GREETINGS FROM TILLSONBURG, ONTARIO, CANADA

 

 

I am pleased to report I have been able to post photos for several more tracks that I visited on this trip.  I am now current through track #1,092, the Dayton Fair.  It takes about five minutes in total to upload, resize and caption each photo.  I’m trying to fit this all in a 72-hour window before we leave on our next trip, a non-trackchasing vacation.

 

 

 

AND THE READERS RESPOND

 

Rather than identifying my readers by name in the “And The Readers Respond” section, I will identify them by their geographical region.  This will allow some to offer points of view that are more direct.  By the way, I can neither endorse nor be responsible for any reader’s point of view.  It’s a free country and everyone is entitled to his or her opinion.

 

From a Northeastern reader regarding the #21 car pictured on the Little Log House Speedway page at www.ranlayracing.com.

 

“I'm thinking it's a '64 Comet, a great looking stock car either way.”

 

 

I WOKE UP IN CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy

                                                                                        

I may have a different strategy than most, if not all, trackchasers.  I will do whatever it takes to see a new track.  That’s right; whatever it takes as long at it’s fully with in current trackchasing rules.  It doesn’t matter how far I have to go, how little sleep I may end up with or how much it might cost.  I go trackchasing to get the track.  Some fellow trackchasers are intimidated by this approach.  Others admire it.  You’ll have to decide for yourself how you feel about it.

 

 

The Trip

 

Following Saturday afternoon’s race in Penn Yan, New York, the weather was terrible for racing.  I could have passed up in Saturday night offerings because of the bad weather.  I could easily have just driven from Penn Yan to Batavia, New York where I would meet fellow trackchaser P.J. Hollebrand at our appointed time of 1 p.m. tomorrow, Sunday afternoon.  The distance of that drive?  About 80 miles.

 

However, I chose to search for a southern Pennsylvania track under some very adverse weather conditions.  I didn’t get to see a track on Saturday night; I only got to drive a lot of miles.  From the time I left the Yates County Fairgrounds until the time I met P.J. at the service area on the New York State Thruway about 24 hours later, I drove another 626 miles.  Even though I drove that far I didn’t add a single track to my total.  Some times, it works out that way.  Luckily, it doesn’t work that way very often.

 

Dave Sully, I did have the opportunity to drive through your town of Eden, New York on Sunday morning.  This looks like a beautiful old town and very quaint.  I thought about stopping at the Eden driving range on my way northward but there wasn’t time.

 

P.J. and I would be venturing into Ontario, Canada today.  We crossed the border heading north at the Lewiston Bridge.  There must have been a three-mile backup of folks returning to the U.S. on Sunday afternoon.  Earlier in the trip, I used my passport as identification with the border agents.  Today, I simply used my driver’s license.

 

On the way back, the Lewiston traffic jam scared us.  Therefore, we picked the Niagara Falls crossover.  This took us no more than ten minutes.  I crossed international borders four times on this trip and had no problems whatsoever.

The People

I encounter some interesting people when I go trackchasing.  I will share today’s trip with none other than P.J. Hollebrand.  P.J. known as “Pete”, “Peter”, or just plain “P.J.” to his many girlfriends is the ninth ranked trackchaser in the worldwide standings.

 

P.J. is a letter carrier by trade but also operates a racecar collectibles business.  A couple of years ago, P.J. and I made a racing trip to England.  We’ve always had a good time trackchasing together.

 

My original plan was to trackchase in Connecticut today.  However, a 70% chance of rain convinced me to accept P.J.’s invitation to travel to Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada.  The Thrill Show Productions sanctioning group was running a figure 8 race at the county fair.  My records show that I first learned of this race date back on March 21.  However, I had never seriously considered this date until P.J. mentioned it when I saw him at a race last Wednesday night.

 

P.J. is the same age as I am, 57 years old.  He has the boyish enthusiasm about his passions to a degree greater than just about anyone I know.  P.J.’s trackchasing is hampered by two things.  First, his Geographical Driving Circle is hemming him in.  He’s seen nearly all the tracks inside that circle and since he works full-time, it’s very difficult to make time for tracks outside the circle.

