Byers, Colorado – Professional drivers, GT sports car racers, SPEED World Challenge Champions and local celebrities will tear up the local track in a pro-celebrity race; and fun and festivities will spread across the paddock of High Plains Raceway in Byers on August 1, 2009, as the raceway celebrates its inaugural year. The day-long event includes activities for the whole family . . . just an hour east of Denver. Gates are open to the public from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. * A Pro/Celebrity Race (2:00-3:00) featuring Colorado’s own Paul Dallenback, fresh from his win at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Nick Ham, also living in Colorado and just returning from his Grand-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race at Barber Motorsports Park, Randy Pobst, 2008 SPEED World Challenge Champion, Andy Pilgrim, SPEED World Challenge Champion, LeMans Podium, Phil McClure, SPEED World Challenge, Robb Holland, SPEED World Challenge, and our own KUSA-TV news anchor Adele Arakawa, all racing in donated Spec Miata race cars. Rides available, for donations, with the pros during their warm up laps. * Live Music (Soulfonix 11:30-1:30 and Iron Tear 3:00-5:00) * The 92.5 Wolf Girls brought to you by Mazda of Lakewood from 10:00-12:00 * Great Food vendors including Famous Dave’s BBQ * A huge variety of vendors * “Laps For Donations” in some VERY Exotic Cars at speed including a CanAm McLaren, a Corvette ZR-1, an Ariel Atom, two Nobles, an Audi R8, a Ford GT and more! * Track Tours in your car behind a pace car for a $20 plus $5 per passenger donation to the track. * Rare and Fun Cars & Motorcycles on Display – People’s Choice Award for Best in Class. Street rods, drag racers, muscle cars, sports cars, custom cars, and motorcycles of any sort are all welcome. Just show up. If your club wishes to display together, come out as a group and arrive together for parking. * Live Auction to benefit the track * For the Kids: Face Painting Balloon Art Bounce Castle Air-brush Tattoo Artist Hot Dogs, Cotton Candy & Sno Cones * And for the BIG Kids: Sledge-Hammer Car Dunk Tank About High Plains Raceway (HPR) HPR is the newest road racing motorsports facility in the Rocky Mountain area. Officially opened in March of 2009, the track is 2.5 miles in length, boasts 15 turns and over 300 feet of elevation change in every lap. Its rolling terrain and elevation changes make HPR one of the most exciting race tracks in the country. The story of how HPR came about is as unique as the track itself. It’s the only facility in the country conceived, financed, designed and built by a collection of amateur road racing clubs and their members. Participating clubs are the Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing (RMVR); the Colorado Region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA); the Motorcycle Road racing Association (MRA); the Porsche Club of America, Rocky Mtn. Region (PCA-RMR); and the Multi-Car Club Alliance (MCCA). The Multi-Car Club Alliance itself is a collective of eight other car clubs. Directions: Sixty miles (One hour) west of I-25 and I-70. Go east on I-70 to the Byers exit. Left at bottom of ramp, onto Hwy #36, then seventeen miles to track on left.