GREETINGS FROM ALTUS, OKLAHOMA 

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

 

I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING.  I WENT TO SLEEP IN WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy                                                                                    

 

When faced with the strategic trackchasing decision that I was up against, what would you do?  I had not planned to go trackchasing today.  I was going to play golf.  Back in the day, I would play golf every Saturday and Sunday at our country club.  In 2006, I have played golf on only three Sundays all year.  As recently as 2003, I had played 15 Sundays by this time of the year.  It was time to visit the boys at the Pacific Golf Club and take some of their money.

 

But wait………….while surfing along the net on Saturday morning, I discovered some life changing news.  O.K., maybe not life changing but definitely “daily plans” changing.

 

First, I discovered that Altus, Oklahoma is only 206.9 miles from the Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport.  Now I know, that my critics might be asking themselves, “Why in the heck is this guy spending his Saturday mornings figuring out the distance between Alta, Oklahoma and Dallas, Texas?”  That’s a good question, but best left to answer at a later point in time.

 

Now maybe I was checking the distance to Altus, Oklahoma because trackchaser Ed Esser’s website told me he was going to a race at the Altus Speedway on Sunday.  I’m not saying that’s why I was checking on Altus, Oklahoma for this reason and I’m not saying it’s not.

 

I figured I could probably fly non-stop from LAX to Dallas on Sunday morning if I had too.  My travel partners, United Airlines or Delta Airlines would surely schedule a flight that might get me to Dallas in a hurry.  Unfortunately, the earliest non-stop I could get didn’t land me into DFW until 1:22 p.m.  I figured Altus would start racing at about 1 p.m.  That’s when most Sunday afternoon shows begin.  With an hour to get the car and a three-hour drive, I would never make it.

 

Just to be sure, I decided to check the Altus Speedway website.  Wow!  They were not going to start their first race on Sunday until 5 p.m.  Why would they start so late?  Maybe they didn’t want to go head to head with the Atlanta NASCAR Nextel Cup race on TV.  They were going to start with preliminary races and then run five main events.  That meant I could land at 1:22 p.m. and still make the program easily.

 

However, it wasn’t necessarily that simple.  What about the weather?  What about renting a car on less than 24 hours notice?  That would surely cost me an arm and a leg.

 

I checked www.weather.com.  They were probably going to have a tornado or something in Oklahoma on Sunday.  Nope!  The forecast called for sunny skies, a rain probability of 0% and a temperature of 75 degrees at 5 p.m.  I couldn’t have planned a weather forecast any better than this.

 

My mettle will be tested when, in the future, I have to consider a one-day flying trip and the weather forecast calls for a 30-50% chance of rain or more.  Will I go with that forecast?  If I do go under those conditions and am rained out, I will have flown across the country for nothing.  I have not faced that eventuality yet, but I will.  It’s best to make decisions on difficult questions like this, BEFORE I am under the pressure of actually having to make the decision. 

 

What about that rental car?  A quick call to my associate sponsor, National Rental Car confirmed that they would have cars available.  But what would they cost on such short notice?  How does $19.95 per day sound?  Pretty good! 

 

However, I didn’t have a lot of money growing up and I don’t like to waste it now that I have some.  What was the AAA discount price I asked?  The agent told me that price would be $16.32 for my one-day rental of a full-sized car plus surcharges and taxes.  Oh, please!  These rental car folks are nuts.  I don’t want them to charge price so low that they will go bankrupt.  I’m willing to pay a fair price so I can count on the company being there the next time I want to use them.  However, if they are gong to rent me a brand new car and let me drive it as far as I can in 24 hours for $16.32 then I’m going to rent it.

 

The TOTAL price would be just $26.95 for the day.  I’ll talk about those #$%&&# SOBs who collect $10.63 per day in surcharges and taxes from each traveler in and out of the DFW Airport on some other day.  The bottom line, this was a great price on a rental car.

 

So……..what would you do?  The weather was perfect.  I was paying next to nothing for my airline ticket and rental car.  I would still be able to play golf this coming Tuesday and Thursday (I could even play Monday and Wednesday if my back would hold up, which it won’t).

 

The way I look at it, I had absolutely no choice.  I HAD to go.  Altus is a Saturday night track.  It’s always the best strategic choice to see a Saturday night track on a day other than Saturday.  Seeing an Oklahoma track would give me one more NGD point and break the tie I was in for first place in that important category.

 

I hope you will agree I really didn’t have a choice at all.  The earth’s gravitational pulls were pulling me to Oklahoma.  I’m sure you would have made the same choice I did.

