TODAY’S HEADLINES

What does your sports spectating resume look like?  Check out mine in the special section of the Trackchaser Report …….details in “Sports Spectating Resume.”

 

Who has the higher concession, parking and souvenir prices, NASCAR or “Stick and Ball” sporting venues?...........details in  “Sports Spectating Resume”

 

Even though trackchasing can be somewhat expensive, there are ways to say money………..detain in “The Strategy.” 

AND THE READERS RESPOND

 

Rather than identifying my readers by name in the “And The Readers Respond” section, I will identify them by their geographical region.  By the way, I can neither endorse nor be responsible for any reader’s point of view.  It’s a free country and everyone is entitled to his or her opinion.

 

From a long-time Northeastern reader regarding the prevalence of tattoos at the C.O.R.R. race in Pomona, California as well as the dress code adopted by many of the young women in the audience.

 

“You are so right on this topic.  What is it with tattoos, it’s like an epidemic.  I have never seen an old tattoo that looked good.  In fact, I haven’t seen too many new ones that are all that great.  I pretty much supported my kids in all their decisions whether I liked them or not, but the one thing I told them not to do is get a tattoo, they’ll come to regret it.

 

I never know what to do when women are dressed this way.  Do I look?  Do I not look?  I’m confused.”

 

 

Editor’s note:  There’s no harm in looking.

 

 

 

 

SPORTS SPECTATING RESUME

In addition to being a trackchaser, I also have an interest in seeing major sporting events at all levels in all sports.  I added to my list this past Wednesday night.  Carol and I returned from a six-day Memorial Day trackchasing trip late on Tuesday night.  I would be leaving again early Friday morning (about 60 hours at home) for my next trackchasing trip.  I would have liked to have just kicked back at home for those 60 hours, but I might not get an opportunity like the one I’m going to tell you about anytime soon again.

 

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were home on Wednesday night to the Ottawa Senators for game 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  I had never been to a Stanley Cup playoff game, the highest level of hockey in the world.  I have been to some pretty big events in my time.  Here’s what my “Sports Spectating Resume” looks like after attending the Mighty Ducks hockey match at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California

 

World Series – 3 (Yankee Stadium-New York, NY, Busch Memorial Stadium-St. Louis, MO & Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA)

 

Super Bowl – Pasadena, CA

 

NCAA Final Four Basketball – 2 (RCA Dome-Indianapolis, IN & Georgia Dome-Atlanta, GA)

 

NBA Finals – Seattle, WA

 

NCAA Volleyball Championships – Long Beach, CA

 

Stanley Cup Playoffs – Anaheim, CA

 

Indianapolis 500 – Indianapolis, IN

 

PBA (Professional Bowlers Association) – Fountain Valley, CA

 

1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, CA

 

Masters golf practice round – Augusta, GA

 

Muhammad Ali sparring session – Las Vegas, NV

 

Gary Player golf exhibition – San Clemente, CA

 

 

I have seen many high profile events.  Next on my radar screen might be tennis at Wimbleton and the Kentucky Derby.  It’s fun to go to these sporting competitions.   However, most of them might not be worth returning too due to expense and hassle created by their popularity.  Exceptions would be the Masters, Olympics (I have my orders in for the Beijing summer Olympics), NCAA Final Four and close-up exhibitions by high-profile athletes. 

 

I didn’t have a ticket for the Stanley Cup playoffs.  That might discourage some people.  It only encourages me.  I figured I would go up to the stadium and strike a deal with someone who had an extra ticket.  Of course, I would be operating on a budget.  I established $200 as the maximum I would pay for a ticket.  Remember, this was going to be a once in a lifetime visit to the Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

After several minutes of walking the parking lot and surrounding areas, I didn’t see many ticket sellers.  I had one couple tell me that the cops were out in force against this type of activity.  One guy had a seat location very high up in the arena for $140.  I strongly considered that option.

 

Then, as if by a stroke of luck, I noticed a line of people that looked to be buying tickets at the arena’s ticket booth.  I got in line.  They weren’t exactly selling tickets in the traditional sense.  They were selling admission for “Standing Room Only.”  This meant you got into the stadium.  You also had a specific space where you would be able to stand to watch the match.

 

I’d never done SRO before.  Because of that, I was intrigued.  I ended up buying a “Standing Room Only” ticket.  How much did the ticket cost you ask.  I would like you to guess.  Do you have a firm number in your mind as your guess?  I will write the price at the bottom of this Trackchaser Report.  See below.

