GREETINGS FROM HASTINGS, MINNESOTA

 

 

 

It may take me a few days to get photos up for the tracks we saw on this adventure.  Don’t worry, soon you can click on www.ranlayracing.com to see photos of this week’s trip.

 

 

 

SPECIAL NOTICE

 

Normally, my female companionship on a trackchasing trip is with my wife of nearly 35 years, Carol.  However, someone once told me that “Variety is the spice of life.”  Therefore, I’ll try a different female partner for this three-day trip while Carol deals with the warm ocean water of our summer season in San Clemente.  More on this below.

 

 

 

AND THE READERS RESPOND

 

From a New England reader, regarding our trip to New England last week…………

“Loved all the pictures you took, I think you really

captured the flavor of our area and racing here.”

 

 

From a long-time Midwestern reader…………

“I’m surprised you can be the World’s #1 Ranked Trackchaser when you almost never lead an individual state’s rankings.  When you visit the Midwest, it seems that Esser and Erdmann are always ahead of you.  How does that work?

 

I’ve been saving this question for a few weeks now.  I’ll try to answer the reader’s question.  Most of our trackchasers are what I would call “Regional” trackchasers.  This simply means they see a lot more tracks closer to where they live than they do at locations farther from where they live.  It doesn’t mean they are ax murderers, although they could be.

 

It also doesn’t take a brain surgeon to understand this trend.  If you were going grocery shopping, would you try a store near your house or go to a store three states away?

 

However, this reader’s question did get me thinking.  Exactly how “Regional” are regional trackchasers.  I went to work trying to answer that question.  First, I divided North America into three regions.  I did this by drawing two rough longitudinal lines through Canada, Mexico and the United States.  Each of the three regions has about the same amount of space.

 

The East and Central regions were divided, again roughly by a vertical line that would separate Indiana (central) and Ohio (east).  Everything from Ohio and East was the Eastern Region.

 

The West and Central regions were divided with a line that put Montana, Wyoming and Colorado in the Western Region and everything to their East beginning with the Dakotas and Kansas in the Central region.  That left the Central region running east to west from Indiana to Kansas.  Everything outside of North America was considered the fourth and final region.

 

I then looked at all of the trackchasers who had more than 200 tracks to their credit as posted by www.trackchaser.com by around June 30, 2006.  I came up with some interesting results.  The numbers don’t always total 100% because of rounding.

 

First, I looked at the top 10 worldwide trackchasers.  Here are those results by region (East, Central, West, Outside NA) with the trackchasers residential region in (  ).

 

1.     Randy Lewis (West) – 30% East, 46% Central, 19% West, 6% Outside NA

2.     Rick Schneider (East) – 53% East, 45% Central, 1% West, 1% Outside NA

3.     Guy Smith (East) – 78% East, 15% Central, 4% West, 3% Outside NA

4.     Allan Brown (Central) – 32% East, 56% Central, 12% West, 1% Outside NA

5.     Andy Sivi (East) – 52% East, 43% Central, 5% West, 0% Outside NA

6.     Gordon Killian (East) – 53% East, 35% Central, 10% West, 2% Outside NA

7.     Ed Esser (Central) – 19% East, 76% Central, 5% West, 0% Outside NA

8.     Jack Erdmann (Central) – 24% East, 73% Central, 3% West, 0% Outside NA

9.     P.J. Hollebrand (East) – 70% East, 25% Central, 4% West, 1% Outside NA

10.John Moore (Central) – 47% East, 46% Central, 6% West, 0% Outside NA

 

The above data points out several things.  We have five Eastern based trackchasers in the top 10, four central and just one western based trackchaser.  None of these folks have a substantial presence outside of North America. 

 

Only two of the top 10 trackchasers have seen the highest percentage of their tracks outside of the region they live in. 

One of those, John Moore, lives pretty much on the East/Central boundary line.  This straddle of the regional line shows up in his trackchasing (47% East/46% Central). 

 

I am the other trackchaser who has seen more tracks in a region other than where I live.  Actually I have seen more tracks in two regions (46% Central, 30% East) than I have in my home region (West 19%).  This anomaly is caused by the relative scarceness of racetracks in the West.  I’ve seen most of the tracks in the West.  If I want to add many new tracks, I have to travel outside of my region.  Yes, I have to travel beyond my Geographical Driving Circle. 

