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Location DB > United States > Colorado > Commerce City > Second Creek Raceway and Old Farm
 Name
Second Creek Raceway and Old Farm
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 Database Info
created by AvsFreak on 9/5/2011 10:23 PM
last modified by Emperor Wang on 12/22/2023 6:29 AM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
 Overview
 Description
A few different buildings. On the North side of Ironside Road you have Second Creek Raceway and adjoining buildings. A small house with basement, a long hangar type garage and a smaller wooden garage. Quite a bit of vandalism. Across the street on the south side, there is a barn with several old wooden train cars that were converted into chicken coops. There is also a small white farmhouse that has been burned down. Next to the house is a small (very small) underground tornado shelter.
 Basic Information
Type: Building / Outdoors
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: forget it
 Physical Information
Address
Intersection of Irondale Road (88th) and Buckley Road
Commerce City, Colorado
United States
Owner: Farm - Roarty Family Limited Partnership, AZ; Racetrack - C Larson Family Farm Inc, MN
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  •  Hazards
  • air quality
  • big owls...
  •  Interesting Features
    The racetrack is in pretty good shape if you feel up to using it. Apparently some people still do.

    http://www.youtube...atch?v=Wuxx5TLxIWs
     Security Measures
  • fences
  • near moderately busy street
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 1981
    Closed: 2005
     Required Equipment
     Recommended Equipment
    long pants (lots of weeds), flashlight (dark in some areas)
     History
    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. Second Creek is built on the site of what was once the Denver Dragway, which was active in the 1960's and 1970's 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 uses part of the old drag strip for its front straight, was held in 1982.

    The farm was built in 1954, but have no more info on the farm. The land for this farm and Second Creek Raceway was purchased to build houses, the economy went bad and it remains undeveloped.
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     Future Plans
    Demolished in February of 2015. Being turned into a housing development.
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     Photo Galleries
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    Labor day trip
    Tue, Sep 6th, 2011
    posted by AvsFreak
    14 pictures
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    One Last Race
    Mon, Oct 15th, 2012
    posted by Dora
    10 pictures


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     Web Links
    http://www.na-moto...O/SecondCreek.html
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    Category Rating
    Photography 6 / 10
    Coolness 7 / 10
    Content Quality 6 / 10
     Validation
    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 12/22/2023 6:30 AM.

     Latest Changes
  • on Dec 22 23 at 6:30, Emperor Wang validated this location
  • on Dec 22 23 at 6:29, Emperor Wang changed the following: Owner, History, Interesting Features
  • on Dec 22 23 at 6:15, Emperor Wang changed the following: City, Hazards, Interesting Features, Security Measures, Recommended Equipment, Description, Web Links
  • on Dec 21 16 at 3:01, Emperor Wang validated this location
  • on Dec 21 16 at 3:00, Emperor Wang changed the following: Display Name, Type, Street Address, Interesting Features, Web Links
  • on Mar 9 15 at 18:09, Mike Dijital validated this location
  • on Mar 7 15 at 5:05, UnchartedSights changed the following: Status, Recommendation, Future Plans
  • on Jun 30 14 at 7:54, Steed validated this location
  • on Mar 11 14 at 15:20, AvsFreak changed the following: Owner, History
  • on Jan 20 13 at 20:32, Opheliaism validated this location
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