Randy Lewis
World's #1 Ranked Trackchaser
GRAYSON COUNTY SPEEDWAY - BELLS, TEXAS
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RANLAY Racing Trackchaser Report
DAY 3 – MY “LET’S SEE SOME REALLY GOOD RACING” TRACKCHASING TOUR
WEBSITE NOTE
A new tab has been added to www.ranlayracing.com. The tab is “Links to RANLAY”. This tab will lead you to all websites that link directly to my own website. Most of the links are from racetracks that I have visited. Usually the track is linking to my Trackchaser Report, so their readers can see what I had to say about my visit to their track. Check out the new tab if you have time.
TODAY’S HEADLINES
The government came to get Carol this week. There was nothing I could do...................more in “The People”.
I’d like to welcome a new sponsor to the RANLAY Racing trackchasing fold …………..details in “Special Notice”.
I wanted to try out a traditional trackchasing double just to see what it felt like…………..details in “The Trip”.
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PARIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, PARIS, TEXAS
http://picasaweb.google.com/Ranlay8/080607ParisMotorSpeedway
GRAYSON COUNTY SPEEDWAY, BELLS, TEXAS
http://picasaweb.google.com/Ranlay8/080607GraysonCountySpeedway
SPECIAL NOTICE
There was a time in trackchasing where you could just get in your car and head out to the racetrack. You could enjoy some races and then drive home to sleep in your own bed. Fans, that time has passed.
In today’s super competitive trackchasing environment, it takes bucks to go trackchasing. It can take big bucks. A modern trackchaser must invest in computers, GPS units, special mapping software, cell phones and all of the tertiary items it takes to run the aforementioned items.
There are rental cars and rooms to rent. There is restaurant food to buy. Gas costs more than four bucks a gallon. Race tickets can be expensive as well. How is one to pay for it all?
In the automobile racing world, there are typically two kinds of revenue sources into addition to the race purse money. This revenue comes from sponsorship support. First, is the “cash” sponsorship. The second is the “product” sponsorship. The cash deal is self-explanatory. The product sponsorship can be more common and ultimately more profitable. Let’s say the racer has a “racing tire” sponsorship. The racer doesn’t get cash from the tire manufacturer; he/she gets free race tires. Let’s say a race tire costs $100. That means the product sponsorship would be worth one hundred dollars. However, if the racer received a cash sponsorship, that money would be taxable. The racer might need to get a $140 cash sponsorship in order to clear (after taxes) one hundred dollars to buy a race tire. Product sponsorships of $100 are probably easier to get than a $140 cash sponsorship.
I lead the trackchasing community in product sponsorships. I wanted to recognize a new sponsor that has just come on board to support my trackchasing hobby, Procter & Gamble. P&G has been in the racing sponsorship business for a long time. Probably their most famous sponsored racecar was supported by Tide and driven by such stars as Darrell Waltrip.
P&G has agreed to help support my international trackchasing efforts. They picked up the entire $700 bill for my shots that were required to trackchase in South Africa. I just cashed their sponsorship check yesterday. Welcome aboard, Procter & Gamble. Thanks for joining my trackchasing team.
GREETINGS FROM PARIS, TEXAS AND THEN BELLS, TEXAS.
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING IN MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS. I WENT TO SLEEP IN DALLAS-FT. WORTH AIRPORT RENTAL CAR CENTER BUILDING FOR THE EVENING. THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.
PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS
The Objective
Initially, I had no plans whatsoever for getting a trackchasing double tonight. However, circumstances changed just two hours before race time. I could have gone for a tried and true blended double but I didn’t.
Just for a change of pace, I wanted to try a different kind of trackchasing double. As you know, my favorite type of double is the “day/night” variety. I’m also a big fan of the “same track” trackchasing double. Next is line would be the “blended double”. My least favorite trackchasing double is the “traditional” double. I would be attempting a traditional double just to see what it felt like. I would later find out the traditional double didn’t feel that good to me and it rarely does.
I established the above definitions for trackchasing doubles. I did it because no one else had ever done it. I figured it would be helpful if everyone had some common terminology when discussing the hot topic of trackchasing doubles.