 

Four of the top 10 have seen 70% or more of their tracks in their home region.  That’s a very high percentage of tracks to see in one’s home region.  These folks are really “Regional” trackchasers.  They may find it difficult to get new tracks in the future as their home region supply of tracks runs dry.

 

When I travel to a region outside of the West, I am competing with trackchasers who are very well entrenched in their own geographical locale.  When I go to the Eastern region, I am likely to trail the accomplishments of most Eastern trackchasers in their region.  Same thing applies to the Central Region as well as when I travel outside of North America.

 

I can make up any overall shortfall by having a higher ranking in regions outside of my home region than other trackchasers would have in regions outside of their home region.  That pretty much explains how I can trail in most state trackchaser standings and still be the overall leader. 

 

As time goes by, I may share more of what I learned in this analysis.  I’ll close by sharing the top five trackchasers by percentage of their tracks seen in each region.

 

EAST

 

Tom Sivi – 90%

Mike Knappenberger – 88%

Bing Metz – 87%

Pam Smith – 82%

Virginia Schuler – 81%

 

 

Central

 

Dale Danielski – 83%

Bob Schafer – 82%

Roger Ferrell – 82%

Don McAuley – 79%

Ed Esser – 76%

 

 

West

 

Gary Jacob – 73%

Alan Skinrod – 39%

Ron Rodda – 38%

Carol Lewis – 35%

Randy Lewis – 19%

 

 

Outside North America

 

Peter Burge – 98%

Roland Vanden Eynde – 85%

Steve Rixon – 75%

Colin Casserly – 59%

Mark Kelly – 49%

 

 

KRISTY (YES, MY NEW FEMALE COMPANION IS NAMED KRISTY) AND I WOKE UP IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA RESPECTIVELY.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy

                                                                                        

You might not think that my haircut schedule would have anything whatsoever to do with my trackchasing.  The casual observer might think that a trackchaser simply finds out when a track is racing and shows up.  When the trackchaser needs a haircut, they simply go get one.

 

It’s not that simple for me.  You see my barber only works on Mondays and Tuesdays.  When I go trackchasing, I have to fit my race schedule around my barber’s schedule.  Monday is my main travel day back to California after a weekend of racing.  Tuesday is a golf day with the “Tuesday/Thursday” or “Priestley” group.

 

Some of you may have seen me around the tracks in dire need of a haircut.   This was probably during a period when my trackchasing schedule would not match up with my barber’s schedule.

 

The reason I bring up this point at this time, is that my barber, Don S. of Popeye’s Barber Shop, is leaving California.  Yes, Don, a long-time reader of the Trackchaser Report is relocating back to the Quad Cities to be closer to his son and grandchildren.

 

Don and I have had many talks about trackchasing, financial planning and life in general.  Every time I walked into the shop, he expressed his amazement at my travel schedule.  Don, I wish you the best of luck with your move.  We’ll keep in touch via the TR.

 

I hope that I will be able to find a new barber that will be as good as Don.  If I’m lucky, I’ll find someone that cuts hair on a schedule compatible with my trackchasing.  If not, you may see me frequenting racetracks with hair down to my shoulders.

The Trip

I’m preparing some revealing information regarding the expense budgets I use for my hobby of trackchasing.  As my grandmother used to say when she was shopping for caviar, “This stuff ain’t cheap,” or something like that.

 

I have been involved in airline, hotel and rental car frequent user programs since most of them came into existence.  In a way, these programs are a rebate for overcharging for their services in the first place.  You might need to stay at a hotel chain for 10 nights, before you can earn one free night. 

 

There is no such thing as a “Free” night.  The traveler had to stay 10 nights to get one “Free” night.  Companies build in the fact that a certain percentage of their customers will actually take advantage of the “Free” offer.  In order to account for that, the company increases the price on the nights that are paid for so that a consistent level of profitability can be assured.

 

When I was working for a company that reimbursed me for all of my travel experiences, I didn’t really care that a travel company was overcharging me so that frequent user programs could exist.  Now, I’m not as wild about the overcharging experience.

