TODAY’S HEADLINES

 

Why would I have to violate state and federal laws, and risk becoming a fugitive, just to go trackchasing?...................more in “The Strategy”.

 

Thirty-five different cities actively considered for this trip. ………………..details in “The Trip”.

 

Is there a new piece of technology coming to RANLAY Racing in the near future?……………….more in “The People”. 

Click on this link or paste it in your browser to take you to today’s Trackchaser Report via my website at www.ranlayracing.com

 

http://www.ranlayracing.com/1214aztecspeedway.htm

 

http://www.ranlayracing.com/1215kartkanyonspeedwa.htm

AND THE READERS RESPOND

 

 

From time to time interested readers write me about one thing or another.  Many times, I feel that all my readers would be interested and/or amused by the comments I get.  Here is what a New England reader had to say about our recent visit to the Kansas City airport and their restroom less airport security area.

 

“I read with interest about the KC airport.  I work for TSA at (omitted) and we have a similar setup except we have only one gate,  Like KC, there are no restrooms once you go through security.  The airlines control when screening is open and don’t open until an hour prior to flight time and screening is closed 30 minutes prior.  It’s funny as hell to watch passengers walk around the stanchions outside security looking for a way in.  Sort of like the zoo in reverse.  Sometimes we’ll have let people out to use the bathroom and we explain to them that they’ll have to wait for an airline employee to come back to open screening for them.  Then they come back looking to get in and we tell them, ‘We told you you would have to wait for an airline employee.’  We have initials for these people, TSTF (Too Stupid to Fly).  Dealing with some of these people makes you wonder how humans ever managed to evolve.  : )”

GREETINGS FROM AZTEC, NEW MEXICO.

 

 

TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION

 

Yes!  See below.

I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING.  I WENT TO SLEEP IN ALBUEQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy     

 

When I decided my life’s vocation was to be a worldwide trackchaser, I never knew I might be faced with violating state and federal laws, other than speeding of course.  However, this weekend that was the case.  Permit me to explain.

 

My original race plan for this weekend was to leave on Saturday and return home on Monday night.  I would have left on Friday, but the weather forecasts for the places I wanted to visit didn’t look good.

 

Several months ago, I received a “Jury Summons” notice from the Superior Court of California – County of Orange.  They were requesting that I call them after 5 p.m. on Friday, June 29, 2007 for possible jury duty.  That wouldn’t work.  Of course, I could call them on Friday night, but they would probably be looking for me to come to the court the following Monday morning.  I don’t do Mondays in Orange County.  Normally, I am on the road or returning home on Mondays after a weekend trackchasing trip.

 

Nevertheless, curiosity got the better of me.  I decided to call the court as directed.  Regardless of what the recorded message said, I was not coming back by Monday morning for jury duty.  If Paris Hilton can do 23 days in the clink then so could I, right?

 

The court’s recorded message told me that I would not be required to report to court on Monday.  However, I would have to call back again on Monday to see if they needed me for the balance of the week.  O.K., I can do that.  However, if they think I’m going to be around for some petty criminal trial next Friday……they’ve got another think coming.  Right on, Paris.

The Trip

 

Some might think this trackchasing trip was a piece of cake.  I simply drove up to LAX on Saturday morning and caught a flight to Albuquerque.  Then I went to a race in New Mexico and returned home on Sunday.  “Sounds like there wasn’t much thought that went into this one,” the skeptic might exclaim.  Wrong!

 

As I look back at my Rand McNally electronic mapping software, I note 35 different cities that were actively considered for this weekend.  That’s a lot.

 

My plan from two weeks ago was to head down to Tennessee.  I needed some NGD points down there.  I booked my standby reservations on American Airlines.  As I got closer to the weekend, the weather did not look good in the southeast.  I wasn’t going to go all that way on a standby basis to get rained out.  I needed a new plan.

 

The weather in the Western third of North America is much more predictable and dryer than the southeast at this time of year.  I looked around for opportunities.  The leading choice was a trip to Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  I could see tracks there as well as in British Columbia and Washington.  Perfect.

 

I had my standby flights already listed.  I had my rental car reserved in Calgary.  I would be out Friday and back Monday.  Then the weather forecast turned bad in B.C. for Friday.  O.K., it would be just a two-day trip, with one less track in this beautiful part of the world.  Flights are crowded in the summer.  There are just too many “rug rats” moving about.  I’m thinking about adopting one just so I can pre-board airplanes!