 

The GDC is not P.J.’s only issue.  P.J. is a single man and he wants to be a married man.  He figures there is no time like the present and he’s taking an aggressive approach so that he can meet his goal.  P.J. is heavily involved in “Computer dating” with the help of outfits like Match.com.

 

I had eight hours plus during the drive to learn about “Computer dating” and the strategies involved.  You know, I thought I had just about every analytical tool known to man at my trackchasing disposal.  P.J. has matched my analytical tool chest in his world of “Finding that special someone.”

 

P.J. tells me he fires off 15-20 email letters a night to prospective victims, I mean candidates, no, I guess I mean prospective spouses.  He even has to keep a special database so he can remember what he told each of the different women.  Wow!

 

As P.J. explained all of this to me, I kept thinking of the parallels with trackchasing.  When I start a trip, there are many tracks that I consider on a paper list.  Those tracks are narrowed down to ones that fit my special criteria such as not to big, not to far away, likely to give me a good time and tracks likely to give me a good result in a short amount of time.

 

Of course, P.J. is using the same criteria in his spousal hunt.  Nobody above 5’4” need apply (not to big).  The women need to live near Rochester (not to far away).  They need to be fun loving (likely to be a good time) and you fill in the blank (likely to give a good result in a short amount of time.)

 

P.J. has dated seven women in the last three weeks alone.  He dated more than 50 since starting his search.  And you think I might get tired driving 500 miles a day!  P.J. has that boyish enthusiasm that must drive those ladies crazy.  He’s zeroing in on the final few as we speak.  According to him, “Several are being kept on a string.”

 

He gave me the personal low down on several.  I must say I wouldn’t have the patience he does and would probably handle the ladies just as I do my new tracks……one and out.  I suggested this approach to P.J. but he’s looking for a “Home track.”  P.J., I wish you the best of luck and hope I get invited to the wedding.

 

When P.J. and I arrived into Tillsonburg, Ontario, we thought it would be easy to find the fairgrounds.  Wrong!  We asked five different people who were walking along the roads where the place was.  Only the fifth person could get us to our destination.

 

We pulled into the parking lot and parked right next to the carnival area.  As we were exiting our car, P.J. started yelling, “There it is!  There it is!”  I fully realized that we had found the fairgrounds.  The “Zipper” ride was just 20 meters (yes, we’re in Canada now) away.  P.J. relax, chill out, and drink a little less Starbucks.

 

No, P.J. was not telling me he had seen the fairgrounds.  He was pointing to a car in the parking lot.  After he got my attention, I saw that he was pointing to a yellow car.  I mean a YELLOW car.  Imagine a newly painted no passing yellow highway stripe.  Brighten that yellow by about 10 shades and you can imagine the yellow I’m talking about.  I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention my one and only used car salesman line, “There’s an ass for every seat.”  Of course, there’s an ass for every seat with black cars and white cars but possibly not as many for bright yellow cars.

 

According to P.J., this automobile belonged to Guy Smith.  Guy is the former #2 worldwide trackchaser and now resides in third place.  He’s likely to return to the #2 spot shortly.

 

Now P.J. was grumbling.  What was he grumbling about now?  “That $$^#^^&%$ Guy!  He came all the way up here without telling anybody.  He’s trying to sneak one past us.”

 

I disagreed.  We are not Communists.  We are not Socialists.  Trackchasers are capitalists.  There is no requirement to tell anyone where you are going.  You are competing against fellow trackchasers.  A basketball player does not stop the game and tell his competitor what move he is going to make.  If Guy finds a race date, he is not obligated to share it with weak sisters who are too lazy or unprepared to find it on their own.  If he does share the date, he is not required to send out a reminder note that the date is coming up.  “Good for Guy,” I told P.J.  P.J. continued to grumble.

 

A little while later, we found our spots in a nearly sold out grandstand.  I had some media work and a photo shoot to do with the Tillsonburg News.  That took me about thirty minutes.  When I returned the races were nearly ready to begin.

 

Just before the races, the real Mr. Guy Smith popped up in front of us.  I must remind loyal Trackchaser Report readers that Mr. Smith is the Osama Bin Laden of eastern trackchasing.  He commands a group of henchmen that can only be equated to Taliban fighters.  Yes, I know I am mixing my terrorists groups.

