I have lived here long enough to...

[buffalobo]

That pic of the tower in the mousetrap was taken before the ?Trap was reworked in the early 70?s.
It was built to its current configuration in 1987.
The tower was only used for about 3 years, media traffic helicopters made it obsolete almost overnight. It was known as Tower One. There was a Tower 2 and it was at the I25/6th Avenue interchange. It was never used to the best of my knowledge because it had just been completed when the Mousetrap tower went out of service.
There had been plans for Tower 3 at the I70/Quebec interchange but those plans were scrapped. Interesting tidbit- I70 & Quebec was listed as the most accident prone intersection in the US for about 8 years in a row- it remains that way until DIA was put into service.

I spent countless hours at those towers when I drove a tow truck, waiting for wrecks to happen then it was balls to the wall.
I could go for hours on Lakeside Speedway- I worked that track for about 7 years when I drove a tow truck. Awesome way to spend a Sunday night.
Everybody hated the Carelli?s.

Anybody remember the Smaldones? My brother in law dated one of the daughters.
Old Little Italy around 20th Street/Pecos/34th St confluence.
Palgiacchis, Subway, Patsy?s, Carbones.
Great Italian food!
I miss it.

Rick the dick.

If you're unarmed, you are a victim.

[BPTactical]

Rick the dick.

If you're unarmed, you are a victim.

Ricky the High Plains Drifter?..





The first pic is of his ASA car, I was the left front wheel man in his pits for 4 races.
The last pic is his Malloy chassied 29 Modified Coupe. He took me for a few laps in it one afternoon, I was half sitting on his shoulders and my head was cranked under the wing. He said he only hit about 1/2 throttle but damn, that lil coupe was quick!
The other pic was taken after the car was sold, the guy who bought it stuffed it up at Cheyenne.

I remember working CNS when it was a dirt(mud) track.
I hated it- the damn mud didn?t come off until a week later and it took the wiring with it.