GREETINGS FROM VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS

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THANKS!

Just last week, my website, www.ranlayracing.com went over 30,000 individual hits.  That’s not bad for a site that revolves around just one person’s niche hobby.  Thank you to everyone who has visited the site.

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS

I would like to offer my special congratulations to trackchaser, Mike Knappenberger.  Mike saw his 100^th track of the season recently.  It takes a good deal of personal effort to reach this milestone.  In the long and storied history of trackchasing, only three other trackchasers have ever hit the century mark in a single season.  Way to go, Mike.

 

I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA AND WENT TO SLEEP IN SEAT #21E (YES, A MIDDLE SEAT) THIS PAST EVENING.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy                                                                                    

Trackchasing is a simple hobby.  It’s really about getting from point A to point B and seeing some countable racing on a countable track at point B.  Of course, when it’s all over you need to get back to point A.  I mean, it really is that simple. 

 

However, if it is that simple, then why does it seem so complex?  Permit me to explain the details of this trip’s plan and ultimate execution.  Maybe, it’s not so simple after all.  Check out “The Trip” section of this Trackchaser Report below.

The Trip

Today, as I always do, I would be traveling from “Point A” which was the Pacific Golf Club in San Clemente, California to “Point B” which was the Kansas Coliseum in Valley Center, Kansas.  There are always time constraints involved with the plan.

 

I couldn’t leave the Pacific Golf Club before 5 p.m. on Friday afternoon.  This was because I was playing in the annual “Thanksgiving Scramble” at the club.  This tournament features three men to a team in a golf “scramble” format.  I would be playing on a lightly regarded team and for good reason.  We were in the field in order to increase the prize money for those who would win the tournament.  We had absolutely no chance to win.  We were a “field filler.”  Now I know what it’s like to finish in 27^th place in the annual trackchaser world rankings.

 

As you know, I am sponsored by three different airlines including SkyWest Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Airlines.  The initial plan was simple.  Following golf, I would enjoy a supper (which was part of my entry fee) and some fellowship with my fellow competitors.  There’s that word that some trackchasers cringe at, “competitors.”

 

I would then drive son J.J.’s Toyota Prius up to LAX for a 11:05 p.m. red-eye departure to Chicago.  After landing at 4:51 a.m., I would then hang around O’Hare until I could get on a 8 a.m. flight to Wichita.  This plan would allow me to spend some time with my friends and still get to the Kansas Coliseum on time.  It was a good plan when I first thought of it, but as time passed, I came to understand it would not work.

 

You see my sponsorship agreement allows me to fly on planes when seats are available.  In the “biz”, this is called “space available.”  When I fly, I am an “SA.”  I can track the load capacity of every flight on any of my sponsored airlines either by phone or on-line.  The red-eye from LAX to O’Hare was filling up fast.  Maybe I should have anticipated this since I was leaving on the Friday before Thanksgiving.

 

I came up with a new plan after checking all of the red-eye flights from San Francisco, Portland, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Las Vegas into Chicago.  I would fly on United into Las Vegas and then catch a red-eye from Vegas to Chicago.  However, the departure from LAX to Las Vegas would have to be at 7:55 p.m.  That meant no supper or fellowship with my fellow golfers.  I hated to miss that, but I’m not the #1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi for nothing.

 

However…….the United LAX-Las Vegas 7:55 p.m. flight was filling up fast as well.  The best alternative at this point would be to BUY, yes, I said, BUY! a ticket on Southwest Airlines from LAX-Las Vegas leaving at 9:30 p.m.   I would then go with United for the rest of the trip.  That’s what I did.  The Southwest ticket was fully refundable.  That meant that if I could somehow make the 7:55 p.m. United flight I could cancel Southwest.

 

I mentioned I was using J.J.’s Toyota Prius.  There was a reason for that.  The Toyota Prius automobile allows me to use the freeway car pool lane with only one person in the car (me!).  This rule is in place because this car is judged to be a clean air vehicle.  Since I would be driving more than 60 miles up to LAX at 5 p.m. on a Friday night, it was important to use the car pool lane.  Of course, when I backed the car out of the driveway, I discovered the car had no gas.  This car is powered by both a gasoline engine and an electric battery.  Filling up the car only takes about eight gallons of gasoline.

 

Traffic was slow.  Those in the know will understand this.  I left the golf club at 4:50 p.m. and didn’t make it to the Brookhurst exit until 6:30 p.m.  That’s a distance of about 25-30 miles.  It had taken me 100 minutes to go that far.  Traffic was slow!  At this pace, the 7:55 p.m. United departure would no longer work.

