DAY 1 – I ALMOST MADE IT TO THE CARRIBEAN TRACKCHASING TOUR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TODAY’S HEADLINES

 

I came oh so close to adding my 11^th trackchasing country, only to be disappointed at the very last minute....................more in “The Trip”.

 

Trackchasing in December used to be a No-No for me.  Now, in the ultra-competitive hobby of trackchasing, I must fight the holiday crowds in our nation’s airports just to keep up. …………..details in “The Objective”.

 

Do you think a person as nice as Carol would ever be critical of me? …………..details in “The Trip”.

 

 

 

 

 

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/dec122007.htm

 

 

 

 

GREETINGS FROM SLIDELL, TEXAS.

 

 

 

 

I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA AND WENT TO SLEEP IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

 

 

The Objective 

 

Today is December 1, 2007.  Not much trackchasing goes on in December.  I was surprised to learn that I my first ever new track adventure during the Christmas month happened in 2001.  I started keeping a detailed list by date of all new tracks I had seen in 1980.  The data told me it had taken some 22 years before I summoned the courage to go trackchasing in December.  However, in order to effectively compete with all worldwide trackchasers, I had to change.

 

That first December effort in 2001 had me flying over to England for the day to see racing at the Standlake Arena in the afternoon and to Wimbledon (yes, THAT Wimbledon) for an evening indoor show.  Now trackchasing in December is routine for not only me, but also many of the leading trackchasers.

 

I did not try another December effort until 2004.  It was also surprising to learn that I have seen only 26 of my 1,293 lifetime tracks in the last month of the year.  My fellow competitors will be happy to learn that I have a full slate of trackchasing activity scheduled for the remainder of 2007.

 

 

     

The Trip

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 

 

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend.  We enjoyed ours very much with the kids (x Jim) for a fantastic Thanksgiving brunch on the Queen Mary.  Following our meal, we made our way up to the Howard Hughes Center for what is a Lewis family tradition.  That tradition following Thanksgiving dinner is the family going to a movie together.

 

We saw “This Christmas” which I highly recommend.  Two very unusual things happened at the movie that I wanted to mention.  The first thing was the price!  We got the “before 6 p.m.” price at $12 per seat.  What was the “after 6 p.m.” price per ticket?  $15.50!!

 

Of course, in an effort to prove to our children that I am “technologically relevant” I used the electronic movie ticket kiosk to buy the tickets.  Maybe they encouraged me to go in this direction so I would pay for the tickets!  Nevertheless, after only a misstep or two, and an intervention by Kristy at the very moment she thought I was about to make a fatal mistake, we had our tickets.  Part of the process was selecting the reserved seat location for tonight’s show.  I have been to a lot of movies.  I have never had reserved seats at a movie before however.

 

The rest of the weekend was spent with family, playing golf, going to the Rose Bowl to see UCLA shut out 9^th ranked Oregon and just generally relaxing.  Did you know that Thanksgiving week was the 48^th week of the year?  I did not go trackchasing anywhere for the entire seven days!  This marked only my third complete week of 2007, that I had not gone trackchasing somewhere.  I had not missed a week since the middle of February.  I can’t tell you how strange it was to be hanging around the house on a Sunday night.

 

 

THANKSGIVING GOLF SCRAMBLE RAINED OUT! 

 

I had planned to leave on Friday, November 30 to begin this trackchasing trip.  However, for some unknown reason our annual Thanksgiving Golf Scramble was not scheduled for the Friday following Thanksgiving as it normally is, but a week later.

 

I couldn’t miss this golf tournament.  It pays $1,500 to win!  Each team is made up of three man teams and I had worked a deal to get the club’s best golf pro on our team.  Talk about a ringer.  Alas, although I cannot get rained out when I trackchase (114 trackchasing days with just three rained out days in 2007), we were rained out of our golf tournament.  It was too late to go trackchasing anywhere today.  The golf tournament has been rescheduled, but due to its potential affect on trackchasing strategy, the new date cannot be revealed.

 

 

 

TRACKCHASING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC!

 

Ya!  Trackchasing in the Caribbean sounds nice doesn’t it.  Of course, making a trackchasing trip in the Dominican Republic would not help me very much in the two important categories I am focusing on right now.  First, I’m trying to make it to 1,300 lifetime tracks before the end of 2007.  I would only get one track in the Dominican.  I had other trips this weekend where I could get more.  Going to the Dominican Republic would not help me at all in the NGD lifetime rankings.  Sometimes, you just gotta do what you gotta do.

