GREETINGS FROM CLEWISTON, FLORIDA

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I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, WENT TO SLEEP IN SEAT #12A OF AN OVERNIGHT FLIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA, GOT RAINED OUT AT AN UNNAMED FRIDAY NIGHT TRACK IN FLORIDA, THEN WENT TO SLEEP IN AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA BEFORE HEADING TO CLEWISTON, FLORIDA.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION

DAYTONA USA

Today’s TTA took me to Daytona Beach, Florida.  You may know that Daytona is home to “Speed Weeks.”  This celebration is held each February and culminates with the running of stock car’s Super Bowl, the Daytona 500.  I was happy to be visiting today when the crowds wouldn’t be too bad, since the place is absolutely jam packed during the Speed Weeks activity.

 

I had one planned Daytona destination and another Daytona activity that sort of snuck up on me.  My advance plan was to see “Daytona USA.”  This is a special attraction developed by NASCAR some 10 years ago.  Daytona USA is located on the grounds of the famous Daytona International Speedway.

 

I was looking forward to visiting Daytona when there were not going to be any crowds.  Unfortunately, I missed that plan by a bit.  What messed me up?  I hit Daytona on the first day of “Bike Week.”  Bike Week (http://www.bikeweek.com/) runs a very close second to bringing visitors to Daytona Beach.  I’ll tell you about both of my adventures.  I liked them both, but they were as different a Trackchasing Tourist Attraction as they could be.

 

If you follow NASCAR very much at all, you probably know that the winner of the Daytona 500 has his car immediately impounded and put on display for exactly one year at Daytona USA.  The winner is given $100,000 for the car, but that’s not much considering the car just won the biggest race in stock car racing.  Having the chance to seeing the Daytona 500’s winning car was enough to get me into Daytona USA.

 

Many things in NASCAR are not cheap.  By the way, a Lexus is not cheap but it is a good value.  That’s how I view many things in NASCAR.  It’s not cheap but it’s the best there is to offer with the product they produce.

 

Admission to Daytona USA is $24.  If you are 60 years of age or older you can get in for just $19.  You can get an annual pass for just $49.  I’ll tell you what is included in the total Daytona USA package and you can decide if it’s a good value.

 

The first thing I ran into upon entering was Kevin Harvick’s red and yellow Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet.  This car won the 2007 Daytona 500 just two weeks ago.  I was surprised to see hundreds of small pieces of paper confetti stuck to the car’s body from the victory celebration.  It was also surprising to see how beat up the read end was.  The right side bodywork looked like it had met the wall more than once.  You can see pictures of the car at www.ranlayracing.com.

 

They have an interactive version of Jeff Gordon’s DuPont Chevrolet.  The car’s body is raised and lowered some 20 feet into the air so spectators can see the roll cage and inner workings of the car.  There are also some great pictures of NASCAR in their early days.  They first organized in the late 40s.  I found these pictures and descriptions to be most interesting.

 

There is also an arcade game where players can sit in nearly full-size replicas of their NASCAR favorites.  From here, they can watch a video screen and race against each other as their car gyrates up down and sideways.  I believe their might be a five dollar charge for this game.

 

The highlight of the indoor portion of the tour is an IMAX 3-D movie titled, “The Daytona 500.”  The movie lasts about an hour.  The last half is in 3-D.  The entire thing is very well done, and to me, was the most fun part of the entire experience.

 

Of course, there is a large gift shop and a cafeteria for visitors to enjoy.  They had some of the more unusual and creative NASCAR souvenirs that I have seen offered anywhere. 

 

Another major highlight of the Daytona USA adventure was a 30-minute tour of the Daytona International Speedway.  About 30 guests hopped aboard a tram.  We were soon driving through the famous “Daytona tunnel” and into the track’s infield.

 

Today’s tour offered a special treat.  The motorcycles were practicing for this weekend’s Daytona 200 motorcycle race.  That’s a big part of Daytona’s Bike Week.  We also got to stop and take a few minutes to walk around Victory Lane.  All in all, a very interesting tour.  My take on the Daytona International Speedway is that it is simply an oval racetrack, but it’s so much bigger than nearly anything else that’s ever been built.  I can only imagine what it must have seemed like when it was first opened in 1959.

