DAY 1 – GO WHERE THE WEATHER IS BEST TRACKCHASING TOUR

IMPORTANT NOTICE

 

The Hawkeye Racing News had recently published my memorial to Darrell Dake.  I’ve been receiving emails from HRN readers like crazy.  Darrel was loved by many people.  I have also received new photos from Darrell Dake’s racing career from Bob Dixon of Waterloo, Iowa.  I have posted those on my website at www.ranlayracing.com.  Just click on the “Darrell Dake - in memory” tab.

 

I now have more than 10,000 photographs on my website.

 

 

 

TODAY’S HEADLINES

 

Do you think it is better to work smart or is it better to work hard?  Or, is it better to work both smart and hard?....................more in “The Objective”.

 

I wanted to go trackchasing in California.  Why did I end up in Louisiana? …………..details in “The Trip”.

 

Is trackchasing like life?  Do trackchasers try to take advantage of others? …………..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/sep27282007.htm

 

 

 

 

GREETINGS FROM MINDEN, LOUISIANA.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

 

 

The Objective 

 

Is it better to work smart or is it better to work hard?  On the other hand, is it better to work both smart AND hard?  I would guess each reader might have their own feelings regarding these questions.  Almost always, I think it’s better to work smart.  Carol thinks I should work both hard and smart.  Of course, that is the expectation many wives have of their husbands.  I usually have only enough time, interest or energy to work smart. 

 

If you decide to build your own home as we did a couple of years ago, you would be working hard if you decided to do your own excavating with a shovel and a wheelbarrow.  You would be working smart if you decided to use a Caterpillar tractor to do the heavy work.  You might be working both smart and hard, if you decided to have SOMEONE ELSE use a Caterpillar tractor to do the excavation work.

 

One day this week, I was wondering how working hard and working smart might apply to trackchasing.  Yes, as a retiree I have time to think about such things!  Here’s how the analysis in my head went.

 

Today is my 100^th day of trackchasing in 2007.  This is my fourth consecutive year of going trackchasing at least 100 days in the year.  Only one other trackchaser has ever trackchased 100 days in a single year.  Ed Esser did it once.  Was I trackchasing hard or was I trackchasing smart?  Or, was I doing both?

 

I figured I might judge our top ten trackchasers by the number of days they went trackchasing.  That would be my “working hard” part of the equation.  Here’s how those results look.

 

 

WORKING HARD

 

Number of trackchasing days in 2007 – Top 10 rankings

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 100

 

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 71

 

3.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 60

 

4.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 58

 

5.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 46

 

6.  Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 42

 

7.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 39

 

8.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 32

 

8.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 32

 

10.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 30

 

 

I’m the kind of person who doesn’t think simply working hard is the end all be all.  Before I go any further, let me make one point perfectly clear.  Trackchasing is not work, so please don’t get mixed up with the metaphor.  That is not the point of this story.  I’ve seen many people in the business world who have worked 60-80 hours per week.  I always figured that if you couldn’t get your job done in 40-50 hours a week, then you were either inefficient or you needed an assistant.

 

The fact that I have trackchased on more days than anyone else should not be held up as a superior accomplishment.  Having the most trackchasing days or the most anything in this type of comparison is only important if the individual also has enough time to spend on several other aspects of their lives as well.  This is why I never respected the workaholic who spent endless hours at work at the expense of their spouse, children, personal welfare or whatever.

 

 

 

WORKING SMART

 

In trackchasing, I wanted to figure out what “working smart” looked like.  I decided to define that by seeing how much efficiency an individual trackchaser was able to get out of his/her hobby.  I then defined that as being “how many tracks were they able to get out of each trackchasing day”.  I took each of the top ten trackchaser’s total tracks seen during 2007 and divided that total by the number of days they went trackchasing. 

 

As an example, a trackchaser that saw 15 tracks in ten days of trackchasing would have a 1.5 “working smart trackchasing ratio”.  That number was arrived at my dividing the number of tracks seen (15) by the number of days spent trackchasing (10).  Here is how the “working smart” rankings looked.