The Trip

 

I had a full two days to spend in San Clemente following Wednesdays night’s race in southern Georgia.  You may have heard about the fires in Southern California.  Although they are some 60 miles from our house, the wind blew the ash toward the ocean creating an ash cloud around our part of paradise.  While playing golf, I asked my teammates how they felt breathing in the ash dust.  One of my partners, Al Tilt, paused for a moment, took the cigar out of his mouth and said, “The ash probably has about the same effect as these cigars do!”

 

My second day was spent with Trackchasing’s First Mother at the Rose Bowl seeing UCLA get their butts kicked by Washington State.  UCLA is not a good football team.  However, the highlight of the day was listening to the usc Trojans lose to Oregon State.  Any true UCLA fan hates the Trojans.  I know several SoCal sports fans.  They will root for UCLA when they are doing well and usc when they are doing well.  A true UCLA fan will never root for usc under any circumstances.

 

Sunday morning dawned a little bit later than usual.  With the change back from daylight savings time, everyone gets an extra hour of sleep.  Carol likes that idea since she wants it to be light in the morning.  I don’t like the idea since I want it to be lighter in the evening so I can play golf later in the day.  Carol takes on the task of changing all of the clocks in our house.  Come to think of it, she takes on ALL the tasks at our house.  Don’t blame me, that how she likes it.

 

Carol tells me there are 28 clocks that need to be changed in our house and four more that change themselves via satellite.  With the clocks changed, I was out the door at a leisurely 5:30 a.m. bound for LAX and a flight to Dallas.  From there it was a 215-mile drive up to the Altus Speedway.

 

Special thanks go to my primary sponsor, United Airlines and my associate sponsors, National Rental Car Company and the Parking Spot.  Without their support, I would not have been able to make this trip.

 

 

The People

 

Last year I ran into trackchaser Ed Esser at tracks located in Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Indiana again, Michigan three more times, Texas and Alabama.  None of these encounters were planned.  Considering that Ed lives in Madison, Wisconsin and I live in California, this number of somewhat chance encounters seems unusual to me.

 

At the beginning of the year, I made a prediction.  That prediction was that the incidence of trackchasers randomly running into each other at tracks is going to decrease sharply in the coming years.  To support that assertion, I have run into Mr. Esser only twice this year.  Those meetings were in Florida twice, including my 1,000^th track, and Alabama.  The funny thing about the Alabama meeting is that track was about third on each of our plans and only became the track of choice after every thing else was rained out.

 

Actually, my prediction was not very astute.  Yes, I can see the heads of my critics nodding in agreement, a sight not often seen.  Let’s say there are 1,000 tracks available for people to see.  That means there are 1,000 opportunities for people to meet up.  Of course, most of those tracks run several times each year.  That fact makes it all the more difficult to randomly match up with a fellow trackchaser, because trackchaser A could visit a track in June and trackchaser B might visit the same track, but in August.

 

I’ll use Ed and me as examples for your consideration.  Let’s say that after the first year, both Ed and I see 100 tracks.  Actually, I saw 182 last year and Ed went to 132 new tracks, so my estimate of 100 tracks per year is conservative.  Let’s also say that 20 of the tracks that we saw were the same ones the other fellow saw.  That means we each saw 80 tracks individually and another 20 were seen by both of us during the year.  That takes 180 tracks out of the 1,000-track database for the coming year.

 

That means that in the next year, the database in not 1,000 tracks but just 820.  You can imagine how that number diminishes over time.  The number of the overall database is further reduced by the fact that many trackchasers almost never trackchase in certain parts of the country.  Finally, it is not unusual for two or more trackchasers to both be at a track on the same night and have no idea that another trackchaser is in the house.  One of the many advantages of providing my trackchaser press release, and mention or interview by the track announcer is to alert fellow trackchasers that I am at the track.

 

Today is my 132^nd track of 2006.  There was only one occasion that I randomly ran into any top 40 trackchasers when it was unexpected so far this year.  This was in New Castle, Pennsylvania when I met both P.J. Hollebrand and Andy Sivi.  There were a few other meetings with other trackchasers, but on each of those occasions, I expected those folks to be at that track.

 

I expected to see Ed Esser at the Altus Speedway today.  He had written on his trackchasing website (www.2arace.com) that he planned to be there.  Ed is a consummate trackchaser.  He only became a full-time trackchaser a few years ago.  Prior to that, he was a full-time racechaser and once went to 203 different races in one season!