 

O.K., I’m waiting for everyone to get back here from the bottom of this report.  Just one more second.  There!  Everyone is back up here again.  Yes, you might say “that’s a lot of money and you don’t even get a seat to sit in.”  Yes and no.

 

The guy who was ahead of me in the SRO line had season tickets to the Ducks games.  He sold each of his season tickets for $700.  Then he bought a SRO ticket.  I didn’t feel so bad after I heard that story.

 

Actually, I was most pleased with my standing room only location.  The stadium seats a bit more than 17,000 people.  There are three main levels.  My location was at the top of the lower level.  I was only 15 rows from the ice and very near one of the nets.  It was a great location.  It was much, much better than 70% of the seats in the entire arena.

 

I’m not a big hockey fan.  Even though I was a season ticket holder for the first three seasons in the Ducks franchise history, I really don’t understand or appreciate the game.  It looks like it would be difficult to play!  The Ducks out shot the Senators by nearly two to one but could only nose out a 1-0 victory.

 

They scored the game winning goal with just five minutes to play.  I said to my newfound SRO friend at the beginning of the third period that I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss the game winning goal.  Just before they scored the Duck’s mascot, “Wild Wing” came by our area.  I was busy taking a picture of Wild Wing and some girl squeezing his feathers in a questionable place.  When Wild Wing left, the girl came up to me and asked if I could email her a copy of the picture I had just taken.  While she was giving me her email address and telling me her life story, the Ducks scored the only goal of the game!  I think I saw it, but I’m not sure!

 

One more note for all of those NASCAR bashers who are always complaining about the high cost of attending a race.  I guess the validity of that argument might all come down to what you want to compare a major NASCAR race too.  A Stanley Cup playoff game seems like a worthy point of comparison. 

 

By the way, photos from my one night adventure at the Stanley Cup Playoffs are linked to the home page of www.ranlayracing.com.

 

Editors note:  If you have time, please share your own personal “Sports Spectating Resume.”  I would very much be interested in seeing the places my readers have been.

 

I was in Charlotte last week for the first day of the World 600.  Granted, I was there on a Thursday and not Saturday when the big race was running.  Nevertheless, I don’t think they change their refreshment prices or at the track parking charges from one day to the next at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

 

Last week at Lowe’s I parked for free in the speedway lot.  I paid $12 to park in the Honda Center lot.  Bottled water sold for $3 at Lowe’s, it was $4 at the Honda Center.  A soft pretzel went for $3 at Lowe’s; it was $3.75 at the Honda Center.  I paid $9.75 for a large beer at the Honda Center.  I didn’t record the beer prices at Lowe’s but I know it was a lot less than nearly ten bucks!  As a matter of fact, you can even bring in a food and drink cooler to Lowe’s if you don’t want to buy their stuff.  Try bringing a cooler into any of the major stick and ball sports arenas.  It won’t be happening.

 

Finally, as you know by now, I paid $168 for a standing room only ticket to the hockey game.  I’m certain that a ticket of comparable location, standing room only or not, would go for less for the World 600. 

 

I paid $102 for two t-shirts, a hat and a hockey puck at the Honda Center.  I can’t imagine comparable NASCAR items being any higher.  The refreshment and parking prices don’t change from regular season Ducks game prices for the playoffs.  I suspect ticket prices are higher for the playoffs.

 

I will say this.  If you go to big name entertainment events, it’s going to be expensive.  These are world and national events.  They are so popular that they appear on national TV.  Popularity creates demand.  Demand drives up prices.  This is just a fact of life.  If you want to compare NASCAR prices to your local quarter mile dirt track’s prices that another story.

 

 

 

 

GREETINGS FROM BOISE, IDAHO

 

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I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA.  I WENT TO SLEEP IN BOISE, IDAHO.   THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy     

 

Now you know that I paid $168 for a hockey ticket and I didn’t even get a seat!  Some of you may be thinking, “Yes!  Now I understand why some of your fellow trackchasers have always accused you of being the ‘Bill Gates of Trackchasing.’  Money is no object to you, so, of course, you’re going to be able to outspend your competition.”

 

Let me offer a few words in my own defense.  I grew up poor in a small Illinois town.  To this day, I still do my very best to get a good deal on everything I buy.  As I have said to you in the past, “I want to buy the best things cheap.  I’m not looking to buy cheap things cheap.”

 

Let me give you a few examples of my shopping patterns on this very trackchasing trip.  Maybe, this will convince all but the most cynical, that, I too operate on a strict financial budget.

