DAY 1 – LAST TRIP OF THE YEAR TRACKCHASING TOUR

 

 

 

 

TODAY’S HEADLINES

 

There are 52 weeks in a year.  How many weeks during 2007 do you think I went trackchasing?..................more in “The Objective”.

 

Which two cities, from my experience, have the worst downtown traffic in the United States? …………..details in “The Trip”.

 

Yes, there are more customer service problems to report on.  We have a significant portion of the population who just can’t seem to get it right…………..details in “The People”.

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.ranlayracing.com/dec28302007.htm

 

 

 

 

GREETINGS FROM FT. WAYNE, INDIANA.

 

 

 

 

I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA.  I WENT TO SLEEP IN FT. WAYNE, INDIANA.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

 

 

The Objective 

 

For some reason after my Christmas trackchasing layoff, it seems like we should already be into the new year…..but we aren’t.  By the time the 2007 season is finished I will have gone trackchasing for one or more days (averaging more than three tracks per week all year) for 50 of the 52 weeks in the year.  I only missed the weeks of January 21 and February 11!

 

A few years ago, I was talking to the most ardent racechaser of all time, Gary Jacob from Turlock, California.  At the time, I was going trackchasing maybe 20-25 weekends each year.  Gary told me that in November, he already had ALL 52 racing weekends planned for the coming year.

 

I’ll be honest with you.  I thought he was absolutely nuts!  At the time, there was no way I was interested in trackchasing that frequently.  Of course, in life, things change.  Now I am going trackchasing nearly every weekend of the year.

 

As you probably realize, I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t absolutely love it.  A normal out Friday and back Sunday or Monday trackchasing trip doesn’t really interfere with my other interests.  I still get to play golf twice a week, exercise when I want too and keep up with my other hobbies of financial planning and travel planning.  Most important of all, is that Carol is fully supportive of my hobby and even enjoys taking 12-15 cross country trips each year.  How many wives would by into that program?  What more could a person ask for?  I can only hope that each person reading this Trackchaser Report gets to do the things they love best as often as they like.

 

I am busy putting my 2007 Annual Trackchasing Summary together as this is being written.  You’ll get a chance to read about all of the places that trackchasing has taken me too.  Looking at the results for an entire year can create a very long list of things accomplished.

 

I’ll be back to you in a Trackchaser Report or two with my plans for 2008.  I already have several things in the works that should make the coming year one of my most fun seasons ever.

 

 

 

     

The Trip

 

After an evening celebration of youngest son Jim’s 29^th birthday, it was off to bed.  I wouldn’t need my deluxe Tempurpedic mattress for long.  I was up at 3:27 a.m. (3:27 a.m. San Clemente time) to prepare for my 6 a.m. flight from the Los Angeles International Airport.  This trip will mark my 42^nd trackchasing flying trip of the year.

 

Do you think my trackchasing travel is a challenge?  Not only was I up a few hours before the crack of dawn, but I would be flying standby in the midst of the Christmas rush airport travel season.  To add a degree of difficulty, I was flying into Chicago’s O’Hare Airport in the middle of winter with a six-inch snowfall predicted.  I like to make things as difficult as I can just to create that rush of the “challenge”!

 

I’m glad I arrived at the airport a bit early.  They closed the airplane door on my 6 a.m. flight at exactly 5:46 a.m.  That’s 14 minutes early.  I might see the door shut before the scheduled departure once a year, if that.  The plane was backing out of the gate at 5:53 a.m.  I guess they figured they already had everyone seated who had purchased a ticket, so why not get on with the show.

 

My hometown of San Clemente, California has had gorgeous weather over the Christmas holidays.  We have had bright blue and sunny skies everyday with temps in the high 60s.  Recall, the average high temperature in the winter at our place is 67 degrees.  It doesn’t get that much warmer in the summer.  The warmest monthly high temperature average is just 77 degrees.  Our proximity to the ocean keeps the temperatures from fluctuating very much.  San Clemente sunsets have been absolutely gorgeous as well.  Our house faces directly towards Catalina Island some 26 miles in the distance.  The evening sky looks like it’s on fire in the winter with 30 minutes or more of all shades of red, orange and pink.