 

I was confirmed on the 9:30 p.m. Southwest flight from LAX-Las Vegas.  Southwest flies to Vegas nearly every hour from LAX.  The 7:30 p.m. departure was delayed until 8 p.m.  I tried to standby for that flight.  No seats!  I tried to standby for the 8:30 p.m. departure.  No seats! 

 

I started to look around.  There were not many 57 year olds hanging around the airport on a Friday night.  These were “twenty somethings.”  They were going to Vegas for a fun weekend.  Maybe, I’m getting to old for this game.  No way!

 

I ended up getting on my previously scheduled 9:30 p.m. Southwest flight.  This is when the first of two very important logistical elements came into play.  I had checked in on-line 24 hours ago (thanks for that tip, Mr. Sabo).  This gave me an “A” priority in Southwest’s first come first serve seating policy.  This was important because I could board the plane early, sit up front and get off first.  I had only a 50-minute connecting time from my Southwest plane into Las Vegas until my United flight took off for Chicago.  This wasn’t a long connecting time when the two airlines are located in different terminals in the huge Las Vegas airport.

 

The Southwest plane was packed with partygoers.  I was tired from golf and knew I was just starting my trip.  Our flight was delayed somewhat.  We landed at 10:57 p.m.  I had just 28 minutes to make my United flight to Chicago.

 

J.J. had warned me that Southwest and United were in different terminals.  I had seen the same thing when I searched the McCarran International Airport’s terminal diagram.  Yes, this is the type of research a world-class trackchaser routinely does.  I didn’t mind running between terminals, but if I had to go through security again to make the connecting flight, I would be sunk.

 

I landed in terminal C.  I needed to go to terminal D to get on my United flight.  I hopped on a passenger tram that looked like it might go to terminal D.  In reality, it was going from terminal C to terminals A and B and baggage claim.  This was not good.  When I got off the tram, I was headed out of the airport’s secure area.  If I left the secure area, I would have to go through security again to get back into terminal D.  If that happened, I would not make the Chicago flight, I would not make the Wichita flight, and I would not make it to the Kansas Coliseum on time.  I needed a miracle.

 

I got it.  I ran into a fully uniformed older woman (that phrase is so much more dignified than saying a ran into a fully “clothed” woman) Las Vegas security officer.  I told her I was trying to get to terminal D.  Her friendly response was, “Technically, you can’t do that.”  I explained my dilemma.  She asked me if I had a boarding pass and a confirmation number for my terminal D flight.  I told her it was “in my laptop.”

 

With a wink and a nod, she told me to follow her.  I think that this was her statement that seemed to say, “We fifty-seven year olds can still rule!”  You’ve all seen those doors at the airport with a sign above them that reads, “Emergency, do not enter.”  She took me to one of those doors.  She used her security card to open the door and sent me on my way through the back corridors of the airport to terminal D.  Saved!  Yes, saved by a friendly security officer.

 

My Las Vegas flight to Chicago had shown more than 25 seats available just two days ago, with 11 standbys.  I got to the gate with less than 10 minutes remaining before the scheduled departure time.  I was the last standby put on the plane.  The plane took off with one empty seat!  I was lucky.  I was off to Wichita.

 

I landed into Chicago O’Hare’s airport at 4:48 a.m. (2:48 a.m. Pacific time.)  This was after sitting in a middle seat next to a huge bald ugly looking English rugby player with an earring.  The fellow on my other side was a little “tech” guy that you are likely to speak with when you try to get some customer service from a company that has outsourced their customer service to a foreign country.

 

There was the distinct scent of extreme body odor.  I was pretty sure it wasn’t me even though I had not had time to shower following my golf outing.  The stench was coming from one of these people and it was bad.  I just had to suck it up (pun intended).  I was getting closer to the Kansas Coliseum, but I still had a ways to go.

 

I then hung out until my United Express flight departed for Wichita at 8 a.m.  (6:00 a.m. Pacific time).  It had been a real s struggle, but I had made it.  I arrived at the track well before any racing was to begin.

The People

I might be called a little more extroverted than most trackchasers.  That is neither a plus or minus, but I believe it to be a fact.  Let me tell you why I mention this.

