GREETINGS FROM HUTCHINSON, KANSAS

 

 

 

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.

 

WE WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy

                                                                                        

In order for me to stay on the trackchasing road on a long-term basis, I have to keep a close watch on expenses.  I am not like some of the “High-dollar” trackchasing teams.  With that in mind, I have annual trackchasing expense budgets in the following seven areas.  They are ranked in order of money spent on each category.

 

Airline fares

Hotels

Gasoline

Car rentals

Food

Race tickets

Airport parking

 

I am always amazed that the fee to get into the races ranks so low on the list.  The real expense of trackchasing for me is to get to and from the track.

 

Obviously, I use an airplane to get to the racing events.  If I didn’t it would take me two days, or more, to drive from California into the areas of the United States where most of the racetracks are located.

 

In this report, I’ll discuss the expense of rental cars.  If I have time, I’ll cover the other expense categories in future TRs.  I contend that my trackchasing expenses are actually reduced, a good deal for that matter, by using rental cars rather than my own personal car.  This would probably be the case for most active driving trackchasers as well.

 

First, I must report that I do not own any automobiles whatsoever.  I know that the highly funded trackchasing teams often have two, three or maybe more vehicles at their disposal.

 

I am fortunate in one regard.  Trackchasing’s First Mother owns a Lexus LS 430 and leases a Jaguar S-Type.  When she is not driving the Lexus, she loans it to me.  This is why the car is often referred to as the “Carol Lewis owned Lexus LS 430.”  Actually the car is officially called the “Carol Lewis owned and Life of Virginia sponsored Lexus LS 430” (CLOLOVSL).  You can simply refer to the car as “Colossal.”

 

I can’t really go into the details regarding the fact that I don’t own a car or that the car is sponsored by Life of Virginia.  It’s a rather lengthy and detailed story, but trust me, I wouldn’t do it if it weren’t beneficial.

 

The 2004 Lexus was purchased when it was new and has been owned for about 33 months.  It has just over 34,000 miles on its odometer.  According to Kelly Blue Book’s website (www.kbb.com), the current “Private resale value” is $45,515.  I hope Carol doesn’t read this part of the TR and decide she could use some easy cash.  I would be walking if she did.

 

I started wondering what the effect would have been on the value of the Lexus is I had driven it the same amount of miles I have driven rental cars this year.  O.K., I’m not being entirely straightforward.  I KNEW what the effect would be all along, but it makes for a somewhat better story to act as if I had no idea what the outcome of this analysis might be.

 

By my count, although it’s easily verifiable by checking my past 2006 Trackchaser Reports, I have rented 25 cars during this year’s trackchasing pursuit.  I have driven 35,643 miles in those cars (assuming a constant Canadian kilometer value). 

 

What if I was a trackchaser who did not fly?  What if I had driven those 35,643 miles in the pursuit of my hobby in my personal car?  The Carol Lewis Owned Life of Virginia Lexus LS 430 would have about 70,000 miles on it.  If that were the case, Kelly Blue Book tells me the CLOLOVSL would be worth just $34,540.

 

Wow!  Double wow!  That means that just about eight months worth of trackchasing miles would reduce the value of Carol’s car by roughly $11,000.  I’m going to password protect this paragraph.  I can’t allow Carol to see it.  I’m going to be really mad if anybody reading this tells her too.

 

Actually, I’m not being totally straightforward here.  I pass most of everything I write by Carol for her approval.  She can act as an unofficial censor.  Therefore, if you don’t like what you read here don’t come complaining to me.  It’s really, as we used to say in East Peoria, “Carol’s doing.”

 

“Now, wait just a minute, big guy, aren’t you forgetting something.  Those rental cars don’t come cheap.  You’ve rented 25 of them.  That’s got to cost a ton,” the skeptic might complain, and often does.  Thank you.  I’m glad you’ve been reading along.

 

What did 25 rental cars cost for about 120 days of rental?  How does $3,797 sound?  Yes, that’s right, I have spent nearly $4,000 on rental cars, but if I had used Carol’s car, it would have been reduced in value by $11,000.  That puts me about $7,000 to the good.

 

Just a quick note; your financial life is the sum of each and every financial decision you make from a very early age.  The degree of education you decide to pursue will affect your financial status.  Do you finance your purchases, spend wildly on items that depreciate and/or fail to negotiate favorable terms in your daily financial life?  If you do, then you will have much less financial flexibility throughout your life. 

 

The only thing that can bail you out is the lottery.  There are two main rules with the lottery.  First, your chances of winning are about the same whether you buy a ticket or not.  Secondly, you can’t win the lottery unless you own your own bowling shoes.  I don’t make the rules, I just play by them.

