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Postby boosted12a » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:14

Is there any drag racing track in colorado spring area?
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Postby Learjet45 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:14

I don't think there are any in the springs area. The only one I really know of is Bandimere. I know that's where erod has gone when he has gone to the strip, and he lives down in the Springs.
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Postby Colombia28 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:14

Pueblo Motorsports Park I'm fairly certain has a drag strip. I haven't been yet, but I think the drag strip is actaully a part of the front straight of the race circuit. Though they are/where redoing the racing surface of the track portion so I don't know if it will be open anyhow.
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Postby erod550 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:14

Pueblo Motorsports Park and Bandimere are your two choices. Pueblo is closer, but always crappier. It's also cheaper. Last time I was there I was spinning 4th gear, which I don't even do on the street. Bandimere is farther away and more expensive, as well as higher altitude, but the track is always prepped better so you tend to have more traction there.

Maybe with the money they got to resurface everything in Pueblo they will be able improve the drag strip as well. Part of the issue is the area around the strip is wide open and very sandy. So the wind blows sand onto the track. Bandimere is at the foot of the mountains so there's no wind.
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Postby boosted12a » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:14

erod550 wrote:Pueblo Motorsports Park and Bandimere are your two choices. Pueblo is closer, but always crappier. It's also cheaper. Last time I was there I was spinning 4th gear, which I don't even do on the street. Bandimere is farther away and more expensive, as well as higher altitude, but the track is always prepped better so you tend to have more traction there.

Maybe with the money they got to resurface everything in Pueblo they will be able improve the drag strip as well. Part of the issue is the area around the strip is wide open and very sandy. So the wind blows sand onto the track. Bandimere is at the foot of the mountains so there's no wind.


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Postby I`m Batman » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:14

Colombia28 wrote:Pueblo Motorsports Park.

Yes, they have a drag strip. I rode my bike on that track on a trackday once. The front straight is the (bumpy) drag strip... at least the last turn before the front straight was pretty bumpy on the bike...
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Postby erod550 » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:14

That's normally the staging area for the dragstrip. Here's a video of a buddy of mine running 944Spec on the Pueblo road course. They start out on the drag strip which is the front straight and come through the staging area and back onto the dragstrip starting around 1:40.

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