I enjoyed this comment in the Post article:
I believe after driving/riding the track speed limit violations actually decreaseAlso, to calm concerns from the Adams County Sheriff's Office, club rules will specify that membership could be revoked for anyone caught speeding on Imboden Road.
i missed that. it's actually kind of a good idea. They stress not speeding through byers. I'm sure residents appreciate it when we don't come blasting through town
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After a day at HPR I'm so drained that I drive like a grandpa.Originally Posted by tecknojoe
When life throws you curves, aim for the apex
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Huh.. being engineered by the same company that designed COTAS.
When life throws you curves, aim for the apex
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Yea we all do, hahaa. Being a native though I've given up on that. I'll move to Florida someday.
East of the foothills, Colorado is just a big ugly brown flat dirt field. That's just the way it is. Just so happens that's the only place you can afford to build a track too. You're not gonna get a track that looks like Cali or Hawaii with palm trees and pretty flowers, lol.
I've heard nothing but praise for HPR, for it's layout/design, mild elevation changes, etc. The NASA roadrace guys all love the shit out of it!
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This is like the 6th attempt to put a track out by DIA. With the economy still tanked, I don't see this happening with investor money. If they are will to front the cost for themselves then maybe. But I wouldn't hold out hope with developers just wanting to build once they can sell houses again.
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Seeing that HPR was built with funding help from CAMA (MRA SCCA RMVR etc) I don't see any local sanctioning body throwing money at this new venture. I wish them luck, I'll believe it when I see it.
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I would say that it was more than just funding help.
Fact.
Why cant that track be reopened? I liked going up there.
The degraded surface was almost un-rideable when we last raced there in 2005 and the lack of run-off in some turns was very unsafe. Bikes were a lot slower when that place was built. Even if the current ownership was willing to reopen it, we would not go there with it's current condition.
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You begin your riding career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.
I don't see how the Denver area could support another track
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Damn Glenn, that looks better than my yard! You wanna stop by with your mower and weed whacker later?
You said "whacker"
And you'll have to talk to Mr. Applesauce, he's in charge of the groundskeeping around here.
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You begin your riding career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.
Having come from California and ridden most the tracks there, I have to agree that HPR is no Laguna, but it is a great track. Like it was said above, I think we are lucky to have 3 tracks in the area and I'm happy to live in northern Colorado Springs where I'm centrally located between the three..
Also, I'd like to throw in the fact the many of the tracks in CA are in the middle no-where.. Thunderhill is way up north 2 hours from San Fran, Buttonwillow is really out there... 2 hours north of LA.. Willow Springs is only a little closer to LA, Chuck is in Timbuktu over 3 hours from both LA and San Diego..
So I guess my point is that when you look at the number and quality of tracks in CA compared to their population centers and the number and quality of tracks here in CO compared to our population centers, we are very lucky..
Just my 2 cents...
Plus how much are td's at those tracks and sears point?
I love HPR but I wouldn't complain about another track option.
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Another good point!! I laugh when I hear people complain about $150 dollar trackdays here..
Thunderhill averaged around $200
Buttonwillow was cheaper where you could sometimes get 2 days for $300
Laguna was $300 a day
Sears Point was about $250
Yeah thats what I've heard! We have it pretty good to only to td's but race too not much travel to our 3 tracks.
Not sure how true it is but I've also heard the bigger tracks dont run td's/open lapping you can only go when the track has been rented by someone doing so.
That is the case, the tracks themselves very rarely(like never) have open lapping days, so the only time you can get on the track is when one of the major trackday providers hosts events..
whatever happened to the big baller dual track idea that had houses with pit garages and shit? they built the vault or something in denver for rich guys to smoke cigars and store cars but never got around to the track. motorsports club or something.
I think you are referring to Genoa While the website is still active there has not been an update since 6/3/09
HPR riding experience is better then Buttonwillow , Willow Springs , Street's of Willow ,Pahrump ,Las Vegas Speedway and Infineon(Sears Point) .
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