GREETINGS FROM OAKWOOD, ONTARIO AND THEN LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA

 

 

ALL PICTURES HAVE BEEN UPDATED FROM THIS TRACKCHASING TRIP AT WWW.RANLAYRACING.COM

 

SPONSORSHIP UPDATE

 

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

REMINDER

If you don’t always have time to read the entire Trackchaser Report, you can always go to the home page at www.ranlayracing.com and see the highlights of each trip. 

 

I currently have photos of the two most recent Hawaii racetracks to go belly up.  They can be seen on the home page just below the Hawaii sunset photo.

 

RESTAURANT REVIEW

From time to time, I will offer restaurant reviews for local chains or individual restaurants I visit.  This report’s critical review will cover the Tim Horton restaurant chain.  I visited four locations in both Ontario and Quebec for this famous Canadian chain.

 

Tim Horton’s is somewhat of a cross between a Starbucks, Duncan Donuts and Subway sandwich shop.  They are located on nearly every corner pretty much like you would find McDonalds restaurants in the U.S.  The first restaurant I chose was located in Quebec, Canada.  The primary language of Quebec is French.  After I had informed my cashier and server that “She did not speak French,” I laid down my MasterCard to pay the bill.  Tim Horton’s does not accept credit cards.  I did not like that one bit.  I use credit cards to pay for every purchase that accepts plastic.  This reduces the number of visits I must make to an ATM and keeps me from having to carry annoying change in my pocket.  On most days, I will be carrying no change at all.  This is all part of a master life simplification project.

 

The Tim Horton order taker took my order and relayed the information to the young woman who would prepare my order (egg salad sandwich).  The order taker then went away and the food preparer finished the sandwich, walked up to the counter, gave me my food and said in English “Here’s your food, have a nice day.”

 

She was assuming I had already paid.  I had not.  It would have been very easy to simply leave the restaurant without paying for my food.  Of course, I would not even consider doing that.  That would be stealing.  I enjoy getting a good deal by negotiating and being clever, but not by cheating or stealing.  I believe that some people think that being clever is like cheating or stealing.  I believe those people have a hard time being clever.

 

My egg salad sandwich was served on a French bread type roll.  It was delicious.  “Combo” meals at Tim Horton’s mean that you can add a drink and donut for a special price.  That’s my kind of combo!

 

My other stops included a “Chili combo.”  The chili was thick and without a good deal of meat.  It did have mushrooms.  I have never met a bowl of chili I didn’t like.  Carol makes the best.  This chili tasted O.K. but I do think I could have turned the bowl over and the chili would have stayed where it was.  Of course, the donut portion of the combo was a plus.

 

A late night visit to a Tim Horton’s located in a gas station yielded six donut holes or so I thought and a hot chocolate.  I took my order back to the hotel.  I discovered that my powdered sugar, jelly filled holes did not total the six I had ordered.  I actually got eight.  I was feeling good about Tim Horton’s now.  The hot chocolate was way too creamy.  Of course, that is exactly how I like it.

 

My final stop was for a sesame bagel with strawberry cream cheese.  An offer was made to toast it and I accepted.  The bagel was cut in half and served promptly. 

 

Overall, I was happy with my four Tim Horton’s experiences.  The stores were clean, the service was fast and the food was good.  You can’t beat that combination.  I would give the chain a B+.  Only the lack of credit card acceptance holds them back from a higher mark as well as a couple of questionable counter person encounters.

 

I did stop at a McDonalds to see if they accepted credit cards.  They do.  Therefore I knew that Tim Horton’s not accepting credit cards was not a “Canadian” thing.  McDonalds’ credit card machine completes the transaction in less than five seconds.  That’s pretty good.  A drive-thru visit to McDonalds provided some concern.  The chain’s “Value” items offer several selections for $1.39 Canadian (they are one dollar in the U.S.)  The drive-thru menu did not mention the “Value” items at all even though they are available.  That seems pretty shady.  Nevertheless, I ordered my “Value” items via the drive-thru.