 

There was a period of about five years, maybe more, where the company I worked for demanded that all employees turn their miles and other frequent user rewards back to the company.  After some time went buy, the company reversed its position and once again allowed everyone to keep their rewards.

 

It was fun to observe the actions of people during the company “Prohibition” period.  People who didn’t travel thought it was unfair for people who did travel to get such lavish frequent traveler rewards.  People who did travel felt they were entitled to the rewards as payback for the hassle travel created for them and their families.

 

There was one thing that always amused me.  Before the company took away the travel benefits, everyone was always talking about their grand vacations and where they went.  Once the company took away the travel perks, no one ever mentioned anything about their traveling vacations.  I suspect not everyone was giving back their rewards to the company and therefore wanted to keep their trips to Paris, a secret.

 

However, I have pledged to give each and every loyal Trackchaser Report reader a complete accounting of my trackchasing experience.  Tonight, I redeemed by first ever “Trip Rewards” points for a free night at a Super 8 Motel in Roseville, Minnesota.  I saved $62.89 plus tax. 

 

Yes, this pales in comparison to loyalty rewards I have redeemed in the past.  I remember my biggest frequent traveler redemption ever.   I redeemed a Marriott reward for 4 airline tickets to anywhere in the world, 8 Marriott hotel nights to anywhere in the world, a seven day cruise for two to the Caribbean and 15 days of Hertz Rental Car.  I figured that reward was worth about $15,000 in pre-tax income.

 

Nevertheless, even with a $62.89 redemption, every little bit helps when you’re a retired pensioner living on a small fixed income!

The People

I’m pleased to report that I will be trackchasing with our daughter, Kristy during this trip.  I had to go back into my records to find out when Kristy and I last saw a new track together.  It was long time ago!

 

All the way back on June 26, 1999, Kristy, Carol, our son Jim, and I visited the Northampton International Speedway in Northampton, England.  We also saw races at Hednesford and Coventry during that trip.

 

Of course, Kristy is a world traveler like everyone in the Lewis household is.  Since that rainy afternoon in Northampton, Kristy has spent three years in law school at the University of Michigan as well as schooling stints in Sydney, Australia and Hong Kong, China.  During his one-year stint in Australia, she saw racing at the Paramatta City Speedway in Granville, New South Wales, Australia.  Yes, she is a race fan.

 

It will be fun to have her along for this trip, so that she can see what the “Old man” is doing in retirement.  I’ve got some exciting TTA’s planned for her.

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

LITTLE LOG HOUSE SPEEDWAY, HASTINGS, MINNESOTA - TRACK #1,080 – 7/28/06

 

This is my 32^nd lifetime track to see in the land of the Gopher.  This gives me a sixth place ranking in the state.  I trail the aforementioned Erdmann and Esser. The first E leads the second E 62-51 for Minnesota supremacy.

 

 

 

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

LITTLE LOG HOUSE SPEEDWAY

 

Isn’t that just about the cutest name you’ve ever heard for a speedway?  This afternoon’s trackchasing effort was more than satisfying on so many levels.  First, it met my strategic goal of seeing tracks that race infrequently.  This track runs on only one weekend each year.

 

The I.M.C.A. old timers association runs vintage races in conjunction with the Little Log House Antique Power Show (www.littleloghouseshow.com).  This was their 16^th annual effort.  The show runs from 8-5 p.m. for three days on July 28, 29 & 30, 2006.  In the past, the races have run during the early afternoon.  This weekend the races began at 5:30 p.m. after the power show closed.

 

If you’re into antique tractors, thrashing machines and restored buildings from the 1800’s prairie life, you’ll have a great time here.  Kristy and I arrived at 4 p.m. into a sweltering heat wave that offered temps near 100 and stifling humidity under a cloudless sky.  To say we were suffering in unfavorable climactic conditions doesn’t begin to describe it.  The entire weekend would be contested in weather like this.

 

The racetrack itself is a quarter-mile dirt oval with only the slightest of banking.  There are no lights.  The P.A. system was somewhat weak and could be heard better behind the 5-row aluminum grandstand seating area than while sitting in the grandstands.  Why is that?

 

There are no people nicer than Minnesotans.  The admission fee to the power show, which included the races, was $8.  We arrived just an hour before the power show ended.  The ticket taker insisted that we be charged only $5 since the power show was nearly over, even though we were there for the races. 