 

Working Smart Trackchasing Ration – Top 10 rankings

 

1.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 1.52

 

2.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1.47

 

3.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 1.46

 

4.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1.38

 

5.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 1.31

 

6.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 1.27

 

7.  Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1.24

 

8.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 1.17

 

9.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1.07

 

10.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 1.06

 

 

 

As you can see, the “working smart” rankings are much different from the “working hard” rankings.  As with the “working hard” rankings, the “working smart” rankings come with some disclaimers.  Some trackchasers have very few opportunities to see more than one track in a day due to the areas they choose to go trackchasing.  Roland’s situation in Europe is somewhat different from what U.S. trackchasers face.  When I make comparisons, comparing European results with U.S. results is somewhat like comparing apples and oranges.  They are both fruits, but not the same kind of fruit.  Almost all of the European tracks that Roland visits race in the day.  Almost all U.S. tracks race in the evening hours.  Most European tracks in this calculation are temporary tracks.  Most U.S. tracks seen by the top 10 chasers are permanent tracks, although temporary tracks are becoming more popular.  There are virtually no European figure 8 tracks, while figure 8s are becoming more and more popular here.  This does not take anything away from Roland’s “working smart” achievements whatsoever.  It just points out that the racing environment is considerably different.

 

  “Working smart” might mean to some people that the job was not done thoroughly.  I would suggest they rethink such a position.  In trackchasing that line of thinking might equate to a trackchaser staying for just a very few minutes and seeing 4-5 tracks each day.  That is not my definition of trackchasing smart.

 

 

 

WORKING SMART AND HARD

 

I’m thinking that the trackchasing definition of working both smart and hard would be the combination of days gone trackchasing and tracks seen on each of those days.  That would translate into the 2007 trackchasing total standings.  You can page down below to see how those rankings are looking.

 

Therefore, I leave it up to the reader to answer my original question.  Is it better to work smart or is it better to work hard?  Or, is it better to work both smart AND hard?

 

 

 

 

 

The Trip

 

Yesterday morning, I had absolutely no idea I would be in Louisiana today.  That’s how I trackchase in the new world.  I had just finished a round of golf with my “Priestley group” buddies at the Pacific Golf & Country Club on Thursday afternoon.  The guys always try to humor me by asking, “Where are you going this weekend?”.  I had truthfully told them I was going to Yreka, California for a Friday night show.

 

However, when I returned home from golf, I immediately went to my office and fired up my laptop as I always do.  O.K., I did not fire up my laptop because I never turn it off.  Nevertheless, I knew the weather had turned bad up in Yreka.  I already had my airline flights reserved and my rental car booked.  How bad was the weather going to be in Northern California?

 

My planned race in Yreka was scheduled for Friday night at 7 p.m.  Weather.com was calling for an 80% chance of rain on Friday morning up through noon or so.  Would it rain enough in the morning to cancel the Friday evening races?  Would the expected rain be finished before the races began?  These were difficult questions to answer.

 

In 2007, I have a weather record of 100 successful trackchasing days and just three rainout days.  This record was not achieved by chance.  I consciously do everything I can to avoid being rained out.  The weather was simply too risky to chance flying to Northern California today.  I needed a replacement.

 

There are not many tracks racing on Friday night that I have not seen.  There are not many in that group still racing by the last week in September.  What was I to do?  You might ask, “But Randy, did you ever consider just staying home?”  No, I did not.  I am a trackchaser.  This is what I do.  I was born to trackchase.  I can’t trackchase while sitting on the sofa watching the waves of the Pacific Ocean come in.

 

I began to search frantically.  I was committed to a trackchasing outing in Southern California with Carol on Saturday night.  This made the idea of going all the way to the East coast less appealing since I would have to turn around the very next day and return to California.

 

I came up with two alternatives.  One track was in Oklahoma and the other in Louisiana.  Getting a flight to each place looked very doable.  The weather was fine in both locations.  Oklahoma was closer, but Louisiana offered something that the Sooner state did not.  What would that be?

 

Louisiana offered those valuable National Geographic Diversity position gains.  Recall each individual position gain represents a .02 NGD lifetime point reduction.  I entered tonight’s competition with a 6.73 score.  After updating the NGD lifetime results that have been impacted by the trackchasing of others, Gordon Killian had taken over the lifetime NGD lead.  His first place score was 6.65.  That meant I trailed the lead score by four state positions. 

 

Editor’s note:  There is a strong rumor going around that other Eastern-based trackchasers who are closely affiliated with Mr. Killian are trackchasing in states where their presence will hurt my results and help Mr. Killian’s.  Yes, trackchasing is just like national politics.  You just need to know that when you enter the race.

 

Before tonight’s race, both Gordon and I had seen two Louisiana tracks.  This gave us each an eighth place ranking.  We were tied with nine other trackchasers.  This group included among others P.J. Hollebrand, Steve Kinser, Rick Schneider, Guy Smith and Sammy Swindell.