 

So, let’s see.  What’s the value of a one-hour IMAX 3-D movie, a tour of the Daytona International Speedway, a close-up view of the Daytona 500 winner’s car and a museum of NASCAR history?  I think I got me money’s worth at the stated admission price.  Would I go back?  Not by myself, but some day I may have to take Trackchasing’s First Mother there for a visit.  Maybe, I’ll wait until we turn 60!

BIKE WEEK

I’ve seen some major motorcycle gatherings before but probably nothing to compare to Daytona’s Bike Week.  The funny thing was today was just the very first day of the event.  Bike Week runs from March 2-11, 2007.  It was wild today.  I can only imagine what it will be like by the time next weekend rolls around.

 

My AAA guidebook tells me that Daytona is sort of a “blue-collar” beach area.  I think I can go with that.  The buildings are getting a little on the rundown side, but there are a few new high-rise structures popping up.  One of the really cool things is you can drive your car on the white sand flat beaches.  Carol and I first started doing that back in 1972 when we honeymooned in Orlando.  Back then driving on the beach was free.  Today it cost me three bucks.

 

They tell me that motorcyclists have tamed down over the years.  I hear that most of the big Harleys are ridden by doctors, lawyers, and Indian chiefs.  Maybe.  I heard on tonight’s TV news that two bikers were killed in an unusual riding accident today.  Is that unusual?  Not really.  The TV story went on to say that TWENTY-ONE people were killed during the Bike Week of 2006!  Wow!  That doesn’t sound very tame to me.

 

You know that I like to go to events of all kinds, if nothing else than to say I’ve been there.  I want to go to the biggest of the big bike rallies.  This rally is held in Sturgis, South Dakota each summer.  I wonder if they’re ready for me to come riding into town in the Carol Lewis owned and Life of Virginia sponsored Lexus LS 430?  We’ll have to wait to see.

 

By the way, I was able to snap some pictures of the riders as they rode slowly through the streets of Daytona.  There were some very unusual people.  I don’t want to create a stampede over to my website at www.ranlayracing.com but there were some very PROVOCOTIVE outfits being sported by some of the female visitors.  Now, please show some decorum.  The right thing to do would be to read the rest of this report before you go over to look at those photos.  However, you’ll have to be the judge of your own behavior.

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy                                                                                    

 

The first ten weeks of any year and the last six or so are difficult for trackchasing.  Most of the tracks are closed during Jan/Feb/Mar and Nov/Dec in North America.  As you’ve seen there are some ice racing tracks that race during the cold weather months, but even those tracks have had a spotty season this year because of warmer than expected weather.

 

Couple that with the fact that I entered this weekend with 1,156 tracks and that doesn’t leave much left….or does it.  Yes, there are a few and if the proper planning is put forth a decent trackchasing weekend can be put together.  The ice racing I’ve done this year has preserved, somewhat, my southeastern U.S. opportunities.  As you know, I am careful not to “burn” tracks that might be strategically used at a later time.  As I go along, that strategy continues to pay dividends.

 

 

The Trip

 

Virtually no trackchasing trip goes exactly according to plan, no matter how much time and effort go into developing the plan.  This weekend was no exception.

 

I was planning to take the all-night flight from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, Florida.  I don’t like taking the “red-eye” flights but it does give me more “life production.”  The first track on the agenda was racing on Friday night.  Flight availability didn’t look good on Friday morning.  The flights that did have space were really cutting it close on getting me to the track on time.

 

I could have flown during the day on Thursday to make sure I have plenty of time to get to Friday night’s track, but Thursday is a golf day.  I don’t like to miss golf on Tuesday and Thursdays with the “Priestly group.”  By the way I entered the weekend with 15 golf days and 14 trackchasing days.  That part of the long-term strategy is working well.

 

As you can see flying during the day on Thursday or Friday was not ideal.  That left leaving late Thursday night and arriving at 6 a.m. (3 a.m. San Clemente time!) into Florida.  That plan should work.

 

I arrived at the Parking Spot and parked in my normal rooftop parking area.  I had plenty of time to make the flight so I took my time.  Just as I exited my car, the lights on the rooftop of the parking structure went out.  The lights on the 20-story Hilton Hotel, which sits next door to the Parking Spot, also went dark.  We were in the midst of a major power outage.  Were my East coast fellow trackchasing competitors trying to mess with me?