 

It was 9 p.m. on Friday night.  I would be leaving on this trip in less than 12 hours.  Before I depart for any of my trips, I always check the websites one last time for any track I plan to visit.  I copy and paste the track’s driving directions, phone numbers, etc. into a Word file that I refer as the trip takes place. 

 

I had one last website to check, the Race City Motorsports Track in Calgary.  Lo and behold, I found some disturbing news.  Nevertheless, I was glad to discover it now rather than later.  They have been having so much rain in the Calgary area that the wet stuff has affected the stability of the asphalt oval.  All races there were cancelled until July 14!  I would not be going to Calgary after all.

 

My flight to Calgary had me connecting in Salt Lake City.  Maybe I could keep the same flight to Salt Lake and go trackchasing near there.  I no longer have any countable tracks to see in the state of Utah.  This is the only state where this situation exists for me.  However, there are tracks in neighboring states (Idaho and Nevada) within driving distance of SLC.  Just my luck the two rural Nevada tracks were not racing this weekend.  It is common for tracks in the Far West to race only 1-2 times per month.  They just don’t have the population of racers or spectators to justify any more dates.

 

This left Idaho.  I have only seven countable tracks remaining to be seen here.  None of these tracks race on a weekly basis.  In fact, one or two of them may no longer have any countable racing.  Of the 1,219 tracks that remain for me in North America, only 29% of them or 351, race on a weekly basis.  This will likely cause problems for me in the future if I hope to maintain my trackchasing frequency of the past 4-5 years.

 

However, I was in luck.  The Pocatello Speedway, which races only two times per month, was racing on Saturday night.  I was going to Pocatello.  It would be a simple out Saturday back Sunday trip.  I would get only one track, but given the situation that was O.K.

 

I was now within an hour of going to bed.  Maybe I should look at my race schedule database one more time.  I found 45 unique listings of special events for Saturday, June 30, 2007.  Each one of those dates came from its own website.  These dates were in addition to all of the tracks that race each and every Saturday night.  Those tracks probably number in the 250-300 range.

 

I noticed two tracks in New Mexico racing on Saturday night.  In fact, these two tracks were located in the same town, Aztec, New Mexico.  One track was currently unknown to other trackchasers.  I often discover tracks such as this.

 

I have two options when I have information about a track that on one else does.  First, I could announce the track to my fellow competitors and risk having them go there before I do.  But what if they went there and had a miserable time?  Then I might be blamed.  I already get blamed for enough by the East Coast trackchasing elite.  I couldn’t risk sharing this information before I had confirmed the quality of the product.

 

I feel more comfortable keeping this information to myself.  Then, when I go to the track, I can provide a complete evaluation of the event, along with pictures on my website and all of the track’s particulars.  This way, trackchasers can have a better understanding of what the track might be like and whether or not they might want to visit this track.  Anyway, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

 

A quick call to Southwest Airlines revealed they had a non-stop Saturday morning flight to Albuquerque.  I could drive about 400 miles round-trip and be back in time for Sunday’s NASCAR race.

 

Now you can see that this was not a simple trackchasing trip at all.  I used to spend a good deal of time researching track dates.  In today’s trackchasing world, I spend as much time or more planning the travel logistics as I do the race date availability. 

 

Late Saturday night

 

I bought a six-pack of high dose caffeine Mountain Dew and began my nearly 200-mile drive from the track to the hotel near the Albuquerque airport.  I would need that stimulant to stay awake.  I was looking forward to sleeping in.  My Sunday morning flight did not leave until 11:30 a.m.  Even though I would not reach the hotel until about 2 a.m. that would give me plenty of sleep time.

 

At about 1:30 a.m., while driving back to the hotel after the races, I thought I had better call Southwest Airlines to confirm there were still seats available on my flight.  Things had changed!  Now, it did not look like I would be able to get on the flight.  I was told the 7:10 a.m. flight was wide open.  Of course it was.  Who in their right mind would want to get up on Sunday morning for a seven o’clock flight?

 

Now I would get into my room at 2 a.m.  I would have to get up no later than 5:30 a.m. to make the flight.  I was bummed.  Then I remembered that United Express had an even earlier flight.  Why was that a good idea?  Their flight left 40 minutes earlier and I could save nearly one dollar per minute if I took it.  That would partially offset the $50 motel expense for a room I would occupy for just more than three hours.  I know that Roger F. does like to see me renting rooms for such a short time.  My new flight departed at 6:30 a.m.  I set my alarm for 5:10 a.m. and just barely made my flight!

