DAY 3 – IT’S EATIN’ TIME TRACKCHASING TOUR

 

 

 

 

 

 

AND THE READERS RESPOND

 

 

From time to time interested readers write me about one thing or another.  Many times, I feel that my other readers would be interested, informed and/or amused by the comments I get.  Here is what a Southeastern reader had to say about our recent visit to Katrina damaged New Orleans.

 

 

“Enjoyed the pix and New Orleans info.  The neighborhood congregational Church has sent work teams to NO twice (with a little bit of $$ help from me) and they stay at a Congregational Church (which has a couple trailers to sleep in) and work on houses of church members.  They report, and show pictures, similar to yours.  They say that any trash/debris hauled out to the curb is picked up almost immediately, but your pix show this isn't always true………. you need to get out of the ivory tower and first class lounges (and Whole Foods Market) and grocery shop.  Here in the capital of the south, we even have half-pies for sale in most grocery stores.”

 

 

 

 

 

EDITOR’S NOTE

 

I only subscribe to two racing newspapers.  One of them is the Hawkeye Racing News.

 

Hawkeye Racing News is offering a special holiday subscription rate good through December 31 for new subscribers.

 

New subscribers can get 33 issues for only $25. Hawkeye Racing News is going on its 41st year of covering grassroots racing here in the Midwest. We cover all the  racing action, dirt and asphalt, in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North & South Dakota and Wisconsin.

TODAY’S HEADLINES

 

What does managing a  Christmas tree farm have to do with trackchasing?...................more in “The Objective”.

 

Would you have any interest in spending your Sunday like we did today? …………..details in “The Trip”.

 

It pays to listen to people in more ways than one. …………..details in “Trackchasing Tourist Attraction”.

 

Today I reached the leadership position in my ninth far west state.  Just three more to go and I will reach my goal. …………..details in “State Rankings”.

 

 

 

 

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/nov242007.htm

 

 

 

 

GREETINGS FROM PRIMM, NEVADA.

 

 

 

 

WE WOKE UP IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AND WENT TO SLEEP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

 

 

The Objective 

 

Today’s race wraps up a four-track trackchasing weekend.  There have been very few four track weekends in November ever recorded in the hobby of trackchasing.  There may never have been a four-track November trackchasing weekend that covered four different states.  Having a trackchasing weekend that includes Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas isn’t unheard of.  However, throwing Nevada in with that bunch is.

 

I believe in systems and never giving up.  I’ve been working hard over the past couple of years to get all of my trackchasing systems in place.  Currently they (GPS, anywhere internet, airline sponsorships, etc) are all working at maximum efficiency. 

 

This strategy is a little bit like managing a Christmas tree farm.  I know something about this as I was a Christmas tree trimmer one summer with Annette Benning’s ex-husband, but that’s a story for another time!  A Christmas tree farmer plants a group of trees every year.  It takes 4-5 years or more for a Christmas tree to reach maturity for the commercial Christmas tree market.  After a farmer has been planting his crop for a few years, he is ready to become harvesting every year.  That’s where I feel I’m at in trackchasing.  All of these systems have been put in place and now they are beginning to pay off.

 

Today marked my 150^th new track of 2007.  No trackchaser has ever come close to that total.  I’m not sure I will ever reach 150 tracks in a given year again, but then who really knows?

 

 

 

 

     

The Trip

 

Regardless of how many or how good my systems are, I still have to put in the time and effort to make this dog hunt.  Take a look at what Carol and I endured today and let me know if this hobby would ever be of interest to you.

 

1.     Following last night’s race in West Memphis, Arkansas, Carol and I drove a little more than two hours to our hotel in Little Rock.

2.     At just past midnight, we gassed up the rental car, for the final time and checked into our Residence Inn by Marriott.  They serve a hot breakfast as part of the room rate, but we would be leaving before the Marriott people would have it prepared on Sunday morning.

3.     Our wake-up call came at 5:20 a.m. Central time (3:20 a.m. San Clemente time).  Of course, just the day before this would have been 2:20 a.m. San Clemente time since Daylight Savings Time kicked in this morning.

4.     Carol and I spoke little in the hotel room as we prepared for our day.  We operate like trained assassins with a professional mission to carry out.

5.     We arrived at the Little Rock National Airport and returned our car before the National Rental Car employees even showed up for work.

6.     Once at the airport, we cleared security and stood by before collecting two of the very last seats on a Southwest flight from Little Rock to Phoenix.

7.     Once in Phoenix, we stood by again for a Southwest flight from Phoenix to Las Vegas.  We missed the first flight; it was full.  We were told the second and third flights would be nearly impossible to make.  If we didn’t get on those flights, we would not make it to Nevada for the race in time.  If that happened, we would have to try to find a flight to Los Angeles.

8.     We got the very last two seats on a flight to Vegas that would get us in at 12 noon.  Our afternoon track in Primm, NV was just 37 miles from the Las Vegas Airport.

9.     We spent three hours at the Las Vegas International Off-Road Raceway on their inaugural weekend.  The racing was excellent.