Tonight was my 12th trackchasing double of the 2008 season. I’ve been trackchasing 43 days. This was my first traditional double of the season. That might give you some indication that it’s not my favorite.
The Trip
In some ways, the last part of this trip ended strangely. My plan was to be trackchasing in Chatham, Louisiana on Saturday night and then Glenmora, Louisiana on Sunday night. With that plan, I would return home on Monday to waiting arms of Trackchasing’s First Mother. However, that part of the plan, for whatever reason, was not meant to be.
First, I made a typo entry into my Rand McNally mapping software program a few days ago. I typed in “Glenmore” rather than “Glenmora” Louisiana. Based upon this information I was prepared to make the trip. On the airplane ride out I discovered my error. Fortunately, including “Glenmora” in the itinerary rather than “Glenmore” decreased my driving distance by 255 miles. That was a plus!
During my trip, I discovered that Sunday’s race had been canceled by the United States Modified Touring Series several days ago. Apparently, they were concerned about over scheduling for their racers. I could not find a Sunday night replacement that was both reachable and that had a good weather forecast. Therefore, I decided to return home a day early on Sunday.
However, my Saturday night destination was no longer the perfect geographical fit it once was. If I finished up in Chatham, Louisiana on Saturday night, my drive to the Dallas airport would be six hours long. My Sunday morning flight left at 6 a.m. I didn’t relish getting out of the track at 11 p.m., then driving six hours for a very early morning (4 a.m. San Clemente time) flight.
I decided to do my driving during the day. It would still be six hours but if I drove during the day, I could see a race in Texas on Saturday evening. Then, the Dallas airport would only be an hour or so away for the Sunday morning flight. That was my new plan.
I looked at my trackchasing database. The Paris Motor Speedway looked like my best bet. The track was east of the airport. I tried the track’s website. It wasn’t working. I called them. No one answered the phone. With this less than positive feedback, I changed tracks. Now my plan was to drive further west until I got to Bells, Texas home of the Grayson County Speedway.
On the way to Grayson County Speedway, I passed the road that led down to the Paris Motor Speedway. That track was just four miles out of my way. I figured I would drive down just to see if they were still in business. If they were not, I could remove them from my “future tracks” database. You can imagine my surprise when I pulled into the track’s parking lot at 6:30 p.m. They were racing! It was more than 90 degrees outside. I pulled under the one and only shade tree in the parking lot to wait for their 8 p.m. start. This is how quickly the trackchasing plan can change.
I’ve wanted to try a “traditional” trackchasing double for some time now. I had not seen a traditional trackchasing double since last August. In fact, I’ve only been to 16 traditional doubles since I started keeping track of doubles types at the start of the 2004 season. Since that time, I’ve seen almost 550 new tracks.
Of course, the classic definition of a “traditional” double goes something like this. A trackchaser spends the vast majority of his/her time at the first track of the double. The trackchaser sees one or more features at the first track. Then the trackchaser heads on down the road to track #2. His time spend there is normally brief. It is not unusual for the trackchaser to be at the first track for 3-4 hours and at the second track for as little as 10 minutes of racing.
I am not a fan of traditional doubles. Back in the “olden” days, the traditional double was a favorite of trackchasing’s “old-timers”. I don’t like them. I don’t like the feel of being at a track for such a short time as normally occurs with the second track of this type of double.
The Paris Motor Speedway was very efficient with their heat racing. They featured seven divisions and ran about 10-12 heats. They started nearly on time at 8:07 p.m. Heat racing was finished at just past 9 p.m. However, they then went to an intermission that lasted about an hour.
I guess I’m partially the blame for that. They spent a good ten minutes interviewing me about the trackchasing hobby in front of the grandstand. It would have been ironic (no, it would have been a pisser) if I was responsible for delaying the program at track #1 that made me miss getting to track #2 before their show was finished!
Following intermission, I stayed for two of the feature events. Then I hightailed it for about 60 miles over to Bells, Texas. I absolutely would not have made it without my GPS. A fellow sitting next to me at the Paris track told me the Bells track was out in the boonies. He was right.
He wanted to give me directions. I told him that I already had the location plugged into my Garmin C340. I no longer have “Dusty”. Dusty has been replaced by “Tonto”. That’s a story for another day. I also told him I don’t even travel with paper maps. He looked on in awe, but he understood.
