DAY 2 (MORNING/AFTERNOON) – HIGH PLAINS LATE SUMMER TRACKCHASING TOUR

CORRECTION

 

Yesterday, I reported to you a list of successful brands at the Procter & Gamble Distributing Company.  I listed some 22 different brands and told you they all exceeded one million dollars in sales.  That was true.  However, one of my Texas readers pointed out that I was understating the importance of these brands.  In point of fact, each of these 22 brands has sales in excess of one BILLION dollars per year.  I would not want you to think that P&G is smaller than it really is.

NEW NEWS!

I have the opportunity to have my trackchasing story told in both racing and general interest newspapers as well as on radio and TV.  Sometimes the reporter knows racing and sometimes they do not.  The newspaper story below appeared in a recent issue of the Hawkeye Racing News.

 

This story is unique.  I love the writer’s “take” on trackchasing.  Actually, I think it’s one of the very best stories I’ve seen written about my hobby.  I hope you like it as well.

WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

By Karl Haglund

          CHARLES CITY, Iowa – Most people have presumably heard of the term “storm chaser.” For me, the term calls up images of Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt running across the Midwest countryside trying to escape the wrath of a twister hot on their tail.

So when I heard the term “trackchaser” recently, I called upon the same image. Only this time Paxton and Hunt were running across a cornfield being chased by a 3/8 mile dirt track that hovered in the sky menacingly; threatening to make them promoters in the middle of a gas crisis. Horrifying!

For me, the terms meaning was easy to decipher. I have long heard of people who try to go to as many tracks as they can each season. It’s a bit of a game. I just wasn’t aware it had a specific term.  The fact is that there is a term. There is a web-site. There is a world champion.

You might ask, “Well Karl, what are the rules of this sport?”

The rules are simple. To even be considered a registered “trackchaser” you have to have been to at least 200 tracks. So, you must have gassed up the family “whip” and packed your lunch 200 times in order to even be considered a trackchaser. You might say “I don’t pack a lunch, Karl. I eat at the track.” That’s not important and I happen to pack my lunch. (I take a picnic basket to every race… along with a blanket to sit out on in the infield. That along with Kenny G on the IPOD makes for a great night of racing)

“Once I am considered a trackchaser, what races can I count towards my total number of races, Karl?” Well, mystery person referenced in first person narrative, that is simple. Basically you can count any oval, figure 8, and road course races. They do not count demolition derbies, motorcycle races or drag strips.

There are also a few fine-print rules that really break it down, like being able to count the same track twice if it switches from dirt to asphalt, or vice versa, and you have seen races on both surfaces.

“Karl, you made mention of a number one ranked trackchaser at the beginning of this column, I’d like to hear more about this guy.”

Randy Lewis of San Clemente, CA has been to over 1,200 tracks. (Randy e-mailed me this morning from track 1,227) He has seen races in Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, France, and of course the United States. His travels have him ranked as the world’s number one trackchaser.

 “Karl, I would like to dethrone Randy Clemente.”

Well, you have your work/money cut out for you. Each year the retired business man from Proctor and Gamble spends 150 nights in hotels, takes about 200 flights, and rents about 60 cars.

If you’re like me and you just set your check book on fire and jumped out a window, come back. Throw a glass of water on your remaining checks and stay with me for a second.

Is it possible? If you did this as cheaply as you could, I’m talking Motel 6 and rent a clunker, what would it cost? Motel 6 or something close would be 50 dollars a night. You could probably get rooms cheaper than that, but I tend to try to stay alive as long as possible. Maybe “Adventure” is your middle name, but mine is William.

So hotels would be $7,500 a year.

Flights - $200 a trip on average = $40,000 a year. (Buy a helmet and fire-suit at that rate.)

Rental cars - $30 a day = $1,800 a year. (You’ll need the fire-suit for this as well)

Grand total = $49,300 a year. Roughly $50,000. 

If you consider that Randy has done this for five years since retiring, (not counting money spent while employed with P&G) the total comes to around $250,000. Add to that the cost of food on the road (wear and tear on the picnic basket for me) and the price goes higher. “Honey, I have a new hobby… Honey?!”

Why does Randy do it?

Randy’s love for racing was born on the dirt tracks surrounding Peoria, IL. His favorite type of racing to this day is still dirt oval racing. His favorite driver has always been Darrell Dake. In fact when he first moved to California he had a 1980 red Cadillac with the license plate DAKE 8.