 

Mr. Smith and his fellow terrorists are none too happy that I have taken over their hobby and become the World’s #1 Ranked Trackchaser.  I must say that Mr. Smith is a formidable competitor and one of the best trackchasers in the world.  However, he is not the #1 ranked trackchaser in the world and may never be.

 

This man is ten years my junior.  In order for me to stay ahead of Mr. Smith forever, I must get a large lead so that when I retire he will not be able to surpass my total.  Mr. Smith is doing his best to not fall behind anymore than he already has.  He’s going trackchasing even when he doesn’t want too.  He’s struggling with his current load of trackchasing (50 tracks so far this year).  I hope we all live until we reach our I.R.S. forecasted life spans.  That would be about 83 years old for me.  If accident, illness or injury does not befall me or my loved ones, Mr. Smith is in for a long look at my backside.

 

Anyway, back to Mr. Smith popping up in front of us.  We had a short, civil and pleasant conversation.  I was comfortable that my “In the crowd” security contacts were ready to pounce if Mr. Smith made so much as one wrong move.  P.J. played the role of Switzerland during our conversation.

 

We briefly discussed P.J.’s Geographical Driving Circle limitations.  I also asked Mr. Smith what he was doing here tonight since he promised everyone he would be cutting back his trackchasing this year to only 35 tracks or so.  His memory was somewhat foggy on his wintertime post.  Mr. Smith is not the only trackchaser who pleads abstinence during the winter months.  If you believe how few tracks everyone says they will see compared to how many tracks they actually see, then I have some California earthquake damaged land to sell you.  Soon Mr. Smith was on his way.  I wish him the best.

 

One final note on the “People” front.  Following the races, it was only about 8 p.m.  We needed something to eat.  I recommended to P.J. that we cruise through downtown and try to find a place to eat.  He said, “No.”   I took that to mean “Maybe.”  I knew he wanted to eat at Wendy’s.  We would not be eating at Wendy’s for dinner while visiting a foreign country.

 

I must say that most trackchasers are not very adventuresome when it comes to trying new culinary delights.  There are a few who like to try new things and you know who you are, so I won’t mention names.

 

I quickly came across an interesting Canadian Chinese buffet restaurant.  I’m currently down (not the hip definition of “Down”) on Chinese buffets, but this was Canadian Chinese.  P.J. is what your Aunt Betsy might call a “Picky” eater.  He won’t eat county fair food because he doesn’t think it’s fresh.  I asked him what he thought about stopping at the Harmony Restaurant Buffet (Tel: 842-7007).  Before he could answer, I took his non-response to mean “Yes.”

 

I have very modest expectations of other trackchasers when I trackchase with them.  About the only thing I ask when we eat in Chinese restaurants, is that my fellow trackchasers use chopsticks.  P.J. had already been through my chopstick-training program in Michigan last year.

 

I instructed our server to bring two sets of chopsticks to our table.  She nodded toward P.J. as if to say, “He’s going to use chopsticks?”  I returned the nod as if to say, “Yes, he is.  He attended a chopstick eating training program last year.”  It would be slightly more accurate to say that P.J. is a past student of chopstick training rather than saying he a GRADUATE of chopstick eating.

 

A real bonus today was that anyone coming to the Harmony Restaurant gets to eat free on there birthday.  What do you think the odds are that one of us was having a birthday?  Pretty long odds, huh.  You would be right, it wasn’t our birthday and we would need to pay $9.95 Canadian for the right to eat until our already extended bellies were extended a bit more.

 

P.J. insisted upon getting “Extra white rice.”  He was most insistent on getting extra white rice.  He then proceeded to stuff his plate with nearly 3,000 calories of Chinese delicacies that must have weighed at least two pounds.  I on the other hand only placed 1,000 calories of food on my plate………and went back four times.  I pointed out that this was a buffet.  We could go back if we wanted.  We sat down to eat.  “How do I eat this stuff?”  P.J. wondered.  I pointed to his chopsticks.

 

At P.J.’s age, his memory must be going.  I’m not sure he remembered much from his Michigan schooling.  I reminded him how eating with chopsticks would make him look like a man of the world with his new lady friends (as in plural).  This logistical fact seemed to make somewhat of an impression on him.

