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Colorado Hot Rod Dirt Drags

08 06 15 - 23:50

Saturday! ... SUN-DAY!!!

This is THE weekend to be in Monte Vista, Colorado for the 2015 Hot Rod Dirt Drags!

Once again, our buddy Mike Nicholas has done a bang-up job setting up a proper recreation of what our hot rod heroes did "back in the day". Mike started with the Hot Rod Hill Climb, which has been a resounding success for the past 2 years. That event has grown, because of its authenticity & the fact that it's well attended by the "Legends" who were there in the 1st place. Young-uns like us revel in the retelling of tales from those ground breaking hot rod events, that these self proclaimed geezers share with us every time we get together. Plus, it's a freakin' BLAST to run up the hill in Georgetown!

Now Mike has turned his attention from twists'n'turns to the straight line trials that the 50's were famous for. Across America, many of these early events were held on unused WW2 airfields, because they were safe & plentiful. Most of the airstrips were simple dirt affairs, but budding drag racers didn't much care. Top speeds in '53 were about 89MPH, as was recorded by the Bell Plumbing Roadster, which is now the Singlefinger Spcl.

If you can't be there, you can follow the event on Instagram, the Singlefinger Forum, or the HAMB. Or you can wait to see it in the magazines...