 

We’ve had relatives visiting from Wyoming over the holidays.  They left below zero temperatures to make the visit to sunny SoCal.  On the rare occasions when we view the Weather Channel at home, it’s hard to believe that so many places have such bad weather in the winter.

 

Today’s United Airlines pilot warned us that my destination, Chicago, would be getting six inches of snow “about the time we land”.  That didn’t sound good.  On the drive up to the airport, the XM radio Weather Channel told of more than two-hour delays reaching Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.  My plane left on time.

 

My plan today does not allow much time for delays.  I had already taken the very first flight of the day.  My schedule called for a 12 noon landing.  It would take an hour or so to get out of the airport and into my rental car.  I would lose another hour moving from the Central Time Zone (Chicago) to the Eastern Time Zone (Ft. Wayne).  My mapping software called for a 3 ½-hour drive over to Ft. Wayne, Indiana.  All of this would get me into Ft. Wayne at 5:30 p.m.  That’s if everything went according to plan.  The race was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. 

 

Of course, the Chicago airport is on the west side of the city.  This meant I would also have to drive through the heart of the city during Friday afternoon rush hour.  Chicago, along with maybe Boston has the worst city traffic of anywhere I’ve traveled in the U.S.  Couple that congestion fact with six inches of snow falling and getting to the track by the 7 p.m. start time could be a challenge.

 

I did arrive at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum at 6 p.m. Eastern time.  Getting through Chicago wasn’t as bad as I had feared.  Maybe their downtown and surrounding areas road construction is finished or at least winding down.

 

 

 

The People

 

People!  People are like wives, you can’t argue with ‘em and you can’t kill ‘em.  You just gotta love ‘em.  I like to say to Carol that I have “as much patience as the next guy”.  Of course, she knows I don’t and I do too.

 

I encountered a couple of customer service people on the trip that tried my patience to some extent.  Let me take just a moment to tell you about these folks.  One was “unconsciously incompetent” and the other was probably “consciously incompetent”.  They both had one thing in common.  They were incompetent! 

 

I found the first person at the ticket office of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.  She was a good-looking youngish woman with long blonde hair.  I approached her because there was no one waiting in her queue and she had a pleasant smile.

 

I told the 20 something woman that I was looking for a reserved seat to the auto races.  Since they were also playing a minor league hockey game on site tonight, I felt it was important to be specific about what event I was interested in. 

 

I did not catch the woman’s name that was serving me.  For lack of a better term, I will simply call her “Blondie”.  I wanted to know where my potential reserved seat location would be in the arena.  If I could not get a good reserved seat location, I would buy a general admission ticket and take my chances.  You would have thought my simple request for a seat location was the same as asking the President of Coca-Cola what the secret formula was.

 

Soon Blondie was opening drawers and shuffling envelopes until she finally game up with a binder.  Then for several moments, she paged furiously through the binder until she came across the map of the entire seating area for the coliseum.  Only a small portion, maybe 2,000 seats or so were reserved.  This section of maybe 25 rows high and some 80 seats wide was a solid color of green on her map.  She pointed at the generic green area of the seating chart and said, “You would be sitting in this area”.  Good!  She had narrowed down my position to just 2,000 seats!  That wasn’t quite as specific of an answer as I was looking for.  I thought about terminating our conversation and looking for another ticket seller.  Nevertheless, I pressed on with her.

 

I was finally able to get across my main point.  I wanted to know exactly where the seat I would be buying was located.  Was it in the fourth turn, the top row, the bottom row, etc?  Finally, she told me I would be sitting in the third row, row C.  She even offered, “I think that’s a good seat, the closer the better, right?”  This young woman had been going to too many concerts.  At a concert it’s good to be sitting up close, but not usually in auto racing.