 

Nearly every one of the trackchasers started out as a racechaser.  I think that for most folks who “crossed over” from racechasing to trackchasing, the travel bug and desire to just see a new place won out.  The leading trackchasers rarely go to tracks they have already been too.  I would estimate that of the top 10 trackchasers, less than 10-15% of their total race meetings in a given year are at tracks they have previously visited.

 

As I mentioned, I have been to 132 new tracks this year.  I have made return visits to just nine tracks.  Every one of those return tracks was for the purpose of going with a family member who was going to see a new track or at a facility that I had been to before when I counted one of the facility's other tracks.  As often as I go trackchasing there is just not enough time for me to visit tracks I’ve already been too and still enjoy my other interests.

 

Two of the best short tracks in the country, Irwindale Speedway and Perris Auto Speedway, are both within a 90-minute drive of my house.  Irwindale opened in 1999 and I have only been there 4-5 times.  Perris Auto Speedway opened in 1996 and I have only been there about 10 times.  These are both great tracks, but after I finished up with 150 nights on the road chasing tracks I have never seen, I want to enjoy other hobbies in my life when I’m home.

 

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

 

ALTUS SPEEDWAY, ALTUS, OKLAHOMA – 10/29/06

 

This was my 14^th lifetime track to see in the Sooner state.  I started the day in a tie for third place in the state with Gordon Killian and Kevin Eckert.  By the end of the day, I was in third place all by myself and these two trackchasers had been relegated to fourth place.  At this point, I am only two tracks behind Jack Erdmann who occupies second place.  Ed Esser leads the state with 26 tracks.

 

This was my 100^th trackchasing day of the season.  I currently have 70 golf days.  My new airline sponsorship agreements are going to prevent me from reaching my goal of an equal amount of days devoted to each hobby.  Nevertheless, golf will close the gap on trackchasing before the year ends.  At this point, last year, I had 111 trackchasing days and only 40 days of golf.  I’m improving and can only hope to reach my 50/50 goal in 2007.

 

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

ALTUS SPEEDWAY

 

The Altus Speedway is a one-third mile slightly banked asphalt oval racetrack.  The track races on Saturday night during their season.  Like many of our nation’s oval tracks, but not our road course and figure 8 venues, the Altus Speedway offers a multi-day show to close out their season.  This Altus event is called the “Spooker Nationals.”  The three-day show races on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

 

Due to personal commitments, I couldn’t get there until Sunday.  Getting a Saturday night track on a Sunday night was perfect trackchaser strategy.  I have 23 tracks remaining to be seen in Oklahoma.  Only nine of those race on a weekly basis.  All but one of those weekly tracks races on a Saturday night.

 

The program was scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.  I didn’t make it to the track until 5:19 p.m.  They had just begun the Super Stock feature event by that time.  Tonight five classes were racing.  Prize money and entry fees were increased for this special event.  These are the five classes with the race winner’s purse listed first followed by the entry fee.  Late Models ($2,000/$200), Super-Trucks ($1,000/$125), Super Stocks ($500/$85), Bomber/Pure Stocks ($300/$80) and Hornets/Chargers ($250/$75). 

 

Each of the feature events ran for a distance of 50 laps, except the late models.  They raced 100 laps.  The late model feature was probably the worst of the bunch.  They had only nine starters.  At the midway point, there were just six left.  The track decided to count yellow flag laps at that point.  That was a good idea.

 

The best race was probably the last, the feature event for the Super-Trucks.  They started about 15 racers and the lead changed hands frequently.  The top divisions all raced with radios and spotters located in the grandstands.  During the truck race, I tuned into the communications between the #9-truck driver and his female spotter.

 

The spotter was a piece of work.  I don’t know if she had much experience for the job or not.  Spotters are used to tell drivers about conditions on the track they may not be able to see easily.  With today’s safety equipment, a driver’s peripheral vision is severely limited.  Therefore, when a racer has a car to his inside or outside, the spotter says, “Inside” or “Outside” as the case may be.  This lets the driver know that he should not change lanes until he receives the “clear” signal.

 

Tonight’s #9 spotter took those commands to a new level.  She would repeat the word “Outside” as loudly and frequently as is humanly possible.  This resulted in as many as 20-25 “Outsides” in just one lap.  She also had the language of a sailor.  Her use of the “F” word whenever her driver was treated unfairly was comical.  Finally, her radio battery began to rundown.  How is this not a surprise?  She kept saying “battery dead, battery dead” even though it obviously wasn’t because I could hear her.  Finally, her driver said, “Just talk when you have too.”  After that, she became much quieter.  The #9 truck won the race after racing in third place for most of the night and then watching the leaders wreck each other.