 

I normally rent my cars from National.  They give me good prices and good service.  National quoted me a price of $44.72 for a day’s rental in Boise.  That was about average, or maybe a little higher than average for a full sized car with taxes.  I knew I would be driving less than 50 miles.  Therefore, I did an internet search for an economy class car.  I could stand to have a small car if I wasn’t traveling very far.

 

I never rent economy class cars.  I’m trying to buy good things cheap, not cheap things cheap.  Thrifty rental car came back with a tax-included price for an economy car of $20.12.  Ka Ching!  That was nearly a $25 savings.

 

When I went shopping for a night’s hotel in Boise, the going rate around the airport was $60-80.  I decided to use a frequent stay free night coupon I had earned through previous stays.  Ka Ching!  That was about a $70 savings.

 

When I was ready to depart Boise, I had two flight choices.  The first flight left at 6:30 a.m. and the second at 7:50 a.m.  The earlier flight was $20 cheaper.  I elected to get up an hour and one-half earlier at 4:55 a.m. (3:55 a.m. San Clemente time) to save some money.  Ka Ching!  That was a $20 savings.

 

When I made my two-day car rental reservation for the last two day of this trip in Calgary, my National Rental Car corporate rate with international taxes was $122.18.  That wasn’t a bad rate, but I always ask them to give me the Emerald Club and AAA rates for comparison.  My corporate rate is normally lower, but not today.  The Emerald Club rate was just $86.76.  Ka Ching!  That was more than a $35 savings.

 

Here’s the point and why this discussion appears in the strategy section.  You don’t need to have a lot of money to pay $168 to go to a hockey game.  You will have a lot more discretionary funds for the things that you really want to blow money on, if you find ways to say money on everyday expenses in your life.

 

One of my younger Western Pennsylvania readers once told me he really liked reading the Trackchaser Report, because from time to time it made him think.  That was a great compliment.  No one is going to live another person’s lifestyle.  That’s not the point of the story. 

 

What is the point?  It’s important to take other people’s good ideas and apply them to your own lifestyle.  I have very few, if any, bright ideas that I came up with originally.  Just about every life strategy I employ, I learned from someone else.  Then, I reapplied the life lesson to my own life situation.  I hope this discussion turns on a light bulb for just one person.  If it does, then I will be one happy hockey fan.

 

 

 

The Trip

 

What an easy trip.  Tonight’s track was only 8-10 miles from the airport.  My overall rental car mileage for my entire stay in Boise was just 33 miles.  That’s really going to help my per track driving averages.

 

Note to the Eichs:  I’m sorry I didn’t let you know in advance that I was coming to Boise.  I bet you didn’t think I would show up four times in four months!  I sensed tonight’s program might now be the best, and I didn’t want to obligate you to a less than entertaining outing.  Next time!

 

 

 

 

 

The People

 

Tonight I was just sitting by myself watching the races with my race scanner headset covering one ear and trying to listen to the track’s announcer with my uncovered ear.  There weren’t many people in the grandstand, but there were a few. 

 

I could tell one woman seated near me wanted to talk.  Finally, she said, “You’re being awfully quiet.”  Yes, I was.  It didn’t take long before we were engaged in conversation.  She was the mother of one of the 500cc outlaw kart drivers.  Her husband was in the pit area working on the car with her son.  Her parents were seated next to her in the stands.

 

She was an interesting woman.  She had all kinds of things to say.  I won’t be able to share everything, because some of it was very personal.  Her son has used racing to help him get back on track in life.

 

The boy mows lawns and reconditions engines to help pay for his racing.  He learned the mechanical skills in shop class in high school (he’s 17 years old) so that he can weld and build engines.  He does the work for many of his fellow racers and gets paid for it.

 

This driver gets some sponsorship money in limited forms.  He uses G&G Towing for his out of town races to get his car to the track.  Who is “G&G Towing?”  Grandma and Grandpa!  Grandma and Grandpa also kick in for one set of tires each season.  This seemed like a good balance for a young person.  He provides a good deal of the effort and money and the family helps out where they can.

 

Racing has also brought this boy and his father together.  They spend hours working together on their racecar.  They seemed to get along great.  There are other near-term challenges that the family will face, but I suspect base upon the love and respect they all show each other, they will meet those challenges head on and have great success.  Joy, if you’re reading this good luck to your family in everything!

