GREETINGS FROM HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA

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

 

 

I WOKE UP IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING.  I WENT TO SLEEP IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPRIED TODAY.

 

 

TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION @1

Richard Petty Museum, Randleman, North Carolina

 

This was the highlight of my entire trackchasing trip.  I have been a Richard Petty fan from a very early age.  A skeptic might question the integrity of this statement.  I offer the following two points to back up my claim.

 

Our youngest son is named James Richard Lewis.  There has been a long ongoing discussion in the family on whether or not Jim was named after Richard Petty.  Carol says no, I provide the alternative view.  There are no other “Richards” in our family.  Jim has been known to be called “Jimmy Richard Petty” when it was time to come to the dinner table.  I’ll let you be the judge about the origin of his name.

 

The first car I ever purchased with my own money was a pale blue 1964 Ford Falcon Futura.  I paid $700 for it 1967.  Back then that car sold for about $2,500 new.  The car needed engine work and I wanted it repainted.  I took it to a Peoria Speedway racer who owned a body shop and asked to have it painted “Petty blue.”  I figured a racer could get this request right.  Wrong!

 

The car came back a much darker blue than I was looking for.  It was pretty, but not what I wanted.  Back then, I wasn’t as assertive as I am today.  I accepted the product, even though it wasn’t what I wanted.

 

You be the judge.  I named my youngest son after Richard Petty and tried to paint my personal car like the “King’s” car.  Of course, all of this was before any NASCAR races were ever televised in their entirety on TV.  Yes, I was ahead of my time and a Richard Petty fan.

 

I am happy to report that I got Richard Petty’s autograph back in about 1978 behind a pit building at the Phoenix International Raceway.  Petty’s picture was on the event program and he won the Winston West race that day breaking a long winless drought.  The sun was setting and there was just a fan or two along with Richard and me to share the moment.

 

A few years later, my stepfather, Bill, and I were walking the pits at Bristol.  We had gotten off the beaten path a bit back where several parked spectator cars were.  There wasn’t anybody around as we walked in this area.  Just at that moment, who would be approaching us from about 30 yards but Richard Petty.  As I recall it, Bill and I were just staring at the man.  As he passed he looked at us, nodded and said, “How ya doin’’ and  kept on walking.  That made our day!

 

Today I was seeing the “new” Richard Petty Museum.  It is located in downtown Randleman.  The original museum used to be at the Petty race shop.  I was there separately with my stepfather, Carol and once by myself.  Yes, I am a Richard Petty fan.

 

The new museum has been in its present location for more than five years.  It’s modern and has a ton of  memorabilia from Richard’s career.  There are about 10 different racecars on display, including a reproduction of his dad’s (Lee) ’59 Oldsmobile that won the inaugural Daytona 500 as well as a legend and flat kart driven by grandson, Adam.

 

A highlight is a one-hour DVD that runs continuously.  It details the life and times of Richard Petty.  The trophy case houses hundreds of very large and exotic trophies.  Richard’s wife, Linda, has hundreds of collectible dolls on display.  Richard’s firearm collection is included in the tour.  There are also many, many photographs, several with former U.S. presidents. 

 

One of the facts mentioned in the DVD was Richard’s brief drag racing career.  He went drag racing for a year or so, when the Chrysler Hemi engine was banned from NASCAR.  A downside to his drag racing came when he lost control of his car and struck and killed a young boy.  Many may not remember this tragedy.

 

You get all of this for an admission price of just five dollars.  There is, as you would imagine, an opportunity to buy souvenirs.  I have always been disappointed in the Petty souvenir offerings.  They never seem to over anything in Petty blue.  Nevertheless, I bought a denim shirt and  several postcards for my friends.

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy                                                                                    

When I go trackchasing, I want to see as many local attractions at time allows.  Although I visited the Richard Petty Museum on this trip, this location was not where I intended to go.

 

My first plan was to visit the Victory Junction Camp in Level Cross, North Carolina.  This is the camp that NASCAR driver Kyle Petty and his wife Linda have created in the memory of their son, Adam, who was killed in a racing accident at the New Hampshire International Speedway.

 

Unfortunately, the camp was closed for the morning when I came to visit.  It was going to re-open to the public in the afternoon, but by that time, I would be “down the road.”  I’ll catch it another time and hopefully with Carol.

