GREETINGS FROM CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO AND THEN GEORGETOWN, ONTARIO, CANADA

 

 

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

 

 

 

TRAVEL UPDATE

Carol and I have just returned from a personal vacation to Hawaii.  I was hoping that while I was gone, the rest of the worldwide trackchasers would back off a bit.  But no……they chose to continue trackchasing with abandon.  Therefore, as the Fall trackchasing season begins for me, I will have to step up the pace.

 

The Trackchaser Report is not normally about non-trackchasing trip travel, but occasionally there are exceptions.  If you have any interest is some Hawaiian travel tips I have provided, simply go to the bottom of this report.  There I will give you descriptions, web sites and phone numbers and travel ideas from places I endorse.  I have underlined the noteworthy locations of interest.  My website update for this trip will also include some pictures of these locations as well as two defunct Hawaii racetracks.

CORRECTION

Recently I was reviewing the National Geographic Diversity lifetime results.  I noticed I had entered an incorrect score for my totals in 2005.  I mistakenly gave myself an 8^th place finish (8 points) in Delaware when I should have received a non top 10 finish (15 points).  I have corrected this mistake.  My revised lifetime NGD score has changed from 7.98 to 8.12.

 

MEDIA COVERAGE UPDATE

I have added the text from the recent Tillsonburg News (Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada) trackchasing story that appeared on August 25, 2006 to the “Media coverage” tab of my website.  The short story included a full half page of photos from the racing activity.  I hope to also post the photos the newspaper used.  They promised to send them.

SPONSORSHIP UPDATE

 

Due to the large number of important topics that are included in today’s Trackchaser Report, I will include details of my new sponsorship package at the beginning of next weekend’s trackchasing trip.

 

I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY MORNING.  I WAS RAINED OUT IN CANTLEY, QUEBEC FRIDAY NIGHT AND WOKE UP THIS MORNING IN GANANOQUE, ONTARIO, CANADA.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

SPECIAL NOTICE

This afternoon I saw my 1,100^th lifetime racetrack.  Below is a list of when and where I saw other “Century” mark tracks.

 

 

SUMMARY OF “CENTURY” TRACKCHASING ACHIEVEMENTS

 

# 100 - Red River Valley Speedway, West Fargo, ND (Sammy Swindell winner) - July 13, 1981

 

# 200 - Sumter Rebel Speedway, Sumter, SC - March 28, 1992

 

# 300 - Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, IN (Billy Moyer Jr. winner) - April 19, 1997 -

 

# 400 - Barren County Speedway, Glasgow, KY - October 1, 1999

 

# 500 - Freedom Raceway, Delevan, NY – July,

27, 2001

 

# 600 - Trail-Way Speedway (figure 8 course), Hanover, PA - July 20, 2002

 

# 700 - Thunder Alley Park, Evans Mills, NY (with Will White & Rick Young) - April 22, 2004

 

# 800 - Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, FL - December 3, 2004

 

#900 - I-96 Speedway (inner oval), Lake Odessa, MI - July 15, 2005

 

# 1,000 – Auburndale Kartway, Auburndale, Florida – February 10, 2006

 

# 1,100 – Cambridge Fair, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada – September 9, 2006

 

 

This is the second time (a correction, Will) I have ever achieved two century milestones in one season.  It is also the first time I have ever seen a “Century” track in a foreign country.  My future trackchasing goal is simple.  I just want to get to the next track.

 

On the occasion of my 900^th track, I wrote the following.  I don’t think I can add much to those words.

 

“Today is a special day - #900.  I am happy about that.  I would like to thank everyone who has supported me or shown an interest in my trackchasing hobby.   Special thanks go to Carol for being so tolerant of my obsession.  She is a smart woman and recognizes that it is a good idea to let me pursue my hobbies from time to time.  Also, thank you to all of the trackchasers who have provided me information and support along the way (you know who you are) and to those trackchasers who have motivated me through other methods (you know who you are).”

 

I’ll add a special thanks to Guy Smith for inventing, if you will, the entire trackchaser concept.  I’ll also offer special thanks to Trackchaser commissioner Will White for formalizing the trackchaser statistics, which make the hobby even more fun.