 

I was most concerned about using the parking garage’s elevators with no power.  It would be a long walk down to the ground flower.  Fortunately, the backup generators operated the elevators but the rest of the place was in total darkness.

 

Once I did arrive at the airport, I learned my flight to Jacksonville was delayed by nearly two hours.  When you’re trying to board a flight at 11 p.m. at night, the last thing you need to hear is you have a major flight delay.  Yes, I was getting concerned about my East coast competitors.  Don’t they know they can go away for a very long time, by phoning in a bomb threat?

 

I was flying on Delta to Jacksonville.  My backup plan was an all-nighter to Orlando on United Airlines.  The two-hour Delta delay but the United flight into play.  Los Angeles is a strange airport.  If you want to switch from one airline’s terminal to another you have to leave the secured area and then comeback through security a second time.  The only exception is for Delta and United.  They are connected by a 300 yards tunnel.  That was convenient.

 

I could try for the United flight that was labeled as “risky” on seat availability.  If I didn’t get on United then I could sit down for nearly two hours and go on Delta.  I learned about 35 years ago as a young pup that when you are presented with two airplane options, it is best to go with the first one that is leaving.  It’s something about having a “bird in the hand.”

 

I waited at the United counter as the plane was boarded.  The agent told me “I might get on.”  There were about seven standby passengers.  Everyone would get on before me because of his or her better seniority.  Finally, everyone had boarded except me.  I didn’t think I was going to get on.

 

The agent looked at me and said, “come with me.  I think there might be one seat left.  I’ll walk you down to the jet way and we’ll see if that seat is open.  If it is, you’re on and if it isn’t you won’t get to go.”  Again, would you like to travel like this?

 

We walked down the jet way.  Did they have a seat?  Yes, they did!  I would have an aisle seat that would recline a full three inches over the next five hours or so.  That is where I slept for the evening.

 

Just before we took off, I was able to make a phone call to National to change my rental car location from Jacksonville to Orlando.  The entire transaction (airline and car) saved me about $100 and I didn’t have to wait two hours for Delta.  So……that’s how the outbound trip went.  It wasn’t perfect but it wasn’t bad comparatively speaking.

 

When I landed I got my car, drove to an IHOP and slept in the parking lot for the next three hours.  Yes, this is trackchasing for the west coast chaser who wants to go trackchasing anywhere anytime in our great country.    

 

 

 

 

 

The People

 

Tonight was a special treat.  My stepfather Bill Virt was coming to the races with me.  Bill first came into my life back in 1963 when I was a freshman in high school.  He married my mother in that year and they were married until her death in 1997.

 

Bill and I have been to 131 racetracks together by my count.  I know he has been to several others on his own.  I’m not sure if he had the 200 required to be listed on www.trackchaser.net but he may.

 

Early in my relationship with Bill, I remember wrecking his 1957 Pontiac Chieftan.  That was one hot car with a 348 cubic inch V-8 engine.  I crashed into the back of a dump truck on the way home from a high school driver education class!  Yep, I had picked up two of my buddies who were hitchhiking and wanted to show them what the car “would do.” 

 

Although the dump truck driver didn’t even know I hit him the Chieftan did.  It’s left rear quarter panel and rear bumper looked worse than if Tony Stewart had been driving behind me.  That was a long afternoon waiting for Bill to get home from work so I could tell him what had happened.  He really wasn’t upset at all.  He would later total that car while bending down to grab his thermos bottle that had slipped to the floor.

 

Bill and his wife Betty now live in Auburndale, Florida.  I make a pilgrimage back to their home at least once a year and we usually catch a race somewhere.  We had fun on this trip.

 

I also have to take a moment to comment on the customer service offered in this part of the country.  It stinks to put it bluntly.  Our waitress at Sonny’s BBQ restaurant was totally out to lunch, while we waited for ours.

 

Bill and I stopped at a Holiday Inn Express in Clewiston, Florida where the New Hendry County Speedway is located.  This was a nearly new Holiday Inn Express and very nice.  However, Clewiston is an old sugar cane town and you wouldn’t expect prices to be high here.

 

There were several other motel choices in town.  With all of the traveling I do, I have a good feel for what motel pricing will be based upon the type of hotel, location, day of the week, etc.  I guessed the Holiday Inn might be in the $69-89 range.  I was wrong.  They offered us a room for $149! 