 

I WOKE UP IN MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA THIS MORNING.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

The Strategy

                                                                                        

I try to get as many trackchasing doubles as I can.  I am sure it will become more and more difficult to get doubles as the trackchasing years fly by.  So far this year in 83 days of trackchasing, I have seen 29 trackchasing doubles.  Here’s how my types of doubles break out.

 

Day/night – 15

Blended doubles with features on both ends - 5

Blended doubles with features on back end only - 4

Same location – 3

Traditional - 2

 

I also have a goal of having as many trackchasing days as golf days in 2006.  Last year at this time, the results looked like this:

 

Trackchasing – 98      Golf – 29

 

In 2006, the results have improved to:

 

Trackchasing – 83      Golf – 55

 

Now that I’m into the Fall trackchasing season, mid-week racing will dry up.  You will see golf really start to catch up with trackchasing soon.  I hope you have goals in your life that help you reach whatever life balance you are trying to achieve.

 

 

The Trip

 

Below I will tell you about my encounter with Trackchaser Commissioner, Will White.  Will was at both tracks with me today.  The races finished tonight, Sunday night, at 8:40 p.m.  Will had to work tomorrow.

 

It was a 511-mile drive to his hometown of Quakertown, Pennsylvania from tonight’s track in London, Ontario.  Will has a flexible work schedule.  He can begin anytime from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m.  He was expecting to drive all night following  Sunday night’s race and hoped to get to work by the 7 a.m. Monday morning start time.  This is what trackchasers sometime have to do.

 

Will’s travel schedule was brutal.  I had a difficult travel chore ahead of me before I would reach home as well.  Following Sunday night’s racing, I drove about 150 miles.  I needed to get on the Eastern side of Toronto so I would not have to deal with their Monday morning rush hour.

 

I then got a full night’s rest and slept until 8 a.m.  I consider sleep a requirement when trackchasing.  Only on the rarest of occasions, will I go without sleep and try to drive through the night.  On Monday morning, I drove 300 miles to the Dorval (Montreal) International Airport.  Since I was traveling internationally, it was necessary to arrive at the airport at least two hours before flight time.  With customs and security, I needed most of that cushion.

 

Upon arrival at the airport, I learned my flight from Montreal to Chicago had been cancelled due to bad weather.  The airline had rebooked me on a connecting flight through Dallas, Texas.  If you have a world atlas nearby, you might be able to note that Dallas is a good deal out of the way when traveling from Montreal to Los Angeles.

 

Of course, when we arrived into the Dallas area the weather was bad.  Why don’t these Chicago and Dallas people just move to California so they don’t have to deal with bad weather.  Wait!  Most of them already have!

 

The bad weather forced us to circle the DFW airport for more than 30 minutes before we were allowed to land.  It was now 10 p.m. in Dallas and all of the remaining flights were delayed, including mine bound for Los Angeles.

 

To make a long travel day sound shorter I will simply tell you that I arrived back in San Clemente a 3:02 a.m. Tuesday morning (Yes that is 6:02 a.m. Montreal time.)  I had traveled more than 22 hours since the alarm went off in my Whitby, Ontario spa and resort (actually, it was a Motel 6.)  To add insult to injury I had a 9 a.m. tee time commitment on Tuesday morning that I could not break.  Just five hours after hitting the Tempurpedic, I was found on the driving range hitting Titlelists.  I can take heart that I  will not be leaving on another trackchasing trip for 51 hours following my Tuesday 3 a.m. San Clemente return.

 

I had done nothing but travel and sleep since leaving Sunday night’s race and it had taken me more than 33 hours to get home after Sunday night’s figure 8 racing.  Yes, if you plan to trackchase from a west coast base, it going to be a little more difficult.  This is why I sometimes refer to East coast trackchasing as being of a “Namby Pamby” nature.  Of course, having to drive over night and go directly to work without much if any sleep is worthy of note, even from a west coast trackchaser.

 

I have discovered that it takes about 12 hours on the first day of any flying trackchasing trip to get from my San Clemente Tempurpedic mattress to the entrance gate of most Midwest or Eastern tracks.  It then takes about 24 hours at the end of any flying trackchasing trip to get from the track’s parking lot back to my stained glass and Brazilian mahogany front door.

