&#8217;ve heard nothing but positive and gushing comments,&#8221; said Gary Ortiz, assistant county administrator for the Unified Government.</p><p>&#8220;This is an opportunity for the corporate community to become involved with a very worthy cause. It&#8217;s an ideal location, near health facilities, and we can accommodate out-of-town visitors and family members in our hotels and restaurants near the Village West and Speedway. It dovetails with the destination tourism we have going on.&#8221;</p><p>Pattie Petty and Lepore were to meet with Riverview Acres homeowners on Thursday night and answer any questions or concerns.</p><p>&#8220;The big question was they heard it was a &#8216;gang,&#8217; that gang members were coming,&#8221; she said with a laugh. &#8220;But Mike explained, &#8216;No, it&#8217;s not gangs, but chronically ill children.&#8221;</p><p>Bill Boster, president of the association of about 250 homes, believes the camp will be as successful as the one in North Carolina.</p><p>&#8220;I get goose bumps when I talk about it with anybody, because it&#8217;s for the kids,&#8221; Boster said after discussing it with members of his Tuesday bowling group. &#8220;This is going to be an opportunity for volunteers. One gentleman told me, &#8216;Let me know when it happens, I want to be a volunteer.&#8217;</p><p>&#8220;I have not received a single negative vote from our group about this project.&#8221;