 

There was nothing special going on in town.  The Best Western next door was also high, but offered us a smoking room double at $109, which for that place was outrageous.  I really wasn’t interested in sleeping in a “smoking” room.

 

I really didn’t want Bill to see what I was going to have to do with the Holiday Inn hotel clerk, but he had too.  He’s somewhat used to it.  Bill once told everyone at a family dinner that he never wanted to have a mortgage on his home.  He feared that if he did I would buy the bank and foreclose on him.  That seemed a bit harsh, but I knew what he meant.  I took it as a compliment.

 

After several discussions with the young female clerk, I had the price down from $149 to $129.  We then walked across the street and found the $109 price at the Best Western, which was a dump, compared to the Holiday Inn.

 

I returned to the Holiday Inn.  I told the clerk I would give here one more chance to match the Best Western price of $109.  She said she would have to call her boss and she did.  The best she could do was $119.  I accepted.  It was a rip, but not as bad as $149.

 

She gave us our keys and sent us up to the room.  The room had only one bed.  Back to the front desk we went.  She was embarrassed.  She bashfully told me she was going to “upgrade us to a suite” for our trouble.  Now, we’re talking!  She gave us our keys and up the elevator we went.  Our room was not a suite, but just a normal two-bedded room.  I was too frustrated to complain.

 

The next morning when I went to check out I gave the clerk my room key, which was for room 307.  The sullen young front desk attendant came back with, “that’s not your room, you’re in 219.”  Of course, we had not slept in 219.  I asked if 219 was a suite.  “Yes it is,” Miss Congeniality confirmed.  That was the room we were SUPPOSED to have been in, except for the ineptitude of last night’s clerk.

 

Oh well.  I asked for my receipt.  The bill was presented to me and the price was $149, not $119 plus tax.  I explained that this bill was incorrect.  The clerk looked at me with a pained expression that said one of two things.  “I couldn’t give a rat’s ass if the price is wrong” or “I’m wearing a size six shoe and my feet are a size nine.”

 

I asked her to call the manager.  She said the manager would be coming in during the next two hours and she would fix it then.  In two hours, I would be 100 miles down the road.  That wouldn’t do for me.  I wanted to talk to the manager now.

 

If looks could kill.  Now she looked just like P.J. Hollebrand when he saw Guy Smith’s car up in Tillonsonburg, Ontario, Canada.  She called her manager.  After some wrangling the manager agreed to adjust the price, again.  You can bet I’ll keep a close eye on my MasterCard bill on this one.  The customer service in this part of the country is terrible.

 

 

 

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

 

NEW HENDRY COUNTY SPEEDWAY, CLEWISTON, FLORIDA - TRACK #1,157

 

This was my 49th lifetime track to see in the Sunshine state, home of the Mockingbird state bird.  I continue to hold the second place state ranking here.  Any idea what the largest city in Florida is?  I doubt you’ll get it on the first try (answer below.)  I only trail Ed Esser by six Florida tracks.  On the other hand, I have just 13 tracks remaining to be seen in Florida.  Only one of those tracks races on a weekly basis, so Ed’s lead may be safe for a while.

 

 

 

 

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

NEW HENDRY COUNTY SPEEDWAY

 

I would have to say the New Hendry County Speedway offered what I would call, “generic short track auto racing.”  That’s not necessarily a good thing.  I’ll tell you why I say that as we go along.

 

First, the track only re-opened a couple of months ago after being shuttered for a couple of years.  I think the previous owner was killed in an automobile accident and it took some time to get the place sold and operating again.

 

The track is located on the busy Florida U.S. 27 highway.  They have a full-sized stock car hoisted to an elevation of about 20 feet as an attention getter for passersby.  The stock car is attached to a portable trailer so it can be removed when they are not racing.  That’s pretty clever.

 

Admission was $15, but Bill and I both qualified for the senior discount and a price of just $12 since we both exceeded the age of 55.  Pit admission was twenty-five bucks.  They also offered a senior discount on a pit pass (first time I can ever recall seeing that) of $20.

 

I like to arrive several minutes before the scheduled start time so I can get a complete survey of the track’s amenities.  Often seeing and experiencing these amenities is more entertaining and enjoyable than watching the races.