 

Only one person in the history of trackchasing has ever trackchased in the Dominican Republic before.  That would be trackchasing commissioner, Will White.  He went there is 2005 and wrote up an excellent trackchaser report.  I believe every trackchaser should share his experiences in writing after visiting a new track.  There are many ways to share. 

 

Probably the two best ways to share your race experiences are in the Yahoo Trackchaser forum or on a personal website.  As you know, I share all of my information on my own personal website at www.ranlayracing.com.  Still others share their experiences in racing newspapers.  That’s fine, if the reader can afford a subscription to multiple papers, but most can’t and don’t choose too.  Finally, some trackchasers don’t share their experiences in any broad manner.  Some folks don’t even report the tracks they see.  I support anyone who shares the fruits of their labor in whatever way they see fit.

 

Now, back to Will.  I read his report.  The racing sounded like fun, but the Dominican nightlife that had the ladies chasing Will (he’s single) late into the night sounded even more entertaining.  I even called him to get his personal insights into the trip.  He did tell me one important thing.  It seems he had transposed the words “East” and “West” in his report.  That was good to know!

 

Now that I have the support of my airline sponsors, I can never make a non-refundable hotel reservation in advance.  You see, if I don’t get on the plane, then I won’t get to the hotel.  I certainly would never want to pay for something like a hotel room if I wasn’t going to use it.

 

I checked flights in advance from SoCal to the Dominican Republic with my sponsored airlines.  Those flights were overbooked.  I could buy a ticket, but paying more than $600 round-trip didn’t seem like a financially viable idea.  I went to my third option.  I would use my frequent flyer miles on American Airlines.  I earned more than six MILLION miles on American during my business career.  However, like a drunken sailor, I’ve spent most of them.  You can use a lot of miles when you are paying for five people in your family to traipse about the world.  I must admit I have “only” about a million miles left.

 

I quickly made my reservation with American Airlines.  Of course, they must have recognized that I have swung over to the competition with my airline sponsorships.  They charged me a $50 “late” fee for not booking at least 21 days in advance.  Then there was the issue of $97.10 in taxes.  However, a round-trip ticket for less than $150 seemed like a good deal.

 

With the race solidly notated on the American Road Racing Association website and my airline tickets in hand (so to speak), I felt confident I could make a hotel reservation.  I went to Priceline.com and beat those guys into submission until they gave me two nights at a 4-star oceanfront city hotel for the princely sum of just $65 per night plus tax.  I had it all.  I was going to go trackchasing in a new country.  I had confirmed reservations for my airplane, hotel and rental car.  Perfecto!

 

However, in the world of trackchasing I don’t always win.  I know those “dreaded East coast trackchasers” might think I do, but I don’t.  Just three days before I was scheduled to board my flight, I checked the racing website again.  The race in the Dominican Republic was cancelled!!!  Ouch!

 

I tried to get some verbal or email confirmation of the one word on the website, “cancelled” that had just doomed my trip.  I finally talked to a guy in Puerto Rico on the telephone.  Yes, the race was cancelled.  There was something about a change in ownership and everybody was suing everybody else.  As they say on the East coast and apparently in Michigan too, “whatever”.

 

It was now time to graciously back out of my trip.  I was able to cancel my rental car reservation with a simple phone call.  The rest of my cancellations would not go so well. 

 

American Airlines told me I could “reinstate” my miles for a $100 fee.  Alternatively, I could use this ticket anytime in the next 12 months without any additional charges.  I took that option.  You’ll probably hear about me heading to the D.R. sometime before November 13, 2008.

 

The folks at Priceline were the least accommodating.  If you read the words, “Your Priceline hotel reservation is non-refundable, non-transferable and non-changeable” do you think you would be able to get your money back if you didn’t want to make the trip?  Ya, I guess you’re right.  Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.  I’ll just have to chalk up my $148.48 expenditure (including taxes) as a reminder that even the best laid plans can fall apart at times.

 

Of course, when Carol learned of this misstep, she was less than sympathetic.  Her comment was, “I hope we’re getting our money back on these little deals you’re working.  It makes my little screw-ups look like nothin”.  Then she hopped in her brand new Lexus and headed to the mall to get a pedicure.  Women!

 

Editor’s note:  Some parts of the above paragraph have been dramatized for my own entertainment.

