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Continental Divide Raceways

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Continental Divide Raceways
File:Continental Divide Raceways aerial photo.jpg
1978 aerial photo
LocationCastle Rock, Colorado
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Broke ground1958
Opened1959
Closed1983
Major eventsNASCAR Winston West Series
Colorado Winston 200 (1982)
USAC Championship Car
Rocky Mountain 150 (1968–1970)
Trans-Am Series (1967–1968)
United States Road Racing Championship (1963, 1965)
USAC Road Racing Championship (1960–1961)
SCCA National Sports Car Championship (1960)
Website{{#statements:P856}}
Road Course (1959–1983)
SurfaceAsphalt
Length2.802 mi (4.510 km)
Turns10
Race lap record1:48.700 (United States Jerry Hansen/United States Tony Adamowicz, McLaren M10A/Eagle Mk.5, 1969, F5000)
Oval (1959–1983)
Length0.500 mi (0.805 km)
Turns2

Continental Divide Raceways was a race track located in Castle Rock, Colorado, about 30-mile (48 km) south of Denver. Built in 1959, it featured a 2.802 mi (4.510 km) road course, 0.500 mi (0.805 km) oval, and 4,200-foot (1,300 m) drag strip. The land was intended to be used for a multi-sport spectator venue, but a racing complex was built after a hill climb was staged on the property.[1] The track saw its most active time in the 1960s, hosting the USAC National Championship, major sports car races, and Trans-Am. On July 30, 1972 Evel Knievel successfully jumped 11 Dodge vehicles on his motorcycle at the track. The track closed in 1979 due to a fatal accident but reopened in 1981, holding a NASCAR Winston West Series stock car race in 1982 before being sold to real estate developers in 1983.[2] There was a motocross track called CDR Tech Track on the property where an AMA Motocross National was held in 1981 and 1982.[3]

Lap records

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The fastest official race lap records at the Continental Divide Raceways are listed as:

Category Time Driver Vehicle Event
Road Course: 4.510 km (1959–1983)[4][5]
Formula 5000 1:48.700[6] Jerry Hansen[a]
Tony Adamowicz[a]		 McLaren M10A[a]
Eagle Mk.5[a]		 1969 Castle Rock F5000 round
Sports car racing 1:55.500[7] Bud Morley McLaren-Elva Mk II 1967 Continental Divide SCCA Regional race

Race results

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USAC Champ Car "Rocky Mountain 150"

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Year Date Driver Team Car
1968 July 7 United States A. J. Foyt Sheraton-Thompson Coyote-Ford
1969 July 6 United States Gordon Johncock Gilmore Broadcasting Eagle-Ford
1970 June 28 United States Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford
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Sports car races

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Year Date Driver(s) Team Car Championship
1960 June 26 United States Carroll Shelby Meister Brauser Scarab-Chevrolet USAC Road Racing Championship
July 17 United States Bob Holbert Porsche 718 RSK SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1961 July 2 United Kingdom Ken Miles Crandall Industries Incorporated Porsche 718 RSK USAC Road Racing Championship
1963 August 18 United States Augie Pabst Meister Brauser Scarab-Chevrolet United States Road Racing Championship
1965 August 15 United States Hap Sharp Chaparral Cars Inc. Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet United States Road Racing Championship
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Trans-Am

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Year Date Driver Car
1967 August 27 United States Jerry Titus Ford Mustang
1968 August 25 United States Mark Donohue Chevrolet Camaro
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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Both drivers took the same lap time independently.

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