 

Back on July 11, 2004, I visited the Park City Raceway in Valley Center, Kansas.  The track was my 733^rd lifetime track to attend at the time.  I had to leave Carol with enough painkillers and potato chips within easy reach to get her through her rotator cuff surgery recovery.  We can’t baby people in the Lewis household.  Check out www.ranlayracing.com to see my TR of that event.

 

Ardent readers will also note that this Trackchaser Report, like all of my writings during this era included a list of tracks that I would be attending in the coming days.  However, since no other trackchasers were sharing their upcoming racing plans, I was forced to match their lack of charitable feelings toward future track dates.  That policy remains in place today.

 

It was a hot and sultry July night back in 2004.  My highlight was an interview with the track promoter, Larry McDaniels.  Larry is more famous for his late model driving in the Plains states than anything else.  He has won several big events there.  He’s a very nice guy and I remember him being more than impressed with anyone crazy enough to do what I do.

 

The Park City Raceway is within a solidly hit six-iron from today’s racing venue.  The Park City venue is also on the grounds of the Kansas Coliseum.  It was my good fortune to meet up with Larry McDaniels again today.  He was assisting the today’s track promoter.  I struck up a conversation with Larry, who remembered me from my visit just two years before.

 

I asked him if they had ever raced inside the actual Kansas Coliseum that was within a couple hundred yards of both the Park City Raceway and today’s venue the Arena Building.

 

Larry told me they raced there a couple of years ago.  He also told me they didn’t plan to race there anymore, because it was too expensive to haul the dirt into the coliseum for just one weekend of racing.  This building is normally used for music concerts and conventions.

 

He also told me that when they did race in the coliseum, the dirt and dust was hard to control.  Must of this grime ended up sticking to the rafters.  A couple of weeks after the racecar show was over, a heavy metal rock concert was held in the coliseum.  According to Larry, the music was so loud it shook the dirt from the rafters and doused the rockers with good old-fashioned racing dirt.  Anyway, it was nice meeting up with Larry McDaniels.  He’s a great ambassador for the sport of racing.

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

 

KANSAS COLISEUM – ARENA BUILDING, VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS - TRACK #1,127 – 11/18/06

 

This was 18^th track to see in Kansas.  I have moved from an out of the top 10 Kansas state ranking at the beginning of the year to third place now.  This has given me a cumulative 12-point gain, my biggest NGD move in any of the 50 states.  Going into this track, I needed six new Kansas tracks to gain just one more NGD lifetime point.  That won’t happen any time soon.  Ed Esser leads the Jayhawk state with 25 tracks.

 

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

KANSAS COLISEUM – ARENA BUILDING

Today’s racing was advertised to be at the Kansas Coliseum.  I knew it was going to be chilly in the Wichita area in late November.  Therefore, I had visions of a nice warm and cozy arena similar to the Arena Racing venues in Virginia and North Carolina.  I was right on one count and wrong on another.

 

It WAS cold in Wichita.  At 12 noon, it was only 39 degrees outside.  That would have been manageable except that we were NOT racing inside a heated arena.  Instead we were racing in an unheated “out” building on the Kansas Coliseum property.

 

The racing actually took place in the Arena Building on the Kansas Coliseum grounds.  The racing karts were pitted in the structure next door, which was called the Pavilion II building.  Each of these buildings was nearly identical, except the Pavilion II, enclosure had a concrete floor and restrooms.  The arena building had a very smooth and tacky 1/10 mile somewhat banked dirt oval.  The two buildings were only 40 yards apart.  I believe this show would have come off even if it were raining.  Since the cars pitted in one building, they would have gotten wet going from one building to the other, but the track would have been dry.  Fortunately, there was nary a cloud in the sky.

 

I arrived at 11 a.m.  There were 20 classes of karts racing today.    They were just getting ready to start hot laps.  From what I could tell there was only one “trackchaser countable” class racing today.  Trackchaser rules can sometimes seem similar to the IRS taxation rules that prohibit all kinds of write-offs.  I am proud to say that several of the current rules or rulings coming from the trackchaser community are in response to my own creative trackchasing.

 

Here are the key elements of trackchaser rules that knocked out 19 of the 20 classes racing today.

 

“Little cars such as micro stocks, mini cup cars, champ karts and half midgets count but in general all other go-karts do not count.”

 

This is the rule that prohibits “flat” go-karts.

 

“Any car or truck type class that allows adult drivers is countable. There needn't necessarily be adults racing in each particular race in order to count the track.”