 

Before settling into our seats, we needed some calories.  We decided to split a strawberry milkshake and a sizeable order of fried cheese curds.  Yes, this is food that is not routinely offered back in San Clemente.

 

The vintage racecars pitted beyond the track’s backstretch.  There was a separate charge to enter the pit area of $10.  A brief discussion with the pit admission workers about my trackchasing yielded free pit admission for both Kristy and me.  Yes, Kristy has seen this type of cooperation come our way in the past.

 

I love to see vintage car race meets.  Today, there were 40-50 competitors from several different classes and eras.  I’ll have some great pictures of these old racers on www.ranlayracing.com.   You won’t want to miss them.

 

In the stock car group, they had nearly 10 of the old 1930’s coupes that ruled America’s speedways during the ‘50s and early 60’s.  There was also a nice contingent of ’57 Chevy type stock cars as well as a fast 1966 Dodge Charger.  As a young boy, I grew up with the coupes and then graduated into the 1955-57 Chevy era.  My favorite car of the entire meet was a 1955 or 1956 Ford.  The first car I ever drove (at age 10) was my grandfather’s 1955 Ford Galaxie.  We were a Ford family.

 

There were also several 1960’s type stock cars.  All of these stock cars were supplemented by about 20 open wheeled sprint cars and midgets.  A couple of the midgets were from the late 40s hand build era.  All of these open wheelers were joined by a few 1960s super modifieds.  It was an excellent collection of vintage racecars.

 

I’ve known some trackchasers who won’t count vintage racing because they don’t think the drivers really “race.”  I’ve seen less than 10 vintage race events, but in every one of them the drivers were racing to win.  At most of those events, I’ve actually ask the drivers if they are racing or parading.  In each case, the driver’s have more than affirmed they were racing to win.

 

The racing started promptly at 5:30 p.m.  The announcer was difficult to hear.  The races were short, about six laps each.  After every couple of races, they lightly watered the track.  We watched the racing for an hour and half.  During that time we saw most of the cars race twice.

 

Overall, except for the oppressive heat, it was a fun experience.  The power show and antique building were interesting.  Spending several minutes in the pit area and getting photographs of these old cars was worth the price we paid and much more.  The racing was good as well with several cars spinning but no major contact.

 

It was 7 p.m. and we had seen what we had come to see.  I knew that the Elko Speedway was running an “Eve of Destruction” event nearby.  I was sure that Kristy would get a kick out of seeing a program like that, so we drove over there for the balance of the evening.

 

ELKO SPEEDWAY

 

For $15 a person, we saw a complete night of very entertaining crash and smash racing action.  I had first visited this facility back in May, 2003.  It was the first time I ever met the #6 ranked trackchaser in the world, Andy Sivi.  That night both Andy and I added three tracks (outer oval, inner oval and figure 8) to our resume.  Kristy added those three tracks to her total tonight.

 

We saw low budget stock car racing on the 3/8 mile asphalt oval.  Then we saw some small car racing on their ¼-mile asphalt inner oval.  This track has its own unique turns one and two and shares most of the rest of their track with the outer oval.

 

We saw a good group of very fast figure 8 cars.  All of this action was supplemented by two “Monster” trucks, “The Iron Outlaw” and “The Gravedigger.”  First, they crushed several old junk cars under their five feet tall truck tires and then they did some freestyle work in front of a nearly packed grandstand.

 

The entire evening was capped off with seven school buses that first raced on the outer oval and finished up on the figure 8 track.  We were treated to a school bus flip that ultimately ended their race and the Elko program for the night. 

 

I must admit that this type of “Racing” entertainment was more fun that watching most traditional racing that I see.  Maybe that’s why they could pack the large and modern grandstand at $15 a pop.  The crowd was made up of families with small children and a good deal of 20 somethings.  This is not the demographic that most oval tracks are attracting.  Too bad.

KRISTY’S COMMENTS

LITTLE LOG HOUSE SPEEDWAY

The overall grounds of this place were really neat.  I wonder what they do with this place the other 51 weeks of the year.  I’m glad the wind blew away from the grandstand.  It was a very dusty track.  They served the best cheese curds I’ve ever had.  We could hear the announcer better from behind the grandstand than when we were sitting in the grandstand.  They had some really cool cars with some elderly drivers (Editor’s note:  The drivers might not have been much older than me!)

