GREETINGS FROM SIMCOE, ONTARIO, CANADA

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

The Strategy

                                                                                        

I meet a number of people in my travels when I go trackchasing.  Since they have more than likely never heard of the hobby, they always have a number of questions.  The three most popular are:

 

-        How long have you been doing this?

-        Can I go along on your next trip with you?

-        How do you pay for all of this?

 

I never have a good answer for the first question.  I’m not sure if I’ve been “Doing this” since I was five years old when I saw my first track or when I started really concentrating on trackchasing about 5-6 years ago.  I usually have to size up the person to decide whether to answer question #2 in the affirmative or the negative.

 

The final question is always an interesting one.  I asked Carol the other day how much she thought I spent on trackchasing on a daily basis.  Remember, we’re talking about airfare, airport parking, rental cars, hotels, food, gasoline and race tickets.  She figured I spent about $75 each day on the road.  I didn’t have the heart to correct her.  It’s probably better that the $75 number is in her head rather than some other higher more accurate number.

 

I retired on June 30, 2002.  A major hobby of mine for twenty years before I retired was my own personal financial planning.  I’ve done financial plans for several family members and friends.  It took me a few months after retiring to get my retirement funds allocated over a broad range of asset classes.

 

You’ve heard me talk about the date of October 11 in past Trackchaser Reports that were written around that time.  October 11^th is special for three reasons.  First, it’s the date our oldest son, J.J. was born in 1974.  Secondly, it’s the date we bought our current house in 2001.  Finally, October 11, 2002 is the date I took my entire retirement account of Procter & Gamble stock and converted it into a broadly diversified portfolio of low cost stock and bond mutual funds.

 

This morning after I had parked my car at The Parking Spot at LAX, I picked up a complimentary copy of the USA Today newspaper.  The front page headline was “Dow climbs from depths.”  Yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial stock average established an all-time record high of 11,727.34.  It’s been 6 ½ years since the Dow reached its peak on January 14, 2000.  The new Dow record caps a 4,437 point comeback that began in October 2002 at the low point of the worst stock market decline since the great depression.

 

What is the significance of all of this?  Well back in 2002, as a newly minted retiree, I was dumping all of the money I had saved for retirement into the stock and bond market.  The market bottomed out (so far, anyway) on October 9, 2002.  I came along just two days later.  I plunked down all of my cash into the market on October 11, 2002.  This was not a stroke of genius; it was a stroke of luck.  The market goes up and down.  You’re about as likely to enter the market when it’s just reached a high, as you are when it’s just reached a low.

 

I know that many of my Trackchaser Report readers are either retired or going to retire soon.  I don’t know if any of those folks are planning to try their hand at trackchasing and try to unseat me from my current #1 position in the worldwide trackchaser rankings.  It’s entirely possible, a future retiree may have other plans that just trackchasing.  That’s O.K. with me, I can only stand so much competition.

 

There are a couple of things you might want to consider if you are retired or plan to retire anytime soon.  Actually, it’s equally important for you to consider these points, even if you don’t plan to retire for a very long time.

 

The first thought is somewhat simple to say, but much more difficult to achieve.  Let’s say you make $50,000 per year.  If you leave that job to retire, then you need to come up with $50,000 a year from somewhere.  You might say, “But, Randy, I plan on getting another job to supplement my retirement pension and/or social security.”  If you “Retire” and get another job, you didn’t retire, you simply changed jobs.

 

Let’s say you do fully retire.  Maybe, if you’ve been making $50,000 per year, you will get a pension of $15,000 per year.  Maybe, you’ll be old enough to collect another $15,000 per year from Social Security.  That will leave a $20,000 per year shortfall.  If you can earn 7% on your retirement savings, you’ll need about $285,000 to throw off the $20,000 your shortfall requires.

 

If you don’t have a pension, but you do have Social Security, the shortfall is $35,000 annually.  You will then need to have $500,000 in retirement savings earning 7% each year to live on the same amount you earned while you were working. 

 

I don’t know if your hobby is going to be trackchasing or ice skating or book collecting.  Whatever it is, don’t wait any longer than you already have or it will be too late to get your retirement plan in shape.  The leap across the retirement canyon will be too wide for you to clear if you procrastinate.

 

Anyway, I’ll be busy on October 11.  It’s the only day of the year that I work.  I don’t work a full day, maybe just about two hours.  I’ll call up my brokerage firm and rebalance my retirement portfolio.  I’ll move money out of the asset classes that have done well and move money into the asset classes that have not returned as much.  I do this each and every year on October 11.

 

Then when someone asks me how I pay for my trackchasing habit, my answer will be “From a well-balanced, fully diversified retirement savings portfolio.”  For the most part, I have only allowed the very brightest of the bright to become subscribers to the Trackchaser Report.  Don’t let me down here and more importantly don’t let your family and yourself down either.

 

 

The Trip

 

Before I had sponsorship support I never would have taken a trip like the one I’m taking today.  This trip starts and ends in the middle of the week at tracks that are more than 800 miles apart during the month of October.  It’s extremely rare for a trackchaser to get back to back midweek race dates after Labor Day. 