 

We arrived an hour before the 6:30 p.m. scheduled start time.  Viewing the track’s amenities took about five minutes!  They did start practicing at 6 p.m. (five hot laps for each class).  Of course, this plan took them longer than expected (duh!) and they started 21 minutes late.

 

The track looks to have a new concrete crash wall that encircles the entire 3/8 mile red clay banked oval.  The track’s infield is empty except for track tow trucks.  The pit area is located beyond turns one and two.  There are 3-4 concession buildings, but only one sells sandwiches.  The sandwich waiting line moves ever so slowly.  I put the clock on one big fan that looked like he didn’t really need a sandwich.  It took exactly 30 minutes for him to be served!

 

I have never in all of my years of short-track auto racing watching seen anyone wait 30 minutes to get a hot dog.  This was not during the busy intermission time.  This was in the middle of the heat races.  Not only is this terrible for the customer, it’s a real money loser for the track.  If anyone reading this wants to send this information to the New Hendry County Speedway management you have my full admission.

 

We sat in the top row of the 15-row grandstand.  That was a comfortable seat with a back rest.  It was our reward to arriving early.  However, there was no “official” aisle marking in the grandstand.  Once the place filled up some this made getting to the bottom of the grandstand a real problem.  Why do track operators do this?  The P.A. system was very good and the announcer was O.K.  He kept using the grandstand P.A. to call the cars in the pits.  After awhile that was annoying.

 

Recall, I am still basking in the glow of my recent New Zealand stock car racing experience.  There most tracks started on time at 7 p.m., ran 4-6 divisions, ran 15-25 cars in each heat race, ran two heat races and a feature for each class and finished by 10 p.m.  How did we do tonight?  Not good.

 

The first race, an eight car-six lap mini-stock heat race started 21 minutes late at 6:51 p.m. and finished at 7:04 p.m.  The race “featured” four yellow flag delays.  Twelve minutes to race six laps which if run non-stop should take about 100 seconds was a bad omen.

 

Of course, this track was “class happy.”  That meant they had way too many classes and not that many cars in most of the classes.  Here’s what I counted mini-stocks (8), bombers (16), mini-sprints (16), sportsman (9), pure stocks (9), mini-mods (4), junior mini mods or something like that (1), street stocks (9) and late models (2).  All of the classes ran one heat race except the mini-sprints that ran two.

 

I counted 14 yellow flags in the heat races.  Most were for one car spins where the offending driver sat on the track.  Some were for cars running over the orange plastic safety cones and leaving them crumpled on the track.  Not one of the yellow flags would have qualified for a race stoppage in my beloved New Zealand.

 

We then went to intermission.  It was getting cold.  The wind was starting to blow and Bill pulled his red Simpson Safety racing jacket (long an Ascot favorite) up over his neck.  The announcer told us we would be taking a short, 10-15 minute break.  Of course, I am a grizzled veteran of these short track wars.  I knew that wasn’t true.  Just as the intermission period began and fans started to clear the grandstands the lights went out.  Were these East coast fellow competitors never going to leave me in peace?  Some thirty-one minutes (not 10-15) later we were feature racing.

 

We stayed for three feature races.  It was more than I wanted to see.  The three features we did see had a combined 11 yellow flag stoppages.  We left at 9:43 p.m.  We had been at the track for more than four hours.  We have been at the track for more than three hours past the posted starting time.

 

Recall, New Zealand runs two heats for each class and a feature and wraps everything up in three hours.  These guys had managed to run just ONE HEAT and only three of their nine features in more than three hours.  Much of America’s short track racing just sucks.  Sorry to say it, but making fans sit out in the cold for 4-5 hours to see an entire racing program doesn’t cut it.  If these guys don’t get there act together the good-sized crowd that was on hand tonight won’t be coming back for more.  

 

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

By the time we left the track we were freezing.  The wind was blowing into our backs (that’s better than blowing in our faaces) at about 20 M.P.H.  We were cold!  We were anxious to see what the car thermometer showed.  We were shocked to see 66 degrees.  That was the coldest 66 degrees I’ve experienced in a very long time.

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I’ll be going with a Buick LaCrosse CRX.  It was a nice car with leather seats and XM satellite radio.  For some reason, I always try to pick white rental cars.  I had a white one on this trip.

