GREETINGS FROM MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA AND THEN ROCKWELL CITY, IOWA

 

 

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

 

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 more direct points of view.  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.

 

I received a few early points of feedback on the topic of sharing.  I will share those with you.

This one comes from a Rockie Mountain area resident who is also an expert in the area of chili cook-offs.

 

 

“In our competitive chili world, some "buddies" may share tips on a new salsa chopper that can saves hours of chopping time or maybe where to buy a meat slicer, to again make the prep process easier.  However, the key secrets, spices, are hardly ever discussed but in the most round about ways. I have spent 20 years and thousands developing a winning recipe, so why give it up?

 

In your world, the spice is where the races are.

Here is some feedback from a Southern California golf friend of mine.

“You're something else!

 

I only wish everyone on your distribution list could know you and your sense of humor like some of us lucky ones here in CA!

 

Concerning competition and sharing information, they are your competitors! If your hobby is a competition then everyone should develop a game plan and strategy to win. Don't share under these circumstances.

 

If on the other hand this is a friendly game to have fun then by all means do everything to help. (Even Tiger Woods encourages Charles Howell III to develop a 3/4 swing shot to be more competitive.)”

A viewpoint from a southeastern reader.

 

“I was an only child & to this day I want my food & I don't want any of yours!”

A last minute addition from down toward Texas.

I think it depends, Randy, on which is more important to you:  1) Winning the trackchasing crown, no matter what it takes, without regard to your own values; or 2)  Being true to your own values, like the importance and benefits of sharing.

 

I'm guessing number 2 is where you shake out.

 

Personally, I admire you for sharing information with your competitors.  After all, this is for fun, and doesn't involve shareholder return, lawyers, or making enough money to buy new shoes for baby.  At least I don't think it involves any of those things.  That being the case, you are simply showing leadership to the other guys, and I admire that.

Editor’s note:  I have nearly 400 separate pages on my website.  My “Future track dates” page ranks fourth in number of hits.

MEDIA UPDATE

 

The folks at the Tillsonburg News were nice enough to send along the photos that appeared in their August 25, 2006 story about trackchasing.  If you would like to see them simply go to www.ranlayracing.com, click on “Media coverage” and then click on “Tillsonburg News”.  Thank you Nathan Taylor.

 

I WOKE UP IN WALNUT, IOWA THIS MORNING.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

The Strategy

                                                                                        

I now this sounds repetitive, but it’s good trackchasing strategy to visit tracks that don’t race very often.  That is exactly what I did today.

 

 

The Trip

 

I finished the trip with three separate Trackchasing Tourist Attractions (TTA).  This always makes the trip enjoyable.

 

TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION #1

 

Following the action at the Calhoun County Raceway on Saturday night, I headed out into the rain driven night bound for Davenport, Iowa.  That would be a stopping point and 250-mile drive from the track for my overnight stay.  The next morning I was out the door before 7 a.m., bound for DeKalb, Illinois, another 100-mile drive.

 

At the DeKalb Oasis located on Interstate 88, I would meet up with good friend, Pryce B. of Milan, Illinois.  I would be joining Pryce, his dad Pryce, but not his son Pryce and Pryce’s brother, Brad.  At least Brad is not named Pryce.  The four of us were heading to Soldier Field to see the Chicago Bears play the Detroit Lions.

 

 

I used to hold nine season tickets to the Los Angeles Rams football program.  When the Rams left Los Angeles for St. Louis about 10 years ago, I dropped my interest in the NFL.  I am somewhat surprised that Los Angeles does not have an NFL team and that nobody seems to care.  There are just so many things to do, many of them outdoors, that it’s not a big deal.

 

However, it is a big deal in Chicago.  The Bears play their home games in Soldier Field, which is located just off Lake Michigan.  Most folks may not remember that Soldier Field held stock car racing back in the 50s and 60s. 

 

Soldier Field was renovated for football a couple of years ago.  The stadium is noted for the large concrete “Colonnades” which make it look like a Roman coliseum.  However, the stadium's rebuild looks more like a spaceship.  Combining a spaceship form of architecture with a Roman coliseum makes for some weird looking overall architecture.

 

Like many pro sports teams, the Chicago Bears charge a “Permanent Seat License” or “PSL” to their season ticket buying fans.  In order to buy season tickets, a fan must make a one-time payment to have the “Right” to buy season tickets.  The PSL for seats in the area where we sat was $15,000 for four seats.  That’s a little pricey.