 

 

TRACKCHASING IN MEXICO!

 

I had my heart set on going trackchasing in a foreign country this weekend.  I had not been trackchasing is some 12 days.  My feet were itching to hit the road.

 

I am amazed that I am able to find so many tracks that still work for me so late into the season as the month of December.  Those young folks and a few old-timers as well in the RANLAY Racing Research Department really earn their keep.

 

Even though the Caribbean was not going to work, a trip to Mexico could replace it.  The PanAm GP folks told me they would be holding a race near Puebla, Mexico, just about 100 miles to the southwest of Mexico City. 

 

Although I was not a good Spanish student in high school, I am beginning to pick up a little because of my trackchasing hobby.  I went to the “Fechas” (dates) section of the PanAm website.  I found these words in the “Calendario 2007” section, “2 Diciembre – Puebla”.  Even a struggling Spanish student such as myself could figure the next race date for this group was going to be in Puebla, Mexico, presumably at the Autodromo Miguel E. Abed, on December 2.  I was back in trackchasing business!

 

I asked J.J. to order the appropriate “ZED fare” tickets for this trip.  I made a car reservation with Alamo.  I held off on my hotel reservations.  I would be flying standby.  Even though the flight availability looked good, I couldn’t make a confirmed hotel reservation at this point.

 

I spent the better part of one afternoon, trying to get some other substantive source of information to confirm the words, “2 Diciembre – Puebla”.  This was most difficult to do.  I, like you, can probably answer just about any question one can think of in a matter of seconds using the various search engines that abound on the internet.  However, I could not get a definitive statement about this weekend’s Mexican race date.

 

I had a very difficult time getting confirmation about the Puebla race date.  Nevertheless, the PanAm website was very professional looking.  They had FedEx as a corporate sponsor.  Certainly, a person could count on FedEx.

 

My planned flights had me arriving into Mexico City at nearly midnight on Saturday.  Mexico City has the largest population of any city in North America.  At one time or another, this city has been listed as the most dangerous in the world.  I did not fancy the idea of showing up in Mexico City on Saturday night at midnight in search of a hotel.

 

I went back to my buds at Priceline.  I bid $55 for a hotel near the airport.  They rejected me.  This turned out to be good news.  While I was reassessing my options, I checked my email.  I had a message from a fellow in Mexico.  He was writing to me in Spanish as a reply to a message I had sent him.  I used my language translation program to translate his message.  He told me the race in Puebla was NOT happening.  $$%&#%!!!  Yep, that’s what I said.  This fellow didn’t know for certain what the problem was, but as he worked for a race team, he was in the know.

 

Boy, am I glad Priceline.com rejected my bid for a hotel in Mexico City.  Fortunately, for this planned trip to Mexico, I could back out with ZERO financial liability.  However, I am not one that is easily deterred.  I would have to go to my third different plan for the weekend.

 

 

TRACKCHASING IN TEXAS & LOUISIANA!

 

I really didn’t want to be trackchasing in Texas and Louisiana this weekend, although today’s Texas track was going to be part of the Mexico race plan.  The positive, relative to the Dominican Republic plan, was that the two tracks I would see this weekend would leave me just five short of the heretofore unheard number of 1,300 lifetime tracks.  There would be no NGD help here, but if I don’t overtake Gordon Killian in the lifetime NGD standings this year, I will beat him next year.

 

I must point out that Gordon has been doing his very best to maintain his dominance in the NGD lifetime contest.  He is the three-time defending champion.  I am getting reports that he is having the time of his life competing for his fourth championship.  I am happy to hear that.  Good luck, Gordon.

 

I was almost beginning to think that somebody didn’t want me to go trackchasing this weekend.  After I was aced out of trips to the Dominican Republic and Mexico, I almost didn’t get on my flight to Dallas.  When I fly standby, I usually monitor the flight loads beginning a week or so in advance.  Today’s flight was getting fuller and fuller by the day.  The night before the flight there were four first class seats and four coach seats open.  There were six stand-by passengers like me.  It would not have taken much for those last seats to go away.  That would have made my 4:39 a.m. wakeup call on a Saturday morning a major bummer.  However, I did get on the plane.  I was even given a first class seat!

 

 

 

 

The People

 

Congrats to Helio Castroneves, two-time Indy 500 winner, on winning the “Dancing with the Stars” TV dance competition.  Although Carol and I were rooting for Marie Osmond, Helio was our second choice.  The people on this show can dance!

