Thanks Bob!
Just noticed your reply - didn't get a notification when you posted it.
Very impressive that you worked there at the time - any other pics? stories?
Don
Darn, just saw this post (again) as I was looking for pictures of CU MODEL RACEWAY and the Harris's!
Lots of stories. Lots...
Not sure where to begin either.
However, I saw that someone mentioned the DynaRewind race and that might have been when I started to work there but it has been awhile...
I was just 14 or so and had been racing there for months when young Ben asked me if I could help out at this two day race and get paid for it. You betcha!
Anyway, as the place was literally packed that weekend (a Friday into after midnight Saturday), my job was to pickup around the building. Pickup trash, empty trash, etc. Young Ben put on my name tag,"Sanitary Engineer" and I thing I did a respectful job.
We had a number of big names in the slot car world there and while they were ALL great, they had to get use to the track where you were required to use the silicone covered rubber tires WITHOUT the tire sticky stuff and was powered not by batteries but what an electrical engineer built for them. And I was told that a friend of theirs from NASA designed the lap counter.
Probably one of the most memorable events for me personally was just before the final race around 2AM, young Ben was recognizing individuals and as he was about to start the race, he realized he forgot me and took the time thank me where I received some applause. Strong memory that one...
After that weekend I was hired to work along side several other but slightly older local high school guys, Dave McNattin and Joe Eubanks. We all worked behind the counter primarily.
There's plenty more but maybe instead of hijacking this post, maybe I should start another???
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