A road course built out of necessity in record time, literally in the middle of nowhere, by a group of motorsports enthusiasts and amateur racers, the High Plains Raceway sits in 460 acres, an hour's drive east from Denver, Colorado. Its name perfectly reflects the geographic location of the track in semi-arid plain land at 5210 feet above sea level. The group of local racing clubs in charge of the project, known as CAMA (Colorado Amateur Motorsports Associates), completed the construction of the raceway in 2008. The resulting track has four possible configurations for amateur racing and allows public access on open lapping days.
The 2.55-mile circuit has 300+ feet of total elevation change and adjusts nicely to the field's topography, offering uphill and downhill segments on the course trajectory. It has both on-camber and off-camber turns, straight runs long enough to develop high-speeds, as well as tight turns that challenge drivers to upscale their abilities with the wheel. The High Plains Raceway goes in the clockwise direction and has an average speed of 75 mph, with an average lap time of 2:01.78. The track also incorporated a replica of Laguna Seca's Corkscrew, The Plains Corkscrew, a similar blind turn combination that adds a vertical dimension to the racing experience.
The West Course of High Plains Raceway is a 2-mile, 11 turn track variation comprising the southern and western portion of the Full Course. Its starts with a 2838-feet straightaway leading to Bikers Berm, Niagara, Danny's Lesson and bypassing the northern part of the Full Course after High Planes Drifter, directly into the Prairies Corkscrew. The average speed on the West Course is 72 mph and the average lap time is 1:40.053.