 

Friday total driving miles - 101

 

Saturday total driving miles - 293

 

 

 

 

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 – 1,157

 

2.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,106 (-51)***

 

3.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,088 (-69)*

 

4.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,067 (-90)*

 

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 974 (-183)**

 

 

* Warning, you are within 50 tracks of being removed from this list. 

 

** Special exemption.

 

***  This is an exciting new development.  I will go into much greater detail in a future Trackchaser Report.  Stay tuned.

 

 

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

2007 (current thru 2/18/07)**

 

With gains in Idaho, New Mexico and Wisconsin, I have now erased a .08 deficit (four positions) and have a .06 lead (three positions.) 

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 7.04

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 7.10

3. Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 7.55

 

**Until the end of the year, NGD rankings are unofficial.  Rankings are affected not only by the leader’s activities but by other trackchasers impact on the leader’s position. 

  

 

 

Other notables

 

These worldwide trackchasers are within 10 tracks (plus or minus) of Carol’s current trackchaser total.

 

31.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California - 304

 

32.  Chris Economaki, Ridgewood, New Jersey – 302 (-2)

 

33.  Gary Jacob, Turlock, California – 301 (-3)

 

34.  Ron Rodda, Lincoln, California – 297 (-7)

 

 

 

 

 

2007 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 19

 

2.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 13

 

3.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 11

 

4.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 10

 

5.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 9

 

6.  Rick Young, Maxville, Ontario, Canada - 7

 

7.  Will White, Quakertown, Pennsylvania – 5

 

8.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 4

 

8.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 4

 

10.  Jack Erdmann, DePere, Wisconsin - 3

 

10.  Rick Schneider, Baytown, New York - 3

 

 

Tracks have been reported by 25 different worldwide trackchasers this season.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

#1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi

 

If you’re gonna complain about the summer, you don’t deserve the winter.

 

 

 

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA – Orlando, FL – 2,215 miles

RENTAL CAR

 

Orlando International Airport – trip begins

Clewiston, FL – 383 miles*

 

* This is not always the direct mileage from the airport to the first stop as detours along the way may add to the stated mileage.

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

New Hendry County Speedway - $12 ($3 senior discount)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past trackchasing reports are available at:

www.ranlayracing.com

 

Official trackchaser standings can be viewed at:

www.trackchaser.net

 

Some of my standings data comes from: www.trackchaser.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS

 

My next track will race on a surface I have never seen before in this molecular content. 

 

 

 

 

 

RACETRACKS VISITED IN 2007 (** not the first time to visit this track)

 

 

1,139.  Meremere Dirt Track Club, Meremere, New Zealand - January 1

 

1,140.  Meeanee Speedway, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand - January 1

 

1,141.  Top of the South Speedway, Richmond, New Zealand - January 2

 

1,142.  Woodford Glen Speedway, Christchurch, New Zealand - January 3

 

1,143.  Robertson Holden International Speedway, Palmerston North, New Zealand - January 5

 

1,144.  Taupo Motorsports Park, Taupo, North, New Zealand - January 6

 

1,145.  Waikaraka Park International Speedway, Auckland, New Zealand - January 6

 

1,146.  Angels Stadium of Anaheim (inner oval), Anaheim, California - January 6

 

1,147.  Angels Stadium of Anaheim (outer oval), Anaheim, California - January 6

 

1,148.  West Valley Speedway, Surprise, Arizona - January 14

 

1,149. Sandia Motorsports Park (road course), Albuquerque, New Mexico - January 28

 

1,150. Grand Prix De Lanaudiere, Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada – February 3

 

1,151. Ste-Eulalie Ice Track, Eulalie, Quebec, Canada – February 4

 

1,152. St Guillaume, St Guillaume, Quebec, Canada – February 4

 

1,153. Caldwell Rodeo Arena, Caldwell, Idaho – February 10

 

1,154. Balsam Lake Ice Track, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin – February 18

 

1,155. Northeast Pond Ice Track, Milton, New Hampshire – February 24

 

1,156. Lee Pond Ice Track, Moultonborough, New Hampshire – February 25

 

1,157. New Hendry Country Speedway, Clewiston, Florida – March 3

 

 

 

 

Florida’s largest city is………….Jacksonville