Alan Davis has worn many hats during a racing career that is approaching its fifth decade. He says he just ALWAYS wanted to race, whether it was drawing race cars in his elementary school notebooks or running a graphics business lettering race cars for the past 38 years.
Alan’s dad built a ’55 Chevy stock car nicknamed the Purple People Eater to race at Pikes Peak Speedway during Alan’s early years, and he remembers that he couldn’t wait to turn 16 so he could get into the pits and be a part of the racing program. His first racing experience was driving a Sprint car at age 17, and a career highlight was made when he drove it to a feature win at Hayden Speedway in front of a standing room crowd.
Alan began racing Karts when he was in his mid-20’s, and he drove his way to success in local and regional events, including the Western World Karting Championships at Manzanita Speedway in Arizona. After competing in the Pikes Peak Karting Association for five years, Alan moved to an emerging dirt track class called the Mini Sprints in the early 1990’s and recorded 27 feature victories over an eight-year period. He was a founding member of the Colorado Minisprint Association, and the organization elected him president in 1994. The association was re-named the Colorado 1200 Outlaws in 1996, and the group grew to over 45 competitors and raced at tracks across Colorado, Kansas and Missouri under Alan’s direction.
As his racing career progressed, Alan talked to track owners and race directors he met along the way, asking LOTS of questions to learn from their experience, hoping that someday he would get the opportunity to put that knowledge to good use. Those talks led to significant accomplishments – promoting the Colorado 1200 Outlaws for 20 years as well as several successful 1200cc Dirt National events, and writing articles for Big West Racing, Rocky Mountain Racing News, and Colorado Racing News as ways to increase visibility of the sport.
After many meetings with officials from El Paso County, Alan was instrumental in the re-opening El Paso County Speedway in Calhan, Colorado in 2007 and served as track manager from 2007 to 2014. Alan signed a contract in 2017 with the City of Pueblo to re-open Honor Speedway after it was closed for 16 years. The track is part of Pueblo Motorsports Park, and Alan currently serves as race director of the weekly racing program at the facility.
The number of racers Alan has helped during his career as a promoter, club organizer, or mentor sharing racing experience with anyone who asked, is countless. Simply put, he has been tireless in his service to Colorado racing. His unmistakable, lifelong passion for oval track competition in many forms has been at the core of his service to the racing community, and it is with great pleasure that we recognize Alan Davis as a member of the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame!
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