 

If I could see my third lifetime track in the Bayou state, I would move all the way up to fourth place.  I would be tied with Allan Brown, Kevin Eckert, Roger Ferrell and Andy Sivi.  This would also drop my fellow competitor Gordon Killian from eight place to ninth.  Net, I would gain four position points (8^th to 4^th) and Mr. Killian would lose one position point (8^th to 9^th) giving me an 6.65 to 6.67 advantage.  I would lead the lifetime National Geographic Diversity standings by just one position!! 

 

Let me remind you, we’re talking about 50 states and the District of Columbia.  There are 510 position points (ranks 1-10) in those 51 different places.  There are also 255 penalty points available for being ranked outside of the top 10 in each of those 50 states and D.C.  There are 765 position points in the entire contest. 

 

The season is rapidly finishing up.  After October, there will be very few tracks running.  During 2007, I have seen 138 tracks to Mr. Killian’s 38 tracks.  Despite besting my opponent by 100 tracks so far this season, I have gained only five NGD position points in all of 2007.  The main reason my gains have been so minimal is that Gordon has been practicing some outstanding NGD course management.  He is to be commended for his dedication to the contest.  Nevertheless, I intend to be a fierce competitor as well.  I know that Mr. Killian still has another run or two in his NGD arsenal before the year is out. 

 

This, my friends, is why I ended up in Louisiana today.  Without the above explanation, you might never have guessed why my last minute decision took me to this area.

 

 

 

The People

 

I told you so!  That’s right, I told you so.  At the beginning of the trackchasing season, I told you I would have to build up a substantial lead in the 2007 trackchasing standings.  I knew that when I started with the UCLA football season, my trackchasing would be curtailed.  Would my fellow competitors try to take advantage of this?  In a word, yes!

 

Last week I decided to spend some quality time at home.  Carol and I went to the Rose Bowl and enjoyed a beautiful evening out.  I went to only one track last weekend.  So…..what did my competition do?  My long-time nemesis, Ed Esser went to five new tracks.  Yes, you read this correctly, five new tracks. 

 

My fellow trackchasers know that I am committed to UCLA home football games.  It is very easy for them to understand my schedule.  Might they ease off a bit while I’m away from trackchasing?  No, they don’t.  They trackchase even harder when they know I won’t be trackchasing.  I guess that’s just part of the game, so I will have to keep that in mind.

 

Nevertheless, I would like to congratulate Mr. Esser on his moving up to sixth place in the lifetime trackchaser standings.  Ed now has 1,053 tracks.  He passed Andy Sivi of Clairton, Pennsylvania who has 1,045 tracks.  Ed is on the move.  Here is how he stacks up against the trackchasers who currently rank above him.

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,276

 

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,126

 

3.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,114

 

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 1,082

 

5.  Rich Schneider, Bay Shore, New York – 1,076

 

6.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 1,053

 

Keep an eye on Ed.  He might climb another spot this year and could even reach second place by the end of 2008.

 

Saturday afternoon

 

On Saturday afternoon, I was waiting for my flight back to Los Angeles in the Dallas airport.  My reading was interrupted by a large round of applause.  I looked up.  Just at that moment, a plane full of American soldiers was deplaning into the boarding gate area.  They were all dressed in their camouflage fatigues.  The crowd gave them a vigorous welcome home.  The applause and cheers lasted until the very last soldier cleared the boarding area.  That made me feel good.  I’m certain it made our fighting men feel great as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATE RANKINGS

 

As mentioned above, this was my third lifetime track for me to see in Louisiana.  Louisiana was my 33^rd state where I’ve trackchased in 2007.  I have 15 tracks remaining to see in Louisiana.

 

Just 30 trackchasers have ever trackchased in the Bayou.  Only eight of those folks have seen three or more tracks.  Louisiana remains as one of the three states where Carol has not been trackchasing…….yet.

 

 

 

 

 

RACE REVIEW

 

CHAMPION PARK SPEEDWAY, MINDEN, LOUISIANA – TRACK #1,276

 

I did my part.  That’s right.  I awoke at 4:48 a.m.  I was out of the house and bound for the Los Angeles International Airport by 5:06 a.m.  I battled early morning rush hour traffic that was even stop and go at 5:30 a.m. on my 65-mile trip to the airport.  I boarded a Los Angeles to Dallas, 1,237-mile flight to Texas.  Then I rented a car and battled Dallas’ early evening Friday night outbound rush hour traffic.  I drove 228 miles to the Champion Park Speedway in Minden, Louisiana.  I arrived at the track in plenty of time at 6 p.m.