 

 

 

 

 

TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION

 

Carol gave me a wonderful gift for Father’s Day.  I received a copy of Road Food.  This is a coast-to-coast guidebook to 600 of the best barbeque joints, lobster shacks, ice cream parlors, highway diners & much, much more.  What else could a trackchaser ask for?

 

The book is nearly 600 pages and a bit of a challenge to lug along with me.  Nevertheless, I will bring it with me on every trip.  Road Food directed me to a great spot today, although not without a small out of the way detour.

 

New Mexico had 16 listings in the book and Albuquerque had three of its own.  I chose the Duran Central Pharmacy.  I was intrigued by the combination of pharmacy and Mexican themed diner.  Unfortunately, my timing was bad.  This was the two-week period when the operators of the diner took their annual vacation.

 

Undeterred, I drove just a few miles over to my second choice, the Model Pharmacy at Lomas and Carlisle.  This was also a combination full-service pharmacy with a few tables scattered about and a short marble counter and seven bar stools. 

 

I went with the book’s recommendation, the green chili stew.  A bowl of it was delicious with good flavor and alarming heat.  The Diet Coke with soda fountain cherry flavoring added tasted just like drinking straight from a maraschino cherry bottle.  Yes, it was delicious.

 

Of course, the book noted the dessert menu as the real attraction.  The Model Pharmacy cooks up several different cobblers each day.  I wasn’t that hungry, but I was doing “research” so I had to have some blackberry cobble with vanilla ice cream.  It was very good.  It was also somewhat pricey at $15.75 for the full lunch, but, again, it was in the name of research!  You will likely hear more about the unusual culinary delights offered by Road Food.  I hope you enjoy reading about them as much as I do finding them and then eating at these places.

 

 

 

 

 

The People

 

I am seriously considering adding to my trackchasing technology arsenal.  It is important to stay ahead of my trackchasing fellow competitor’s in this critical area.  RANLAY Racing security procedures prevent me from telling anyone what this new technology item might be.  Suffice it to say, I have some of the best technology minds researching this as we speak.

 

 

In a somewhat related technology topic, the Southwest pilot came over the P.A. with this announcement.   “Due to recent security concerns, any passenger with a new Apple I-Phone is directed to come up to the cockpit and turn it in.”

 

 

STATE RANKINGS

This trackchasing double added my eight and ninth tracks in the Land of Enchantment state.  Second place New Mexico trackchaser, Allan Skinrood trails with five tracks.

 

RACE REVIEW – KART KANYON SPEEDWAY

 

I had a fun time visiting the Kart Kanyon Speedway on a hot New Mexico summer evening.  When I pulled into the parking lot, the car thermometer told me it was 97 degrees. 

 

I had a choice.  It was free to sit in the grandstands, but eight bucks to get into the pits.  I plunked down my eight dollars for a very specific reason.  I needed to get inside information from the car owners and drivers.  Only my own extensive research allowed me to find this track in the first place.  The drivers of the outlaw karts would tell me where else they raced out here in the middle of nowhere.  The eight dollars might be very well spent if I discovered a new track.

 

Tonight’s only countable class would be the outlaw karts.  There were 5-6 other non-countable go-kart classes racing tonight as well.  When I was checking in at the pit shack, I confirmed that the outlaw karts were actually racing. 

 

I quickly met driver and point leader Kerry Sanders, who drives the #11 outlaw kart.  Kerry was quick to tell me many details about outlaw karts.  Even though they are small and weigh just 285 pounds, they are powerful.  His engine has about 100 horsepower.  That’s a lot of horses just to pull 285 pounds plus driver.  The cars are not cheap.  A new one will set you back some $8,400.

 

Each of the small racing tires sells for $70 apiece.  They aren’t much taller than a bowling ball.  Kerry told me he needs to replace each rear tire after every two race nights.  He bought the kart’s engine in a junk yard for $700.  Then he put $3,000 into the engine to make it competitive!  No, these little cars are not cheap.

 

This is a quality 1/5-mile dirt oval.  They have everything a good full-scale dirt track has only smaller.  I arrived at 6 p.m. and attended the driver’s meeting.  They had just finished watering the track with a handheld fire hose.  Mr. Sanders told me the track isn’t too happy with the outlaw karts and might be discontinuing them in the near future.  Trackchasers, if you want to come here, you might want to accelerate your plan.

