GREETINGS FROM ANGLETON, TEXAS

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!

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

 

 

 

I WOKE UP IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA AND WENT TO SLEEP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy                                                                                    

 

Seeing as many new tracks as I possibly can while minimizing my overall travel days is a consistent trackchasing strategy of mine.  Today’s trackchasing fit perfectly into that plan.

 

Nearly 100% of all worldwide road courses race during the day.  That’s like saying that nearly 100% of all golf courses operate during the day.  I guess it would be far too expensive to light such large areas such as a road racing course, or a golf course for that matter.

 

The Mercedes Benz of Sugar Land Road Course raced during the day today.  This meant I could hop on a flight after the race was finished and get back to San Clemente in time to sleep in my own bed.

 

This was my 33^rd round-trip airline trackchasing trip of the year.  It was only the third time I have been able to get back home on the same night following the last track of the trip.  That means the “West Coast Trackchasing Penalty” amounted to THIRTY extra days of overnights compared to the normal Eastern or Midwestern trackchaser who can return home most of the time without having to stay in a hotel following the last track of their trip.  This must be why there are no other west coast trackchasers participating in our hobby. 

The Trip

 

When we last visited I was telling you what it took to begin this trip.  Following a day of golf, I had driven 65 miles in rush hour traffic, missed several flights, flown from LAX to Las Vegas, and then from Las Vegas to Chicago on a red-eye and finally from Chicago to Wichita.  I slept when I could get a few minutes, which was not often.

 

Following yesterday’s race in the Wichita, Kansas area, I drove to Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Why would I do that?  It was the only location within driving distance of Wichita that could get me into Houston, Texas on Sunday morning early enough to see today’s race.

 

It was about a three-hour drive from Wichita To Tulsa.  I realized a benefit from the Super 8 Motel chain’s overcharging me for their rooms all summer.  Each time I stay in a Super 8, I accrue “Trip Rewards” points.  I can use these points for future free hotel stays.  It take 10-12 nights of paying for a room to get a free one.  Super 8 could just use the Motel 6 strategy of giving rock bottom rates and not offering a “frequent stay” program.

 

The motel clerk at the Super 8 Motel was both clueless and ineffective.  That’s a tough combination to beat.  Maybe, she was new.  The hotel’s internet didn’t work either, until I called and complained and was told, “give us about 10 minutes.”  I did and it worked after that.

 

Today’s race is a six-hour enduro on a 2.38-mile road course.  The one and only race begins at 10 a.m.  That meant I would need an early morning flight.  I set my alarms (cell phone and portable alarm clock for 5 a.m. (3 a.m. Pacific).  My Continental Airlines flight left the Tulsa International Airport at 6:40 a.m. (4:40 a.m. Pacific). 

 

I landed in Houston at 8:05 a.m.  Getting the rental car was not nearly as consumer friendly as it was in Tulsa yesterday.  It was a short 57.4 miles down to the track from the airport.  I arrived at 9:40 a.m. just in time for the driver’s meeting.  I love it when a plan comes together!

 

Following the race, it was a race back to the airport.  Once I reached the airport it was time to board a plane from Houston to Denver.  Then after a short connection, my final flight of the trip took me from Denver to Los Angeles.  I arrived back into San Clemente at right around midnight Pacific time.

 

I would like to thank United Airlines, a primary sponsor of RANLAY Racing.  They were kind enough to make certain I flew first class from Houston all the way back home.  That helped after a somewhat tough weekend travel schedule.

 

I had ridden on six different airplanes and rented two different cars in the last 48 hours or so.  I had slept overnight in one airplane middle seat and spent another night in a Super 8 as well as driven about 350 miles.  Yes, I know it all sounds like the perfect luxury trip and you wish you could have come along.  I don’t blame you!

The People

 

Although I am the #2 ranked trackchaser in Texas, it doesn’t seem like I get down here much.  I have many memories of traveling to Texas and Houston specifically, during my business career.

