Small grandstands were available that were close to the track.  There was also ample viewing along vistas situated around the track where fans could watch the races from their vehicles. 

I arrived just as the drivers and crews were returning to the pit area following the driver's meeting. 

Even though the weather threatened, the track's management decided to have a "parade" lap of all racecars in attendance tonight. 

This is turn one of the Summit Raceway.  Now that it's the fall season, getting racing pictures before it turns dark is nearly impossible.  The shot shows the modifieds beginning to hot lap. 

 This is the front straight of this nearly circular dirt track.  

DAY 1 – FAR WEST “BE THE BEST” TRACKCHASING TOUR

IMPORTANT NOTICE

I now have my “Darrell Dake - in memory” tab fully updated at www.ranlayracing.com.  There are nearly 50 pictures of his racecars from 1960 until he retired in 1992.  I will continue to add photos as other photographers and fans send them to me.  Darrell Dake was my all-time favorite driver.  He passed away a short time ago.  This is my tribute to his great racing career.

I now have more than 10,000 photographs of my trackchasing adventures at www.ranlayracing.com.

TODAY’S HEADLINES

Cheating’s no good, but accusing someone of cheating when you can’t prove it is no good either.....................more in “The Objective”.

Retirement is the good life.  I ran into another retired couple today who are enjoying the good life of marathon running. …………..details in “The People”.

This trackchasing trip added an unexpected Trackchasing Tourist Attraction …………..details in “Trackchasing Tourist Attraction”.

GREETINGS FROM ELKO, NEVADA.

I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING AND WENT TO SLEEP IN WENDOVER, UTAH.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

The Objective 

One of my trackchasing objectives is to see as many tracks as I can while adhering to all trackchaser rules.  I believe it’s important to always play by the rules.  Recently, we had allegations of lying and cheating within the trackchaser community.  Where do you stand on lying and cheating?  I suspect most folks are against it.  I am too.

However, there might be one form of “lying” that I can live with.  What do you say when your spouse asks you, “Is my butt too big?”  I would suggest that a response like, “compared to what?” is not a good one.  When faced with a “Is my butt too big?” type of question, it might be best to be as diplomatic as possible.  Maybe even a little “white lie” might be O.K.  I guess I could go along with that as long as a small fib doesn’t hurt anyone, then it’s acceptable.  However, lying usually hurts someone, especially when the truth finally comes out and the truth almost always comes out. 

As I describe the situation below, I want to make one thing perfectly clear.  I am not attacking any individuals whatsoever.  What I am criticizing are behaviors.  There is a huge difference.  If your behavior results in cheating, I don’t like it.  If your behavior results in accusing someone of cheating and thus hurting his or her reputation and you can’t prove your accusation, I don’t like it.

I cannot think of any circumstances where cheating is O.K.  Permit me to provide some real life dilemmas that I have faced in this regard.  I play a good deal of golf.  Golf is a sport that does not have referees.  Players call penalties on themselves.  What other sport has that expectation?  I can’t think of any.

We had one fellow in our group a few years ago, that according to others, always seemed to find his ball in the bushes, after everyone else had given up looking.  Some folks suspected he might be dropping an extra ball on the ground when he couldn’t find the one he was looking for.  For the sake of this story, I will call this man “Oscar”.

Oscar was very friendly toward me.  I never saw him cheat and I kept a close eye on him after he gained this reputation.  I will tell you I was most uncomfortable with the people who were accusing him of cheating.  I figured if he was really doing that I would see it myself.  I always like to think the best of everyone.

Where did this situation end up?  A couple of the players in the group approached Oscar.  Essentially, they told him that he could no longer play in our group.  Oscar left our group of 20-30 players.  I would see him around the putting green from time to time and he was still very friendly toward me.  I never discussed the “cheating” situation directly with him.  It wasn’t long before Oscar left the club completely.  I don’t know that he ever cheated.  Although I have friends who tell me they saw him cheat.  If that is true and it probably was, then Oscar’s leaving our golf club was probably the best thing for everyone involved.

In the world of trackchasing we have rules on what can be counted as a track and what can’t.  If you ever want to check out our trackchaser rules, simply go to www.trackchaser.net and click on “trackchasers” and then click on “rules”.

Recently, one of our trackchasers was accused of cheating in our trackchaser email forum.  I think cheating is a very serious accusation.  I don’t believe that charge should ever be made against anyone, especially in a public forum, unless the accuser(s) has their case pretty well lined up and can prove their charges.

