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- September 26, 2018 at 8:39 am #85211Daniel LopezModerator
I randomly came across this satellite image on Google Earth. The location is in northeast Boulder and appears to be an old go kart ghost track. It is on Independence just across the street from the Boulder Municipal Airport. Does anyone know the story on this track?
September 26, 2018 at 12:55 pm #85235The Colorado KarterKeymasterTHATS NEAR MY HOUSE. I MUST KNOW.
October 3, 2018 at 6:53 am #85267Daniel LopezModeratorI guess not… I am about 90% sure that is an old go kart track. Would be cool to figure out what it once was!
October 13, 2018 at 7:48 am #85341John SchneibleParticipantHey Daniel,
I know that track. When I was a kid I went there with my dad. He knew the guy who owned the house next to the track. We would throw our (Sears?) go kart in the trunk of our old Plymouth and go take some laps. I never knew the guys name or why the track is there. This was in the 70’s. It was asphalt and as I remember the hairpin in the center of the track is banked and the track is fairly narrow. Good memories.
October 18, 2018 at 1:51 pm #85366Daniel LopezModeratorJohn, that is very cool! Did they host races there?
October 18, 2018 at 2:40 pm #85367John SchneibleParticipantDaniel,
I don’t think so. I asked my dad what he remembers and he said he thought the guy who lived there built the track for his kids who ran karts and just let people use it for free. That was Boulder in the 70’s!
October 24, 2018 at 9:49 am #85374The Colorado KarterKeymasterJohn,
That’s way cool. Wish it was that way now….hmm.
-Eric
October 24, 2018 at 10:07 am #85377John SchneibleParticipantI wish I knew people raced karts back then!
October 24, 2018 at 10:12 am #85378Daniel LopezModeratorVery cool. It definitely looked like a kart track when I saw it on Google Earth but I wasn’t sure if it was a “legit” race track or something like a water park, Boondocks track. Sounds like it was neither. It would be cool to find more info on it!
October 24, 2018 at 10:15 am #85379John SchneibleParticipantSomebody just needs to buy that house and property. Eric G?👍
October 24, 2018 at 10:50 am #85380Daniel LopezModeratorSounds like a plan to me. Eric, make it happen.
October 24, 2018 at 1:33 pm #85412The Colorado KarterKeymasterHmm. Currently not for sale according to Zillow…sad.
October 24, 2018 at 4:10 pm #85421John SchneibleParticipantWell … you never really know until you ask, right?
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