 

ELKO SPEEDWAY

This was a great track with some very exciting events.  The announcer was excellent although a bit cheeky.  The crowd loved him.  They kept the program moving along nicely and there was lots of action.  I can’t believe they let us on the track while the demolition clean up was still happening.  The grandstands were beautiful and the view was perfect.

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

I believe I can present a very strong case for San Clemente, California as having the very best climate in the United States and possibly the world.  Our warmest month averages a high temperature of only 77 degrees.  Our coldest month averages a high temperature of 66 degrees.  We get only about 10 inches of rain each year.  We have little humidity and no bugs.  Give me a location that can beat this.

 

Our last trackchasing trip was in New England.  It was hot and humid.  I looked forward to returning to San Clemente to cool off.  Our weather was as bad as New England!  Unbelievably, we had a high temperature on July 22 of 109 degrees!!!  That’s more than 30 degrees above normal.  Fortunately, I was not playing golf that day.

 

Our weather today was very uncomfortable.  We tried to drink our share of water.  It was so hot that one of the county fair enduro events we had planned to see cancelled because of the heat.

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

Kristy and I will be driving a National Rental Car Racing Pontiac Grand Prix for this trip.  She picked it out with just 2,500 miles on its odometer.

 

Friday total driving miles – 134 miles

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

These worldwide trackchasers are within 100 tracks (plus or minus) of my current trackchaser total.

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,080

2.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,048 (-32)

3.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,037 (-43)

4.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,021 (-59)*

5.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,018 (-62)*

6.  Andy Sivi, Clairton, Pennsylvania – 1,015 (-65)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 918 (-162)**

 

* Warning, you are within 50 tracks of being removed from this list.

 

** Special exemption.

 

The widespread use of the “*” is causing my printer cartridges to run dry much faster than they should.

 

 

 

Other notables

 

These worldwide trackchasers are within 10 tracks (plus or minus) of Carol’s current trackchaser total.

 

34.  Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, Tennessee – 278 (+10)

36.  Dale Danielski, Onalaska, Wisconsin – 269 (+1)

37.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California - 268

37.  Bob Schafer, Oshkosh, Wisconsin - 267 (-1)

 

 

 

2006 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 89

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 58

3.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 49

4.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 45

5.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 38

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 37

7.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 36

8.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 35

9.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 32

9.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan - 32

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

Randy Lewis

#1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi

 

I should never care to argue for anything that would lesson the difficulty of the game because difficulty is its greatest charm. 

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA -  Minneapolis, MN – 1,609 miles

RENTAL CAR

 

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport – trip begins

Hastings, MN – 40 miles

Elko, MN – 84 miles

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Little Log House Speedway – $5

Elko Speedway - $15

 

 

 

Past trackchasing stories are available at:

www.ranlayracing.com

 

Official trackchaser standings can be viewed at:

www.trackchaser.com  

 

Some of my standings data comes from trackchaser.com

 

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS

 

I’ll try to give Kristy some variety during this trackchasing trip.  How does a new state and a figure 8 sound?

 

 

 

 

RACETRACKS VISITED IN 2006 (** not the first time to visit this track)

 

992.  Watermelon Capital Speedway, Cordele, Georgia - January 14

 

993.  Cross Roads Motorplex (asphalt oval), Jasper, Florida - January 15

 

994.  Norfolk Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia - January 20

 

995.  Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California - January 21

 

996.  Oregon State Fair & Expo Center, Forster Livestock Arena, Salem, Oregon - January 28

 

997.  Morosso Motorsports Park, Jupiter, Florida – February 4

 

998.  Thunderbowl Speedway of Ocala, Ocala, Florida - February 4

 

999.  Cross Roads Motorplex (dirt oval), Jasper, Florida - February 5

 

1,000.  Auburndale Kartway, Auburndale, Florida - February 10

 

1,001.  Ocala Speedway (asphalt oval), Ocala, Florida - February 12

 

1,002. Speedworld Speedway, Surprise, Arizona - February 19

 

1,003. Lowe’s Motor Speedway (1/5 mile asphalt oval), Concord, North Carolina - February 25