The trackchaser who was accused of the offense claimed he saw a race where three competitors participated.  The accuser presented the trackchaser commissioner with information that indicated only two competitors raced.  I will not bore you with too many of the rules details involved here.  In this situation, the track could be counted if three racers raced and could not be counted if only two racers raced.

I will say this.  I have no problem whatsoever with someone approaching another trackchaser or the commissioner himself with charges of irregularity.  I think it’s in the group’s interest to get more information from the person being questioned as soon as possible.  This way we can clear the air and nip any problems in the bud.  This view is in direct opposition of nearly everyone who contacted me about this issue.

The trackchaser commissioner went public with these cheating accusations.  In the end, the trackchaser who was at the track maintained he had seen three competitors racing.  Other information from the track seemed to indicate two competitors raced.  It’s always difficult when contradicting information comes from two parties who were apparently eyewitnesses to the very same thing.  I will say I have frequently received information from track sources that isn’t anywhere close to being accurate on many fronts. 

This seemed to me to be a classic case of “he said, she said”.  Based upon all of the information that was shared, there was no way a court of law would validate this as a case of cheating.  I received a good deal of feedback from trackchasers via email and phone.  This feedback came from trackchasers in the United States and beyond our borders.  This feedback was unanimous behind the idea that this trackchaser was being “targeted”.

The feedback I received didn’t really focus on whether or not the trackchaser actually cheated.  What the feedback did zero in on was whether such accusations should have been made public when the case was anything but clear-cut.  That’s exactly where I came out on the situation as well.

Later, the trackchaser commissioner admitted to the group there was no way of really “proving” that the accused trackchaser did actually cheat.  That didn’t seem like the appropriate response after dragging someone’s name through the mud when the case against him could not be proven.  Since no one can prove that any cheating actually went on, an apology to the offended party should be in order, in my opinion. 

I will say this.  If someone wanted to cheat in trackchasing it would not be difficult at all.  When a trackchaser “comes on board” they submit a list of tracks they have seen to the commissioner.  Many of us had already seen 200-500 tracks by the time we joined the trackchasing group.  When I joined, I simply provided a list of the tracks I had seen up to that point.  I can’t recall how many that was at the time.  Nevertheless, if anyone wanted to cheat he/she could simply add tracks they had never really seen to their “beginning” totals.

I believe that most trackchasers simply tell the trackchaser commissioner that they saw track XYZ on a certain date.  Very few trackchasers actually write up a trackchaser report about their activities.  With this type of approach, it would be very easy to cheat.

I’ll give you one more example.  I could write up a complete Trackchaser Report like you have seen hundreds of times that could be totally bogus.  There is enough information on the internet to “fill in the blanks” that would easily convince someone that a track was seen when it really had not been.

So where does all of this leave us?  As I said above, I cannot think of any circumstances where cheating is O.K.  Why would someone want to get credit for something they didn’t do?  Cheating should not be condoned in anyway.  If cheating can be proven, then the offending individual should face stiff penalties.

On the other hand, it is a very serious allegation to accuse someone of cheating.  If an accuser cannot absolutely justify and prove such an allegation, I believe the accuser is as bad as anyone who might have cheated.  The person who was accused in this situation will carry that charge with him for the rest of his days.  We see this ongoingly with our tabloid press.

Do you recall the name Richard Jewell?  Mr. Jewell was accused of the nail bombings at the 1996 Atlanta summer Olympics that killed one person and injured 111 others.  He was all but tried and convicted in the public press, even though in the end he was exonerated and given a public apology by the Attorney General.  The FBI did not find the real bomber for two more years.

Richard Jewell was a security guard.  He seemed like a pretty simple fellow to me when I heard him speak on TV.  From what he said, he was very upset with being unjustly accused.  Richard Jewell died just a few months ago at age 44.  Maybe the stress of being unjustly accused effected his life span and maybe it didn’t.

I don’t want anyone cheating in my hobby of trackchasing.  If anyone does cheat I want them penalized.  I also don’t want anyone being accused of cheating in a public forum unless that charge can be proven.  Maybe, you have a different thought on the subject.  I would especially like to hear from my non-trackchasing readers.

The Trip

Friday morning

Today’s trackchasing trip is a bit like skating on thin ice.  Today is Friday.  I have a commitment to be with Carol tomorrow night (Saturday) at 7:15 p.m. at the Rose Bowl.  When we’re in Pasadena, we’ll see if the UCLA Bruins can redeem themselves after last week’s debacle in Utah.  By the time you read this, you’ll know how the Bruins did against the University of Washington Huskies.

