Bandimere

Speedway to close in October

Owners looking for a new drag-racing location

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e roar of drag-race engines will go silent in Morrison in October when Bandimere Speedway closes for good, in part because drag racing and residential development aren’t always a good mix.

With the burgeoning residential development in the area, the Bandimeres are planning to sell their property along C-470 and nd a new location in the metro Denver area, according to John Bandimere Jr., the speedway’s chief spiritual o cer, who released a video message on April 21 on the closure plan.

“We are prepared to surrender the location we have called home for six decades,” Bandimere Jr. said.

Morrison Mayor Chris Wolfe said he was excited for the next chapter for the Bandimere family.

“Of course, they will be greatly missed, and they have been a wonderful neighbor to the town.,” Wolfe said. “We wish them the best on their 65th anniversary of racing.”

According to Bandimere Jr., John Bandimere Sr. and his wife Frances opened the racetrack originally in Arvada in 1956 as an expansion of

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