 

I did my part, but did the track do it’s part?  The one word answer is “no”.  Tonight was the first night of the two night “Northern Louisiana Nationals”.  On this first night only heat races would be run.  The feature events would all be contested tomorrow night, Saturday.

 

I did not know exactly what time the show was supposed to begin.  I knew that by arriving at 6 p.m. I would be in plenty of time for the racing activities.  Boy, was I in time!

 

They started packing the track at 6:30 p.m.  That was a good sign.  Track packing seemed to take a long time.  At about 7:30 p.m. they brought out the six classes of cars racing tonight for hot lapping (practice).  The track was still too wet.  The cars could barely make it around the 3/8-mile red clay nicely banked oval.  After about 20 minutes of this futility, they decided to “scrape” the track.

 

That’s right.  I knew I shouldn’t have mentioned Caterpillar heavy equipment at the beginning of this report.  They brought out a Caterpillar grader to grade off the top 2-3 inches of wet and muddy racetrack.  It took the grader about three minutes to make one lap.  In order to scrape the entire track, the grader needed nearly 20 laps.  You do the math.  They began hot lapping again at 8:50 p.m.  Hot laps went quickly on the much better prepared and scraped surface.

 

They started the first heat race at 9:10 p.m.  I had been in the grandstand without a seat cushion for three hours.  I would love to say that these heat races were some of the best I have ever seen.  Not.  None of the heat races ran non-stop.  I think the fewest amount of yellow flags might have been three in any heat race.

 

There were six classes racing, which included Hot Stocks (15), AR-LA-TX Winged Modifieds (18), Southern stocks (15), Cruisers (14), Sports mods (12) and modifieds (30+).  I’m guessing on the car counts, but I’m pretty close.

 

Even though the racing program left a lot to be desired because of the poor track prep, the people I met were more than nice.  The first person I ran into was Charlie Walker.  Charlie’s son promotes the track.  Charlie was helping check cars into the pit area as I was taking pictures of the cars pulling into the track.

 

We struck up a nice conversation.  I’m not sure I hear as well in my old age as I used too.  I never have been able to understand accents very well.  Louisiana folks have the strongest accents of any state I visit.  I had to listen hard to understand Charlie.  He offered me a free pit pass, but I ended up paying to sit in the grandstands. 

 

The track’s announcer was also very kind to the trackchasing hobby.  Of course, he had some time on his hands as we waited for the track to be raceable.  He read my entire press release to the crowd.  Now the 600 or so Louisiana race fans know what does and does not count in the world of trackchasing tracks.  Many announcers have some difficulty pronouncing my hometown of San Clemente.

 

During a fiery wreck, the program was again shut down for a few minutes.  The announcer went back to my press release and covered all the bases once again.  This included a full listing of the trackchaser top five as well as their hometowns. 

 

Overall, I don’t think I got the Champion Park Speedway on their best night.  They had a strong field of cars for this two-day show.  I was happy to find a place to trackchase where I knew the weather was going to be perfect.  I was also happy to get a track in Louisiana, a state I don’t visit for trackchasing very often.  I had not been to the Bayou state to trackchase since 2001 and before that since 1981.

 

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

 

Dallas – Friday-Saturday

 

I’ll be driving the National Rental Car Racing Chevrolet Impala on the first day of this two-day trip.  Even though the Dallas rental car bus takes a long time to get to the cars, the National lot here is one of the best.

 

I drove the Chevy Impala 464 miles.  I paid an average price of just $2.73 per gallon.  The Impala gave me 25.5 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at a cost of 10.7 cents per mile.  The car cost 8.5 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

Alberta’s #1 Trackchaser

Everything I know, I learned from someone else.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA – Dallas, TX – 1,237 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – DALLAS

 

Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport – trip begins

Minden, LA – 228 miles

Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport – 464 miles - trip ends

 

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Champion Park Speedway - $10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RANKINGS

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

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

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,276

 

 

 

 

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 - 138

 

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

 

Results current thru 9/29/07**

 

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 6.65

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 6.67

3. Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 7.69

 

 

**  Results are unofficial.

 

 

 

 

 

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’ve done my day in Louisiana.  Now I headed back to SoCal for two days of trackchasing where the weather is very predictable.  It almost never rains.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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),