So what makes this trip like “skating on thin ice?”  I was flying standby on each flight.  I flew into and out of Salt Lake City on this trip.  Once in Salt Lake, I drove about 500 miles round-trip into northeastern Nevada for today’s track.

You might ask, “Randy, Nevada is a neighboring state to your state of residence, California.  Why didn’t you drive?”  Of course, that’s a good question.  Even though the Summit Raceway is in a neighboring state, it is still 703 miles from my home in San Clemente.  By flying, I will be gone from home less than 30 hours.  My residential location may arguably, be the very best place to live in the United States.  However, from a trackchasing point of view, being tucked away in an extreme corner of the United States makes trackchasing logistics more difficult for me than any other U.S. based trackchaser.

I had researched my flights and it looked good that I would get on the plane.  However, I had made a commitment to Carol.  This put a little extra pressure on me to deliver on my promise.  It is bad enough that mechanical failure or weather can disrupt a flight.  My plan was to return to Orange County at 1 p.m. on Saturday.  I would then drive home to San Clemente, pickup Carol and drive north to Pasadena.  There wasn’t much time for deviations.

Friday afternoon

If you’ve ever spent much time driving into Nevada, you know they put the casinos right at the state line.  When we come into Nevada from California, we can see the lights of the casinos for miles before we actually get into Nevada.

Today’s entrance from Utah was no different.  The town of Wendover sits in both Utah and Nevada.  The Nevada side has huge hotels and casinos.  The Utah side doesn’t have much.  Engelbert Humperdinck’s appearance in town made hotel rooms a little scarcer.  For the life of me, I can’t imagine why.  Nevertheless, I found a spot. 

The People

It sure is a small world!  I was standing about six deep in line to get my Avis Rental Car at the Salt Lake airport, when I noticed a familiar couple at the Avis counter.  It was none other than Bev and Mike Herrin from Illinois.  Bev and Mike had been our house guests just a couple of months ago!

These two retired schoolteachers are becoming world travelers.  Mike is trying to run a marathon in all 50 states (and you thought we trackchasers were crazy!).  He and Bev had just landed in Salt Lake and were bound for somewhere in Montana for a marathon this weekend.  Last week, he ran one in Bismarck, North Dakota.  I’m thinking the Montana run will be his 40^th state.  It was great seeing the young retirees, even if it was for only a few minutes.

Over time, I have run into so many people that I know in airports that I’ve lost count.  As you know, airports are big.  They’re usually spread out.  What are the odds of on a certain month and a certain day and at a certain time in a certain airport, you’re going to see someone you know?  If I hadn’t lingered in the Salt Lake terminal for nearly an hour doing some correspondence and if I hadn’t rented an Avis car (which I almost never do) rather than a National car I never would have run into these folks.  Yes, indeed, it is a small world.

TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION #1

Bonneville Speedway, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

You’re probably thinking that it’s not quite fair to list the Bonneville Speedway as a Trackchasing Tourist Attraction.  You might be thinking, “Hey Randy.  You go to speedways all the time.  How can a speedway be a tourist attraction?”  Good question.

First of all, I had not intended on visiting the Bonneville Speedway.  Heck, I didn’t even know there was a Bonneville Speedway.  Of course, I had heard of the land speed runs on the salt flats, but I had no idea where they did that.

In most ways, the Bonneville Speedway does not resemble a speedway at all.  In reality, the only thing one sees when approaching the “speedway” is a huge salt flat.  If you can imagine driving through the Midwest in the winter after a solid snowfall, then you have the right picture in your mind about the Bonneville Speedway.

For as far as the eye can see, it’s flat and it’s white.  The white looks like snow, but it’s not.  It’s salt!  There is a small sign that explains the history of the Bonneville Salt Flats.  It tells that the “track” is 80 feet wide and 10 miles long.  Now that’s a narrow track!

The name Bonneville came from an explorer of the far west.  The world finals took place just last week.  I’d like to see that sometime, although with the shape of the track, there might not be much to see.  When the winter rains come and cover the salt lake, the racing season is finished.  Don’t miss my photos of the salt flats at www.ranlayracing.com under “Trackchaser Reports” and then “#1,275 Summit Raceway”.

You might also like to take a look at the racers who ran in last week’s event at the Bonneville Salt Flats.  To do that, just click on the link below.

