|
Board of Directors
Darrell Contreras, President |
|
Earlene Theis, Secretary/Treasurer |
Jay Gilman, Vice President & General Manager |
| |
|
|
| Tom Abbott |
Kim Guager |
| Jay Adkins |
Rex Harvey |
| Ed Arcuri |
Barbara Roderick |
| Jerry Buchanan |
Mark Schellinger |
| Nancy DeWitt |
Chuck Wingfield |
History
Pueblo Motorsports, Inc. (PMI) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit based in Pueblo, Colorado. PMI was formed in 1973 with the mission of developing a motorsports facility in southern Colorado. In 1974, PMI was able to lease property from the state in Pueblo with the help of several city and state leaders.
PMI operated a dragstrip at the Greenhorn Airstrip in Colorado City in 1974 to gain the experience of operating a dragstrip. In the spring of 1975, PMI broke ground for the drag strip. The city granted $125,000 in revenue sharing money, the county gave $75,000 for construction of Pueblo Motorsports Park. PMI constructed the dragstrip and a short road course at that time. The majority of construction of PMP was done with volunteer work.
In September 1975, PMP hosted it's first drag race event which was a Winston Drag Series which is equal to the Lucas Oil Drag Race Series of today.The dragstrip has been host to legendary racers such as Don Pruhomme, Reher Morrison, Warren Johnson, and Tommy Johnson, Jr. Matt and Andrew Hines of Screaming Eagle prostock bike has come and played at the track as well.
The motocross track was added in the late 70's which still holds several major events each season. The dirt oval track was built in the late 80's but is no longer operational. The road course was expanded to 2.2 miles in the late 80's and hosts numerous events each season. The road course has hosted the One Lap of America with Brock Yates and other famous road racers have come to practice for the Denver Grand Prix and the Pikes Peak Hill Clmb.
The facility is being continously updated and is still under the direction of the early leadership. Some of the board members are still the original members.Please come and enjoy the facility with us as it was intended over 35 years ago.
|