 

P.J.’s first attempt at snagging a fried round ball of chicken meat would have made O.J. Simpson proud.  I had to remind P.J. that most people who use chopsticks use them both at the same time.  With his chicken ball properly impaled with just one chopstick, P.J. seemed satisfied with his technique.

 

Just one final note about P.J.  He has a cell phone.  He is the first person I have ever met that does not have a cell phone answering option.  No one can leave a message for P.J. if they call and he doesn’t answer the phone.  Has anyone reading this from all over the world ever heard of such a thing?  I haven’t.  I was dumbfounded when P.J. seemed to think that this was a normal mode of operation.

 

My mother was one of the last people in America to get an answering machine for her home phone line.  She’s always said that “If they want to talk to me they’ll call back.”  Even with my powers of persuasive logic, I was never able to reverse her line of thinking on this.  P.J., you’ve got tens of girls (no, not TONS of girls) who might be calling you.  You don’t want to miss an invitation from someone who’s having a hard time getting to sleep late at night, do you?

 

As I said at the beginning, I meet some interesting people on the trackchasing trail.  Now you, the loyal Trackchaser Report reader get to meet them too.

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

TILLSONBURG COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS (figure 8), TILLSONBURG, ONTARIO, CANADA - TRACK #1,098 – 8/20/06

This is my 17^th lifetime track in Ontario.  That’s not too bad for a Californian.  This gives me an 11^th place rank in this province.  My traveling companion today, P.J. Hollebrand leads everyone here with 63 tracks.

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

TILLSONBURG COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS (figure 8)

Tonight was the last night of the county fair at Tillsonburg.  I guess it’s a county fair, but if it’s not I’m sure someone will correct me.

 

The local Tillsonburg newspaper was interested in doing a piece on my visit.  I was instructed to meet “Nathan” at the entrance to the grandstand.  At the appointed time, a young man appeared with a camera.  Nathan was not very experienced in the world of auto racing.  Since this was hardly the “World of auto racing” tonight, he wasn’t going to be penalized by his lack of racing experience.

 

The local paper publishes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Whatever they do about my story will appear later in the week.  Nathan and I chatted about his other journalistic duties when he’s not covering the county fair.  He does a lot of work writing about Canadian health care.  He told he’s very satisfied by the Canadian system and had the impression that many U.S. residents may not be as satisfied with their heath care. 

 

When we finished our discussions, the cars were ready to come out on the track.  The demo derby heat races would be first.  I had explained to Nathan that demo derbies don’t count in the world of trackchasing.  He recommended we wait until the figure 8 cars were in the background before taking any pictures of me at the track.  I told him that the paper’s readers would never no the difference between demo cars and figure 8 cars.  We took the pictures with the demo cars in the background!  It was great meeting you Nathan.

 

The grandstands were packed.  The 6 p.m. show started at about 6:30 p.m.  The first two events were demo derby heats held in a smallish rectangle that was enclosed on all sides by concrete blocks.  Each demo heat started about eight cars.  The space available to crash the cars was so small the cars could hardly get up enough speed to damage their competitors.  It took one hour to run two heats and drag the remains away.

 

Next up on the program were the small car figure 8 races.  They would be running two figure 8 car heat races tonight.  Each heat race had four cars competing.  If you are one of those knuckleheads (trackchasers) who thinks they need to see a “Feature” race in order to count a track, you better not show up at a Thrill Shows Productions production.

 

The tires that the cars raced around were only 20-30 meters (yes, there’s that foreign term again) apart.  The track was wet and the cars didn’t go very fast.  The two heat races lasted a total of 15 minutes.  Yes, that was the only countable racing for the night.  I wanted to stay for the rollover contest but P.J. would have none of it.

 

We had an enjoyable night under beautiful weather conditions.  We annoyed the people in front of us by having P.J. ask me if I would accept different attributes of computer dating woman candidates.  P.J. could not believe I would never accept a woman who smoked no matter how many other plusses she might have.  I know the woman in front of us was cracking up with our conversation!  Good to see you, P.J.!

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

A beautiful weather night.  I couldn’t have asked for a better substitute to the rainy forecast offered at my planned Connecticut tracks.

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I will have two rental cars on this trip.  One was picked up and returned in Minneapolis.  The second was picked up in Pittsburgh.