 

This is the rule that knocked out all of the caged classes racing today except the 500cc Outlaw Karts.  We have never defined what age range an adult is for trackchasing purposes.  I guess it’s like a college term paper I wrote on the subject of pornography.  The supreme court ruled that if the material appealed to the “prurient” interests of the reader it was pornographic.  What they were saying is they would recognize pornographic material when they saw it.  I think the elders of trackchasing must feel the say way.  They’ll know an adult when they see one.

 

This left one countable class, the 500cc Outlaw Karts.  This class originated in and still rules in Northern California most notably at the Pauline Davis Pavilion in Red Bluff.  The outlaw karts are becoming popular all over Missouri and at the English Creek Raceway in Melcher, Iowa as well.

 

Of course, the 500cc outlaw karts were scheduled to be the 20^th and last class to race.  I guess I might have predicted that.  They did not take to the track for hot laps (practice) until past 1 p.m.  This meant their actual racing would probably not take place until sometime beyond 3 p.m.  With that in mind, I strategically pulled the Avis Rental Car Racing Chevy Malibu between the pit building and the racing building.  From here, I could see all the cars grid for their next event………..all in the warmth and comfort of my Avis shelter.

 

When there was an interesting looking class, ready to race, I simply left the car and watched that race.  I was waiting for the 500cc outlaw karts.  The schedule was somewhat unique.  There would be 25 “first heats” for the 20 different classes.  Most of these heats would be eight laps in length over the small, I’m guessing 1/10 mile semi-banked dirt oval.  Then there would be 25 “second heats” for the 20 different classes.  These heat races would be followed by features for each of the 20 classes as well as a few consolations for the classes that needed them.

 

This schedule called for about 70+ races.  Of course, my class would have just seven of those races.  Since there were seventeen 500cc outlaw karts, they would have three “first” heats and three “second” heats, followed by a consolation and feature event.  As I mentioned, the 500cc outlaw karts were the last class to run each of their races. 

 

I talked with one of the locals who was in the know.  He figured they might be finished by 8 p.m.  First, that would be nine hours after I had first arrived at the track.  Secondly, estimates of this nature are never correct.  If he thought they might finish by 8 p.m., it would more likely be 10 or 11 p.m. 

 

I go trackchasing for the entertainment.  It would not be entertaining for me to sit for nine hours to see a 12 car, 500cc outlaw kart feature event.  I decided to watch their three “first” heat races and call it a day.  Those heats races finished up at nearly 4 p.m.  I had been at the track for five hours.  It might be a stretch to say that watching three heat races with 4-5 karts in each one was entertaining, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

It was blue skies and clear, but cold.  The outside temperature hovered around 38-45 degrees.

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I picked up the Avis Rental Car Racing Chevy Malibu in Wichita, Kansas.  I will be dropping the car in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  I’ll tell you why that is the case in my next Trackchaser Report.  This is what is called a “one way rental” in the rental car business.  Rental car companies don’t seem to like this type of business.  Maybe that is why they charge so much for a one-way rental.

 

I can normally rent a full-sized car for $20-30 per day.  A one-way daily rental might go for anywhere from $60-100.  When I checked www.sidestep.com for this rental, I saw the normal $70-80 per day prices pop up.  I only needed the car for one day and was expecting to pay through the nose.  That was until I paged down to see the Avis rate. 

 

They only wanted $19.95 for a one-day, one-way rental.  That was fantastic!  I jumped on that rate.  The woman at the rental car counter told me it was so cheap because both locations “were in the same region.”  That was fine with me.

 

Saturday total driving miles – 220

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 – 1,127

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,072 (-55)*

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,060 (-67)*

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,038 (-89)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 956 (-171)**

 

* 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.

33.  Ron Rodda, Lincoln, California – 297 (+10)

34.  Johnny Gibson, Grand Island, Nebraska – 290 (+3)

35.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California - 287

36.  Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, Tennessee – 279 (-8)

 

 

 

2006 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 136

2.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 100

3.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 96

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 – 56

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

 

  

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

Randy Lewis

#1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi

 

If you want to be in first place, go faster. 

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 AIRPLANE

Los Angeles, CA – Las Vegas, NV – 236 miles

Las Vegas, NV – Chicago, IL – 1,510 miles

Chicago, IL – Wichita, KA - 584 miles

RENTAL CAR – WICHITA, KS

Wichita Mid-Continent Airport – trip begins

Valley Center, KS – 25 miles

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Kansas Coliseum – Arena Building – $15

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

I told you my next trip would be very unusual.

 

 

 

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 –