 

Carol told me that Helio has just broken off his relationship with his girlfriend of six years.  Apparently, Helio’s dance partner, a stunning young blonde-haired woman with a great personality has broken up with her boyfriend as well.  Ah, the beauty of dance.

 

 

 

 

 

STATE RANKINGS

Texas

This was my 32nd lifetime track to see in the Lone Star state, home of the state bird, the Mockingbird.  John Moore from Knoxville, Tennessee trails in second place with 29 tracks in Texas.  I figure I can stay in first place in Texas as long as Ed Esser wants me too.

 

I lead the trackchaser rankings in 11 different states.  I cannot gain any NGD points in these states.  As a state leader, I get one NGD point in each of these states.  It’s like golf.  You cannot make a score any lower than a one!

 

 

 

 

RACE REVIEW

 

EAGLES CANYON RACEWAY, SLIDELL, TEXAS - TRACK #1,294

 

Today’s track is a brand new permanent asphalt road course.  These types of tracks are a dying breed for me.  I have been credited with about 120 lifetime road courses.  However, I have only about 15 permanent asphalt road courses remaining to be seen in the United States.  This means it’s going to get more difficult to get all those day/night trackchasing doubles.  As my trackchasing continues into its maturation phase, I will have to adapt in order to survive.

 

Today’s weather was marginal for watching races.  Although the temperature was in the mid-60s, the wind blew more than 30 M.P.H. constantly.  It was also damp.  The area had received a good amount of rain, which made the grounds soggy and muddy.  It misted off and on the entire afternoon.

 

The Eagles Canyon Raceway is a brand new facility.  It opened just last month.  Today may have been the first ever wheel-to-wheel racing action.  The road course is 2.55 miles long.  There is extensive asphalt paving throughout the paddock area and the surrounding grounds.  On the other hand, the track is so new that no grass or landscaping exists.  Where the track does not have asphalt, it has dirt or mud.

 

The track hosts a private driver’s club.  For initiation fees ranging from $5,000-$20,000, drivers can have private use of the track for some twenty weekends each year.  There are more and more “country club” type road courses being developed all across the country.

 

Today the Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing Corporation was the sanctioning group.  They brought a broad range of beautiful looking open-wheel, muscle car and small foreign car classes.  Each race had more than 15 competitors.  Check out www.ranlayracing.com to see pictures of both the Eagles Glen facility and the Corinthian cars.

 

The racing program does not draw me to the racetracks I visit.  However, I enjoy watching the races.  If I were in this hobby for the quality of the racing, I would have given up trackchasing a long time ago.

 

While today’s facility was brand new and will someday have above average facilities, the racing for a spectator point of view was below average.  Why would I say that?  As is nearly always the case, it was difficult to see the cars.  If you stood at ground level near the front straight, “Jersey” barriers were so tall as to almost totally obliterate the view of the cars.  A few other locations offered the spectator some elevation.  However, at those points the cars were often so far away that it was nearly impossible to recognize who was who.  Finally, there were several parts of the track where the cars drove completely out of sight.

 

Couple all of the above with the following.  Cheeseburgers were six bucks apiece.  There was no spectator announcer or explanation of the day’s program.  It was a long uphill or downhill walk from the start/finish line to either the paddock or the upper elevations where a bit more of the track could be viewed.  Of course, I felt I got my money’s worth.  For some reason, even though I received a wristband, they were not charging admission.

 

I will say it was fun to walk the paddock area amongst all of these vintage racecars.  The “Trans-Am” type cars reminded me of my college days and our annual summer visits to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.  I’m sure the drivers had fun on this new layout as well. 

 

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

 

Dallas – Saturday

 

I rode the rental car bus over to the lavish rental car center at the DFW International Airport.  I had a full-sized National Rental Car reserved for $47.54.  More then $21 of that total was taxes!  I had a couple of minutes, so I popped open my laptop to search for a better deal.

 

I tried Priceline.com, but they would not accept a bid.  I think I was past their cutoff time for bidding on a car.  I went to Sidestep.com and made a reservation with Dollar rental car.  I chose an economy-sized model for just $30.57.  I figured they would probably upgrade me and they did.  I received a brand new Dodge Avenger with Sirius satellite radio.  This was nearly as good of a car that I would have gotten from my normal rental car provider, National, and I saved 17 dollars.  It’s amazing what I can do with “in the field laptop capability”.