 

 

Minneapolis Rental Car

 

Wednesday total driving miles – 288 miles (corrected)

Thursday total driving miles – 119 miles

Friday total driving miles – 512 miles

Saturday total driving miles – 559 miles (that’s a lot of miles to get zero racetracks!)

Sunday total driving miles – 663 miles

Monday total driving miles – 7 miles

 

 

The driving portion of this trip covered 2,148 miles.  We stopped for gas five times.  I paid an average price of $3.03 per gallon.  The Chevy Impala gave us 28.0 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at an average cost of 10.8 cents per mile.  The car cost 1.5 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included.

 

Pittsburgh Rental Car

 

Monday total driving miles – 175 miles

Tuesday total driving miles – 248 miles

Wednesday total driving miles – 49 miles

Thursday total driving miles – 463 miles

Friday total driving miles – 164 miles

Saturday total driving miles – 486 miles

Sunday total driving miles – 567 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 – 1,098

2.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,056 (-42)

3.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,055 (-43)

4.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,021 (-77)*

5.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,019 (-79)*

6.  Andy Sivi, Clairton, Pennsylvania – 1,018 (-80)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 926 (-172)**

 

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

 

** Special exemption.

 

 

 

 

Other notables

 

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

 

35.  Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, Tennessee – 279 (+2)

36.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California - 277

37.  Dale Danielski, Onalaska, Wisconsin – 269 (-8)

38.  Bob Schafer, Oshkosh, Wisconsin - 267 (-10)

 

 

 

2006 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 107

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 66

3.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 59

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 58

5.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 54

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 50

7.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 47

8.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 45

9.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan - 42

10. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 33

10. Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 33

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

Randy Lewis

#1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi

 

I’m very good with figures and wish people asked me to multiply things more often.

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA -  Minneapolis, MN – 1,530 miles

RENTAL CAR - MINNEAPOLIS

 

Lindbergh International Airport – trip begins

Morris, MN – 177 miles

Ada, MN – 351 miles

Miller, SD – 812 miles

Gimli, Manitoba, Canada – 1,495 miles

Bemidji, MN – 1,825 miles

Lindbergh International Airport – trip ends – 2,148 miles

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Minneapolis, MN – Chicago, IL – 287 miles

Chicago, IL – Pittsburgh, PA – 416 miles

 

RENTAL CAR - PITTSBURGH

 

Pittsburgh International Airport – trip begins

Dayton, PA – 80 miles

Millersburg, OH – 323 miles

New Castle, PA – 479 miles

Armada, MI – 818 miles

Williamson, NY – 1,164 miles

Penn Yan, NY – 1,224 miles

Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada – 1,929 miles

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Stevens County Fairgrounds - $8

Norman County Fair Raceway - $10

Miller Speedway - $5 with senior discount (Regular admission $10)

Gimli Motorsports Park – Free

Bemidji Speedway - $8

Dayton Fair - $7

Holmes County Fairgrounds - $4

Lawrence County Fairgrounds - $9

Armada County Fairgrounds - $7 ($5 to park)

Spencer Speedway - $13 with senior discount (Regular admission $15)

Yates County Fairgrounds - $5

Tillsonburg County Fairgrounds - $8 Canadian

 

 

 

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

 

One more figure 8 race tomorrow and my 2006 summer trackchasing season will be complete.

 

 

 

 

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

 

1,058. Lawrenceburg Speedway (figure 8), Lawrenceburg, Indiana -  June 20

 

1,059. Lawrenceburg Speedway (temporary oval), Lawrenceburg, Indiana -  June 20

 

1,060. Thunder Mountain Speedway, Knox Dale, Pennsylvania -  June 21

 

1,061. State Park Speedway, Wausau, Wisconsin -  June 22

 

1,062. Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin -  June 23

 

1,063. Lucas Oil Speedway (oval), Wheatland, Missouri -  June 24

 

1,064. Lucas Oil Speedway (figure 8), Wheatland, Missouri -  June 24

 

1,065. Tri-City Speedway, Pontoon Beach, Illinois - June 25

 

1,066. Lake Ozark Speedway, Eldon, Missouri - June 29

 

1,067. Poplar Bluff Speedway, Poplar Bluff, Missouri - June 30