The last 3-4 miles of my drive up to the Gray County Speedway were along one lane, nearly gravel roads. The trees on each side of the narrow road provided a canopy of sorts even in the dark. I was hustling the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Malibu. The Grayson County Speedway program had been scheduled to start at 8 p.m. I pulled into the parking lot in a cloud of dust (really) at 11:29 p.m. They were still racing!!
I was just in time for the last race of the night. I saw the 20-car modified feature race. I’ll tell you more about that in “Race Review”. You can see how it pays to stay flexible and be prepared. The original trip called for me to be in Louisiana on Saturday and Sunday. That changed to being in Texas on Saturday and getting home to San Clemente a day early on Sunday.
I left the Bells track at 12:30 a.m. I didn’t get to the DFW airport until 2:06 a.m. My flight left at 6 a.m. There was no time for a hotel. There wasn’t much time for anything. I grabbed a love seat in the DFW rental car center building, set my phone alarm for a 4:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. San Clemente time) wake-up call and went to sleep (sort of) for two hours. There’s a reason those marble floors are so shiny in these airports. They buff ‘em all night with some very LOUD buffing machines.
Nevertheless, I made it back home …..
But, wait! It was Sunday morning. I had completed my connecting flight from Dallas to Denver. I gave a call to the WaKeeney Speedway in WaKeeney, Kansas. They were scheduled to race tonight. However, they had not been on my primary radar screen for two reasons. First, I had planned to go USMTS racing in Louisiana on Sunday night. Secondly, their weather forecast a couple of days ago called for a 60% chance of rain.
However…..with my Louisiana race no longer happening, it might be worth a check of www.weather.com to see what the weather was like in Kansas. I checked. The rain forecast was now just 30%. I called the track. No one answered. That wasn’t a good sign. I left a message.
In the meantime, I was waiting for my Denver to Los Angeles flight to take off. The flight was wide open. My name was called and I was given a first class seat. Just at that moment, my cell phone rang. It was the WaKeeney race promoter. Their races were still on.
Now, I had to decide what to do. I had just slept “overnight” on a four-foot wide love seat in the DFW Rental Care Center. The round-trip drive from the Denver airport to WaKeeney, Kansas penciled out to be 606 miles. The Kansas weather forecast was still iffy. I had a first class ticket for home in my hand. If I went to the Sunday night race in Kansas, I would have to fly home on Monday. The Monday flights all looked pretty full.
What should I do? What DID I do? I flew home. I guess I’m getting soft in my old age. I figured I really needed to give my trackchasing fellow competitors a break. They always seem to have a hard time of it. For this time only, I agreed to let up on them. I hope they don’t get used to it.
The People
I narrowly escaped a major problem for both RANLAY Racing and my fellow competitors this week. What was the problem? Carol was called for jury duty. She was actually picked to serve on a jury for an Orange County murder case. The trial was expected to last for two months or longer.
I had attempted to “coach” Carol on how to answer the questions provided by the judge and lawyers in this trial. These questions were used to determine who should be on the jury. If the judge and/or attorneys don’t like how a prospective juror answers certain questions, they will nix that prospective juror from jury duty. Of course, Carol wanted to do her civic duty, like all good citizens should. However, this was not good timing with grandchildren expected to make their first appearance very soon.
Carol was probably not as open to my coaching as she should have been. I am 100% convinced that I will never have to serve on a jury if I don’t want too. Carol decided to go her own route and answer the questions in a more conservative manner. What happened? She was picked to be part of the jury for a two-month trial!
I rarely mind when people don’t follow my advice…….unless I am directly impacted by their decision not to follow my advice. In this case I was. If Carol were to head off to jury duty each morning, who would make my breakfast? If she came home from a hard day of testimony would she have the energy to prepare my supper? Would she have the energy to wash my clothes, make the bed, and do small projects around the house after being gone all day? I didn’t know the answer to these questions, but I didn’t like how it might turn out.
Of course, I couldn’t just think of myself in this situation. What about my trackchasing fellow competitors? If Carol were away from the house all day, every day, for jury duty, what reason would I have to stay home? There wouldn’t be any food to eat; there wouldn’t be any pleasant husband/wife dialog during the day. That’s right; if Carol were on jury duty there would be NO reason to stay home. I would have to hit the road and go trackchasing. That would be bad news for my fellow competitors.