The Trip

Today’s trip included a stop at Lexington Barbeque.  Note, I did not say I stopped in Lexington, North Carolina for BBQ.  There is a difference.  Lexington barbeque is famous in these parts.  I stopped at the Lexington Barbeque restaurant (Route 64 in Lexington  336-249-9814)

 

The place has been here since 1962.  There must have been 75 cars in the parking lot at nearly 2 p.m.  I thought they were having a wedding or something.  I waited less than five minutes for a table.  After my order was taken, my food was delivered in about three minutes.  I thought my server had the wrong table.  He said, “It takes longer to find a parking spot than it does to get your food.”

 

Lexington barbeque is 100% pork shoulder cooked for nine hours over hickory and oak coals.  They salt it before cooking but there is no basting.  This is Lexington barbeque.

 

The menu has several BBQ sandwich choices.  They all come with mayonnaise.  That has to be a “Carolina thing.”  Sweet tea is served but you can get it unsweetened if you like.  They don’t serve baked beans, but they do serve “barbeque beans.”  They even had a “pork skin” sandwich for two dollars.  No thanks!  I had hush puppies with my pork BBQ plate lunch.  My server came by and asked if I needed some more hush puppies.  Of course, I didn’t NEED them, but I wanted them!

 

The People

 

The people in this part of the country are country!  Several folks were kind enough to provide directions and advice whenever I needed it.  They recognized that I “wasn’t from around here.”

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

 

HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY, HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA – 11/4/06

 

This was my 32nd lifetime track to see in the Tar Heel state.  I’ve picked up twenty-three of those tracks in the last four years.  I have 27 tracks remaining to see in North Carolina.  About half of them race on a regular basis.  I maintained my eighth place position in the state with today’s new track.

 

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY

The Hickory Motor Speedway was a state “Signature” track.  I have selected one track in each state to be given such a designation.  Being a signature track, means that track is the one I  would most like to see in that state in the future.  I normally don’t go out of my way to see such a track.  I just try to see it in my normal course of trackchasing. 

 

The Coastal Plains Raceway Park in Jacksonville is my new signature track in North Carolina.  During my Marine Corps duty at Camp Lejune, I used to hang out in the Greyhound bus station in Jacksonville!  It wasn’t safe then and I doubt it is now.

 

I must confess I was disappointed in the Hickory Motor Speedway.  Maybe, I caught them on a bad day.  However, I doubt it.  When I listen to how they operate over my race scanner, I get the inside scoop.  They just didn’t  have it together.

 

They had five divisions of racecars scheduled to run feature only events today on the 1/3 mile asphalt oval.  The racing was supposed to begin at 4 p.m.  If they kept on schedule, I was planning a day/night double.  They didn’t keep on schedule and I didn’t get to visit the second unnamed track although I did visit  that track and photograph it.

 

When I arrived at 3 p.m., it was 50 degrees and sunny, but with a chill in the air.  They were running time trials for all five divisions at that point.  That didn’t seem like much of a problem.  They were probably just finishing the qualifications and would surely start at their scheduled start time.  I don’t want to sound like a complainer.  I can accept a track starting 15-20 minutes late.  Any more than that and I will be disappointed. 

 

Suffice it to say, they did not start on time.  Time trials did not end until 4:44 p.m.  The 14-row concrete slab seating area was already starting to make my butt sore.  I listened to their organizational issues on the 468.700 race frequency.

 

At 5 p.m., a rather solemn sounding individual gave the track’s invocation.  Typically, the driver’s are prayed for, God is thanked for giving us good weather and everyone is wished to have a safe trip home.  All of that ground was covered today.  However, you can imagine my surprise when these words came our way, “help the mighty Tar Heels as they play Notre Dame today.”  Wow!

 

After physically sitting in Notre Dame Stadium just two weeks ago and seeing the Fighting Irish beat us in the last 27 seconds, I feel certain that a Hickory Motor Speedway chaplain is not going to have the Higher Power needed to trump Notre Dame’s connections from above.  That prediction proved correct as the Tar Heels were beaten easily by the boys from South Bend.

 

The cars were lined up on pit road when the national anthem began to play at 5 p.m. (now an hour late).  Just at that moment, a driver leapt from his car and began to run.  Where was he running?  He was running, with a limp, for the porta potties.  This was as plain as day for everyone to see.  Just as the anthem ended the porta potty door opened and the driver of the #8 car ran nearly 100 yards back to his car.  Yes, this is America.  This is entertainment.

 

Why was I not surprised to find that the cars were not lined up correctly for the start of the race after they had been sitting on pit road for more than one hour?  This delayed the first green flag of the day until 5:15 p.m.  The sun was now nearly gone over the first turn horizon.  It was starting to get cold.  It would get colder at the night progressed.

