The Rocky Mountain event set a record for attendance for a ProSolo in the state of Colorado with 185 drivers. The previous record was 183 in 2006, when the event was just outside of Denver proper at the airport.  Which makes this record that much more significant in that PPIR is 20 miles south of CO Springs and 100 miles south of Denver.   While the Continental Divide Region was the official host Region, they worked closely with the Colorado Region in administering the event. These two Regions have one of the best collaborative relationships in the country when it comes to Solo events.  The two regions will reverse roles for the upcoming National Tour at the end of July at PPIR   Competitors appreciated the site amenities available at this one time location of IRL and NASCAR races; air conditioned restrooms and hospitality room, shade from the grandstands, as well as great on-site concessions.   While significant storms hit CO Springs to the north and Pueblo to the south, PPIR was mostly spared, although lightening on late Saturday afternoon required about 18 drivers to finish up their Heat 2 runs on Sunday morning as the event was suspended to keep corner workers out of harm’s way.  However, these severe storms on Sat caused major damage at the airport in Pueblo, including destroying the vintage plane of A-Stock competitor Wiggy Grecean, who was at the event on a stop over on his way to the famous fly-in at Oshgosh, WI the next week.   The Kevin Youngers designed course was an unusual ProSolo design due to the shape of the lot, wider than long.  The result was a short  start straight.  Competitors found the surface to be grippy but got marbly late on Saturday.  In classic Youngers form, some corners having missing apexes and encouraging entrants to look ahead and find the line, a big wide open slalom led to a 180 with the exit gate offset and the last slalom cone being the last one you saw before having to turn.  The course managed to squeeze in power and finesse elements all in 30 seconds. Everyone seemed to enjoy.   The host regions put together a great pulled pork barbeque for Friday night, Itialian dinner including the often talked about, seldom seen Italian margarita, for Saturday. Lots of folks camping on site from big RV,s Truck Bed campers and a small tent city under the bleachers.   It was a big learning weekend for the Formula Junior field as many competitors dropped 4 to 5 seconds a run and saw reaction times that started in the 2 second range fall in to the .6s and .7s. The talk of the event was Big Wheel ProSolo.  Pedal difficulties resulted it becoming a team competition with on person driving and another pushing. These two elements being out of sync resulted in many dead cones, crazy drifts and skinned knees. Weather played a part in the results as well, during certain heats the “skies” opened up and rained water balloons down on the competitors.