 

As part of my new airline linkage, I have certain responsibilities.  When I fly, I must wear long pants and a collared shirt.  I have to have a presentable appearance when I’m representing the airline.  I don’t mind, it seems like a fair trade-off.

 

I was out the door at 3:32 a.m. on Wednesday morning.  That seemed pretty early, mainly because it was.  I’ll be connecting in Salt Lake City today and then flying on to Toronto in the first class cabin.  You can’t beat that.

 

After I cleared customs, got my checked baggage and rental car it was about a 90-mile drive out of Toronto in afternoon rush hour traffic.  Toronto is a large city with a good deal of vehicular traffic.

 

The actual countable racing was expected to take only 20-30 minutes.  All of the other track action was a demolition derby.  That doesn’t count in the official world of trackchasing.  Yes, I was getting up well before the crack of dawn, flying across most of the United States into a foreign country, battling major city rush hour traffic and then driving another 90 miles to go to a small county fair type operation for what I expected to be 20-30 minutes of racing. 

 

After the races were over, I would retrace my steps by driving 90 miles back to my hotel in Mississauga, where I had stayed last month for a night.  On Thursday, it was another early morning wake-up call for a flight to Chicago and the next track on the circuit.

 

Why do I do this?  So you don’t have too! 

 

 

The People

 

My seat companion from Salt Lake to Toronto was the stage manager for the Broadway show, Wicked.  The show plays at 4-5 locations around the world.  Although Donald is originally from Texas, he now resides in the mountains around Salt Lake. 

 

It was fun hearing from someone with a very different lifestyle than me.  We did have constant travel as a common denominator.  Donald had some interesting things to say about the polygamy that exists in Utah.  He said the subject is in the newspapers everyday and there are 10,000 families practicing polygamy today.  I don’t know about you, but I have a hard enough time keeping just one wife happy!

 

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

SIMCOE FAIR (FIGURE 8), SIMCOE, ONTARIO, CANADA #1,113 – 10/4/06

This was my 22^nd lifetime track to see in Ontario.  This moves me into a tie for 8^th place in the province with Allan Brown.  P.J. Hollebrand continues to lead in Ontario with 62 tracks.

 

 

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

NORFOLK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS (FIGURE 8)

 

Tonight’s figure 8 racing was a Thrill Show Productions sanctioned event.  I’ve seen several of their shows at various locations in Ontario this year.  They race at many unique locations that may encourage me to come back here for more events.

 

Normally, fair figure 8 events, especially in Canada, run rain or shine.  However, the greater Toronto area had some severe weather come through this morning and I was concerned.  I wasn’t as much concerned that the race would be cancelled but that my flight would be delayed enough for me to miss the race.

 

My concerns were unwarranted.  I landed on time at 3:44 p.m.  It was only about 135 kilometers (90 miles) down to the track.   The sanction website told me the program would begin at 7:30 p.m.  I believe I have seen five Thrill Show Productions events.  Every one of them has used a different format to run their combo demolition derby (not countable) and figure 8 (countable) events.

 

Since I had gotten only four hours of sleep the night before I arrived I was hoping to see the figure 8 races and get out of there before the time consuming demo derby races were held.  I would not have much luck in this area.

 

I arrived at the good-sized fair at 7 p.m.  The first item on the agenda was to meet with Simcoe Reformer newspaper reporter, Steven Noble for a planned story about the hobby of trackchasing.  I’ll share the results of that effort on my website as soon as I get the details.  Steven asked some good questions and seemed intrigued by this most unusual vocation.

 

The morning rains had come through the Ontario area and were now off to the east.  There would be no more rain, but it was turning cool.  The wind was also starting to pick up.  It was going to be a cold night.

 

The announcer came over the strong P.A. system and told the packed grandstand of fans that the program was going to be delayed.  It seemed there were more than 60 cars on hand and they were having a hard time getting everyone parked because of the wet grounds.  I took this opportunity to visit some of the fair buildings.  A display of pumpkins was nearly beyond belief.  The “Grand champion” pumpkin weighed in at 1,092 pounds!  At this point, I didn’t care if I saw a countable figure 8 race or not, seeing that pumpkin made the trip a winner.  You’ll see that pumpkin as well by visiting www.ranlayracing.com.

 

Action finally got started at 8:10 p.m., forty minutes after the scheduled start time.  The first two events would be for the modified eight-cylinder demo derby class.  Each heat stared about 16 cars.  The “Bull pen”, which is what they call the area where the event takes place, was larger than most I have seen.  It was about 75 meters long and 30 meters wide.  The dirt surface was also wet, but not muddy.

 

It took the drivers 30 minutes to eliminate all but the winner of the event.  By the way, if you’re not familiar with a demo derby event, here’s how it works.  When the green flag drops, all of the cars start trying to disable their fellow competitors.  In this way, it is not unlike the trackchasing hobby.  After lots of crashing and banging, the cars eventually stop running due to the damage inflicted.  When a car stops for longer than a minute or so, they are out of the race.  The last car running is the winner.  Not only did it take them 30 minutes to complete the event, it took them another 30 minutes to clear the fractured cars from the bullpen area.  This was unacceptable, but there was nothing I could do about it.  It was getting colder.