 

Racing was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.  Each class would run two heats.  All cars in each class would race in each class heat.  Then each class would have its own feature event.  As is common with “small car” racing, trackchasers normally stay for just one race of the countable class when that class is the only countable class.  That was my plan tonight.

 

The travel time from the Kart Kanyon Speedway to the second half of my intended trackchasing double at the Aztec Speedway was just seven minutes.  It would have been quicker but the main drag running through the town of Aztec is undergoing major road construction.

 

The driver’s meeting ended at almost the scheduled start time of 7 p.m.  I expected them to start wheel-to-wheel racing.  Wrong!  They were now going to send the cars out to pack the track.  Since the Aztec Speedway was also scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., I didn’t want to hang around Kart Kanyon for the next 30-60 minutes with nothing happening other than track packing.

 

I decided to head over to the Aztec Speedway.  I would return later to Kart Kanyon to see their countable outlaw kart racing.  At the Aztec Speedway, I saw 5-6 heat races before I figured I had better make that seven minute drive back to Kart Kanyon.  I knew the outlaw karts were the last class to race and wanted to see them before the sun went down if possible, so I could take some pictures to be shown at www.ranlayracing.com.

 

I arrived back at the Kart Kanyon track at 8 p.m.  They still had not started any racing!  Wow!  I hung around and at 8:16 p.m., more than one hour and fifteen minutes after the scheduled start time, the Junior II go-kart class hit the track.  It was not until 8:43 p.m. with little daylight left that the nine-car outlaw kart heat came onto the track.  I was now very glad I had seen several heats at the Aztec Speedway and not waited around for Kart Kanyon to begin racing.  I could have stayed at Aztec for nearly an hour more if I had known how slow the management at Kart Kanyon was going to be.

 

The outlaw kart heat race, a 10-lapper, was nothing to write home about.  As soon as the race was over, I headed for the exits.  It’s too bad they could not have run a better program.  The other five classes of karts only averaged three karts per class, so that racing wasn’t very good either. 

 

As it turns out, I saw countable racing at the Kart Kanyon Speedway after I saw countable racing at the Aztec Speedway.  This double would be classified as a blended double without features on the backend.  It was sort of a reverse blended double, the first one of these I have ever done, I believe.

 

I now have 22 trackchasing doubles in 55 days of trackchasing in 2007.  This was my third blended double of the season without a feature on both ends.

RACE TRACK STATS:

 

KART KANYON SPEEDWAY – TRACK #1,215

 

Track details

 

Website:  http://www.kartkanyon.com/

 

Weather:  It was hot!  I’m talking 97 degrees with little breeze at race time.

 

Track type and surface:  dirt oval

 

Length:  1/5-mile

 

Lights:  Yes

 

Grandstands:  The grandstands seat about 200 people.  Admission to the grandstands is free.

 

P.A.:  Used only to identify driver name and kart number.  Why don’t go-kart tracks provide more “entertainment announcing” as their big brother ovals do?

 

Announcer:  Limited.

 

On time:  Not even close!

 

Pit area:  Located beyond turns three and four.

 

Classes:  Jr. II (3), quarter midgets (2), kid kart (1), KT 100 (5), 290s (2) and outlaw karts (9).

 

Radio Frequency:  Did not use radio.

 

Concessions:  Diet Coke and a bag of chips for $1.50.

 

Scoreboard:  No

 

Extras:  Not a lot of extras here.  They had a difficult time delivering on the basics.

 

 

 

 

RACE REVIEW – AZTEC SPEEDWAY

 

I arrived at the Aztec Speedway at 5:30 p.m.  There wasn’t much happening other than a few cars checking into the pit area.  Their program was not scheduled to begin until 7 p.m.  Therefore, I made the seven-minute drive over to the Kart Kanyon Speedway.

 

I returned to Aztec at 7:07 p.m.  I was in time for the singing of the National Anthem at 7:22 p.m.  These guys were not starting on time either!  I watched six heat races for the hobby stocks, mini-stocks and sport mods.  At about 8 p.m., I decided to go back to the Kart Kanyon Speedway to see the one race I needed for the outlaw karts.

 

I returned to the Aztec Speedway at just before 9 p.m.  They were just beginning intermission.  Somewhat unbelievably, their intermission lasted an hour!  During the intermission, they shot off some fireworks.  I’ve seen bigger fireworks displays in my neighbor’s backyards!  They also watered the track.  All during this time they had the track lights turned off (saving electricity?)