 

It took me 52 ½ years to see my first 500 tracks.  At that point, I told the boys at the golf club that I would be cutting back on my trackchasing.  I missed that one by a bunch!  In the following 5 years and two months I have added another 600 tracks.  Most people would never have expected that, including me.

 

 

I offer my apologies to readers who signed up some 400 or 500 tracks ago.  Maybe you thought these emails would cease, or at least become less frequent, as time went on.  I hope you received some entertainment value and maybe even a cost-saving tip or two.  If you have, then it’s all been worth it for me.

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy

                                                                                        

I discovered a somewhat disturbing fact while combing the data provided at www.trackchaser.com.  The site offers a look at the 200 most recent trackchaser visits.  I reviewed those visits recently.  I factored out non North American tracks as well as duplicate visits to the same tracks.

 

Of the original 200 tracks, this left 123 tracks.  A surprising 38 of those tracks, or 30.8% were figure 8 tracks.  Most active figure 8 tracks at the time were not even a countable type of track until they were added back in 2001.  The “Racing” at most figure 8s is somewhat questionable.  I believe it is a negative trend in the world of trackchasing for figure 8 racing to have become such a significant contributor to trackchaser totals when for the first 40-50 years of many trackchasers’ lives it wasn’t even a venue most trackchasers were likely to visit.  Nevertheless, I will add figure 8 tracks, as long as they are countable just like everyone else.

 

The Trip

 

Let’s see.  I went trackchasing for 13 days, came home for about 60 hours, then went to Hawaii for 12 days, came home for about 50 hours and now I’m back on the trackchasing trail.  I guess I like it or I wouldn’t do it.  I feel like I’m still on Hawaii time and soon I will really be on Quebec time.  That’s a six-hour difference.

 

I have found that it takes about 12 hours to go from my Tempurpedic mattress in San Clemente to just about any North American location where countable trackchasing is held.  This morning’s flight left LAX at 6:05 a.m.  I set my alarm clock at 2:59 a.m. simply to be dramatic.  I really couldn’t sleep well since I had a fear of sleeping through both of the alarms I was using.  I kept looking at my alarm clock with one eye from the time I went to bed until the point that I just couldn’t take it anymore (2:40 a.m.)  At that point, it was time to shower and shave.  The Carol Lewis owned Life of Virginia Lexus LS 400 was seen backing out of the garage at 3:04 a.m.  Ah, for the life of an Eastern trackchaser.  They get to sleep in, have a breakfast of Vermont maple syrup and Boston baked beans, maybe even a lunch of New England clammed chowder and possibly a New York strip steak. Then they can take a leisurely drive along some of the worst roads in America to some local track and still be home in time to sleep in their own bed.

 

There will be no Namby Pamby trackchasing like that for me.  Of course, if California and the surrounding area offered up the same trackchasing opportunities I could certainly get used to that easygoing Eastern trackchasing lifestyle.  However, it does not and for me to maintain a top 10 worldwide ranking, I will have to continually get up at the most ungodly hours known to any trackchaser in the game.  I do it so you will never have too.

The People

 

Today is a very special people day.  I’m planning to meet up with English born and now Canadian resident, Rick Young.  I first met Rick briefly at the Cornwall Motor Speedway in Ontario, Canada back in 1999.  Cornwall was my 384^th lifetime track.  There have been a number of dirt clods thrown my way during the last seven years of trackchasing.

 

Back on that early July evening, I was being interviewed by the track’s announcer, Brian Mulligan.  I’m not sure how an Irishman ended up in Canada speaking French but it works for me.  Brian is one of the best announcers I have ever heard and to top it off, he announces the races in BOTH English and French.  I’m always impressed with that.

 

Following that interview, Rick came up and introduced himself.  I’m met a number of quality people this way and Rick was one of the first.  Mr. Young was also at the races with me on the occasion of my 700^th lifetime track on a cool April evening in Evans Mills, New York in 2004.