Pictures at http://www.saltflats.com/WOS_07_Photos.htm

STATE RANKINGS

This is my 19^th lifetime track to see in the Silver state.  This gives me a rank of second place, just one track behind the late Gary Jacobs.  A young trackchaser by the name of Carol Lewis trails me in third place by eight tracks.  Gaining a first place tie in Nevada is going to be tight in 2007, but it might be doable.

A relatively large group of 39 trackchasers has been trackchasing in this state.  However, it appears that most people have only made a brief appearance here.  All but six of the trackchasers have seen five or fewer Nevada tracks.  My records show that just seven active Nevada tracks remain for me to see.

RACE REVIEW

SUMMIT RACEWAY, ELKO, NEVADA – TRACK #1,275

The Summit Raceway is a rural far west racetrack.  The facilities aren’t much and the car counts are low.  Why did I come here today?  If I was ever going to see the Summit Raceway this weekend was the time to do it.  This track is out in the middle of nowhere in Northeastern Nevada.  This is where the UFOs hang out.

This track races 2-3 times per month.  Almost all of their races on are Saturday.  Most of the tracks within 500 miles of here race on Saturdays.  I don’t have that many tracks remaining in this part of the rural far west.  I wouldn’t want to waste a “good” weekend, meaning from Memorial Day to Labor Day or so coming out here when I could get many more tracks somewhere else in the country.

I was also tethered to SoCal for tomorrow night’s football game in Pasadena.  I will say it is expensive to come such a long distance for just one show.  You can imagine what airfare, rental car, hotel, airport parking, gasoline, food and race tickets cost.  Since these expenses can only be amortized over one race, this cost per race ranks on the upper end of my 29 trackchasing trips where I needed to fly to get there.

Couple this with the fact that the weather was somewhat threatening.  During the track’s invocation, the young woman speaking asked the Lord to hold off on the rain until the show was complete.  Amen to that, brother, although going directly to the top with this subject matter might be a waste of resources!

This track is located in the high desert country.  The landscape is somewhat bleak with rolling hills that are covered with boulders and small clumps of bushes and small trees.  They pretty much carved tonight’s quarter-mile oval out of this landscape.  Fans could watch from their vehicles some 5-10 stories above the track’s dirt surface.  I must encourage you to take a look at the track photos posted on www.ranlayracing.com.  I’m sure these pictures will give you a much clearer picture of the setup than any description I might provide.

I arrived right at the scheduled start time of 6:30 p.m.  I was coming from Salt Lake City (Mountain Time) and the track was located in the Pacific Time zone.  That meant I gained an hour driving to the track, but lost an hour returning to my hotel.  I would have preferred to have it the other way around.

The driver’s meeting was in progress when I arrived.  Can’t any track ever start racing at the appointed time?  They did the invocation, prayed to hold off the rain and then sang the national anthem at 6:45 p.m.  Then they ran a few hot laps before bringing the “Gen-X” class onto the track for the first countable race of the evening at 7 p.m.  If you ran the track and thought it might rain, why would you start 30 minutes behind schedule?

The P.A. was good, but the announcer hardly said a word.  Most heat races were 10 laps in distance.  He announced the driver’s names at the start of each race.  When the flagger showed crossed flags he told us the race was half-way finished.  When the checkered flag was displayed, he told us the winning driver’s name.  I think the announcer is the most important employee at the track from the spectator’s point of view.  The Summit Raceway missed the boat in that capacity tonight.

It’s starting to get dark earlier every day now.  When the first race ran off at 7 p.m. it was nearly dark.  Nevertheless, I was able to get several pictures of the facility during the twilight.  Don’t miss them as well as my photo of the Bonneville Salt Flats at www.ranlayracing.com.

Here’s what the classes and car counts looked like:  Gen-x (7), pure stocks (4), modified minis (sort of a Pinto division) (8), pro-stocks (10) and IMCA modifieds (19).  I don’t believe any heat race had more than five cars in it.  They broke the 19 modifieds into four heats.  This seemed unnecessary.  Following the heat races, four Gen-x cars ran a four-lap trophy dash.  Then the track went to intermission at about 8 p.m.

The heat races were not very entertaining.  Imagine a field of below average cars in each of the classes listed above and not very many of them at that.  In most races, they quickly spread out and the races looked more like a hot-lapping session.

One small trailer handled the track’s concessions.  The line moved slowly for cheeseburgers, chili-dogs and nachos.  I’m trying to cut back on this stuff, so I passed on everything.  I figured I would get something smaller and healthier on the two-hour drive back to the hotel.

