2. Vacations

Gateway Canyon Resort & Car Museum - 2015

In late October 2015 we raced in California attending a Titan/Winkelmann Reunion (CLICK HERE for coverage of that event). On the way home we detoured from Grand Junction over to Gateway, CO. This is the location of the Gateway Canyon Resort and Car Museum (CLICK HERE for their website). The resort and museum are the makings of billionaire John Hendricks, founder of the Discovery Channel and brother of Rick Hindricks of Hendricks Motorsports fame (NASCAR engines and race cars). So, cars run in their blood, big-time. Both the resort and museum are simply amazing. Funny (and very, very cool) what big money can do.

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As noted , after racing on the west coast at this Titan/Winkelmann Reunion we stopped in Colorado a the Gateway Resort & Museum.
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As noted , after racing on the west coast at this Titan/Winkelmann Reunion we stopped in Colorado a the Gateway Resort & Museum.

  • As noted , after racing on the west coast at this Titan/Winkelmann Reunion we stopped in Colorado a the Gateway Resort & Museum.
  • This is the "town" of Gateway, basically a filling station and not much more. That is, until John Hindricks showed up and built a world class, 5-Star resort and convention center and also housed his mind boggling car collection.
  • The setting, Gateway, CO is on the west end of Colorado and at the "Gateway" to all the amazing canyon country including Moab, Archway, Zion, Brice, etc. A spectacular setting!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • You get some idea of the setting. This is at the resort showing just a few of the buildings.
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  • Before going into the Museum, we had lunch at an onsite 5-Star grill. There were no conventions going on when we were there, so we had the restaurant all to our selves.
  • As you enter the museum, this is what you first see. It gets WAY better inside.
  • This is an Oldmobile concept sports car which John Hindricks purchased for $1million and got the attention of the car collector world. It became the center piece of this collection.
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  • Once inside you start seeing the amazing displays of cars all American made and ALL of them absolutely top of the line, no expense spared restorations. All cars are set in period correct dioramas.
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  • I won't attempt to identify all the cars.
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  • Then there is the pre-war section.
  • And Brass Car section.
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