 

Rick writes the North American report for the Short Circuit racing magazine that is headquartered in Manchester, England.  He does a nice job of covering the news and has even recently developed an internet travel log of his racing activity in the Northeast.

 

Rick has a daughter living in Los Angeles.  We just missed a planned get together there last Thanksgiving when a last minute travel situation took me out of town when Rick visited the Golden state.  It’s always fun to meet up with fellow trackchasers although it’s not always fun to meet up with all my fellow trackchasers. 

 

Alas, my meeting with Rick Young will be postponed for the time being.  We were rained out at the Autodrome Edelweiss.  Rick, thanks for the effort you went through trying to make my visit a success.  We’ll try it again sometime soon.

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

AUTODROME EDELWEISS, CANTLEY, QUEBEC, CANADA – ALMOST TRACK #1,100 – 9/8/06

CAMBRIDGE FAIR, CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO, CANADA – TRACK #1,100 – 9/9/06

GEORGETOWN FAIR, GEORGETOWN, ONTARIO, CANADA – TRACK #1,101 – 9/9/06

These two fairs were my 18^th and 19^th lifetime Ontario tracks.  I didn’t pass anybody and still maintain my 11^th place lifetime ranking in Ontario.  New Yorker P.J. Hollebrand leads the province with 62 tracks.

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

AUTODROME EDELWEISS

When I landed in Montreal at 4 p.m., it was sunny and warm.  The weather forecast for the Ottawa, Ontario area called for a 50% chance of rain beginning at 8 p.m.  Tonight’s track was near Ottawa.  Ottawa is 124 miles from Montreal.  Would the rain hold off long enough for me to get this track in?  The short answer is no.

 

This is the second time I have been rained out at the Autodrome Edelweiss.  About midway during my drive, the clouds got black and soon it began to rain.  I saw racecars on open wheel trailers pulling away from the direction of the Autodrome Edelweiss.  I drove to the track anyway.  I arrived at the locked pit gate at 7:24 p.m.  The facility, which is located in a low-lying area was a swamp.  On the other hand, locations within 10 kilometers of the track looked like nary a raindrop had fallen.  Will I be discouraged and never go back?  Not on your life!  Some day I’ll be back and when I do come back, I hope to meet up with Rick Young and have my interview with track announcer Brian Mulligan.  I will say this.  The Autodrome Edelweiss missed its chance for numerical immortality.

 

CAMBRIDGE FAIR

 

This will be a somewhat unusual day/night double in a foreign country.  The Cambridge Fair is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. and the Georgetown Fair is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. green flag.  The two locations are just 55 kilometers (34 miles apart).  It was an easy double.

 

Both programs are promoted by Thrill Show Productions (www.thrillshowproductions.com).  This is my third TSP event and none of them has run the same program.  P.J. Hollebrand and I visited the TSP promoted Tillsonburg Fair a couple of weeks ago.  After two demo derby heat races, they ran two figure 8 heats and that was it for the figure 8s.

 

Today, at the Cambridge Fair, they didn’t have any demo derby events before the figure 8 races.  They ran five F8 heats, a consolation event (for second place finishers) and a “Feature heat” for all of the heat winners and the consi winner.

 

Tonight’s Georgetown Fair ran two demo derby heat races, then three F8 heats followed by a final “Feature heat.”  I’m just glad every one of these promotions had countable racing.

 

The Cambridge Fair was a small one.  The main grandstand area was being set up for a musical act.  Therefore, the figure 8 racing was set up on a small flat area beyond the grandstands.  The “Course” had a cement block boundary set in the form of a rectangle.  Most of the fans watched from a grassy hillside although there were a couple of small bleacher areas.

 

As expected, I found three folks familiar to many trackchasers present.  This included Belgium Roland Vanden Eynde, his good friend Aline and trackchaser commissioner Will White.  Roland speaks five languages.  Aline’s native tongue is French and she doesn’t speak much, if any, English. 

 

I tried my one and only French pickup line on her.  “Bonjour, Aline,” I offered.  I figured since I had eaten in a French restaurant last week in Maui that I would try to conduct our entire introductory conversation in French.  The only problem is the only words I know are Bonjour, merci, oui, and “No parlez vous Francais.”  This final phrase I use to inform people that I don’t speak French.  I believe that is obvious to my listeners. 