Randy told me, “I would go to the Freeport raceway and just stare at the hill in the distance leading from Iowa until I saw Darrell’s rig comer over that hill. Then I could relax and enjoy the program.”

Randy is not alone in his quest for world domination. His son has recently taken a job as an airline pilot for Southwest Airlines and so Randy does get a break on the cost of flying courtesy of family ties. Randy joked, “I once asked Darrell Dake about his sponsorship with the ‘Lighthouse Inn.’ [Dake] laughed and said ‘my son owns the restaurant, he gives me free meals.’ So I guess I have sponsorship like Darrell Dake had.”

I would like to thank Randy for letting me know about trackchasing and giving me one of the most fun stories to write that I have done to date. It has been a pleasure learning about trackchasing and learning about Randy. If you see him at a track near you (a genuine possibility no matter where you call home) stop and say Hi to him and cheer him on in his quest. I imagine he will hold this title for at least a few more years.

You can check out Randy’s website at www.ranlayracing.com or check out the trackchasing web-site at www.trackchaser.net where you will see some famous racing names like Steve Kinser and Ken Schrader among the registered chasers.

Let me know what you think about this column at whatsyourstory@mchsi.com.   

 

TODAY’S HEADLINES

 

I work hard to have the latest information gathering capabilities in all of trackchasing.  That capability added a new track to the itinerary today...................more in “The Objective”.

 

Why would a small town American Legion group get involved in figure 8 racing? …………..details 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/august24262007.htm

 

 

GREETINGS FROM HASTINGS, NEBRASKA AND THEN EDGAR, NEBRASKA.

 

 

 

 

I WOKE UP IN HASTINGS, NEBRASKA AND WENT TO SLEEP IN MCCOOK, NEBRASKA.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

 

 

The Objective 

 

When I arrived into the Kansas City International airport yesterday, I had a couple of hours to waste before I picked up my rental car.  I decided to use that time to research tracks with my new wireless internet capability.  Recall, I now can search the net on my laptop anywhere there is a cell phone connection at no additional charge.  With airports commonly charging $5-10 per day for web access, this gives me a cost justified trackchasing convenience.

 

By some stroke of luck I found a figure 8 track racing on Saturday in Nebraska.  Yes, it’s a small world.  This first time ever event was to be held in Edgar, Nebraska a small town of just 500 people.  Nebraska is a large state.  What were the chances that the town of Edgar would be anywhere close to my planned afternoon track in Hastings or my evening location in North Platte?

 

As luck would have it, the American Legion sponsored figure 8 race in Edgar was just 35 miles from the road course I was planning to see in Hastings, Nebraska.  Amazing!

 

The Motorsport Park Hastings NASA road racing schedule called for just two races on Saturday.  The first race started at 11 a.m. and was scheduled for 20 minutes.  The second race of the day would not push off until 2:40 p.m. and would last 40 minutes.  I had planned to go to the 2:40 p.m. race but could certainly change that plan and go to the earlier race.  This would allow me to get there in plenty of time for the 1 p.m. start of the figure 8 race in Edgar.

 

I don’t know how many extra tracks I add to my season long total because of the special trackchasing electronics and information-gathering capabilities I have.  I do know that these capabilities are state of the art.  I don’t think any fellow trackchasing competitor comes anywhere close to the information I can generate as a single individual.

The Trip

 

Friday night’s race at the KAM Raceway was located in Hastings, Nebraska.  Since Saturday morning’s race at the new Motorsport Park Hastings (yes, it’s a strange name) was also in Hastings it made all the sense in the world to stay in Hastings.

 

Hastings has a large number of hotels for a town of 25,144 people.  Nowadays, once I am convinced that the track I plan to see is going to race and I won’t be rained out, I simply use my portable GPS unit to find local hotels.  I then call the hotel from my cell phone while I’m at the track.  This surely beats how I used to do it as recently as five years ago.  Back then, after the race, I would go knocking on hotel doors at midnight.  It would often take me several tries before I found room at the inn.  I smile when people pine for the “old days”.  Often the old days weren’t really that great.

 

It did take me a couple of calls to find a room.   Seems the local college students were coming back to school this weekend.  Couple that with softball tournaments and such and even my motel, the Midland Lodge was sold out by the time I actually reached the place at nearly midnight. 

