Colorado 500

Tag: Colorado 500

Brief description of what to expect from posts here.

Colorado 500: A Race To Give

Posted by Ted Edwards | Jul 5, 2022 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 6 |

Sleepless in Colorado

Posted by Ted Edwards | Oct 15, 2019 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 10 |

Colorado 500: A Race To Give

by Ted Edwards | Jul 5, 2022 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 6 |

In the 1970s, Indy car racer Wally Dallenbach took his winnings from the California 500 and bought a ranch near the Fryingpan River in Colorado. In 1975 he explored the mountains and mining ghost towns around his ranch on his motorcycle with his son Wally Jr. and friend Sherm Cooper. They loved the trails so much that the next year they invited friends Dick Singer, Art Lamey, Lon Bromley, Del Garnder, Ed Kretz, Al Unser and Bobby Unser. That first ride in 1976 needed a name and being Indy 500 veterans, the group named it the Colorado 500.

Sleepless in Colorado

by Ted Edwards | Oct 15, 2019 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 10 |

“I came out of the bathroom at the back of the bar,” Currie Collier exclaimed, eyes wide, “and all I could see was a motorcycle headlight shining at me. I freaked. I mean, who expects that when they come out of the bathroom?”
No one really. Unless you are participating in the Colorado 500.