 

These travel requirements are not unique to the fact that I live in the Western region of the United States.  The same would be true of nearly any Eastern based trackchaser if they chose to trackchase in the West.  However, because the Western region has very few racetracks on a relative basis, East coast trackchasers do not routinely come to the West.

 

The “12/24” rule, meaning it takes 12 hours to get to the first track and 24 hours to get home from the last track, all comes from the idea that taking an airplane is a requirement to trackchase routinely, not just once in a while, in locations far from home.  You see I am the first trackchaser to be limited by my geographical driving circle.  In order to overcome that limitation I must fly.  If I fly, as I do 25-30 times each year, then I add a complete day on the back end of the trip in order to just get home.  That’s an extra 25-30 days each year with no tracks added, just travel.

 

Here’s how that part of the equation works.  Most tracks race at night.  If the track on the last day of the trip runs at night, there is absolutely no chance of catching an airplane ride home following the race.  It’s too late.  Even if the last track of the trip runs in the afternoon, it’s nearly impossible to catch a flight that day to fly home with the extra time now needed to clear security, return rental cars as well as drive to the airport.

 

Most of my airline trips are booked 2-4 weeks before the actual trip takes place.  Many times I don’t even know what track location will make up my last trackchasing day.  On those occasions when I do have an advance planned last day track, weather or some other factor necessitates a change in my last day trackchasing locale.  With this in mind I can never schedule a morning flight because the drive to the airport from my last trackchasing location might be too far.  This pretty well forces me to schedule a late afternoon or evening flight on the day following my last trackchasing visit. 

 

The sum of all of this means that if my last track finishes at say 10 p.m., I am not likely to get home until about 10 p.m., track time, THE NEXT DAY from a normal trip.  When each trackchaser begins to be impacted by his/her Geographical Driving Circle, and they will, they will have to decide if they will cut back on their trackchasing frequency or face the travel penalties associated with flying.  I have not even discussed the cost implications involved.  I have chosen not to cut back on trackchasing.  I fear others will not make the choice I have.

 

Speeding fines are prominently posted on the highway road signs in Canada.  The speed limit is 100 kilometers per hour.  If you speed, you will pay

 

120 KPH = $95

130 KPH = $220

140 KPH = $295

 

I kept it between 110-115 KPH.  I only saw one person pulled over during my entire three days of driving.

 

My XM radio did not work in Canadian airspace.  I very much enjoyed the wide variety of talk radio on the AM band.  It’s always good to hear what a foreign country has to say about the U.S. and other points of view.

 

There is a good deal of talk about Canada’s troop involvement in Afghanistan.  I don’t think they are doing anything in Iraq as this was never mentioned.  They seemed to think they had made a major sacrifice by recently sending 120 troops (Yes that is one hundred twenty) to Afghanistan.  That didn’t seem like much of a commitment to me.  There are a large number of people who are not big fans of President Bush.  Since my last travel day was September 11, I had five hours of radio time to listen to the Canadian view of “9/11”.  They were very empathetic toward the U.S. situation from those terrorist attacks.

 

I think of Canada as being a cross between the United States and England.  The language is the same, except in Quebec.  I enjoy visiting both Canada and England since they have similarities with my native country but also a good deal of differences.  The Canadians have always been very friendly during my visits.

 

The People

 

At the Oakwood Fair Trackchaser Commissioner Will White sought me out.  He and I have had our differences over the past year.  I must admit that even though I knew he was at the race I had no intention of seeking him out.  I guess that makes him a better man than me.

 

Will and I conversed for a few minutes at the Oakwood Fair.  I gave him my point of view on our past differences.  He acknowledged what I had to say. 

 

Will was surprised to hear that I have personal travel behavioral files on each leading trackchaser.  It’s similar to the FBI’s behavioral tracking of the most wanted criminals and their known associates.  Yes, it does give me something to do in my spare time! 