 

Of course, an extra 36,000 miles of driving, and that’s just for eight months of trackchasing can really do a number on maintenance and repair expenses of your vehicle as well.  A new set of tires would be pretty well broken in and approaching being worn out with 36,000 miles on them.  How many oil changes, air filters, AC filters, and other miscellaneous expenses do you think a trackchaser might have with that amount of driving.  Lots!  Remember, this is for only eight months.  Try putting these kinds of miles on rental cars for three or four years.  Trust me, I’ve already been there.

 

“O.K., fella, I’ve got another question for ya.  I don’t drive a Lexus.  I drive a good ole’ American car that’s a few years old.  It doesn’t have much depreciation left in it.  What do you say to that?”

 

First of all, I’m sorry you have chosen not to drive a Lexus.  If you had, I am certain you would be very pleased with the experience.  Yes, a car like you own will not depreciate nearly as much as a newer luxury car.  The main reason for that is you are not driving a newer luxury car!

 

An older car will still depreciate.  As an example a five year old 2001 Chevy Cavalier with 60,000 miles on it (12,000 miles per year) is worth about $5,305 (gee, I hope you didn’t pay too much more than that when it was new!) according to Kelly Blue Book.  Add another 36,000 miles to that car’s odometer and its value shrinks to $4,430.  That’s a $875 reduction for depreciation.  What do you think the maintenance and repair numbers are going to be for a five-year-old Chevy Cavalier with nearly 100,000 miles on it?  Maybe somewhere in the $2,000-$4,000 range?

 

By the way, I spent about $3,800 dollars renting full-sized cars.  There is a way to rent those cars even cheaper.  You can rent smaller cars.  I suspect that if I had rented compact cars, I would have gotten the overall car rental expense to less that $3,000.

 

Some don’t like this section of the Trackchaser Report being referred to as “Strategy.”  They think it sounds too competitive or corporate.  I can respect that point of view.  For those folks, I would ask that they replace the term “Strategy” with “Plan” or “Information sharing” or “Good ideas” or “Really good ideas.”

 

In the mean time, please don’t wear out your car using it for trackchasing.  We have the fine folks at National, Hertz, Avis and others who are just waiting to let you wear out THEIR cars when you go trackchasing. 

 

 

The Trip

 

We were out the door by 4:45 a.m. and bound for Wichita, Kansas.  We’re flying on American Airlines since this trip was booked before our airline sponsorship agreement was finalized.  Since Carol and I are both decorated fliers on American Airlines, we were seated in the exit row.

 

Folks sitting in the exit row accept a responsibility to help their fellow passengers in the event of an emergency.  Most of that help would come in the form of opening the “Emergency hatch.”

 

Today, for the first time ever, the flight attendant wanted to put some of the onus on us, the passengers.  There were two rows of twelve people sitting in exit row seats.  The flight attendant told us he would be conducting a quiz.  We would be allowed to study the emergency exit procedures card before the quiz took place.

 

Consistent with his promise, he returned and began grilling the twelve of us.  I squirmed in my seat.  It’s been a while since I’m been in a classroom setting.  I was relieved to see that Carol was going to get the third question.  “When you open the hatch what do you do with it?” she was asked.  I had noticed Carol studying the American Airlines website for some reason late last night.  She cheerily replied, “Lay it on the seat.”  She always was a “Goody two shoes” type student.  The flight attendant now looked at her with “Favored” student status.

 

Of course, there was the joker sitting in front of me, who wanted to know how you could lay the hatch on the seat, “If people were already sitting there.”  This question drew a scowl from the flight attendant who assured the questioner and all those around him, that most certainly people would no longer be sitting at that point in the flight.  Happily, I was not asked any questions and everyone arrived safely at our destination.

 

Tonight’s destination was Hutchinson, Kansas, just 51 miles up the road from Wichita.  Hutchinson or “Hutch” was home to the 2006 U.S. Senior Open Golf Tournament.  It is also the perpetual home of the National Junior College Basketball Championships and the Kansas State Fair!

 

Overall, from what we could see it’s a very old down that isn’t so much rundown as worn out.  There is a difference.  I think the weather, wind and sun just wears things out faster in this part of the country.  The downtown area is nearly a ghost town.  We thought that might be all there was to Hutch until we found the Wal-Mart/Applebee’s area.  There we also came across a Microtel Hotel & Suites where we would rest for the night.  These are clean and modern hotels but our room is very small.

 

Coming into town we noticed a billboard for the Hog Wild Pit BBQ restaurant.  This little hole in the wall BBQ joint is located at 24^th and Main, just across from the state fairgrounds.  It’s great.  It is so good that it earns a RANLAY Racing Money Back Guarantee.  If you come to Hutchinson, try the Hog Wild Pit BBQ restaurant and if you don’t like it, your meal is on me.  Try the two-meat plate with double baked beans.  It’s delicious.