 

The second heat was a mirror of the first.  Although the hitting was good and fun to watch, it took another 30 minutes to declare a winner and 30 more minutes to clean up the carnage.  It was now 10:10 p.m.  I had seen nothing countable up to this point and still had an hour and one-half drive back to my hotel for the night.

 

With all of these delays, I had to buy some “Fair food.”  My first selection was a five-dollar serving of “Poutine.”  This is a Canadian delight I’ve enjoyed up here for years.  Tonight’s poutine has just three ingredients.  The bottom layer was a healthy (not really) serving of French fries.  A very generous layer of mozzarella cheese then nearly smothered the fries.  Finally, some piping hot brown gravy was layered on top of this concoction to melt the cheese and make everything gooey.  In a spectacular show of constraint, I didn’t eat the whole thing. 

 

Later in the evening, the cold forced me to order a hot chocolate from the “John’s Mini-Donut” location.  Again showing the dietary concern that has consistently kept me under 300 pounds, I did not go with the John’s special of 18 mini-donuts for four dollars.  The hot chocolate was really hot.  For some reason, they put a straw in the hot chocolate and a layer of whip cream on top.  Next time I need to make a better mental note that it is not a good idea to gulp piping hot chocolate through a straw.  Rather than seek emergency medical attention for a scalded throat, I went back on watched the “Stock” eight cylinder demo derby heat event.

 

Now it was time for the first of three figure 8 heats.  There were 14 cars racing tonight.  It was also 10:44 p.m.  I had been traveling for the past 15 hours and 30 minutes in anticipation of these races.  Each heat was 15 laps.  All three heats were over in exactly 20 minutes.  I had traveled more than 15 hours for 20 minutes of racing.  Getting to my next location was not going to be a piece of cake either.

 

The figure 8 racing was great.  The four-cylinder cars were fast and really hooked up.  The third and final heat race had the famous Peter Becker racing in what he would have liked to be the Hollebrand Trucking Special.  Peter won his heat but only by the narrowest of margins.

 

Following the third and final heat, it was time for me to boogie.  I pulled into the Motel 6 in Mississauga, Ontario location at 1 a.m.  My new flight planned meant that I would need to arise at 4:15 a.m.  Yes, that’s 1:15 a.m. San Clemente time!  The clerk muttered under his breath, “Man, you’re getting’ screwed.”  He was referring to my paying for a night’s stay and only using the bed for a little more than three hours.  I’m not sure this is how the executives at Motel 6 headquarters want this viewpoint expressed, but at least the guy was being honest!

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I am using the National Rental Car Racing Pontiac Grand Prix for this one-day visit to Canada. 

 

Wednesday total driving miles – 301 kilometers

Thursday total driving miles – 16 kilometers

 

The driving portion of this trip covered just 317 kilometers (197 miles).  I stopped just once for petrol.  I paid 78.6 cents per liter.  The Pontiac Grand Prix gave me 12.9 liters per kilometer at an average cost of 6.1 cents per kilometer.  The car cost 19.0 cents per kilometer 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 – 1,113

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,069 (-44)

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,060 (-53)*

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,028 (-85)*

5.  Andy Sivi, Clairton, Pennsylvania – 1,024 (-89)*

6.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,021 (-92)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 948 (-163)**

 

 

* 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.

 

34.  Johnny Gibson, Grand Island, Nebraska – 290 (+9)

35.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California - 281

36.  Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, Tennessee – 279 (-2)

 

 

 

2006 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 122

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 88

3.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 81

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 72

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 71

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 64

7.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan - 57

8.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 57

9.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 51

10. Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 49

 

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

2006 (current – 10/1/06)**

 

1. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 7.12

2. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 7.33

3. Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 7.86

 

**Lifetime NGD results could be affected by current track counting proposals

2005 (final)

 

1. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 7.41

2. Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 7.53

3. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 8.12

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

Randy Lewis

#1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi

 

If you want to be first, go faster.

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA – Salt Lake City, UT – 574 miles

Salt Lake City, UT – Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1,664 miles

RENTAL CAR - TORONTO

 

Lester B. Pearson International Airport – trip begins

Simcoe, Ontario – 157 kilometers

Lester B. Pearson International Airport -trip ends – 317 kilometers

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Simcoe Fair – $8 (Canadian)

 

Total race admissions for the trip – $6

 

 

 

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

 

Could Trackchasing’s First Mother squeeze in one more new state before the snow falls?  Probably!

 

 

 

 

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

1,100. Cambridge Fair, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada – September 9

1,101. Georgetown Fair, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada – September 9

 

1,102. Oakwood Fair, Oakwood, Ontario, Canada – September 10

1,103. Western Fair, London, Ontario, Canada – September 10

1,104. Rice Lake Speedway, Rice Lake, Wisconsin – September 14

 

1,105. Iowa Speedway (oval), Newton, Iowa – September 15

1,106. Harrison County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Missouri Valley, Iowa – September 16

1,107. Calhoun County Raceway (oval), Rockwell City, Iowa – September 16

1,108. Hutchinson R