 

The first race was a “Pro fours” stock car group.  The race included 22 cars for a distance of 50 laps.  The best news of the day would be they would count yellow flag laps until lap 40.  The race ended at 5:40 p.m. after four caution periods ate up a good deal of the race.  They were now an hour and forty minutes into the program and they had completed one of the five scheduled races.  There would be no day/night double today.

 

The next race on tap was the 75-lap street stock event.  They started 19 cars in this one and yellow flag laps counted up until lap 50.  At lap 50, they stopped the race.

 

Why would they stop the race?  They stopped it to refuel the cars.  Mind you, these cars had only raced 50 laps on a 1/3 mile track.  This was not a race where the cars had run a large number of yellow flag laps that didn’t count in the overall total.  The yellow flag laps had counted to this point in the race. These cars had covered only about 17 miles and they needed a re-fueling stop!  Let me repeat that, we were stopping for gas after just 17 $#$%^&$ miles.  Give me a break.

 

The race continued and actually had a very competitive finish.  The race finished up at 6:50 p.m.  I had been at the track for nearly four hours.  I had been at the track for nearly three hours beyond the scheduled start time.  There was no reason to start late.  The weather was perfect and there had been no “act of God” stoppages.  During this time they had run off 125 laps of racing.  At 20 seconds per lap, that’s about 40 minutes of actual racing spread over nearly three hours of scheduled race time.  That’s not very good.

 

The next race was going to be a 200-lap event for the Modified Minis.  These were nice looking mini-stock type cars.  In a first for me, the track asked for volunteer scorers.  Actually, that wasn’t a first but the fact that they offered each volunteer twenty dollars was.  Something that was probably worth more than the 20 bucks, was that the scorers could sit in the comfort of the enclosed and heated V.I.P. tower.

 

They almost had me with this offer.  However, I had seen how long it had taken to run two other races of just 125 laps.  How long would 200 laps take when they were gong to run the race in three different segments?  Too long for me.  The temperature was now down into the high 30s.  It was past 7 p.m.  These folks should have started their race in the early afternoon so that all of the program could run in the daylight and under the warmth of the sun.  Couldn’t they expect that November weather would be seasonal like it was tonight?

 

I had noticed a Waffle House on the way into the track.  That sounded like more fun than watching these so-called promoters do their thing.  I was outta there.  I had a unique experience at the Waffle House that encouraged me to leave a $10 tip for my seven dollar bill.  I’ll tell you about it some day.

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

It’s a shame the Hickory Motor Speedway didn’t have its organizational act together.  What could have been a fun racing event during the day in warmer temperatures turned into a November nighttime icebox.  I don’t know understand why short track promoters cannot understand how to entertain their fans.

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I will be driving the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Malibu.  It featured a leather interior and XM radio. 

 

Friday total driving miles – 61

Saturday total driving miles – 245

 

 

 

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 – 1,125

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,072 (-53)*

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,060 (-65)*

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,035 (-90)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 956 (-169)**

 

* 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 - 134

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 96

2.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 93

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 86

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 80

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 67

7.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 62

8.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan - 59

9.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 55

10. Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 53

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

2006 (current – 10/29/06)**

 

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 – Washington, DC – 2,294 miles

Washington, DC – Greensboro, NC - 225 miles

RENTAL CAR – GREENSBORO, NC

Piedmont Triad International Airport – trip begins

Mayodan, North Carolina – 33 miles

Hickory, North Carolina – 208 miles

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Riverside Raceway Park – $5

Hickory Motor Speedway - $10

 

 

 

 

 

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 – September 30

 

1,113. Norfolk County Fairgrounds, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada – October 4

 

1,114. La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway (inner oval), La Crosse, Wisconsin – October 5

 

1,115. Londonderry Raceway, Manchester, New Hampshire – October 8

 

1,116. Hudson Speedway, Hudson, New Hampshire – October 8

 

1,117. Topsfield Fairgrounds Arena, Topsfield, Massachusetts – October 9

 

1,118. Cricket Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina – October 11

1,119. Gordon Park Speedway, Groveton, Georgia – October 13

1,120. I-20 Kartway, Batesburg, South Carolina – October 14

 

1,121. Hemi Speedway, Mount Croghan, South Carolina – October 15

 

** Bakersfield Raceway Park, Linton, Indiana – October 20 (new track Carol only)

 

1,122. South Georgia Motorsports Park, Cecil, Georgia – October 25

 

1,123. Altus Speedway, Altus, Oklahoma – October 29

 

1,124. Riverside Raceway Park, Mayodan, North Carolina – November 3

 

1,125. Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina – November 4