FIG. 036Specimen · In Stock
Speedway Bleacher Fir
$20each, any length
In Stock
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Last verified August 18, 2026 · inventory turns weekly, so call 720·236·0454 before you drive over
- Species
- Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir)
- Dimensions
- 1⅜in × 9in · 9–14ft
- Age
- Decades of grandstand use
- Reclaimed
- Colorado National Speedway, Dacono
- Note
- Worn smooth on the seating face
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Species | Douglas fir |
| Thickness | 1⅜ in |
| Width | 9 in |
| Lengths | 9 – 14 ft |
| Price | $20 each, any length |
Prices verified August 18, 2026 · call 720·236·0454 to confirm stock
Douglas fir bench seating out of Colorado National Speedway in Dacono, half an hour up I-25 from the yard.
$20 a board, any length. 1⅜ inches thick, 9 inches wide, in 9 to 14 foot lengths. The long ones are the same price as the short ones, so take the long ones.
Where it sat
Colorado National Speedway opened in 1965, built by Gene and Gerda Heffley at the foot of the Rockies. It started as a one-mile dirt oval, was cut down to a high-banked half-mile, and in 1989 was paved into the 0.375-mile asphalt oval it is today. It is the only NASCAR-sanctioned track in Colorado, and it ran the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in the series’ first three seasons, 1995 through 1997.
These planks were the grandstand. Not structure, not decking — the boards people actually sat on, for decades, watching stock cars.
The track is still going. It has been putting money into the place, and new bleachers were part of that. The old ones came to us.
The wear is the material
The seating face is worn smooth in a way you cannot buy and cannot fake. Not sanded smooth — sat smooth, by tens of thousands of people over decades, which produces a surface with a slight undulation to it that no machine makes.
Flip a board over and the underside is a different thing entirely: rougher, more original mill texture, and usually still carrying the holes where it was fixed to the frame.
Some boards have paint. Some have numbers. We are not sanding either off.
What it wants to be
Benches, obviously, and they are already the right dimension and the right stiffness — 1⅜in of fir at 9in wide will span a bench with very little underneath it, which is exactly what it was engineered to do.
Beyond that: shelving, bar tops, wall cladding, and headboards. The worn face wants to be the face you touch, so put it where hands and backs go.
If you want it built rather than bought, our shop works in this stock — see Custom & Design.
A note on how much there is
This is one grandstand’s worth of seating, and there will not be another. When it is gone we have no way of getting more, because it depends entirely on a track deciding to replace its bleachers.
Come look at it. 720-236-0454, 800 S Jason St.
FIG. 036.QQuestions
Speedway Bleacher Fir — common questions
Where does the speedway bleacher wood come from?
Colorado National Speedway in Dacono, about half an hour north of Denver. It is the only NASCAR-sanctioned track in Colorado, it has been running since 1965, and these are the Douglas fir planks that made up the grandstand bench seating before the track replaced them.
How much is speedway bleacher fir?
$20 a board, whatever the length — a 14 footer is the same $20 as a 9 footer. Boards are 1 3/8 inches thick and 9 inches wide.
What is the wood like?
Douglas fir, 1 3/8 inches thick, and the seating face is worn smooth by decades of people sitting on it. That wear is the whole appeal — it is a surface you cannot manufacture and cannot fake. The underside is usually rougher and often still carries fixing holes.
What do people build with it?
Benches, shelving, bar tops, wall cladding and headboards. The thickness makes it stiff enough for a bench seat with minimal support, which is unsurprising given what it spent its life doing.
Is the speedway still open?
Yes. Colorado National Speedway is still running weekly racing. The track has been putting money into the facility, and the new bleachers went in as part of that — which is why the old ones became available.
When it's gone, it's gone.
Inventory turns over weekly. Call ahead, then pull your truck up — we load with the forklift.