 

Pryce had a parking pass that allowed us to park in a parking garage that was attached to the stadium.  We had a roof over our heads all the way from the parking garage until we sat down in our seats.  There are also excellent views of Lake Michigan and downtown Chicago (Sears Tower, etc.) from Soldier Field.

 

The Bears dominated the game in front of a sold out crowd.  Detroit couldn’t do anything right.  The Bears smashed them 34-7.  In many ways, the game wasn’t even that close.  The outcome was as surprising as the weather.  It was warm and humid, with a temperature above 80 degrees.  I’ve always heard about how the cold winds come in off Lake Michigan.  That was not the case today, although the Bears have a home game scheduled for New Year’s Eve.  That could be a cold one.

 

The four of us very much enjoyed each other’s company.  Since we are all natives of Illinois, we reminisced about Illinois sports including the old National Industrial Basketball league, the Decatur Bears and the Moline NBA team which is now the Atlanta Hawks after moving from Moline to St. Louis. 

 

It was a most fun afternoon.  Brad bore a strong resemblance in both his appearance and mannerisms to NASCAR star, Carl Edwards.  Brad had never heard of Mr. Edwards, but I implored him to listen to a race broadcast to see what his twin brother might look like.  I’ll look forward to the day when we can have another outing like the one we had today.

 

TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION #2

 

Following the Bears game, we went back to DeKalb to get my car.  It just so happens that my sister Becky and her husband Bob live in DeKalb.  I also spent four years in DeKalb (1967-1971) getting a college education that happily helped prepare me financially for a life of trackchasing.

 

My trackchasing hobby allows me to be in many different areas often to visit family and friends.  Most people don’t get to stay in touch with people personally as much as I have over the past many years.  I’m grateful for that.

 

I took Becky and Bob to Pizza Villa for dinner.  Pizza Villa is one of my all-time favorite pizza joints.  It’s possibly second only to Davis Brothers in my hometown of East Peoria, Illinois.  Pizza Villa also holds a special place in my heart, because I used to work there.  I worked every semester I was in college in positions of food service (cleaning dirty dishes), dormitory resident assistant (two years), janitor and the aforementioned pizza delivery position.

 

Obviously, there were no computer spreadsheets in 1970.  Therefore, I used a small notebook to record the results of my pizza income.  I received 35 cents for each dorm delivery and 50 cents for each house or apartment delivery.  That combined with tips and a four-dollar gas stipend normally netted me about six dollars an hour in cash.  That was pretty good money back in those days.

 

Becky, Bob and I enjoyed out time together.  It’s always good to hear what they are up too.  They are looking forward to a long vacation out west that will focus on our daughter’s wedding on May 5, 2007.  Unless, there is a trackchasing double that I just can’t pass up, I plan to be at the wedding as well.

 

TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION #3

 

Monday, the last day of my trackchasing trip was going to be a long one.  The plan was to play golf in the morning with Pryce.  Then I would drive 350 miles up to Minneapolis for a 9 p.m. flight.  After a four-hour flight, I would get home at 1 a.m. (3 a.m. Central time).  I would then have to make the executive decision on whether I wanted to get up for an 8 a.m. Tuesday tee time in the “Tuesday/Thursday” golf group.  Tuesday night update….I played.

 

I have experienced abnormally warm weather on the entire trip.  However, weather.com has been calling for a dramatic temperature drop for today, our golf day.  For most of the week, they predicted high temperatures of 55 degrees or so, with possible rain.  With an early morning tee time and a weather forecast of just 55 degrees, that didn’t look to enticing.

 

Pryce and I both showed up at the Oak Club of Genoa in Genoa, Illinois at the appointed time.  This is a Golf Digest four-star rated golf course.  It had rained the night before so I recommended we play the white tees.  Even the white tees were a solid 6,300 yards long.  The course rating from those tees is 71.6 and the slope is 128.  Those are more than respectable numbers.

 

The course offers a senior discount to people 57 years and older.  That was awfully convenient considering I happen to be 57 years old.  However………..the “Early Bird Special” was an even better price at $29 including cart for each player.  Compared to playing in California those prices make me feel like I’m playing for free.

 

The course was damp early on and they don’t have a driving range.  The cart paths also leave something to be desired.  The greens were true, but slow.  It might not be a four star course in my mind, but more like 3.5 stars.