 

By now, Blondie’s able and older co-worker was trying to help her.  She helped Blondie locate a seat in row M just a few rows from the top of the grandstand directly at the start/finish line.  This was the perfect seat location.  I could not have gotten a better seat if I had ordered it a year ago, much less an hour before the event was to begin.  Of course, as you might expect (at least I did), Blondie was almost completely overwhelmed when she tried to use her credit card machine to process my order.  Would I have expected any less?  Yes, Blondie falls into the great abyss of the “unconsciously incompetent” of America’s work force.

 

My second people encounter of the strange kind was over the telephone.  I was making a reservation for my rental car in Memphis with the National Rental Car Company.  Normally, National has outstanding people in this role.  The guy I got today sounded like he would be trouble when he answered my call.  He had sort of a John Travolta style New York accent right out of the movie, Grease.

 

When I make a reservation with National the first rate I am given in the Procter & Gamble corporate rate.  Often times, this rate can be bettered by my AAA rate or the National Emerald Aisle rate.  Once I am given the P&G rate, I always ask them to check the other two rates, so I can pay the least amount of money to get a quality full-sized car.

 

Of course, today’s fellow, I will call him “Slick,” seemed to think the P&G rate of $22.12 per day plus tax ($65.29 total cost for two days) was a rate that didn’t need to be beaten.  Slick told me, “That Procter & Gamble rate is very good”.  Thank you very much for your economic evaluation, but would you please check the other two rates was my simple reply.  Slick paused for a few seconds, as if he was looking for the other rates (but I knew he really wasn’t) and came back with, “Nope, that Procter & Gamble rate is a good one”.  I noted that he was not saying that the P&G rate was the BEST one, only that it was a good one.

 

I made a mental note to see if I could beat it with Priceline.com for no other reason than to withhold the business from a person who wouldn’t/couldn’t meet the simple request of his customer.  How did I do?

 

While waiting for my flight at Chicago’s O’Hare airport, I whipped on my secret wireless internet anywhere/anytime laptop (saving $9.99 per day from the airport internet charges) and tapped into Priceline.  My first bid of just $13 per day was accepted by a strong competitor of National, Hertz.  I probably bid too high, but even at $13, but I was saving money.

 

The two-day rental at $13 each day for the car, plus tax of an outrageous $22.10 came to $48.10.  That’s a $17.19 savings.  That’s how you do it folks.  I provide the pearls; you have to open the clamshell.

 

If nothing else comes through from today’s “people” encounters, I hope the concept of not “just accepting what is offered” can be a worthwhile learning.  For me, I will work on having just a little more patience for people who just can’t do the job that they so happily cash their paychecks from.

 

Of course, the above was only a description of the most egregious offenders of the “good customer service” that so many companies over promise from their underachieving employees.  The following encounters this weekend qualified as customer service “dishonorable mentions”.

 

National Rental Car, Chicago, IL – Charged me an extra $55+ for the “fuel service option” even though I clearly declined it at the time of pick up as I always do.

 

National Rental Car, Corporate Customer Service – Agent agreed to refund the $55 created by the above error as a “courtesy” to me.  Yes, they made the mistake and would give me my money back as a “courtesy” to me as if I had done something wrong.  She would not refund the more than five dollars worth of taxes that were created by the bogus $55 charge.  She agreed I had been quoted $43.05 when I booked the car, but I would have to pay more than $48 after she removed the fuel service option charge of $55.  I asked to talk to her supervisor.  She transferred me to a number that rang and rang before asking me to leave a message for a person I had no name for.  I called back.  It was my lucky day.  I got “Heather” again.  This time she told me she would have her supervisor call me back.  I’ll let you know if that ever happens.

 

Hardees – Verona, MS – Order taker could not pull off the idea of “hold the cheese and put only mustard and onions on the burger” on my double cheeseburger.

 

Radisson Hotel, Memphis, TN – I ordered room service.  My bill was $14.  When the room service clerk presented me with my bill to sign, it was for more than $49!  I pointed that small detail out to her.  She didn’t have MY bill with her.  She promised to go get it and return.  About 45 minutes later, she pounded on my door with the correct bill and no apology whatsoever.