 

The Dollar Rental Car Racing Dodge Avenger was driven just 137 miles in the 5-6 hours that I had it.  I paid an average price of $2.90 per gallon.  The Dodge gave me 26.7 miles per gallon in fuel mileage at a cost of 10.9 cents (U.S.) per mile.  The car cost 22.3 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included.  This higher than normal rent per mile charge occurred because I didn’t drive many miles with the car today.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

Alberta’s #1 Trackchaser

The truth seldom brings complaint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAVEL DETAILS

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

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

 

 

RENTAL CAR – DALLAS

 

DFW International Airport – trip begins

Slidell, TX – 61 miles

Dallas Love Field – 137 miles

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Eagles Canyon Raceway – No charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RANKINGS

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

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

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,294

 

 

 

 

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.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 349

 

28.  Max Allender, Des Moines, Iowa – 349

 

 

 

 

 

2007 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 156

 

2.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 104

 

3.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 100

 

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 11/18/07**

 

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 6.29

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

 

This is a road course racing weekend.  The weather in the area is damp.  I won’t be rained out at a road course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 22

 

1,236. Windy Hollow Speedway (small figure 8), Owensboro, Kentucky – July 22

 

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

 

1,259. Lincoln County Raceway (inner oval), North Platte, Nebraska – August 25

 

1,260. Lincoln County Raceway (outer oval), North Platte, Nebraska – August 25

 

1,261. Dirtona Raceway, Hugoton, Kansas – August 26

 

1,262. Paris Fairgrounds (figure 8), Paris, Ontario, Canada – August 30

 

1,263. Autodrome Edelweiss, Cantley, Quebec, Canada – August 31

 

1,264. Barrie Speedway, Barrie, Ontario, Canada – September 1

 

1,265. Sunset Speedway, Stroud, Ontario, Canada – September 1

 

1,266. Kinmount Fairgrounds (figure 8), Kinmount, Ontario, Canada – September 2

 

1,267. Orangeville Fairgrounds (figure 8), Orangeville, Ontario, Canada – September 2

 

1,268. Warren County Prime Beef Festival (oval), Monmouth, Illinois – September 5

 

1,269. Warren County Prime Beef Festival (figure 8), Monmouth, Illinois – September 6

 

1,270. Camden Speedway, Camden, Tennessee – September 7

 

1,271. 24 Raceway (dirt oval), Moberly, Missouri – September 8

 

1,272. Westby Nordic Raceway, Westby, Wisconsin – September 9

 

1,273. Noise Park Raceway, Idaho Falls, Idaho – September 14

 

1,274. Northport International Raceway, Northport, Washington – September 16

 

1,275. Summit Raceway, Elko, Nevada – September 21

 

1,276. Champion Park Speedway, Minden, Louisiana – September 28

 

** Victorville Auto Raceway, Victorville, California (oval) – September 29 (new for Carol only)

 

1,277. Victorville Auto Raceway, Victorville, California (figure 8) – September 29

 

1,278. Chula Vista Off-Road International Raceway, Chula Vista, California – September 30

 

1,279. Mid-America Speedway, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma – October 5

 

1,280. River’s Edge Road Course, Mission, British Columbia, Canada – October 7

 

1,281. Triovalo Bernardo Obregon, Tiajomulco de Zuniga, Jalisco, Mexico – October 14

 

1,282. Texas Motor Speedway (temporary dirt road course), Ft. Worth, Texas – October 19

 

1,283. Beechnut Raceway, Blountville, Tennessee – October 27

 

1,284. 411 Speedway, Seymour, Tennessee – October 27

 

1,285. Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, Gonzales, Louisiana – November 2

 

1,286. Atoka Park Raceway, Brighton, Tennessee – November 3

 

1,287. Riverside International Speedway, West Memphis, Arkansas – November 3

 

1,288. Las Vegas International Off-Road Raceway, Primm, Nevada – November 4

 

1,289. Pueblo Motorsports Park, Pueblo, Colorado – November 11

 

1,290. South Texas Speedway, Corpus Christi, Texas – November 16

 

1,291. Winchester Speedway, Winchester, Tennessee – November 17

 

1,292. Checkered Flag Speedway, Hohenwald, Tennessee – November 17

 

1,293. Lake Cumberland Speedway, Burnside, Kentucky – November 18

 

1,294. Eagles Canyon Raceway, Slidell, Texas – December 1