I really wish Carol had followed my advice on how to answer those juror questions. The first day she left for the trial, I had to scrounge around the fridge searching for something to eat. It wasn’t easy. I could feel myself losing weight.
When Carol returned home for the day, she had blisters on her ankle from wearing formal dress shoes. Of course, at home as she goes about her homemaking chores, she is allowed to follow a casual dress code. She was finding that going out in the “working” world had some downsides.
How did all of this turn out? On the second day of her jury duty, she was called by the judge up to the bench. The judge had just one thing to say, “Juror #183, you are dismissed from this trial”. Hurray. Maybe Carol’s approach to juror questioning had paid off.
I would have breakfast again. The bed would be made. Annoying little household chores would be handled. And, finally, my fellow trackchasing competitors could breathe a collective sigh of relief. I wouldn’t be out on the trail as much as I might have been.
TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION
I very much enjoy the racing when I go on trackchasing trips. However, I am not the type of person who would feel the trip was complete if I simply left home, went to the race and came back home.
I do a good deal of traveling. I want to do my best to see the local area when I come for a visit. There are almost always unusual attractions that one area is noted for more than any other locale. I want to see those places. I want to touch them and feel them. When I leave an area, I want to have memories of these special places that I call Trackchasing Tourist Attractions. I will remember those experiences long after the checkered flag has fallen on whatever race I have seen that day.
Hope, Arkansas – Boyhood home of former president Bill Clinton
As you know, when I take these trips I don’t travel with any paper maps at all. Who needs ‘em when I have my GPS? I follow the GPS blindly. Maybe a better way of saying that is that I have complete trust in that system. Without having to read and consult paper maps, it frees up my time to simply relax and enjoy the sights and sounds of our great country.
It was with this strategy in mind that I left the Super 8 Motel in Monticello, Arkansas. It was 11 a.m. I expected the time to get to my next track would be six hours. My Saturday night race was not scheduled to start until 8 p.m. I had all the time in the world to get to where I was going.
Therefore, I didn’t mind when my GPS system took me along some very rural Arkansas roads. Heck, just about every Arkansas road is rural! About midway into the trip, I saw an interesting town by the name of “Hope” coming up. Anybody know what Hope, Arkansas is famous for? Anybody?
Yes, that’s right. Former President Bill Clinton grew up in Hope, Arkansas. I was lucky that Trackchasing’s First Mother wasn’t with me. I might not have been allowed to stop in Hope. I believe that Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckaby was from here as well.
This meant I had to stop and take a look-see. I didn’t find much commemorating the place as the hometown of a former president. There was one major road that ran through town called “Bill Clinton Drive”. This town looked like just about any other I’ve seen in Arkansas or any rural area in the U.S. for that matter.
The place was sort of run down. Folks in these types of older towns are not getting the best end of the economic stick. Nevertheless, it was a pleasant and clean town, not unlike where I grew up in East Peoria, Illinois.
RACE REVIEW
PARIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, PARIS, TEXAS
When I couldn’t get in touch with the Paris Motor Speedway, I scratched them off my list for tonight. At the last minute, I decided to drive by the track. It was less than 10 minutes out of my way. I wanted to see if the track was even still in business.
It was! I pulled into the track’s parking lot at 6:30 p.m. and parked under the one and only shade tree. Their racing program would not begin for another 90 minutes.
When I did enter the track, I took a picture of the track’s admission pricing sign. I paid just six dollars for a senior ticket. By the way, there was no age range for what did and did not qualify a fan to get the “senior” pricing. In contrast, “kids” were identified as being “6-12 years old”. It’s my policy to ask for a senior ticket when no age range is specified. I figure if they want to debate the issue, they can. I am 59 years old. If the age range is identified, I will not ask for a senior price, no matter how much the savings might be if I don’t qualify.
When I took that picture of the ticket pricing sign, a woman noticed what I was doing and asked me about it. I sensed she worked for or might have even been an owner of the track. She was. I explained why I was here tonight. She seemed like a good person to give my trackchasing press release too. I did. This got me off the hook for taking pictures without her permission. This was a new benefit for the press release!