 

Pryce has been tearing up the competition at his country club in Rock Island.  He most recently won the club’s match play President’s Cup championship.  However………I am most happy to report to the loyal readers of the Trackchaser Report that I caught Pryce on a bad day and was able to keep the Illinois Championship Cup for at least one more year.

 

Following golf, we had time for lunch.  I asked the head pro for a local luncheon recommendation.  He recommended Trumpets in downtown Genoa because they had great sandwiches.  His recommendation went down in my eyes when he added, “I’ve never been there but they serve a nice tea and the ladies really love it.”  Nevertheless, we had to have lunch and there weren’t very many other choices.

 

You can just imagine two smelly golfers walking into a high society looking restaurant where “Tea is served”.  Of course, I was wearing shorts and a Spam t-shirt!  The entire restaurant looked like a fancy antique store.  The tables all had nice doilies and there was lots of crystal.  Each place setting had about 25 pieces of silverware, teacups, etc.

 

The greeter asked if we had reservations.  I resisted the temptation to offer my standard line of “Yes, but we came anyway.”  We may have been the only men in the entire restaurant.  That didn’t deter us.  We had a nice lunch before bidding each other farewell.  Pryce and his wife will be heading out to California in November where we will be able to hit the links again.

 

Overall, having three such high quality Trackchasing Tourist Attractions made for an outstanding trip.

 

The People

 

It was super seeing all the people who made up my TTAs.  It’s also great to be able to share feedback from people reading the Trackchaser Report.  They say that for everyone that calls into a radio or TV show with an opinion, there are many, many more people with a similar opinion who don’t call in.

 

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

HARRISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS (FIGURE 8), MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA  #1,106 – 9/16/06

 

CALHOUN COUNTY RACEWAY (OVAL), ROCKWELL CITY, IOWA  #1,107 – 9/17/06

 

These were my 60^th and 61^st lifetime tracks to see in the Hawkeye state.  Iowa ranks third in my overall state totals (California #1 – 98, Illinois #2 – 68).  I maintain my fourth place state ranking and gain no NGD lifetime points.  I still trail third place by 10 tracks.  Mr. Esser leads Mr. Erdmann for the state lead 77-76. 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

HARRISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS (FIGURE 8)

This appears to be a relatively unknown track in the trackchasing world, even though they have raced figure 8 cars several times this year.  The races were scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. under some rather unusual weather conditions.  The area had received two inches of rain overnight.  When I arrived, it was an unlikely 88 degrees under blue skies and a strong wind.

 

A major thunderstorm was predicted to hit within a few hours.  The program started 10 minutes late and the final checkered flag flew at 4:06 p.m.  Later that evening the radio would tell me that Harrison County would be under a severe thunderstorm watch.  I was luck to beat the bad weather here by a matter of hours.

 

This was about as low key of a racing operation as you are likely to find.  There was a small celebration going on in the park adjacent to the county fair’s covered grandstand.  It didn’t amount to much.  There was face painting for the kids and a dunk tank.  There were no carnival rides or anything like that.

 

I did see something most unusual in the park as well as throughout the town of Missouri Valley.  There was a string of real life looking mannequins dressed in all sorts of different outfits.  I’ll share some photos of these creatures on my website.

 

The grandstand has a seating capacity of maybe 1,500.  Only about 40-50 of those seats were occupied today.  There were not many racecars either, just three “Small cars” and three “Large cars.”  Each of these “Divisions” ran two, six-lap heat races and a 12-lap feature event.  A proposed powder puff derby was scratched when no powder puffettes accepted the invitation to race.

 

The figure 8 markers were a set of used automobile tires tightly wound together in sort of a ball.  I’ve never seen markers like that before.  The track was wet and muddy and made up of the famous “Iowa black dirt” that I don’t see anywhere outside of this geographical locale.

 

The announcer and scorers sat in a small bleacher section on the opposite side of the grandstand from the track.  The announcer’s P.A. used the speakers from his boom box.  Surprisingly, he could be heard well, although he did not have much to say.

 

The cars raced hard, but with so few competitors, there wasn’t a good deal of action.  I couldn’t help but smile when the three drivers from each division were summoned to the judging area to “Redraw” for their feature starting positions.  I was most pleased to get this first half of a day/night doubleheader before the place becomes inundated with my fellow trackchasers.

