A memorial service for a teenage girl, a budding race car driver , will be held Sunday at the Colorado National Speedway.
Makayla Grote, 19, a 2016 graduate of Green Mountain High School in Lakewood was killed Saturday evening at her family’s Longmont apartment.
Grote, who started driving go-karts at age 8 and who at the speedway, aspired to compete on the NASCAR circuit. Grote drove a car — No. 97 — at the speedway in Dacono.
“Please join us in her celebration of life,” the speedway said in a Facebook post announcing the memorial. “We want to remember and celebrate her just as she would want us to.”
The speedway invited fellow racers to bring their car to the track and join Grote “for one last race.”
The memorial, open to the public, starts at 1:30 p.m., with gates opening at 1 p.m. at the speedway, 4281 Speedway Blvd.
Race drivers who plan to bring cars are asked to RSVP on the speedway’s memorial announcement on Facebook. The general public is asked to not to show up before 1 p.m., so race cars will be able to unload and set up with greater ease.
