DENVER — The classic car community remembered one of their own on Saturday.
Dozens of classic cars, even more people, and too many hot dogs and hamburgers to count, all to remember one special person. Tristan Teter worked at the Western Sugar Cooperative in Fort Morgan. The Morgan County Sheriff's Office said Teter and five others were exposed to hydrogen sulfide on May 29, and it killed him.
“Tristan Teter was a bit of a gearhead, or an auto enthusiast if you will,” said Maxxwell Passantino, the organizer of the show. “So one way we pay homage to people in the car world is to collect all our vehicles together in their honor.”
Passantino organized the car show to help Teter's family with the unexpected loss.
“To raise up as much money as we can to make sure that we can actually support this family, and other needs, not to just give you a hug and say ‘we care about you,’ or 'reach out if you need anything.' But to say ‘hey, we got some of your bills covered, too,’” Passantino said.
Teter leaves behind his wife, Monti, and two young boys. Teter's mom, Stacy Hodgson, said her son had his own classic car, just like the ones that showed up on Saturday.
“He loved cars,” Hodgson said. “He had a Ford square body, I learned that term, a pickup that he absolutely loved. He bought that and took Monti to prom in it, and they went on dates in it.”
Hodgson said her son would have loved all the cars that pulled up to Berkeley Lake Park.
“He would walk by and say ‘hey, did you know this about this?’ Or ‘they did this and this is an original,’ and he would have 100% geeked out about all of this,” Hodgson said.
She said Teter was a force to be reckoned with, and he had a big loud voice they miss hearing.
“Tristan was not a statistic of something that happened to someone at a workplace,” Hodgson said. “He was an actual real human being. He left behind people who love and care for him.”
“As hard as this is and horrible as this is, it's wonderful how people have come out to support our family,” Hodgson said.
That support will help drive them forward as they figure out a future without their father, friend, husband and son.
“It makes me cry,” Hodgson said. “I just can't imagine, it just blows me away that this many people, you know, want to help and care.”
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