Randy Lewis | World's #1 Ranked Trackchaser

I-20 KARTWAY, BATESBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

I woke up this morning in Augusta, Georgia, home of the Augusta National Golf Club. The Masters tournament is played here every April.

This is Magnolia Lane. The famous road leads to the clubhouse of the Augusta National Golf Club and is always shown during the Masters telecast. It probably looks better on TV than it does here.

Following my almost visit to the Masters, it was off to South Carolina. I have seen tracks in 34 different states in 2006.

This is the sign for the "big" track in Batesburg, South Carolina. I wasn't going there. I was headed for it's little sister, the I-20 Kartway.

This is the "New I-20 Speedway." They have been out of business for several months. The I-20 Kartway is just to the left by only a few yards.

The young woman turning the wrenches was the first driver I met tonight. She turned out to by Tonya Friar, daughter of the track promoter. She finished third in the season long senior champ kart point standings.

Most of the karts at the track tonight were "flat" karts. We don't count those in trackchasing.

The pit area was quite scenic with South Carolina pine trees and a white sand ground surface. There were about 115 racers in the pits today.

Today, the drivers were told they would have qualifying rather than heat races and then their feature event. Eliminating the heat races, probably eliminated one track from my totals today.

This senior champ kart is practicing on the South Carolina red clay racing surface.

These champ kart drivers wait to enter the track for practice.

These champ karts are racing in turn one.

This is what a senior champ kart looks like at speed.

In some ways, kart racing is like baseball's little league. Here a young girl prepares to race while her father and brother help out.