A day out at Bandimere Speedway dragstrip in Morrison, Colorado, a stones throw from Red Rocks Ampitheater. This year is Bandimere’s 50th anniversary!

I came by to check out a car show, the Hot Rod Happening.

These first pics in this post are rat rods, and likely very expensive ones at that!

The rustication and untreated metal look is, of course, quite intentional!

I came out fairly early, so this picture is of a time trial, that is why there is no one in the stands yet. Most everyone was in the pit checking out hot rods!

And it is always a treat to watch flathead inlines!

Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, Colorado

On this day they were doing Quick 16s, Fast 16s, Flathead Inlines, and a Hot Rod Happening

Bandimere Speedway is one of the highest altitude dragstrips in the country

Lucky for us here in the Denver area, we have a mountain dragstrip right near by!

Bandimere Speedway is located on the other side of Dakota Ridge from Red Rocks Ampitheater, just outside the town of Morrison.

The track is 50 years old this year. They keep threatening to relocate it, but I am glad it has managed to stay exactly where it is (10 minutes from my house!)

I popped over to Bandimere to catch the 50th anniversary Hot Rod Happening this last Sunday.

I was hoping to start posting pictures on Sunday night, but I took a lot more photos than I thought, and it took me this long to wade through them all.

For this first page I am concentrating on the 50s & 60s cars, then I will move on to the 30s & 40s and some really wild rat rods!