Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver

[Pig Farmer]

We've been wanting to race at Denver for a long time...entered & hoping to have a great experience!

[Pat Cook]

Denver has been on my bucket list a long time

[JHeath]

Just vote for Courtney...it will all be good!!!

[Doug McCue]

Originally Posted by Tom Meyer

Face it they have chased away most racers, even the locals will not go to this race anymore. They make you pit 2 miles from the starting line on crushed oil, most time the air is close to 10,000 feet then throw in all the other inhancements of running an national event makes it a no brainer to most racers. Tom

Then they pit you next to refrigerator trailers that have the refrigerator units running all night to keep the ice from melting.

[KThomas]

Originally Posted by Mike Coe

To me it is a great facility. It is the best track between Las Vegas and Topeka. If you get there early enough alot of the sportsmen get to pit on the asphalt. The North Forty is not 2 Miles from the starting line, it is actually 1.2 miles from there to the staging lanes and you can make it starting your car once or twice and coasting to the downhill staging lanes. The traction is the best around with the under ground cooling of the starting line by using the cooling towers. I run the same under the index there with the correction as I do anywhere and faster than non factored tracks like Topeka and Phoenix. It cools off at night and is usually only mid ninetys during the day and low humidity. The crushed asphalt in the North Forty is alot better than dirt and is not very dusty at all. We always have a great time and it's not 3 miles to the starting line like I saw posted from the Joliet Race. It's not Vegas, but prettier and it's not Cordova, Noble, Salt Lake, Billings, Boise, Amarillo, Speed World or the old Vegas, but alot better and people always went to those facilities and raced and had a good time. So, I encourage everyone to come and join us and have a great time in Beautiful and Colorful Colorado, it's not the best, but it is far from the worst.

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[SStockDart]

I am not trying to sound like a smart azz.............but, whether is is 1.2 miles or 3 miles from Sportsman Pits to the starting line.........it is too far.....No facilities in the sportman pits.......None.

Let's do this...............allow the comp, top alcohol, pro mods, pro stock and fuel cars to pit where sportsman do now......then we will alternate years. Do You think they would complain?

Ask the same question (switching pit areas) at Pomona, Phoenix, Chicago, Topeka, Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, etc.................not such a big deal.

[Dyno]

Denver should have moved years ago to the airport site, and the car count would be much higher. I last raced at Denver 10 years ago and parked back behind the turnoff in the dust, dirt and broken black top and said I would never go back. I would like to support Mopar at their race, but not there. 12 Superstock cars so far. Dyno

[SStockDart]

Here is a quick Excel spread sheet. This is a rough cost of racing in Denver. The first Column is the One Way miles...Second column is the "Start Location"....third column is the cost for fuel at 10 MPG (round trip)....then the entry cost of $310.....thus the final cost just to get to Denver and race.....without your pit crew...... So, I live in the Phoenix area....it will cost me nearly a thousand dollars to go to Denver and race.....Plus the cost of my wife, racing fuel, breakage, maintenance, and entertainment.
So, For those that have unlimited budgets.....go have at it. As for me...It would take at Least a runner up finish to break even....... Maybe this will help explain why the shortage of Super Stock Racers.....


Miles From>>>> Fuel @ Total for
One Way To Denver 10 MPG Entry Fee Car & Driver

480 Salt Lake City $384 $310 $694
600 Topeka $480 $310 $790
680 El Paso $544 $310 $854
680 Oklahoma City $544 $310 $854
820 St. Louis $656 $310 $966
850 Phoenix $680 $310 $990
880 Dallas $704 $310 $1,014
1000 Los Angeles $800 $310 $1,110
1100 Chicago $880 $310 $1,190
1180 San Francisco $944 $310 $1,254

[Tom Meyer]

The pros hardly have full fields, yes it has a nice race track but the pitting for sportsman suck maybe with the low car count they will get closer to the starting line. Other than going up the hill I liked pitting down below, face it spectators get better parking than the racers. And as far as costing your car all the way down a tight 1 1/2 lane road it is not that safe. Tom

[Pedigo Perf]

Originally Posted by SStockDart

Here is a quick Excel spread sheet. This is a rough cost

Excel spread sheets and drag racing should never be used in the same conversation.