How long is high plains raceway

The track is one of the newest in the USA, having been constructed in Elevation is a major factor of the track, and the maximum difference is 70 feet, a lot for a shorter track! It has a combination of everything, with some high speed corners and a long straight, as well as a slow hairpin.

Follow Event Posted by: Jack T. Location: High Plains Raceway. Details Location It is your responsibility to assess the risk to you, both on-track and off, and to make the decision on whether to participate in this event.

The paddock speed limit is 10 mph. Decibel limit is db at the property line. Please log in or sign up to comment. Richard C. Like 0 Dislike 0. High Plains Raceway is another club owned and operated facility, created somewhat out of necessity when other venues in Colorado closed. Modern and fast, it offers some considerable gradient changes and has quickly become a favourite among Midwest racers.

Planning for the facility began in when the regional amateur racing clubs realized the days of their home track — the old Second Creek Raceway near Denver International Airport — were numbered. A serious effort was then launched and the CAMA Colorado Amateur Motorsports Associates entity was formed expressly for the job of creating a new track for the clubs. Second Creek did indeed close in , as did Mountain View and — perhaps more unexpectedly — so too did Pikes Peak International Raceway.

With the Stapleton circuit also no longer available, the situation was rapidly moving towards a crisis. Efforts to build a new track in the Denver area consequently stepped up a gear. It had operated the lease at Second Creek for several years, building up a surplus from the operating profits which would prove invaluable in developing the new circuit.

Of course, it's one thing to have finances in place to build a new home and quite another to have a suitable site on which to build it. Several years passed as up to 40 sites were evaluated and discounted, before land at Byers, to the east of Denver, was finally found in An option to buy the land was agreed in May and the process of designing and planning began in earnest. Engineer and racer Bill Howard came up with a design to make the most of the undulating landscape and then the protracted process of obtaining planning consents began.

Even with a local community that actively welcomed the facility, final approval took nearly two years. Finally, Howard's Plan West firm obtained full consent in January