 

I spent most of my career in sales management.  The primary responsibility of that position was going out into the field and working with our salespeople.  I always remember working with Del Mace in Houston.  He wore glasses.  It was so humid in Houston that whenever we left our air-conditioned car to make a sales call, Del’s glasses would fog up from the humidity.

 

On another occasion we had a four-day meeting in Houston.  A major hurricane was expected to hit, and did, the area toward the end of our meeting.  We could have cancelled the meeting, but this was 25 years ago and business was a lot different back then.  Today it’s namby pamby, back then it wasn’t.

 

My boss was a former Navy pilot.  I remember him telling me that during his days in the service, they “used to fly into the top of hurricanes” and “it really wasn’t a big deal.”  I tried to explain that if anything happened to our people because of the storm, we could be liable.

 

The last night of our meeting we were having a “Vegas night.”  Yes, you are right, we worked hard and we played hard.  The hurricane was bearing down on us.  We had about 100 people at the meeting.  We discussed our options.  One of the options was to rent four Greyhound buses.  The plan would be to drive the buses from Houston to Dallas.  That drive is about four hours.  The plan would be to have a presenter on each bus.  They would present their business material to a group of 25 people for an hour.  We would then stop the buses and the presenters would rotate.  After the four-hour drive, everyone would have heard all of the presentations, just as if we had not been affected by a hurricane at all.

 

We stayed in Houston until the end of the meeting even though our hotel had completely boarded up every one of their windows!  I was on the next to last flight out of the Houston Airport on a Wednesday afternoon.  Just a few hours after I left Houston, Hurricane Alicia hit the area in the early Thursday morning hours.  Twenty-one people died from that hurricane.  The weather was a lot better today.

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

 

MERCEDES BENZ OF SUGAR LAND ROAD COURSE, ANGLETON, TEXAS - TRACK #1,128 – 11/19/06

 

This Texas track is my 27th countable track to see in the state.  This was my first trackchasing trip of the year in Texas after I came down here four times in 2005.  I am now #2 in the state ranking just two tracks behind state leader John Moore of Knoxville, Tennessee.  He’s seen 29 tracks in the longhorn state.  I would like to be #1 in Texas.  That might be a 2007 goal.

 

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

MERCEDES BENZ OF SUGAR LAND ROAD COURSE

 

Somewhat unbelievably I still have 1,251 tracks in the United States and Canada that I have not seen.  Some day I hope to see them all.  There are just 83 road courses remaining to be seen.  Many of those tracks are not road courses that leading sanctioning groups, like the SCCA, would consider racing on.

 

The Mercedes Benz of Sugar Land Road Course is a “private” track.  The business model is similar to how a private country club operates.  This means that for an initiation fee and some monthly dues, a racer becomes a member of the MSR Road Course Private Club.  From time to time, the road course rents out their track for public events as they did today.  My private golf club also rents out the course from time to time for public events.

 

Some time ago, one of our more prominent trackchasers railed against the concept of such privatization.  He seemed to think he would not feel welcome at such a venue.  Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion.  I happen to have a totally different view on the subject.

 

First of all, at most private clubs (probably about 98%) anyone who has the money can join.  Think that’s snobbish?  Do you think your local movie theatre is snobbish?  Probably not.  In reality, the movie theatre is just like a private racing facility or golf club.  You can’t come into the movie theatre to see the movie unless you pay the fee.  I bet you never thought of your down the street movie theatre as a private club did you?

 

American was built on capitalism.  People are, or should be, encouraged to work hard and enjoy the fruits of their labors.  I am 100% in support of folks who follow this path to achieve whatever they can.  Therefore, if a bunch of racers get together and each pays a sum of money to form their own club, more power to them.  They are not hurting the public in any way.  I’ll come to the facility whenever I am invited.  If I want to become a member, I’ll work hard to come up with the bucks it takes and enjoy the rewards that come from my labors.

 

There were 28 drivers in today’s SCCA sponsored event.  They would be racing a six-hour enduro.  That’s right.  These cars would be expected to race around the 2.38-mile flat asphalt road course for six hours.  This is a long time for the drivers.  This is an eternity for the spectators.