 

Will was also surprised to learn that I rarely if ever go NGD point chasing.  I always try to maximize my track count.  If that helps in the NGD standings, it’s all the better.  I figure if I continue to add total tracks at a faster rate than anyone else does the NGD points will take care of themselves.  I did point out that it has been discovered that a certain trackchaser has been NGD point chasing.  Yes, behavioral travel files have their purpose.  Of course, there is nothing wrong with that.  It’s called competition!

 

Nevertheless, and even though I had planted an electronic tracking device under his glow red Pontiac, we agreed to meet up later in the day for a fistfight (just kidding) at the Western Fair.

 

It was a 3.5-hour drive from this afternoon’s racing to the 7 p.m. starting time at the Western Fair.  I joined up with Will and we spent the evening talking about various elements of trackchasing behavior as well as trackchasing rules and the future of trackchasing as we know it.

 

Upon further reflection, we are probably both surprised at how much we agree on in virtually every area of the trackchasing experience especially on the subject of trackchasing ethics.  I’m glad Will took the initiative to say hello and appreciate his congratulatory remarks regarding my 1,100^th track.

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

OAKWOOD FAIR, OAKWOOD, ONTARIO, CANADA - TRACK #1,102 – 9/10/06

 

WESTERN FAIR, LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA - TRACK #1,103 – 9/10/06

 

These two tracks were my 20^th and 21^st Ontario, Canada trackchasing venues.  This moves me past Gordon Killian and into a tie for 9^th place in the province with Andy Sivi.  P.J. Hollebrand continues to lead in Ontario with 62 tracks.

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

OAKWOOD FAIR

I was not planning to attend this afternoon’s event.  I must thank Guy Smith for supplying this date.  I am unable to receive email communications from Guy.  I must also thank Will White for passing along this information in a message I could see.

 

The event is promoted by the Ontario Demolition Derby promotional company (www.ontariodemederby.com.)  I have been monitoring this site for several months.  They aren’t very good at specifying which programs will be demolition derbies (not countable by trackchasing rules) and which will include figure 8 racing, (which is countable.)  I have been in contact with their marketing director regarding this issue.

 

The afternoon weather was gorgeous and reminded me that this is the Fall part of my trackchasing season.  I was cruising along with plenty of time to make the race when I discovered that I had made a wrong turn.  I frequently do this even when I know the correct route.  I just start paying attention to other things and not paying attention to where I should be driving.

 

The races were scheduled to start at 1 p.m.  My driving “Excursion” would now prevent me from arriving at the track until 1:30 p.m.  I knew they were having both figure 8 racing and a demolition derby.  I figured the figure 8 races would be first. Demo derbies normally destroy the car and a destroyed car can’t race in a figure 8 race that follows a demo derby.  Yes, there is a good deal of science in being a successful trackchaser!

 

I pulled into the parking area where the greeter was collecting the spectator’s money while the fans sat in their cars.  The admission price was $7.00 Canadian.  I gave the lady four two-dollar coins.  She smiled and said she was going to get me a “Loonie.”  I replied that was not necessary as I was already married.  She appreciated my attempt at humor and soon returned with a one dollar Canadian coin.  Yes, a “Loonie” is a one-dollar Canadian coin.

 

When I did get situated, I saw three figure 8 cars getting lined up to race.  This was the four-cylinder class.  The “Square” that the cars would be racing in was small.  The cars would race around two tractor tires that were not secured to the ground.  At one point, the tires had been nudged enough so they were only about 15 feet apart.  This was not big time figure 8 racing.

 

The four-cylinder division ran another three-car heat race and that was it for the figure 8 racing.  I later learned I had missed the single three-car six-cylinder figure 8 heat race.  That’s right; the countable racing was limited to three, three-car heat races.  Nevertheless, the track went into the books as #1,102.

WESTERN FAIR

The Western Fair is one of the largest fairs I’ve seen this year.  When I arrived, I was directed to park in the infield of the horseracing oval.  This was also where the figure 8 racecars were pitted.  I paid my $7 Canadian to park and took the opportunity to walk up onto the infield stage area.  This was where the Thrill Show Productions (www.thrillshowproductions.on.ca) announcer was setting up for the night’s activity.