 

The Spooker Nationals also came with a Halloween costume contest.  There were some great getups.  I’ll post some photos of them at www.ranlayracing.com.

 

I expected trackchaser Ed Esser to be at the track.  He didn’t expect me.  When I arrived, I passed my press release information up to the announcer.  I hoped he would make an early announcement so I could watch for the surprise reaction from Ed.  However, the announcer did not mention my trackchasing presence until later in the evening.

 

Ed and I sat on what amounted to “concrete bleachers” that were connected to concrete posts about one foot in length.  I don’t ever recall seeing this setup anywhere before.  Ed and I were able to converse about the trackchaser trends occurring in today’s trackchaser world throughout the night.

 

Ed is a big fan of the trackchaser rankings.  I am as well.  I suspect that Ed will finally remove his ban on international trackchasing travel, but not until he gets his 1,000^th track.  He’s only about 40 from that mark as we speak.  He should reach the magic number sometime early next year.

 

Following the races, Ed and I adjourned to the parking lot.  I offered to buy him a drink back in town.  My main reason for the offer was to get out of the cool and windy conditions.  At this point I was freezing.  However, Ed needed to head north and I needed to head south.  So instead of finding some shelter, we spent several minutes chatting in the parking lot, as we always do, before we bade each other farewell.  Safe travels, bro.

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather.com came through for me again.  The weather was exactly as they predicted.  When I entered the track at 5:19 p.m., it was 77 degrees.  By the time I left at 8:30 p.m., the temperature had dropped to 60 degrees.  The most noteworthy weather item was the wind.  It blew constantly as it always has on each of my visits to Oklahoma.  I’m not sure if I saw any other folks wearing shorts and if I did they weren’t surfer shorts.

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I was back to my familiar National Rental Car Racing Pontiac Grand Prix.  I picked up the car with just 385 miles on it.  That’s the way I like it.

 

Sunday total driving miles – 304

Monday total driving miles – 129

 

 

The driving portion of this trip covered 433 miles.  One full tank of gas did the trick.  I paid an average price of $2.18 per gallon.  The Grand Prix gave me 25.6 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at an average cost of 8.5 cents per mile.    The car cost a minuscule 6.2 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 – 1,123

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,071 (-52)*

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,060 (-63)*

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,033 (-90)*

5.  Andy Sivi, Clairton, Pennsylvania – 1,024 (-99)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 951 (-172)**

 

* 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 (+4)

35.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California - 286

36.  Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, Tennessee – 279 (-7)

 

 

 

2006 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 132

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 91

2.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 91

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 85

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 80

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 66

7.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 59

8.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan - 58

9.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 55

10. Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 52

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

2006 (current – 10/29/06)**

 

Although I did not improve my NGD score, I still broke the tie for first place that I was in.  How could I do that?  I started the day in a tie for third place in Oklahoma with Gordon Killian.  When I added another Oklahoma track, that gave me sole possession of third place and pushed my fellow competitor into fourth place in the Sooner state.  That meant my score stayed the same at 7.08.  However, Mr. Killian’s score increased from 7.08 to 7.10 when he was given four Oklahoma NGD points rather than three.

 

That’s the unusual thing about the NGD scoring system.  Each trackchaser is competing against ALL OTHER trackchasers.  One trackchaser can come in and push another trackchaser down a position while not affecting a third trackchaser at all. 

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 7.08

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 7.10

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 don’t want mud in your eye, don’t stand at the fence.

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 AIRPLANE

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

RENTAL CAR - INDIANAPOLIS

Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport – trip begins

Altus, OK – 215 miles

Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport - 433 miles – trip ends

 

AIRPLANE

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

 

Total Air miles – 2,512 miles

Total auto and air miles traveled on this trip – 2,945 miles

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Altus Speedway – $12

 

Total racetrack admissions - $12

 

 

 

 

Past trackchasing reports 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

 

Only the months of November and December remain as the 2006 season winds down.  I will see an eclectic group of tracks over the next two months.  You will never know where I will show up.

 

 

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 Raceway Park, Hutchinson, Kansas – September 22

 

1,109. Dodge City Raceway Park (outer oval), Dodge City, Kansas – September 23

 

1,110. Dodge City Raceway Park (inner oval), Dodge City, Kansas – September 23

 

1,111. Enid Motor Speedway, Enid, Oklahoma – September 24

 

1,112. Desert Thunder Raceway, Price, Utah