 

 

The People

 

Today I met Jeremy Bush the race organizer for the Edgar American Legion.  The legion has sponsored demolition derbies in the past, but this was their very first effort at running a figure 8 race.  When I first learned about this race yesterday I phoned Jeremy.  The Edgar area had received a good deal of rain over the past couple of days.  When I talked to Jeremy his group had just held a vote on whether or not to race.  They voted to run.  They figured they already had a number of fixed costs with advertising and site preparation, so they might as well go ahead and race.  I’m certainly glad they did.

 

Jeremy bears a striking resemblance to NASCAR’s Tony Stewart only Jeremy is a nice guy.  We spent about 30 minutes talking about the challenges of racetrack promotion.  The American Legion is a non-profit group.  They’re trying to raise funds for a new American Legion building to replace the one they currently have that has seen better days.  There are only about 35 Legion members, so there are not a lot of people to take on all the work to be done.

 

Although I have most of the internal financials I will only share the numbers that have already been made public.  Today’s purse for about 15 demo cars and 19 figure 8 cars was $4,100.  I thought that compared to some small oval track purses this was a huge payout.  Jeremy was a bit disappointed in the size of the crowd considering he was paying a guaranteed purse.

 

I was reminded that the various expenses of race track promotion at any level can be substantial.  Items like track insurance, officials and advertising in addition to the purse can add up quick.

 

Jeremy and I talked about the challenge of satisfying the racing competitor and the race spectator.  It seems to me that the means to please these two groups might run in opposite directions.

 

I asked Jeremy who the most valuable track employee might be.  Jeremy wasn’t sure where I was going with that question.  I told him I thought the track announcer was the most important person that the spectator would come in contact with.  A good announcer can inform and entertain the crowd and make them want to come back for more.

 

 

 

 

 

STATE RANKINGS

These were my 24^th and 25th lifetime tracks to see in the Cornhusker state.  This gives me a second place ranking here just three tracks behind Ed Esser’s state leading 28 tracks.  Forty-two trackchasers have seen at least one track in Nebraska.

RACE REVIEW – MOTORSPORT PARK HASTINGS, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA – TRACK #1,257

There are a few new permanent road courses being built in the United States.  Many of them are mimicking the golf country club idea.  These tracks sell “memberships” to racers who pay an initiation fee and then monthly dues (just like I do at the Pacific Golf Club).  The Motorsport Park Hastings (MPH) is owned by 12 investors so they may not be taking the full country club route.

 

Today’s racing was being sanctioned by the NASA (National Auto Sport Association) group.  I find these guys are not nearly as well organized nor do they bring the car counts that their fellow sanctioning competitors, the Sports Car Club of America does (SCCA).  I did talk to one competitor who told me he preferred NASA over the SCCA because NASA didn’t have the “BS” that he perceived the SCCA did.

 

Today there were 17 entries spread across six divisions of racers who would compete in wheel to wheel racing.  There were several other cars in attendance.  They were here for the high performance driving experience (HPDE) schools.

 

There were just two wheel to wheel races on today’s schedule.  The first was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. and the final race of the day would go off at 2:40 p.m.

 

This road course is totally flat as is most of Nebraska.  You can actually see the cars all the way around the track.  However, it would be impossible to read the car’s number on the side of the car from about 75% of the views due to the distance from the spectating area.  There was no spectator admission charge although I did have to sign two releases and wear a wrist band.  When I checked in I was told the small grandstands had been destroyed by a tornado just two weeks ago!

 

The biggest classes of wheel to wheel racing brought just 5-6 cars.  These were the Porsche 944 group and the Detroit “big iron” class.  There were just two spec Miatas and two of the classes had just one car each.  Nevertheless, they ran all 17 cars in the same event.

 

The race I was seeing was scheduled for 20 minutes.  I didn’t time it, but it seemed barely more than 10 minutes, even though it started 15 minutes behind the printed schedule.  It didn’t make much sense to stay for the second race of the day since it would be more than three hours before it would take the green flag.  Luckily, I had discovered an afternoon race nearby to go with this day/night trackchasing double.

 

Of course today’s morning/afternoon trackchasing double did not meet the clock requirements of a day/night double but it more closely resembled a day/nighter than anything else so that’s what I called it.