 

Just like the mercury vapor lights that adorn the RANLAY Events Center in San Clemente, it took a while for the lights to come back on.  During the intermission, the crowd seemed starved for entertainment.  Recognizing this, the announcer turned to my trackchaser press release and told them a little bit about how trackchasing operates.  As was befitting of the night, his explanation was marred by a much less than clear sounding P.A. system.  I was invited up for an interview, but declined.  The audience never would have been able to understand a word I said.

 

Finally, we go back to racing!  At just past 10 p.m. the feature events took to the track.  First the hobbies (8) ran, then the mini-stocks (7) and finally the sport mods (11).  It was beginning to get dusty.  They decided they would water the track at 10:40 p.m.  This was my signal to begin my 182-mile drive back to Albuquerque.  I would arrive back at my hotel at nearly 2 a.m.

 

This is a good looking facility, especially for the Far West.  However, starting 22 minutes late, then taking an hour’s intermission and having to water the track in the middle of the feature races puts a big dent in the overall entertainment value.

 

I was impressed that tonight was “Military appreciation” night.  All active duty military members were admitted free of charge.  They even interviewed an active duty Army soldier during intermission.  That was a nice touch.

 

 

AZTEC SPEEDWAY – TRACK #1,214

Website:  http://www.aztecspeedway.com/

 

Weather:  Although it was 97 degrees when I arrived at 5:30 p.m. by 10 p.m. it was actually starting to get chilly.  I saw people putting on sweatshirts.  Considering it was 97 degrees just a few hours earlier, I thought was noteworthy.  Yes, that’s how it is in the Far West at altitude.

 

Track type and surface:  dirt oval

 

Length:  3/8- mile

 

Lights:  Excellent

 

Grandstands:  15-row wooden grandstand with plenty of legroom.

 

P.A.:  Very poor.  The longer the night went on, the worse the sound was.

 

Announcer:  The announcer was standing in for the regular announcer who couldn’t make it tonight.  He was enthusiastic.

 

On time:  Starting late and taking a long intermission doesn’t get it with me.

 

Pit area:  Located beyond turns three and four

 

Classes:  Hobby stocks (10), mini-stocks (7), sport mods (11).  Did not see the stock cars and modifieds race.

 

Radio Frequency:  Did not use the radio.

 

Concessions:  Did not buy anything at the track.

 

Scoreboard:  Yes, but they did not use it for the hobby stocks or mini-stocks.  I believe the sports mods were using transponders.  The 10-position scoreboard recalculated the results each lap as the cars crossed the start/finish line.

 

Noteworthy:  The track is ringed in full-sized billboards.  The walkway area in front of the grandstands is pure sand.  I didn’t think much of that.  They offered a $2 discount for seniors over the age of 55.

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

 

Albuquerque – Saturday-Sunday

 

I ended up with another Dodge Charger.  This one was sponsored by the National Rental Car Company.  I picked it because it had satellite radio.  It turned out to be Sirius Satellite rather than XM.  I think I like XM better, although it may not matter if they merge.

 

 

I drove this car 384 miles.  I paid an average price of $3.12 per gallon.  The Charger gave me 27.6 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at a cost of 11.3 cents per mile.  The car cost only 9.8 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

Alberta’s #1 Trackchaser

On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of millions who, when within the grasp of victory sat and waited and waiting died.

 

 

 

 

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA – Albuquerque, NM – 676 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – ALBUQUERQUE

 

Albuquerque International Airport

Aztec, New Mexico – 182 miles

Aztec, New Mexico – 187 miles

Albuquerque International Airport – 384 miles - trip ends

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Albuquerque, NM – Los Angeles, CA – 676 miles

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Kart Kanyon Raceway - $8 (included pit pass)

Aztec Speedway – $7 ($2 senior discount)

 

 

 

 

RANKINGS

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

There are no trackchasers currently within 100 tracks of my lifetime total. 

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,215

 

 

 

 

Other notables

 

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

 

30.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 325

 

31.  Dwight Bucks, Topton, Pennsylvania – 324

 

 

 

2007 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 77

 

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 52

 

3.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 38

 

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 35

 

5.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 31

 

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 24

 

7.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 21

 

7.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 21

 

9.  Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 21

 

9.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 19

 

 

Tracks have been reported by 37 different worldwide trackchasers this season.

 

 

 

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

2007 (current thru 6/29/07)**

 

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 6.65

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 6.86

3. Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 7.57

 

**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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

I guess I’ll just head home.  I can’t figure out any logistical plans that will work for Sunday.

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

1,198. Race City Motorsports Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada – June 2

 

1,199. Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada – June 2