I have frequently pointed out that out of the 2,000 or so tracks in North America, I probably saw most of the best ones in the first 1,000 tracks that I visited.  I think this means that I’m in for some far below average racing at permanent tracks, and the usual poor racing at temporary tracks in the future.  I’m glad my ship in not tied to the quality of the racing.  If it was, I think I’d hang myself.

After watching the first several heats from the grandstand, I enjoyed my perch high above the track for the remainder of the races.  The track lights were marginal and I couldn’t hear the P.A. very well but I liked the aerial view of the races.  The Gen-xer feature came out onto the track at 8:23 p.m.  It was feature time!  However, it seemed like cruel and unusual punishment to learn the seven Gen-x cars would race a 25-lap feature.  This was especially true when the race had two-yellow flag delays of more than 10 minutes before they ever got the first green flag lap for the remaining five cars.  Oh my!

The track’s management must have read my mind, because they shortened the Gen-x feature from 25 to 20 laps.  Were things improving?  Not really, the four pure stocks came out for a 20-lap feature.  Is “paint drying” one or two words?  The last feature of the night, the modifieds, came onto the track at 9:20 p.m.  I didn’t stay for their entire feature.  My flight back to California left in 13 hours and I still had nearly 250 miles to drive.  Oh yes, I had to go to sleep as well.

This puts me within just one track of the Nevada state lead.  I’ve seen several very rural Nevada short tracks in order to be able to say that.  I’m glad I saw those tracks, but I wouldn’t want to go back and see them again.

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

Salt Lake City – Friday-Saturday

I’ll be driving the Avis Rental Car Racing Chevrolet Impala.  I usually use the National Rental Car Company for my trackchasing rental car needs.  I did make a National car reservation for a one-day charge of $48.12 for a full-sized car.  At the time, that appeared to be a competitive rate.  However, that’s a little bit above my one-day budget for rental cars.

Therefore, I thought I would try Priceline.com to see what I might get from them.  In order for me to go with Priceline, and be stuck with their no cancellation policy, I have to get a substantial discount from the rate National was going to give me.  With National, I get preferred cars with lower mileage and easy pickup and drop off situations.

At first, I decided to bid $15 plus taxes for my one-day rental of a full-sized car.  The little man inside the Priceline.com website immediately popped up and told me I would be wasting my time with such a ridiculously low bid.  Foolishly, I believed him. 

I decided to bid $17 for the one-day rental with Priceline.  With all of the taxes that are added, my total came to $27.25.  A $20 savings seemed like it might be worthwhile for only a one-day rental.  I pressed “send” and soon found out that my bid was accepted!  Then I wondered if I might have been successful with the $15 bid.  To be honest with you, saving $20 bucks on a rental car is not the end all be all for me.  However, I enjoy the “rush” of seeing how much I can save compared to what a normal price might be.  I was satisfied with the result.

I drove the Chevy Impala 491 miles.  I paid an average price of just $2.70 per gallon.  The Impala gave me 30.2 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at a cost of 8.9 cents per mile.  The car cost just 5.5 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included.

Here’s a good way to think about the charge noted above of 5.5 cents per mile to rent the car all taxes included.  If it costs you more per mile than that amount to operate your car, primarily maintenance and depreciation, then it makes sense to rent a car for your trip rather than drive your own car.

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

Randy Lewis

Alberta’s #1 Trackchaser

Fair does not have to mean equal.

AIRPLANE

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

RENTAL CAR – SALT LAKE CITY

Salt Lake City International Airport – trip begins

Elko, NV – 249 miles

Salt Lake City International Airport – 491 miles - trip ends

Total Air miles – 1,176 miles (2 flights)

Total auto and air miles traveled on this trip – 1,667 miles

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

Summit Raceway - Free

Total racetrack admissions for the trip – Zip

RANKINGS

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

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

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,275

Other notables

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

28.  Max Allender, Des Moines, Iowa – 349

29.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 341

2007 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 137

2.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 91

3.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 83

4.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 76

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 57

6.  Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 52

7.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 49

8.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 47

9.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 38

10.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 34

Tracks have been reported by 40 different worldwide trackchasers this season.

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

2007 (current thru 9/12/07)**

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 6.61

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 6.65

3. Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 7.69

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

Next week I will need to choose between improving my NGD score and personal trackchasing comfort.  I can’t have both, so you’ll have to tune in next week to see which side of the fence I chose.

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