The People

 

Some of the natives appear to be restless.  It is important to understand that not everything you read here should be taken LITERALLY.  It is however equally important that just about everything should be taken DIRECTIONALLY.  If you don’t know what I mean by that, just ask.  However, it is critical to note that I will never make a statement on a material fact that is untrue.

 

Let me provide an example.  Let’s say “Rufus” (I use this name because none of the more than 1,000 Trackchaser Report readers are named Rufus), says that “Clarence” (also not a name of any TR readers AND a name of one of my favorite uncles from down toward Chrisman, Illinois) is as “Big as a house.”

 

Of course, everyone knows that Clarence is not as big as a house.  That’s impossible.  Therefore, Rufus’ statement is not LITERALLY true.  However, Clarence may be packing a few more pounds than he needs too.  If that is the case, then Rufus’ statement is DIRECTIONALLY true.  You might judgmentally say that Rufus has no right to bring Clarence’s weight situation up to him or to anyone else for that matter.  Some might construe Rufus’ statement as negative.

 

However, what if Rufus was really very concerned about Clarence’s personal health.  What is Rufus was a medical doctor and knew that the statistics for overweight people as it relates to life span is not good.  (By the way, I am not referring in any hidden way to any overweight people I know.  I could stand to lose a few pounds myself.)  Maybe Rufus would actually be doing Clarence some good by saying “You are as big as a house.”

 

Let’s look at this phrase in a different way.  Let’s say Clarence had been working out in the weight room for a long time.  His muscles were bulging and he was “Ripped.”  Then when Rufus says to Clarence, “You are as big as a house!”  Clarence gets a huge smile across his face.  He’s been sweating day in and day out and now someone has finally recognized him for all of his hard work.  Now you are probably thinking that Rufus is not really a bad guy after all.  He was simply looking after the welfare of his friend AND recognizing him on his good efforts.

 

It is never O.K. to make a statement that is either not LITERALLY correct or DIRECTIONALLY correct.  An example might be “Clarence is a child molester.”  Assuming Clarence was not; this would make no literal sense and would have no purpose of sending a valid message about any directional behavior.  I refrain from making statements like that at all costs.

 

I guess what all of this proves is that different words mean totally different things to different people.  Sometimes people determine what they want the spoken word to mean, so they can support their own personal agenda.  I see that happen often.

 

Just remember that when you read something in the Trackchaser Report, it is commonly not meant to be taken LITERALLY.  However, it is commonly meant to have a DIRECTIONAL meaning.  All material points have also been tested for their truthfulness.

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

HUTCHINSON RACEWAY PARK, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS #1,107 – 9/22/06

This was my 15^th lifetime track to see in Kansas.  This breaks a logjam I had in 8^th place with notables Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell and Gordon Killian.  It moves me into a tie with Mssrs. Allender and Erdmann for 6^th place and adds two more NGD points.  Mr. Esser leads in Kansas as he does in many Midwestern states.

 

This was Carol’s third Kansas track.  She made her first ever Kansas trackchasing trip in 2005 with stops in Wichita and Colby, Kansas.

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

HUTCHINSON RACEWAY PARK

We pulled into the track’s parking lot at 6:30 p.m.  There wasn’t much happening as we learned the races weren’t supposed to begin until 8 p.m.  We bought our tickets and went into set our stadium seats up so our seat locations would be reserved.  I was still nursing a Diet Coke from Hog Wild.  Unfortunately, the track prohibits food and drink from the “Outside.”  Even when I explained that we would only be inside for a minute or so until we place our seats down, that Diet Coke was not coming in and it didn’t. 

 

We decided to head into town, get a motel and relax for a few minutes.  When we left the track there were some dark looking clouds off to the west.  We returned to the track at 8:10 p.m.  It was now dark and there was a heat race in progress.  It was also starting to sprinkle.  This concerned us greatly.  We hustled in with our earlier stamped hands.  The rain was picking up. 

 

We couldn’t count a heat race already in progress, if the program rained out.  We needed to get this partial heat race finished and our “Own” heat race started and completed.  We did just that.  The light rain stopped and didn’t return.

 

Tonight is the 6^th Annual Fall Super Stock Nationals.  It’s a three-day event and finishes up on Sunday.  The car counts are small.  There were four classes racing including Street Stocks (11), Cruisers (7), Modifieds (11) and Super Stocks (11). 

 

Our first countable race of the night was the one and only cruiser heat race.  That was followed by two modified heats, two super stocks heats and six-lap trophy dash for the modifieds.

