Second Creek Raceway

Second Creek Raceway (closed)
— Denver, Colorado

Second Creek Raceway is a 1.7-mile road course located near Denver in northeastern Colorado. Second Creek is adjacent to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal on the west and Rocky Mountain Speedway (a clay oval) on the north, and is about a mile west of the now infamous Denver International Airport. The entire course can be seen from the stands along the front straight, which is true of very few road courses -- and has producing oil wells on the grounds, another feature uncommon among road courses.

Historical Notes

Second Creek is built on the site of what was once the Denver Dragway, which was active in the 1960s and 1970s until increasing speeds caused the (uphill) shutoff area to become inadequate. (There's a story, which may be legend, about a dragster losing its chutes and ending up on the south side of 88th Avenue after passing through three catch fences and the porch on the track manager's house.) The first race on the road course, which used part of the old drag strip for its front straight, was held in 1982.

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