 

Russ, the announcer also handled these duties last night at the Georgetown Fair.  He was attentive enough to see from my press release that my track total had increased from 1,101 (last night at Georgetown) to 1,103 (this evening at the Western Fair.)  I had to admit to him that I had visited one of Thrill Show Productions competitors, the Ontario Demolition Derby promotional company in the afternoon.   Despite my visiting his competition, Russ was nice enough to admit me for free (saving $10 Canadian) to the evening’s racing.

 

Today’s Thrill Show Productions promotion was my fourth lifetime adventure with these folks.  Every program has been different.  That’s O.K.  It keeps you guessing.

 

Tonight they ran four heats with 5-6 cars in each heat.  Then they did a rollover contest.  This was fun and will probably be the best video footage I was able to get during the evening.  After the rollover contest nearly half of the folks sitting in the packed grandstand left to visit the rest of the fair.  I would estimate there were a good 3,000 people or more in the very large covered grandstand.

 

The final events of the night were a consolation and a feature race.  The feature was the best race of the night with a good combination of racing and banging.  I feel that this type of figure 8 racing is much closer to a demolition derby (which we don’t count) than actual racing (which we do count.)  The entire affair took only one hour and 40 minutes.  That was a plus.

 

The entire weekend of flying coast to coast and having some significant travel difficulties as well as a rainout produced four figure 8 tracks to add to my lifetime totals.  I try not to think about the cost and hassle that were required to see some very marginal track activity.  As a matter of fact, I am totally focused at this stage on next week’s trackchasing trip.

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

It was cool today with Fall like weather.  The skies were blue and the clouds were of the white, puffy variety.  It was only 50 degrees when I left tonight’s track.  For you cold weather dwellers, it will be winter before you know it!

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I am using a Dollar Rental Car Racing Chrysler Pacifica mini-van for this weekend’s trip to both Ontario and Quebec, Canada.

 

When I made my reservation, I was advised that if I drove the car into the United States, I would get only 100 kilometers of driving “Free” each day.  A per kilometer extra charge would then come into play.  Fortunately, I had no plans to visit the U.S. on this trip, so the limitation was not a deal breaker.

 

 

Friday total driving miles – 489 kilometers (304 miles)

Saturday total driving miles – 269 kilometers (167 miles)

Sunday total driving miles – 886 kilometers (554 miles)

Monday total driving miles – 458 kilometers (278 miles)

 

There are 3.78 liters per gallon.  Several hours of higher math produced the following.  If you can understand it on the first read, you are brighter than I am.

 

The driving portion of this trip covered 2,102 kilometers (1,305 miles).  I stopped for gas three times and a final top off at the airport.  I paid an average price of $0.86 per liter ($3.18 U. S. per gallon.)  The Chrysler Pacifica gave me 8.96 kilometers per liter (21.2 M.P.G.) at an average cost of 8.6 cents Canadian per kilometer (13.6 cents U.S. per mile.)  The car cost 4.9 cents Canadian per kilometer (7.9 cents U.S. per mile) to rent, all taxes included.

 

 

 

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 – 1,103

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 - 112

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

Oakwood, Ontario – 699 miles

London, Ontario – 879 miles

Dorval (Montreal) International Airport – trip ends – 1,305 miles

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Montreal, Canada - Dallas, TX – 1,520 miles

Dallas, TX – Los Angeles, CA – 1,256 miles

 

Total Air miles – 5,276

Total auto and air miles traveled on this trip – 6,581 miles

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES (ALL CANADIAN CURRENCY):

 

Autodrome Edelweiss – Rained out

Cambridge Fair - $8 ($5 to park)

Georgetown Fair - $8

Oakwood Fair - $7

Western Fair – Free ($7 to park)

 

 

Total race admissions for the trip – about $23 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

 

Next weekend I’ll see my first fall season tracks in the U.S. as well as an NFL football game.

 

 

 

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