 

 

 

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

 

OWYHEE MOTORCYCLE RACEWAY PARK, BOISE, IDAHO – TRACK #1,197

 

This was my seventh track to see in Idaho.  This gives me sole possession of first place in the state after breaking a tie with Allan Brown.  This was my fourth separate visit in 2007 to the state that calls the Western White Pine its state tree.  I have now seen new tracks in 20 U.S. states, two Canadian provinces as well as New Zealand this year.

 

 

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

OWYHEE MOTORCYCLE RACEWAY PARK

 

Tonight’s racing was interesting in many ways.  In some ways, it was predictable.  This was day one of a two-day show.  The website information told me that time trials would begin at 6:30 p.m.  I wasn’t interested in time trials, so I showed up at 7 p.m.  When I got there they were just running hot laps (practicing.)  They didn’t actually start time trials until 7:40 p.m.  Time trials were finished at 8:12 p.m.  The first race did not begin until 8:24 p.m.  However, that race and the next few that followed were not trackchaser countable because the drivers were not adults.  At 8:41 p.m. they went to intermission.  They watered the track.  I still had not seen any countable racing.  Finally, at 9:08 p.m., the first trackchaser countable event, a 7-car, 250cc modified midget heat race took to the track.  No, I was not pleased with their tardy attempt at racing.

 

Nevertheless, I didn’t have anywhere to go.  My plan was to stay for three hours, regardless of what amount of racing they put into that amount of time.  That’s pretty much what I did.  I left at 10:07 p.m. more than three hours after I had arrived and more than three and one-half hours after the scheduled start time.

 

The track’s location is most unusual.  It’s not very far from downtown Boise, but it’s out in the middle of nowhere.  The track is bordered by large mini-mountains on three sides.  These mountains are only yards from the track and pit area.  The mountains block out the setting sun and bring night’s cooler temperatures on a bit more quickly.

 

The track is a 1/5 mile banked dirt track.  The eight light poles are all located in the infield of the track.  The racing surface is surrounded by a series of red and white concrete jersey barriers.  There are rotting, I mean really rotting, five row wooden grandstands along the front straight and in the pit area beyond turns three and four.  I sat in the pit grandstand because the wind blew the dust from a very dry track away from my location.

 

There were three countable classes racing tonight.  These included the 250cc-modified midgets, 600cc mini-sprints and 500cc outlaw karts.  There were also three other non-countable classes of winged karts.  All six classes were so close in size that it was difficult to tell which class was racing as they went up in increments of size and speed.  The P.A. system was not very strong and the announcer did not have much to say.

 

I got most of my information from my race scanner and the woman sitting in the stands next to me.  They used the 466.025 frequency.  Tonight was mainly heat races and last chance events.  Tomorrow night was reserved for the main events.  By the time I left, I had seen every car in the pit area race.  I suspect there were 60-70 racers in attendance or so.

 

This track races on just seven days in 2007.  This is their only two-day weekend of the year.  The racing and the organization wasn’t that great.  The racing did get better when the bigger classes hit the track after it was watered.  It was a pleasant evening to just relax without much driving.  I liked that part.

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

It was a very nice weather evening.  The temperature was in the the high 70s when I arrived.  It was still comfortable at 10 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

 

Salt Lake City car – Friday/Saturday

 

Friday total driving miles – 32

Saturday total driving miles – 1

 

I drove this car just 32.5 miles.  I paid an average price of $3.33 per gallon.  I actually added just a gallon or so of gas, so the rental car company (Thrifty) would not try to charge me a minimum gas fee for cars driven a small number of miles.  My Chrysler Sebring, under these fueling conditions, gave my 30.7 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at a cost of 10.9 cents per mile.  The car cost 6.2 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included. 

 

 

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

These worldwide trackchasers are within 100 tracks (plus or minus) of my current trackchaser total.

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,197

 

2.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,106 (-91)*

 

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 1,009 (-188)**

 

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

 

** Special exemption.

 

 

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

2007 (current thru 5/14/07)**

 

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 6.82

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 7.12

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 also by other trackchasers impact on the leader’s position in each state. 

  

 

 

 

Other notables

 

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

 

31.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California - 319

 

There are no trackchasers within 10 tracks (either above or below) of Carol’s current total. 

 

 

 

 

 

2007 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 59

 

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 44

 

3.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 25

 

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 22

 

4.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 22

 

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 17

 

7.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 12

 

8.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 11

 

8.  Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania –11

 

10.  Rick Young, Maxville, Ontario, Canada - 10

 

 

 

Tracks have been reported by 34 different worldwide trackchasers this season.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

British Columbia’s #1 Trackchaser

That’s all the news that’s fit to print from San Clemente where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all of the children are above average.