 

It was cool (45-55 degrees) and windy.  Texas is often windy.  Being a private club course, there are not as many spectator amenities as a public oriented facility.  This meant the food selections were limited to a mobile caterer who served a very small portion of BBQ at inflated prices.  On the other hand, the track itself, sold drinks and a 20 oz. plastic bottle Diet Coke cost me only one dollar.

 

The fastest qualifier in the field averaged 80.142 M.P.H.  The slowest car in the field timed in at only 65.225 M.P.H.  Again, because this track is oriented toward the racer and not the spectator, it does not offer many close-up spectator viewing areas.

 

Often at road courses, I can walk all over and see the racing relatively, for a road course, close-up at many different points.  This was not the case today.  There were almost no points where you could watch the cars from a distance of less than 100 yards.  More than half the viewing points, were some 300-500 yards or more from my vantage point.

 

Six hours is a very long time to watch just 28 cars spread over more than two miles of asphalt.  There are 4,141 yards in 2.38 miles.  If each of these 28 races cars were spread equidistance apart, they would each be 148 yards apart.  That’s not exactly wheel to wheel racing.  I will tell you I stayed as long as I could stand it.  I cannot tell you how long that was, but it was probably longer than most folks would stay. 

 

I was able to visit every spot at this facility where spectators were allowed to go.  However, that feat took me only and hour or so to accomplish.  I then returned to my National Rental Car Racing Grand Prix and picked out a spot near one of the turns. 

 

I would have calmly sat here for six hours, working on my laptop and watching the racing action.  Unfortunately, my “mother board” failed and I lost the ability to maintain battery power.  It was at this point that driving back to the airport seemed like a good idea.

 

Nevertheless, I did get some great photos of today’s events.  They are featured at www.ranlayracing.com.  However, if you feel that the realism of these photos would spoil a future visit to this track, please do not look at these pictures.

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

It was a clear day, but cold and windy. 

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I was back in a National Rental Car Racing Pontiac Grand Prix today.  I picked this car because it had an XM radio antenna.  It also had leather interior and a sunroof.  Yes, I was stylin’.

 

The George Bush Houston International Airport rental car lot is a bit time consuming to get too from the terminal.  Unlike most airports and rental car companies where a brand specific bus i.e., National, Hertz, etc is provided, at IAH a generic rental car bus is used.  This bus takes customers to a central location where all of the major rental car companies have their cars.  It is located a few miles from the airport.

 

Sunday total driving miles (Tulsa) – 8

Sunday total driving miles (Houston) – 117

Tulsa car

 

The driving portion of the Wichita-Tulsa trip covered 228 miles.  A quick fuel stop at the airport on the way back to the Tulsa International Airport had me paying an average price of $2.01 per gallon.  The Malibu gave me 29.5 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at an average cost of 8.2 cents per mile.    The car cost 20.8 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included. 

Houston Car

 

The driving portion of the Houston based trip covered just 117 miles.  A quick fuel stop at the airport on the way back to George Bush Houston International Airport had me paying an average price of $2.06 per gallon.  The Pontiac Grand Prix gave me 27.4 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at an average cost of 8.0 cents per mile.   The car cost 10.8 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 – 1,128

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,072 (-56)*

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,060 (-68)*

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,038 (-90)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 956 (-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.

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 - 137

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

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college degree. 

 

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

Tulsa International Airport – 228 miles – trip ends

 

AIRPLANE

Tulsa, OK – Houston, TX  - 453 miles

 

RENTAL CAR – HOUSTON, TX

George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, TX – trip begins

Angleton, TX – 57 miles

George Bush International Airport - 117 miles – trip ends

 

AIRPLANE

Houston, TX – Denver, CO - 882 miles

Denver, CO – Los Angeles, CA - 860 miles

 

Total Air miles –  4,525 miles

Total auto and air miles traveled on this trip – 4,870 miles

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Kansas Coliseum – Arena Building – $15

Mercedes Benz of Sugar Land Road Course - Free

 

Total racetrack admissions - $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 – 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

 

1,126. Delaware International Speedway, Delmar, Delaware – November 5