 

There wasn’t much real action at the MPH.  I was more than fortunate to be able to tie this into last night’s location at the KAM Raceway, also in Hastings.  Fellow trackchasers who want to imitate this trip might consider the Midland’s Lodge for their overnight accommodations in Hastings.  It’s not the best, but it’s one of the rest and that’s where I stayed.

RACE REVIEW – BONEYARD PARK (FIGURE 8) - EDGAR, NEBRASKA – TRACK #1,258

Considering this was a first ever figure 8 promotion at the Boneyard Park, the program was very good.  Yes, there are several signs in town directing visitors to the “Boneyard Park!”  They had 19 full-sized V-8 powered figure 8 racecars.  The huge concrete tire markers were placed some 175 feet apart.  This allowed the cars to get some good racing speeds going.  The cars raced each other and their wasn’t much crashing at the “X”.

 

The overall air of the event reminded me of a laid back festival of sorts.  Local groups like the Lion’s Club along with a high school fund raising group provided cooked on the grill burgers and ice cream root beer floats.  I enjoyed my $3 float! 

 

The weather was perfect.  It was only 77 degrees with sunny skies.  The forecast for tomorrow was more than 90 degrees so today was the day to hold the event.

 

The racing surface was perfectly prepared.  It wasn’t too wet where cars couldn’t get any traction or too dry where the fans would have to eat dust on a sunny afternoon.  When the cars came spinning out of the turns they had enough rear wheeled power to throw mud balls into the dodging crowd.

 

The event started off with a few races for lawnmowers on a make shift oval track.  As you know, racing lawnmowers don’t count in trackchasing, so I tried not to watch.  Following the figure 8 races, the demo started.  Although demo is big back here, I’m not a big demo fan.  However, if the trackchasers ever vote to include demo derbies, I guess I will become a fan of them!

 

Overall, my day was perfect.  I had only learned of this track less than 24 hours ago.  I looked around for other trackchasers but didn’t see any.  I’m not sure what the future of figure 8 racing is here.  I hope it’s a bright one so my fellow trackchasing competitors can experience Boneyard Park.

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

 

Kansas City – Friday-Monday (3-day rental)

 

The rain from this week forced the parking lot location to change at the Boneyard Park.  It was with trepidation that I pulled the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Impala into a damp and uneven farm field.  It was with even more trepidation that I ventured out of the car into the grasshopper infested field.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

Alberta’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.

 

 

 

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA – Kansas City, KS – 1,361 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – KANSAS CITY, KS

 

Kansas City International Airport – trip begins

Hastings, Nebraska (Friday) – 283 miles

Hastings, Nebraska (Saturday) – 295 miles

Edgar, Nebraska – 332 miles

 

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

KAM Raceway - $5

Motorsports Park Hastings - Free

American Legion Figure 8 Course - Free

 

 

 

 

RANKINGS

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

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

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,258

 

 

 

 

Other notables

 

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

 

 

29.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 333

 

30.  Tom Schmeh, Knoxville, Iowa – 330

 

31.  Dwight Bucks, Topton, Pennsylvania – 328

 

 

 

 

 

2007 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 120

 

2.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 78

 

3.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 75

 

4.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 66

 

5.  Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 45

 

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 45

 

7.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 43

 

8.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 39

 

9.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 36

 

10.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 27

 

 

 

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

 

By 1 p.m. today, I had seen three countable tracks in the past 17 hours.  As luck and maybe some good planning would have it, I would end up seeing five countable Nebraska tracks in less than 24 hours.  I don’t think I’ve ever done that before.  Details to follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

1,200. Castrol Raceway, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – June 2

 

1,201. Hidden Valley Motorsports Park, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada – June 2

 

1,202. Boyd’s Speedway, Ringgold, Georgia - June 8

 

1,203. Fayette County Fairgrounds, Washington Courthouse, Ohio - June 9

 

1,204. Brush Creek Motorsports Park, Pebbles, Ohio - June 9

 

1,205. Brown County Speedway, Russellville, Ohio - June 9

 

1,206. Vinton Speedway, Vinton, Ohio - June 10

 

1,207. Hilltop Speedway, Millersburg, Ohio - June 10

 

1,208. I-70 Speedway – dirt (outer oval), Odessa, Missouri - June 13

 

1,209. L A Raceway, La Monte, Missouri - June 14

 

1,210. Valley Speedway, Grain Valley, Missouri - June 22

 