 

Carol, a French minor in college, informs me that my phrase when translated means, “YOU don’t speak French.”  I wondered why my Tim Horton server looked at me strangely this morning.  Foreign languages were never my strong point.  Growing up in a lower middle class household in East Peoria, Illinois never made me think I would ever run into anyone who didn’t speak English.

 

Carol has equipped me with my latest French sentence.  It’s “Je ne parle pas Francais.”  This I believe means, “I don’t speak French,” unless of course Carol is playing a cruel joke on me.

 

Anyway, when Aline replied to my opener, I was lost.  I sensed she knew she really did speak French even though I was telling  her she didn’t.  I hope Aline had a wonderful visit to Canada and that she enjoyed the figure 8 races.

 

Roland and I had initially talked about a trackchasing double for today that would have added nearly 500 miles to my driving total.  I recommended today’s double and I hope the driving distance saved for Roland and Aline made the idea a good one.

 

Following our ever so brief conversation, I went off to take some pit and racing photos as well as handle some promotional work.  When I returned following heat #5, the trio had relocated.  I did not run into them at the Georgetown Fair.

 

In my opinion, from a racing point of view, it was a bad idea to begin counting figure 8 races in 2001.  However, from a trackchasing point of view it was great because it gives trackchasers so many more places to visit.

 

About 25 figure 8 cars raced in five heat races.  They took a short break when the heats were finished before running the last two figure 8 races.  I used this break to check out the small fair.  I wandered into a building housing small business ideas.  It turns out this is a hockey rink in the winter.  I was drawn to the “Brittles ‘n More” booth where I purchased five Canadian dollars worth of peanut brittle.

 

I watched the last two races from high atop the spectator hill.  In county fair figure 8 racing, it’s very difficult to tell a heat race from a feature race.  Both types of races have about the same number of cars and run about the same number of laps.  The “Feature heat” race checkered at 6:42 p.m.  This gave me plenty of time to get over to the Georgetown Fair in time for the playing of the Canadian national anthem.

 

 

GEORGETOWN FAIR

 

As mentioned, it was 55 kilometers over to the second half of my day/night trackchasing double.  On my way down this morning, I had driven over to the Georgetown Fair to confirm its location.  I suspected I might not have much time between the tracks and I didn’t want to get lost.

 

I entered through the “Exhibiters” entrance and found a special parking spot near the racecar pit area.  The racecars were actually pitting on the baseball field’s infield area.  I believe this was a first for me.

 

I quickly ran into the announcer and gave him my trackchasing press kit.  A little while later in the program, he made mention of my presence.  During his comments, he told the crowd that I was trying to set a “Guinea’s Book of World Records” mark with my trackchasing.  This is the second time recently that an announcer has made this reference.  Nothing in my press materials says anything about “Guinea’s Book of World Records.”  On the other hand, it might give me some ideas.

 

Women racing drivers are still rare at most racetracks.  Tonight the announcer made a big deal about the one woman driver participating in the figure 8 events.  At one point he said, “I wouldn’t want to tangle with Janet.  She thinks she’s going for the last parking spot at Wal-Mart!”  As Larry the Cable Guy says, “I don’t care what you say, that’s funny!”

 

Tonight’s program started with some eight cylinder stock car demolition derby action.  Even though the dirt rectangle the cars participated in was small, the cars got up enough speed to do some heavy damage.  Most of the cars looked much worse for wear, when they left the arena.  I will go on record as saying I’m glad we don’t count demo derbies in trackchasing.

 

Just before the figure 8 cars came out, I struck up a conversation with one of the Thrill Show Productions workers.  He told me he had just returned from a three month tour with his country band.  His band is called “Not for hire” and he told me they opened for Gretchen Wilson. 

 

Of course, I always like to take people at their word.  However, if I think someone is telling too much of a tall one, I’ll go behind the scenes to check thinks out.  I’ll do some googling and see what I can learn about “Not for hire.”  Anybody ever heard of these guys?