 

1,004. Concord Raceway, Concord, North Carolina - February 25

 

1,005. Antioch Speedway, Antioch, North Carolina - February 25

 

1,006. Green Valley Speedway, Gadsden, Alabama - February 26

 

1,007. East Bay Raceway (inner oval), Gibsonton, Florida – March 17

 

1,008. Volusia Speedway Park West (1/6M oval), Barberville, Florida – March 18

 

1,009. Speedway Park, Fruitland Park, Florida – March 18

 

1,010. Sand Mountain Speedway (road course), Fort Meade, Florida – March 19

 

1,011. Anderson Motor Speedway, Anderson, South Carolina – March 31

 

1,012. Westminster Speedway, Westminster, South Carolina – March 31

 

1,013. East Lincoln Motor Speedway, Stanley, North Carolina – April 1

 

1,014. Margarettsville Speedway, Margarettsville, North Carolina – April 2

 

1,015. Sunny South Raceway, Grand Bay, Alabama – April 7

 

1,016. Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama – April 8

 

1,017. Coldwater Raceway, Coldwater, Alabama – April 8

 

1,018. Talladega Short Track, Talladega, Alabama – April 8

 

1,019. Ballymena Raceway, Ballymena, Northern Ireland - April 14

 

1,020. Oulton Park, Little Budworth, England - April 15

 

1,021. Somerset Rebels Banger Raceway, Rooks Bridge, England - April 16

 

1,022. Mendips Raceway, Shipham, England - April 16

 

1,023. Oval Raceway, Angmering, England - April 17

 

1,024. Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne, England - April 17

 

1,025. Southside Speedway, Midlothian, Virginia - April 28

 

1,026. Motor Mile Speedway, Radford, Virginia - April 29

 

1,027. Wythe Speedway, Wytheville, Virginia - April 29

 

1,028. Summit Point Raceway, Summit Point Circuit, Summit Point, West Virginia - April 30

 

1,029. Old Dominion Speedway – inner inner oval, Manassas, Virginia - April 30

 

1,030. Shenandoah Speedway, Shenandoah, Virginia – May 4

 

1,031. Bridgeport Speedway (inner oval – front), Bridgeport, New Jersey - May 5

 

1,032. Empty Jug, Hawley, Pennsylvania - May 6

 

1,033. Oakland Valley Race Park, Cuddebackville, New York - May 6

 

1,034. Thunder Mountain Speedway, Center Isle, New York - May 6

 

1,035. Motocross 338, Southwick, Massachusetts - May 7

 

1,036. Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, Fultonville, New York - May 7

 

1,037. Calumet County Speedway, Chilton, Wisconsin - May 19

 

1,038. Grant County Speedway, Lancaster, Wisconsin - May 20

 

1,039. Blackhawk Farms Raceway, Rockton, Illinois - May 21

 

1,040. The Milwaukee Mile (Road course), West Allis, Wisconsin - May 21

 

** Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – May 21 (new track Carol only)

 

1,041. Park Jefferson Speedway, Jefferson, South Dakota - May 25

 

1,042. Superior Speedway, Superior, Wisconsin - May 26

 

1,043. Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota - May 27

 

1,044. Canby Speedway, Canby, Minnesota - May 27

 

1,045. Crawford County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Denison, Iowa - May 28

 

1,046. Tri-State Speedway, Sisseton, South Dakota - May 29

 

1,047. Sheyenne River Speedway, Lisbon, North Dakota - May 29

 

1,048. Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch, Pahrump, Nevada – June 3

 

1,049. The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada – June 3

 

1,050. Hibbing Raceway, Hibbing, Minnesota – June 6

 

1,051. Buena Vista Raceway, Alta, Iowa – June 7

 

1,052. Lebanon Midway Speedway, Lebanon, Missouri – June 8

 

1,053. Rocky Top Raceway, Coal Grove, Ohio – June 9

 

1,054. Midvale Speedway (oval), Midvale, Ohio – June 10

 

1,055. Midvale Speedway (figure 8), Midvale, Ohio – June 10

 

1,056. Spring Valley Raceway, Millport, Ohio – June 11

 

1,057. Rialto Airport Speedway, Rialto, California – June 17