Steamboat Springs is gearing up to host the Colorado Cog Rally 2005, the seventh of eight events in this year’s Rally America National Rally Championship.
The Sept. 16-18 nine-stage race will feature production- based cars on 100 miles of minimally maintained Routt County roads. Each entry includes a driver and navigator, and the team with the lowest combined elapsed time wins.
Steamboat is hosting the event for the fifth consecutive year.
“We started out with 18 cars and we were at 28 last year; we’d like to be around 40 this year,” said race spokesman Kent Kirkpatrick, who hopes to have a mix of regional and national teams. “That’s about the limit to what we could handle logistically.”
Organizers hope to put 250 volunteers to work. For more information, go to www.coloradocogrally.com or call Chad James at 970-846-2451.
Footnotes
Bandimere Speedway executive Clint Parker has been upgraded to stable condition at University Hospital. Parker, who suffered burns from an Aug. 15 fire at the track’s offices, remains in a drug-induced coma. A fund has been established to aid Parker’s recovery. For information, send an e-mail to getwellclint@bandimere.com. … Greeley’s Bruce Yackey captured Saturday night’s late models feature at Colorado National Speedway. Davin Fisbeck of Thornton won the sportsman race and Longmont’s Adam Deines took top honors in super stocks. CNS concludes its season with all divisions running during the Sept. 16-17 Challenge Cup weekend.
Mike Chambers can be reached at 303-820-5453 or mchambers@denverpost.com.