 

The trackchasing was great.  The racing was pathetic.  I was more than pleased to get a double in a foreign country.  I’ll probably be back in Ontario a good deal until I can successfully mine the remaining 20 tracks or so promoted by Thrill Show Productions.

 

On the racing front, there wasn’t much.  The program was announced to be three heat races with the second place cars going into a consolation event and the heat race winners transferring to the feature event.  However, each heat could only manage three cars apiece.  There’s not much action at the “X” in a three car figure 8 race.  Actually, there’s not much action ANYWHERE on the track with just three cars.

 

It turned out there were not enough cars remaining to run to even have a consolation event.  That meant the top six cars in the 15-lap heat races would run in a 15-lap final race.  This was the best race of the night, but that’s not saying much.  The final race ended at 9:26 p.m.  I didn’t stay for the final demo derby action.

 

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

I have had very few nights or days trackchasing this year when the weather was comfortable.  For the first 4-5 months of the season I froze.  Then it seemed like the summer months were ungodly hot.  Today’s weather was definitely fallish.  I could see my breath.  It was about 50 degrees Fahrenheit tonight.  I was the only adult that I noticed wearing shorts.

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I will be using a Dollar Rental Car Racing Chrysler Pacifica mini-van to get the job done in Canada.  I had to deviate from my favorite, National Rental Car, because of Dollar’s low rates.  I know, you’ve probably never heard of a “Racing” mini-van.  I’m not too happy about it either.

 

I don’t like several things about this vehicle.  First, it doesn’t have a trunk.  I always like to put my computer in the trunk when I leave the car.  Today I ended up using my security lock to affix the computer to the steering wheel.  Actually, that’s probably a safer alternative than leaving it in the trunk.

 

The vehicle also has a stiff, uncomfortable ride.  When I used the remote key to lock the thing, it beeps on the first click to let you know it worked.  Most cars don’t beep until the second click.  This lets you simply hear the door locks go down after the first click, so you don’t have to click a second time and have an audible beep that might annoy bystanders.

 

 

Friday total driving miles – 489 kilometers (304 miles)

Saturday total driving miles – 269 kilometers (167 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 – 1,101

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,060 (-40)

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,057 (-44)

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,025 (-76)*

5.  Andy Sivi, Clairton, Pennsylvania – 1,024 (-77)*

6.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,021 (-80)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 935 (-166)**

 

* 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 - 110

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 77

3.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 72

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 60

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 59

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 55

7.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 54

8.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 47

9.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan - 44

10. Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 43

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

Randy Lewis

#1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi

 

What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so.

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA -  Chicago, IL – 1,749 miles

Chicago, IL – Montreal, Canada - 751 miles

RENTAL CAR - MONTREAL

 

Dorval (Montreal) International Airport – trip begins

Cantley, Quebec – 124 miles

Cambridge, Ontario – 427 miles

Georgetown, Ontario – 461 miles

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES (all Canadian prices):

 

Autodrome Edelweiss – Rained out

Cambridge Fair - $8 ($5 to park)

Georgetown Fair - $8

 

 

 

 

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

 

Today marks the beginning of my 2006 Fall Season. 

 

 

 

 

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

 

1,068. Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course), Indianapolis, Indiana – July 1

 

1,069. Rush County Fairgrounds, Rushville, Indiana – July 1

 

1,070. Rock Castle Speedway, Mount Vernon, Kentucky – July 2

 

** Windy Hollow Speedway (oval), Owensboro, Kentucky – July 2

 

1,071. Heartland Park Topeka (dirt oval), Topeka, Kansas – July 3

 

1,072. Thunderhill Speedway, Mayetta, Kansas – July 3

 

1,073. Little Valley Speedway, Little Valley, New York – July 13

 

** Twin State Speedway (oval), Claremont, New Hampshire – July 14

 

1,074. Twin State Speedway (figure 8), Claremont, New Hampshire – July 14

 

1,075. Canaan Speedway (asphalt oval), Canaan, New Hampshire – July 14

 

** New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire – July 15

 

1,076. White Mountain Motorsports