10.Next up was a 230-mile drive back to the Los Angeles International Airport.  The Vegas to LA drive on Sunday nights is one of the toughest interstate drives in the country.  About half of the people visiting Las Vegas on any given weekend are from Southern California.  The majority return to the Golden state on Sundays.

11.We needed to return to LAX to return our rental car and pick up the Carol Lewis owned and Life of Virginia sponsored Lexus LS 430.  Her car was parked at The Parking Spot.

12.We finished off a rather long day with a 65-mile drive from LAX back to our home in San Clemente, arriving at just before midnight some 20+ hours after our day began.

 

We were glad to have a safe and productive trip.  We had fun!

 

I will say this about Las Vegas.  I hate the place.  I may have a different background that most folks regarding this vacation spot.  When I first started coming to Las Vegas in 1974, I loved it.  Vegas was part of my sales territory when we lived in Phoenix.  I would come up for one week each month.  I would go out with a buddy who still lives in Las Vegas to gamble.  I typically played blackjack for 6-8 hours a day for four nights of the week.  When we weren’t gambling we were going to shows and enjoying the good life.

 

Things have changed.  Now Las Vegas is the most crowded place that I know of on earth.  The airport is a zoo.  Traffic is a zoo.  The hotels are so large and crowded; it can take 45 minutes to check in.  Remember, this is coming from someone who lives in the Las Angeles area!  If I never went to Las Vegas again, it would be O.K. with me.  Give me New York, San Francisco or just about anywhere else.  Vegas is just too damn crowded.

 

 

 

 

The People #1

 

I’m glad I took the advice of Pryce Boeye and J.J.  Their instruction on how best to manage Priceline.com made this weekend’s travel much more pleasant.  I will begin implementing the Priceline/Bidding for Travel recommendations on an on-going basis.  I will be able to significantly upgrade my hotels without increasing my costs. 

 

We stayed in three separate hotels on this trip.  At each stop, I paid about 50% of what was being charged to the normal guest.  At our last two hotels (Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn by Marriott,) I paid less than what a Motel 6 would charge, but got significantly more quality.

 

I can’t repeat this often enough.  Every thing I know, I learned from someone else.  God just gave me the wherewithal to act on what other people tell me.

 

 

 

The People #2

 

Yes, Carol and I are considering a relocation.  This relocation would be strictly for the benefit of trackchasing.  This past week I was listening to the radio.  Apparently, the country of Belgium is having some sort of political problem.  During the course of the coverage, the announcer mentioned that Belgium is about the size of Maryland.

 

That got me to thinking.  I wondered how the leading trackchaser in Maryland compared with the leading trackchaser in Belgium in new tracks seen.  I soon found out, via www.trackchaser.com that Guy Smith has seen the most tracks in the crab cake state.  His total is thirteen.  Why is his state leading total so small?  That’s all the tracks there are to see in Maryland!

 

Then I checked on Belgium’s leading trackchaser, Roland Vanden Eynde.  Surely, he could beat 13 tracks in a country the size of Maryland, couldn’t he?  Yes, he could!!  Roland has seen 137 different tracks in Belgium, while Guy Smith has seen just 13 in Maryland.  By the way, only one other person has seen as many as ten tracks in Maryland.  I have seen only three there.

 

I am currently checking out what it might take to relocate to Belgium.  Maybe Roland could see if any houses are for sale in his neighborhood.  I really like that Italian restaurant that’s not too far from his house.  Yes, Carol and I might very well be moving to Belgium soon.  Oh, and by the way, I already have two lifetime Belgium tracks that I’ve seen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATE RANKINGS

Nevada

Today I visited my 20^th lifetime track in Nevada.  This ties me with the late, great Gary Jacobs.  Gary wasn’t really a trackchaser.  However, he was the most dominant racechaser for a longer period of time than anyone I know in the world.  That’s saying something.

 

I now hold a first place ranking in nine of the 13 far western states.  I’ve got a shot at one more state lead before the year finishes up.  This brings to ten, the total number of states that I lead in or share the lead.  Texas is my only non-far western state where I have seen more tracks than anyone else.

 

This was Carol’s 12^th track to see in the Silver state.  She ranks third in Nevada with a comfortable lead over Allan Brown and Ron Rodda.

 

 

 

 

RACE REVIEW

 

LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL OFF-ROAD RACEWAY, PRIMM, NEVADA - TRACK #1,288 (CAROL’S TRACK #349)

 

Believe it or not, and even though I rag on road course racing frequently, one of my most favorite types of racing is run on road courses.  I’m talking about the Championship Off-Road Racing (C.O.R.R.) series.   I’ve seen this sanctioning group race five times this year, more than any other sanctioned series.  I have now seen every track that C.O.R.R. races on.

 

Today was the inaugural weekend for racing at the Las Vegas International Off-Road Raceway in Primm, Nevada.  Primm is situated on the Nevada-California border on Interstate 15.  Primm has a few large casinos as well as two nice golf courses.  Californians will cross through Primm about 37 miles before they get to sin city, Las Vegas.