 

 

 

 

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

 

Orange County, CA – Salt Lake City, UT – 588 miles

Salt Lake City, UT – Boise, ID – 290 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – BOISE, ID

 

Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field – trip begins

Boise, ID – 13 miles

Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field – 33 miles - trip ends

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Owyhee Motorcycle Raceway Park - $10 (included pit pass)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past trackchasing reports are available at:

www.ranlayracing.com

 

 

Official trackchaser standings can be viewed at:

www.trackchaser.net

 

 

Some of the data in this report comes from www.trackchaser.net

and my Garmin GPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS

 

There is some possibility that my very next trackchasing day will yield my 1,200^th lifetime track.  No trackchaser in the history of the hobby has ever reported this many tracks.  We’ll see if it happens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 13

 

1,147.  Angels Stadium of Anaheim (outer oval), Anaheim, California - January 13

 

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

 

1,158. Florida Sports Park, Naples, Florida – March 4

 

1,159. Honeoye Lake Ice Track – Road Course, Honeoye, New York – March 10

 

1,160. Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, Texas – March 16

 

1,161. Houston Motorsports Park, Houston, Texas – March 16

 

1,162. Dawgwood Speedway, Chatsworth, Georgia – March 17

 

1,163. Toccoa Speedway, Toccoa, Georgia – March 17

 

1,164. Tazewell Speedway, Tazewell, Tennessee – March 18

 

1,165. Malden Speedway, Malden, Missouri, Tennessee – March 23

 

1,166. Dacosa Speedway, Byhalia, Mississippi – March 24

 

1,167. Swinging Bridge Raceway, Byram, Mississippi – March 24

 

1,168. Florence Motor Speedway, Florence, South Carolina – March 25

 

1,169. Foothills Raceway, Easley, South Carolina – March 30

 

1,170. Mileback Speedway, Gray Court, South Carolina – March 30

 

1,171. Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida – April 1

 

1,172. Vegas Grand Prix, Las Vegas, Nevada – April 8

 

1,173. Huntsville Speedway, Huntsville, Alabama – April 13

 

1,174. Low Country Kartway, Aynor, South Carolina – April 14

 

1,175. Dillon Motor Speedway, Dillon, South Carolina – April 14

 

1,176. Valley Dirt Riders, Berthoud, Colorado – April 15

 

1,177. Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, Lancaster, California – April 22

 

1,178. Sertoma Speedway, Tularosa, New Mexico – April 27

 

1,179. Sandia Motorsports Park (outer oval), Albuquerque, New Mexico – April 28

 

1,180. Sandia Motorsports Park (inner oval), Albuquerque, New Mexico – April 28

 

1,181. Hollywood Hills Speedway, San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico – April 29

 

1,182. Meridian Speedway, Meridian, Idaho – May 11

 

1,183. Diamond Mountain Speedway, Vernal, Utah, Idaho – May 12

 

1,184. Rocky Mountain Raceways (oval), Salt Lake City, Utah – May 12 

 

1,185. Rocky Mountain Raceways (figure 8), Salt Lake City, Utah – May 12

 

1,186. Modoc Speedway, Modoc, South Carolina – May 18

 

1,187. Possum Kingdom Super Speedway, Belton, South Carolina – May 19

 

1,188. Laurens County Speedway, Laurens, South Carolina – May 19

 

1,189. Fairplex at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona, California – May 20

 

1,190. Lowes Motor Speedway (inner oval), Concord, North Carolina – May 24

 

1,191. Lowes Motor Speedway (road course), Concord, North Carolina – May 24

 

1,192. Madison International Speedway (inner oval), Oregon, Wisconsin – May 25

 

** Madison International Speedway (outer oval), Oregon, Wisconsin – May 25

 

1,193. Thunderbird Stadium (figure 8), Bremerton, Washington – May 26

 

1,194. Thunderbird Stadium (oval), Bremerton, Washington – May 26

 

1,195. Whispering Pines Motorsports Park, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada – May 27

 

1,196. Magic Valley Speedway, Twin Falls, Idaho – May 28

 

1,197. Owyhee Motorcycle Raceway Park, Boise, Idaho – June 1

 

 

 

The cost of a “Standing Room Only” ticket to Game 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California was…………….$168!