 

The track took a brief intermission and came back with a 12-lap feature race for the street stocks.  Next up was a 10-lap feature event for the cruisers.  It was starting to get cool and windy and I promised Carol we would stay for just one more race.  This turned out to be the 15-lap super stock feature event.  We got up to leave and so did everyone else.  They all seemed to know that the super stock feature was the last race on the program today.  That was good; it was only 9:50 p.m.

 

The track itself is decent.  The grandstand is a monster.  It’s 25 rows high and runs the length of the straight for this half-mile dirt oval.  The lights are pretty good on the front stretch but the P.A. is weak.  We didn’t try any refreshments after a filling supper at the Hog Wild Pit BBQ joint.

 

There were about 400 people in the stands.  We noticed a few high school football games going on in town tonight.  That surely hurt the racing spectator count.  We were very pleased to get a countable track after the brief rain event at the scheduled start time.

 

 

CAROL’S COMMENTS

I liked their scoreboard but it should accommodate three digits since several cars had three digit numbers.  The grandstand was large but many of the boards were rotten.  It’s just a lawsuit waiting to happen.  Spoken like the mother of an attorney!  The lights could have been better on the backstretch.  I liked them using live radio over the P.A. at intermission to update everyone on the high school football game results.

WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

The weather for our three-day weekend is excellent especially as we get into the latter portion of September.  The forecast calls for daytime temperatures in the 70s and rain forecasts projected at no more than 20%.

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I am using the National Car Racing Pontiac Gran Prix for this weekend’s trip.  If the weather continues to cooperate and we think it will, we’ll probably only drive 600 or 700 miles.

 

Friday total driving miles – 89

 

 

 

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 – 1,108

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,063 (-45)

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,057 (-51)*

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,025 (-83)*

5.  Andy Sivi, Clairton, Pennsylvania – 1,024 (-84)*

6.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,021 (-87)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 935 (-173)**

 

 

* 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 (+1)

36.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California - 278

37.  Dale Danielski, Onalaska, Wisconsin – 269 (-9)

 

 

 

2006 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 117

2.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 78

3.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 76

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 – 48

10. Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 46

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

Randy Lewis

#1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi

 

Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did.  She just did it backwards and in heels!

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

 

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

Dallas, TX – Wichita, KS – 346 miles

RENTAL CAR - WICHITA

 

Wichita Mid-Continent Airport – trip begins

Hutchinson, KS – 59 miles

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Hutchinson Raceway Park – $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

 

We’ll be visiting three more Midwestern tracks on this trip.  Next week, I hope to be using my airline sponsorship perks for the first time.

 

 

 

 

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 Park, North Woodstock, New Hampshire – July 15

 

1,077. Legion Speedway, Wentworth, New Hampshire – July 15

 

1,078. Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Fair Haven, Vermont – July 16

1,079. Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, Connecticut – July 17

 

1,080. Little Log House Speedway, Hastings, Minnesota - July 28

 

** Elko Speedway (outer oval), Elko, Minnesota – July 28

 

** Elko Speedway (inner oval), Elko, Minnesota – July 28

 

** Elko Speedway (figure 8), Elko, Minnesota – July 28

 

1,081. Chickasaw Big Four County Fairgrounds, Nashua, Iowa - July 29

1,082. Buffalo River Speedway, Glyndon, Minnesota - July 30

 

1,083. Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah, - August 4

 

1,084. Atomic Motor Raceway, Atomic City, Idaho - August 4

 

1,085. Mission Valley Speedway, Polson, Montana - August 5

 

1,086. Rock Creek Race Track, Kimberly, Idaho - August 6

 

1,087. Stevens County Fairgrounds, Morris, Minnesota - August 9

 

1,088. Norman County Raceway, Ada, Minnesota - August 10

 

1,089. Miller Speedway, Miller, South Dakota - August 11

 

1,090. Gimli Motorsports Park, Gimli, Manitoba, Ontario, Canada - August 13

 

1,091. Bemidji Speedway, Bemidji, Minnesota - August 13

 

1,092. Dayton Fair (figure 8), Dayton, Pennsylvania - August 14

 

1,093. Holmes County Fairgrounds, Millersburg, Ohio - August 15

 

1,094. Lawrence County Fairgrounds, New Castle, Pennsylvania - August 16

 

1,095. Armada County Fairgrounds, Armada, Michigan - August 17

 

1,096. Spencer Speedway, Williamson, New York - August 18

 

1,097. Yates County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Penn Yan, New York,  - August 19

 

1,098. Tillsonburg County Fairgrounds, Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada - August 20

 

1,099. Marshfield Fair, Marshfield, Massachusetts - August 21