1,211. Jamaica Raceway, Jamaica, Iowa - June 23

 

1,212. Calhoun County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Rockwell City, Jamaica, Iowa - June 23

 

** Hamilton County Speedway, Webster City, Iowa – June 23 (new for Carol only)

 

** Iowa Speedway (outer oval), Newton, Iowa, Iowa – June 24 (new for Carol only)

 

1,213. Butler Motor Speedway, Butler, Missouri - June 24

 

** Peoria Speedway, Peoria, Illinois – June 25

 

1,214. Kart Kanyon Raceway, Aztec, New Mexico - June 30

 

1,215. Aztec Speedway, Aztec, New Mexico - June 30

 

1,216. Sunvalley Speedway, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada – July 1

 

1,217. Georgetown Speedway, Georgetown, Delaware – July 6

 

1,218. Delmarva Motorsports Park, Middleford, Delaware – July 6

 

1,219. Hunterstown Speedway, Hunterstown, Pennsylvania – July 7

 

1,220. Shippensburg Speedway, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania – July 7 (Randy only)

 

** Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, Maryland – July 7 (new for Carol only)

 

1,221. Blanket Hill Speedway, Whitesburg, Pennsylvania – July 8

 

1,222. Lincoln County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Troy, Missouri – July 13

 

1,223. Pike County Speedway, Pittsfield, Illinois – July 13

 

1,224. Iowa Speedway (road course), Newton, Iowa – July 14

 

1,225. Mitchell County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Osage, Iowa – July 14

 

1,226. Scott County Fairgrounds (oval), Scottsburg, Indiana – July 15

 

1,227. Barry Expo Center (figure 8), Hastings, Michigan – July 16

 

1,228. Lycoming County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Hughesville, Pennsylvania, Michigan – July 17

 

1,229. Delaware County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Muncie, Indiana – July 18

 

1,230. Delaware County Fairgrounds (oval), Muncie, Indiana – July 18

 

1,231. Van Buren County Youth Fairgrounds (road course), Hartford, Michigan – July 19

 

1,232. High Banks Speedway (oval), Philpot, Kentucky – July 20

 

1,233. High Banks Speedway (figure 8), Philpot, Kentucky – July 20

 

1,234. SOIL MX, Bone Gap, Illinois – July 21

 

1,235. Western Kentucky Speedway, Madisonville, Kentucky – July 21

 

** Windy Hollow Speedway (oval), Owensboro, Kentucky – July 23

 

1,236. Windy Hollow Speedway (small figure 8), Owensboro, Kentucky – July 21

 

1,237. Teton County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Jackson, Wyoming – July 26

 

1,238. Gallatin International Speedway, Belgrade, Montana – July 27

 

1,239. BMP Speedway, Billings, Montana – July 28

 

1,240. Sweetwater County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Rock Springs, Wyoming – July 31

 

1,241. Washington County Fairgrounds (oval), Washington, Kansas – August 3

 

1,242. Maxville Fire Department Figure 8 Course, Maxville, Iowa– August 4

 

1,243. Carroll County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Coon Rapids, Iowa– August 4

 

1,244. Iowa Speedway (temporary inner oval), Newton, Iowa– August 5

 

1,245. Sarpy County Fair & Rodeo Arena (figure 8), Springfield, Nebraska – August 5

 

1,246. Newaygo County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Fremont, Michigan – August 6

 

1,247. Newaygo County Fairgrounds (road course), Fremont, Michigan – August 7

 

1,248. Shiawassee County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Corunna, Michigan – August 8

 

1,249. Tioga County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Wellsboro, Pennsylvania – August 9

 

1,250. Coopersville Festival Grounds (road course), Coopersville, Michigan – August 10

 

1,251. Winston Motor Speedway, Rothbury, Michigan – August 10

 

1,252. Jackson Speedway (dirt oval), Jackson, Michigan – August 11

 

1,253. Springport Motor Speedway, Springport, Michigan – August 11

 

1,254. Double X Speedway, California, Michigan – August 12

 

** Thunderhill Speedway, Mayetta, Kansas – August 13

 

1,255. RPM Speedway, Hays, Kansas – August 14

 

1,256. KAM Raceway, Hastings, Nebraska – August 24

 

1,257. Motorsport Park Hastings, Hastings, Nebraska – August 25

 

1,258. Boneyard Park (figure 8), Edgar, Nebraska – August 25