[6] On the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Occan Highway[7] west of the city was the end of the 1951 Colorado sports car rally (terminus at the Crystola Inn),[8] a 1953 dirt dragstrip "some four miles east of Colorado Springs" was used for "the first statewide drag race",[9] and a stock car track was along Powers Road in the early 1960s.

The "last local track" for auto racing east of the city through the late 1970s was the Colorado Springs International Speedway which "had crowds in the 3,000-4,000 range on summer weekends".

[11] In 1997, "Apollo Real Estate Advisors LP formed a joint venture January 30 with Raceway Associates, a partnership headed by California contractor and developer C.C.

[18] Earlier in 1996, a competing track near Denver in Adams County, Colorado was attempted by Penske Motorsports, Inc. which merged in 1999 with the International Speedway Corporation.

"[19] A new opposition group, Commerce City Citizens and Business Alliance, endorsed anti-raceway candidates which won local elections, and in May 1997 "ISC executive Wesley Harris said the 1,300-acre parcel the company was considering near Denver International Airport was not compatible with its needs".

[21] Pikes Peak International Raceway would host the richest event in SRL Southwest Tour history as announced on April 23, 2013.