 

CALHOUN COUNTY RACEWAY (OVAL)

The Calhoun County Raceway runs a series of figure 8 events throughout the summer.  Tonight they would be racing an enduro on their quarter-mile dirt oval.  As far as I know, they only race on the oval one time per year.  Therefore, it was pretty good trackchasing strategy to catch a track that races just one time per year.

 

The races were scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.  Weather.com called for major thunderstorms to hit the area at 9 p.m.  Although it was clear skies when I entered the track, that would soon change.

 

The track announcer was also the flagman.  From where I was sitting the P.A. system might have been the best I have heard this season.  Unfortunately, the flagman/announcer said nothing at all during the race.  He did tell the crowd they would be splitting their 53-car field into two feature events of 26 and 27 cars each.  He never mentioned how long these two races would be.  He also told everyone that the top five finishers in each feature race would advance to a 15-lap “Dash of cash.”

 

They started nearly 30 minutes late.  The track runs from West to East.  Shortly after the first enduro began, I noticed a huge mean-looking dark cloud forming off to the west.  It kept getting bigger and closer with lightning adding to its ominous demeanor.

 

The racing wasn’t much.  For some reason the primarily four-cylinder cars didn’t seem to be going very fast.  I had no idea how long each race was going to be.  I searched on my race scanner for the official track channel but never found it.  I did come across a channel occupied by three different race fans.  From what they said, I was able to piece together the fact that I was watching a 100-lap race that paid $300 to win.

 

They did a pretty good job of keeping the race going without unnecessary delays.  Enduros are not meant to have many delays.  They stopped for a couple of burning racecars and that was it.  The 100-lap race ended at 8:15 p.m.  By now, the big storm to the west was nearly on top of us.  Just at that moment I Iooked over my shoulder to see an even bigger and separate storm approaching from the south.  We were going to get hit big and it wasn’t going to take much longer for everyone to get wet.

 

The fans I was listening to on the race scanner wondered if the second race would get in.  The track announcer told the crowd to standby, he was getting a weather update.  A few moments later he announced they would begin the second race.  At about that moment, the skies began to open up.  I knew this was the signal to pack up my gear and head for the exits.  Just before I made it to my car, which was located only a few yards from the track’s entrance, it really began to pour.  Actually, the TIMING of the rain was perfect for me.  I had seen a 100-lap feature event, but was still getting out early so I could make the 250-mile drive to Davenport, Iowa that I needed to make.  It couldn’t have worked out any better.  Some day I will be back here for their figure 8 show. 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

Overall, the weather on this trip was great, especially for mid-September.  The rain hit most everywhere when it wouldn’t cause me a problem. 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I am using the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Impala this weekend.

 

Thursday total driving miles – 177

Friday total driving miles –  457

Saturday total driving miles – 388

Sunday total driving miles – 124

Monday total driving miles – 376

 

The driving portion of this trip covered 1,522 miles.  I stopped for three full tanks of gas and a final top off.  I paid an average price of just $2.37 per gallon.  The Chevy Impala gave me 28.6 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at an average cost of 9.3 cents per mile.  The car cost 8.3 cents 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 – 1,107

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,063 (-44)

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,057 (-50)*

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,025 (-82)*

5.  Andy Sivi, Clairton, Pennsylvania – 1,024 (-83)*

6.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,021 (-86)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 939 (-168)**

 

 

* 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 - 116

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 79

3.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 78

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 68

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 59

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 58

7.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 55

8.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan - 53

9.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 47

10. Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 46

 

 

 

 

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 – 1,530 miles

RENTAL CAR - MINNEAPOLIS

 

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport – trip begins

Rice Lake, Wisconsin – 124 miles

Newton, Iowa – 506 miles

Missouri Valley, Iowa – 692 miles

Rockwell City, Iowa – 793 miles

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport trip ends – 1,522 miles

AIRPLANE

 

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

 

Total Air miles – 3,060

Total auto and air miles traveled on this trip – 4,582 miles

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Rice Lake Speedway – $15

Iowa Speedway - $45

Harrison County Fairgrounds - $8

Calhoun County Raceway - $7

 

Total race admissions for the trip – $75

 

 

 

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

 

It seems like I’ve been traveling a good deal over the past two months.  Maybe, that is because I have!  I’ll be home for about 77 hours before it’s time for my last major cold weather city trackchasing visit.  I’ll begin to migrate southward soon just like the birds do.

 

Trackchasing’s First Mother is expected to hit the trackchasing trail after a 39-day layoff.  She has Sammy Swindell is her sights.

 

 

 

 

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),