Bruton just announced that he will keep Lowes where it's at! (1 Viewer)

[BaldyLochs]

DIA elevation on FAA nav charts is 5431', versus 5800' at Bandimere. Density altitude in the summer gets high anywhere around here.

Yeah that part would not change whatsoever. There is a large livestock facility up there somewhere though. I think it's hogs. I've been on the DIA Ramp before when the wind blows just right.... well, let me put it this way, it's not nitro or tire burnouts you'll be smelling!

 

[none]

I don't know where I saw it but I saw something about the TBA date going to Richmond and Charlotte getting the October Richmond date.

That's not going to happen, I just checked NASCAR's schedule and they are at Lowe's the same weekend NHRA is in Richmond.

 

[Baron]

When NASCAR (aka ISC) bought PPIR they instructed the then track manager to insisit on an IRL date in June knowing that was not possible for the IRL. When IRL refused, as the NASCAR bigs knew they would; ISC announced that they could not keep PPIR open.
Cheers,
Ed

 

[Tim5636sc]

Yeah that part would not change whatsoever. There is a large livestock facility up there somewhere though. I think it's hogs. I've been on the DIA Ramp before when the wind blows just right.... well, let me put it this way, it's not nitro or tire burnouts you'll be smelling!

If I remember correctly....FAMOSO HAS THE SAME FRAGRANCE FROM TIME TO TIME!!! or was it LACR???

 

[Bob]

When NASCAR (aka ISC) bought PPIR they instructed the then track manager to insisit on an IRL date in June knowing that was not possible for the IRL. When IRL refused, as the NASCAR bigs knew they would; ISC announced that they could not keep PPIR open.
Cheers,
Ed

It is a real shame how all of that went down. The plans (and money) were in place to expand seating from 40k to 80k if the track got a Cup race. There were also plans for a drag strip on the east side of I-25. The city of Colorado Springs was going to join the party by extending Powers Blvd from I-25 and Briargate to the track, doubling the access to the facility.

I've been a resident of the region long enough to have placed bets on the ponies when that property was home to a horse racing track!

 

[jim]

There were also plans for a drag strip on the east side of I-25. The city of Colorado Springs was going to join the party by extending Powers Blvd from I-25 and Briargate to the track, doubling the access to the facility.

I've been a resident of the region long enough to have placed bets on the ponies when that property was home to a horse racing track!

Remember the old CDR - Continental Divide Raceway - down along I-25 between Denver and CO Springs? Or the short lived Century 21 Dragstrip out east. Or Thunder Road out about where DIA is now?

Sorry. I guess these have nothing to do with Lowe's.

 

[Bob]

Remember the old CDR - Continental Divide Raceway - down along I-25 between Denver and CO Springs? Or the short lived Century 21 Dragstrip out east. Or Thunder Road out about where DIA is now?

Sorry. I guess these have nothing to do with Lowe's.

I remember CDR, but not the other two. I know there was a strip in Commerce City but don't remember the name of it. There was even an 1/8th-mile strip a little east of Colorado Springs at CSIS. That is now home to rattle snakes and scorpions.

While this is sort of a thread hijack, some of the politics involved in track openings and closings have much in common.

 

[Toejam]

I remember CDR, but not the other two. I know there was a strip in Commerce City but don't remember the name of it. There was even an 1/8th-mile strip a little east of Colorado Springs at CSIS. That is now home to rattle snakes and scorpions.

While this is sort of a thread hijack, some of the politics involved in track openings and closings have much in common.

Wasn't there a Strip in Castle rock too? Back in the 70's?

 

[jim]

Wasn't there a Strip in Castle rock too? Back in the 70's?

I found this. CDR was south of Castle Rock alright, and open from '59 thru '72.
Continental Divide Raceways, Castle Rock, Colorado

 

[D]

My uncles took me to my first drag race at Denver Dragway/Thunder Road when I was five. My cousins used to street race on the abandoned strip at Century 21 when I was in Junior high before they bladed up the track. Heck the Century 21 site would still be a good race plant as not much has grown up around it yet.

S/F
D

 

[Baron]

Hey Jim!
Thanks for the CDR memories. I remember the Trans Ams well. The Mustang Corral for the Ford dealers and the fan sections for Donohue's Camaro and the red, white and blue decorations for the AMC dealers cheering on their Javelins.
The Stock and Super Stock classes were huge then. Do you remember Herman Chapman and those unbeatable small block Chevies of his?
I watched the "Pete's Patriot" AMX beat Judy Lilly and Gary Ostrich in their SS/ Barracudas. Dick Landy's Dodge was just beautiful. He of the omnipresent unlit cigar.
I watched Parnelli Jones, in a Mercury Marauder, win that USAC road race the week before the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Jones drove everywhere but on the pavement - what a wildman. He won on Pikes Peak, too.
(By the bye, the Indy 500 is the only race in the country older than the Pikes Peak Hill Climb).
No one who ever watched the Chapparals will ever forget them, particularly with the great view from the grandstands. When there was no racing activity, the scenery alone was worth the price of the ticket.
I missed the 6 hour sedan Enduro won by a Rambler American.
I also missed the USAC race for open wheel cars that the Rocky Mountain News sponsored when the fatalities occurred. I was driving up for the race when I heard that the "Assasination" Corvair was running two out of three against the Grant Rebel Funny Car at Erie. I zoomed right on by CDR that day. Funny cars were, and are, the best racing there is.
Did you notice the excitement in those ads? I wonder what we could do today with some regular promotion of our local heroes and a bit of hyperbole. Might work . . .
Our CIFCA-style funny car (Firefighter) is on display this weekend in the car show at the National Western Complex.
Thanks again for the memories.
Cheers,
Ed
P.S. Century 21, east of Denver on I-70, was home to an AHRA National event for a couple of years.

 

[pete]

Never been to Denver, but I hear we will have a strip in Charlotte next year.

 

[jim]

Assuming you're somewhat familiar with Lowe's, do you think they'll be able to use most of the "infrastructure" for the drag strip? I mean like concessions, bathrooms, ticket sales, etc. Or will it be a whole new facility within a facility?

 

[Bad Rat]

Assuming you're somewhat familiar with Lowe's, do you think they'll be able to use most of the "infrastructure" for the drag strip? I mean like concessions, bathrooms, ticket sales, etc. Or will it be a whole new facility within a facility?

Based on what I saw of the new Strip in the making I don't know if they will be able to use the current Infrastructure.

I was in Concord on Saturday and we drove right up to the site. The dirt work is started however at this point you cannot tell which way the strip will go or where anything will be at this point.

The area where they are doing the dirt work is next to the Dirt Track which is adjacent to the Speedway.

I heard they would like to have a Divisional in April and a National in September??? Again this is what I heard, not a fact. When I sign up for a race there we will know for sure.

Pat

 

[Wes]

Mssr's Smith and Gossage...PLEASE build one of those $60M drag racing facilities at TMS!!!!!!!! I'll even "volunteer" to manage it for you.

 

[jim]

Maybe it'll be the first covered strip! Just kidding, I think.