 

Today’s dirt road course had four straights that were each parallel to each other.  What made the course so spectator friendly was that each of the straights was “terraced” with one higher than the next.  The four straights were connected by large sweeping high-banked oval track type turns.  Spectators could see 100% of the racing action.  The main aspect of most road racing that I dislike is when I can’t see a significant part of the road course.  C.O.R.R. tracks eliminate this obstacle.

 

There was a large crowd of enthusiastic fans on hand.  The C.O.R.R. fans, easily, show the most support and interest of any of the crowds I’ve seen this year.  I’m not sure how many people were here today, maybe 7,000-8,000.

 

The races were short, 10-15 laps.  The course distance was somewhere between a mile and a mile and a half.  C.O.R.R. rarely used the red flag.  They also rarely use a full-course yellow flag.  Today there were a couple of wild flips.  C.O.R.R. displayed a corner yellow for these accidents.  This meant that drivers needed to slow down when they passed the accident scene, but resumed green flag racing as soon as the accident was passed.

 

This really keeps the show moving.  It’s so much better than last night’s oval racing at the Riverside International Speedway.  There, it was “bump, spin, yellow flag” nearly every other lap.  No wonder C.O.R.R. is attracting such large crowds at $25 a pop.

 

I counted 14 separate jumps at today’s tracks.  Some elevated the buggies and trucks only a foot or so.  Some had these racers flying through the air for 30-40 yards or more.  Of course, C.O.R.R.’s admission price includes the pit area and a free program. 

 

The C.O.R.R. racers are on the gas.  This may be the most important element of their racing.  These guys are on the edge nearly every lap.  They also have a good deal of passing.  When a fan looks at their program with an unbiased eye, it would be hard to deny that C.O.R.R. provides an action packed, entertaining program.

 

 

 

 

 

CAROL’S COMMENTS

 

We really lucked out getting on the plane to Las Vegas.   This racing has so much action.  It was really exciting.  However, the races were dusty today with the wind blowing toward the grandstand.  I didn’t like that.  Every class had major issues with turn two.  This is where nearly every flip happened.  I’m lucky to have a good travel planner (I think she’s referring to me).  I was glad we gained an hour with Daylight Savings Time today.

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

 

Las Vegas – Sunday

 

We’ve been gone from California for about 80 hours or so.  During this time, we had three rental car contracts.  With each contract, we rented a car in one place and dropped it in another.  I’ve never done that in my entire trackchasing career.

 

It’s very expensive to rent a car in one place and drop it somewhere else.  On each occasion during this trip, I used a “free day” that I had accrued with my frequent rentals with the National Rental Car Company.  I had to burn four of the six days I had in the “bank”.  I didn’t want to do that, but it was the most economical choice.

 

Carol and I drove the National Rental Car Racing Grand Prix 275 miles in the slightly less than 9 hours that we had it.  We paid an average price of $3.18 per gallon.  The Pontiac gave us 24.5 miles per gallon in fuel mileage at a cost of 13.0 cents (U.S.) per mile.  The car cost a miniscule 1.1 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAVEL DETAILS

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA – New Orleans, LA – 1,628 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – PICKUP NEW ORLEANS, DROP MEMPHIS

 

Louis B. Armstrong International Airport – trip begins

Gonzales, LA – 87 miles

Memphis International Airport – 548 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – PICKUP MEMPHIS, DROP LITTLE ROCK

 

Memphis International Airport – trip begins

Brighton, TN – 42 miles

West Memphis, AR – 112 miles

Little Rock National Airport – 250 miles

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Little Rock, AR – Phoenix, AZ – 1,137 miles

Phoenix, AZ – Las Vegas, NV – 256 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – PICKUP LAS VEGAS, DROP LOS ANGELES

 

McCarran International Airport – trip begins

Primm, NV – 37 miles

Los Angeles International Airport – 275 miles – trip ends

 

 

Total Air miles – 3,021 miles (3 flights)

 

 

Total auto and air miles traveled on this trip – 4,094 miles

 

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Lamar-Dixon Expo Center – $10

Atoka Raceway Speedway – $10

Riverside International Speedway - $12

Las Vegas International Off-Road Raceway - $25

 

 

Total racetrack admissions for the trip – $57

 

 

 

 

 

 

RANKINGS

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

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

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,288

 

 

 

 

Other notables

 

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

 

27.  Ken Schrader, Concord, North Carolina – 352

 

28.  Max Allender, Des Moines, Iowa – 349

 

28.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 349

 

 

 

 

2007 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 150

 

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 98

 

2.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 98

 

4.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 88

 

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 61

 

6.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 55

 

6.  Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 55

 

8.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 54

 

9.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 48

 

10.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 35

 

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

 

 

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

Results current thru 11/7/07**

 

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 6.39

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 6.55

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 can’t be trackchasing all the time.  We have a UCLA basketball game on Friday and a UCLA football game on Saturday.  But………that leaves Sunday doesn’t it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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