 

 

 

 

STATE RANKINGS

Indiana

Today was my 60^th lifetime track in the Hoosier state.  The addition of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum track moves me up into a tie with Andy Sivi for seventh place in the state.  Of course, that means one more state position and point reduction in the lifetime National Geographic Diversity competition.  There are only three days remaining for trackchasers to post points in the NGD race.

 

Roger Ferrell of Majenica, Indiana leads his home state with a more than solid 112 lifetime tracks.  He has a 34-track lead over his nearest fellow competitors.

 

 

 

 

RACE REVIEW

 

ALLEN COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL COLISEUM, FT. WAYNE, INDIANA

 

Tonight’s racing program ranks in my top 10 shows for the year.  I arrived at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum at 6 p.m.  The main part of tonight’s racing program, the United States Auto Club (USAC) midget program was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.  With the temperature at just 34 degrees and a light rain, I hopped out of my car in a nearly packed large parking lot and went in to buy my ticket (explained above).

 

Once I had my ticket in hand and knew that I would be seeing countable trackchaser racing, I headed back to the car.  I had one more administrative detail to handle.  I fired up my laptop and consulted Priceline.com.  I needed a hotel for the evening.  I first checked the Motel6.com website.  Rooms were going for just $31 at the Motel 6.  Three months ago the Motel 6 would have been just fine.  Not now!  I’ve educated myself to do better.

 

With a few clicks on my Dell keyboard, I had secured an Extended Stay America room for the same 31 bucks I could have given Motel 6.  Of course, road warrior aficionados know that Extended Stay America hotels trump Motel 6.

 

I could now go back into tonight’s indoor arena with the piece of mind that I had a hotel near the racetrack.  Tonight’s racing was above average.  Before I tell you why I felt that way, I’ll tell you what I did not like.

 

First, the P.A. was below average.  It’s difficult to have a good P.A. system in large indoor arenas.  I had to listen closely to make out virtually anything the announcer told the crowd.  Tonight’s indoor racing also produced a good deal of combustion engine exhaust fumes.  I felt like I had had several Jack Daniels’ by the end of the evening.  Finally, the racecar engine noise was very loud.  I had earplugs, but by the end of the evening, I felt like my head had gone 15 rounds with Cassius Clay.

 

However, the racing was excellent.  The racing surface was most unusual.  Tonight’s track was a flat concrete oval.  I estimate the track’s distance to be about 300 yards.  That would make it about 1/6 of a mile in length.

 

I was surprised to learn that the USAC midgets had raced indoors more than 160 times.  This was their 10^th year in Ft. Wayne.  This show ranks right up there with other favorite indoor shows that I’ve seen like the ASA stock cars in the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan and the “King of the Concrete” kart show at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.

 

There was spectator seating all the way around the track except for the backstretch.  The seating was exclusively made up of hard plastic folding chair theatre style seating.  There was a good deal of legroom in these very comfortable seats.  The center sections of the main straight housed the reserved seating.  For $21.50 I had possibly the best seat in the house.  I was behind the flagman at the start/finish line up about 20 rows.

 

I had come to see the USAC Midgets race.  A highlight was going to be the appearance of Tony Stewart, two-time NASCAR champion.  I don’t like Tony Stewart personally, but I must admit he can drive a racecar.  I think Tony is a whiner.  He’s just like Dale Earnhardt Sr. was.  It’s “just racin” when he wrecks another driver or pushes them out of the way.  When someone makes contact with him, he screams bloody murder.

 

I was surprised to see that the “Rumble in the Jungle” as the race is billed, had so many classes other than the USAC midgets.  I must have seen one hundred races from 6:30 p.m. to the final feature event that checkered at just past 11 p.m.  No, make that two hundred races!

 

They had flat karts, quarter midgets, junior champs, senior champs, mini-sprints, winged junior sprints, Tobias Slingshot cars and the aforementioned USAC midgets.  With such a small track, they started surprisingly large fields of cars.  Most of the lesser divisions ran 15-20 cars in their main events.  The midgets raced nine car heat races and a 14-car main event.

 

Tonight’s race organizers knew what they were doing.  Even though there were frequent spins and several flips, they had very few major delays.  If a car spun and brought out the yellow flag, they usually were racing again in less than 60 seconds.  They were the most efficient group I have seen this year.

 

I was surprised to see such a good deal of passing considering these folks were racing on a flat and very small concrete oval.  The oval did have a good deal of race rubber laid down on it.  Every race had passes for position and the lead.  Possibly the best race I saw all season came from the quarter midget group.  In their feature the lead changed twice each lap as first one driver and then another put a slide job on his fellow competitor.  The race ended up with one driver winning by about six inches at the finish line.

 

Mr. Stewart’s racing activity in the USAC midget division was more than commendable.  Imagine Barry Bonds or Roger Clemons shooting steroids in a back alley.  No, don’t imagine that!  Imagine Barry Bonds or Roger Clemons coming to your local softball league to play a little ball with the locals.  That’s what it’s like when a NASCAR champion comes to race with guys at tonight’s level.

 

In Mr. Stewart’s heat race, he started fourth in a nine-car field.  By the first lap or so, he had advanced to second place.  He stayed right behind the leader for the entire race without bumping him at all.  At the last lap he made a charge under the race leader in the last turn to take the lead and the win.  The crowd, obviously pro-Stewart, went wild.

 

Some three hours later, the top qualifiers came out for the 60-lap USAC Midget finale.  Tony Stewart started on the inside fourth row of the seven-row grid.  He moved slowly up to about fourth very easily in the early laps.  At that point, a fellow competitor tapped him in the rear and spun him out.  The ensuing yellow flag sent Mr. Stewart to the rear of the 14-car field.  There was still more than 40 laps left in the race.  This was going to be fun.

 

Mr. Stewart began to pick off drivers one after one.  He had passed about half the field when a wreck happened right in front of him that was unavoidable.  The impact knocked his car out of the race.  Tony slammed his hands on the steering wheel, removed the steering wheel and threw it toward the front of the car and he shook his head back and forth as if to say, “These guys are idiots, why am I here?”  Actually, it looked like Tony Stewart was having a good time.

 

The race continued with a good deal of passing and lead changing.  A yellow flag came out with one lap to go for a oil fire and flaming engine.  The race organizers put down a good deal of some sort of powder to dry the oil.  There was going to be essentially a one-lap race over a dirty track to decide the winner.  The lead changed hands at least three times on that last lap before Billy Weiss came home with the win.  It was a fitting finish to an excellent night of racing.

 

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

 

Chicago – Friday/Saturday

 

I picked out my car today from the “Executive Selection” fleet because it sported the small roof antenna that signifies the car comes equipped with satellite radio.  Much to my surprise and chagrin, the car had XM radio, but only four generic channels.  This meant they had not paid the bill to get the full compliment of more than 100 XM channels!

 

I drove the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Impala 387 miles in the day that I had it.  I paid an average price of $3.36 per gallon.  The Chevy gave me 26.8 miles per gallon in fuel mileage at a cost of 12.6 cents (U.S.) per mile.  The car cost 11.1 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

Alberta’s #1 Trackchaser

Jesus loves you, but I’m his favorite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAVEL DETAILS

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA – Chicago, IL – 1,743 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – CHICAGO

 

Chicago O’Hare International Airport – trip begins

Ft. Wayne, IN – 182 miles

Chicago O’Hare International Airport – 387 miles

 

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum – $21.50

 

 

 

 

 

RANKINGS

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

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

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,297

 

 

 

 

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 – 159

 

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 42 different worldwide trackchasers this season.

 

 

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

Results current thru 12/28/07**

 

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 6.37

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 6.55

3. Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 7.71

 

 

**  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

 

The immediate future all depends upon the weather and flight availability. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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