I stopped by the concession stand. I ordered a cheeseburger and Diet Coke. The bill was only $3.50. The burger was great. They even asked me what I wanted on it and cooked it to order.
The Paris Motor Speedway is a quality dirt short track. The P.A. system is great. I think the announcing staff might have been the best I have heard this year in more than 50 track visits. The lead announcer had that deep radio voice. He could have been the type of announcer you might hear at the Indy 500. His sidekick was very enthusiastic. He did all of the on the track promotions and interviews.
There were seven divisions racing tonight. Some had small car counts of just 3-4 cars. Others, including the modifieds, had 15-20 car fields. The track was wide with Iowa black dirt. They started on time. When one race was finished, the next one hit the track. Why can’t every track do that?
There were about 10-12 heats races. They were all finished within an hour. Then the track went to intermission. I had promised myself I would stay for a feature race or two so I could experience a traditional trackchasing double. This meant I would have to sit through intermission, which is something I don’t normally do with a blended trackchasing double.
I didn’t realize it at the time but tonight’s intermission would be one hour in duration. During the first ten minutes of the break, I had an interview at the base of the flag stand with the track announcer. He was really interested in learning more about our hobby. I think the crowd was as well.
The P.A. system allowed everyone within most of the county to hear what was being said about trackchasing. The crowd listened attentively as I told them about our recent experiences in Alaska and Denmark. They let out a collective moan when I mentioned that we paid $8.99 for a gallon of petrol in Denmark.
Following my interview, the announcer invited the crowd to come up and meet me. I handed out several of my trackchasing business cards and have noticed a spike in activity at www.ranlayracing.com. I spent several minutes talking with a former Paris Motor Speedway racer who is now a fan each week at the track.
It was fun to listen to this native Texan. He was trying to sell his house. He had it listed for $79,000. It wasn’t selling, so he was thinking about lowering the price by $10,000. I wondered what you could get near Paris, Texas in this price range. In SoCal, the driveway might cost that much.
Nevertheless, my friend was a fountain of knowledge about local Texas racing. I hope he’s reading this right now. He must be a very persuasive fellow. He told me he has convinced his wife to move into a building that has 750 square feet of residential living space and enough “shop” space to handle the nine different cars he has that are all in different phases of restoration. I’m not even sure I could sell THAT idea!
GRAYSON COUNTY SPEEDWAY, BELLS, TEXAS
I was lucky to find countable racing at the Grayson County Speedway tonight. The place is out in the middle of nowhere. It was past 11 p.m. when I arrived. I had a good feeling because I could see the lights from the track in the distance as I approached. The last 3-4 miles leading into the track were all one-lane roads. If the races were finished, people would be leaving. If the fans HAD been leaving, I never would have been able to make it into the track with such narrow roads.
When I pulled into the parking lot, I noticed cars were parked four deep nose to tail. The middle folks wouldn’t be leaving until the people parked either in front of them or behind them left. I found a spot near the ticket booth and made a hasty entrance to the grandstand.
The twenty-car (or so) modified feature was on the track getting ready to run their feature race. Tonight’s racing program was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. It was now 11:29 p.m. I grabbed a seat near the track starter. The grandstands were nearly full. It didn’t seem as if anyone had left early, even though it was getting late.
The track was your basic quarter-mile banked dirt bullring. The cars pitted beyond turns three and four. There were only a couple of track vehicles in the flat dirt infield. There were two items worthy of note as I scanned the landscape.
The track was extremely narrow. I had just come from the Paris Motor Speedway. That track was 5-6 car widths wide. The Grayson County Speedway was barely wide enough for two cars to ride side by side. Also, the track was black with laid down rubber. It looked like an asphalt track. Tracks like this are called “dry slick”. That’s because when all of that rubber gets put down on a dirt track, the surface can get really slick.
The announcer didn’t say much. I asked a fan sitting behind me if this was the last race. It was. The racing was good. I really wished I had made this track the second half of a blended double rather than a traditional double. If I had I likely would have seen all of the feature racing. That would have been much better than sitting at track #1 for an hour with nothing going on other than intermission.
Tonight’s modified feature lasted about 20 minutes. They did have one red-flag period for a turn two accident. Even though I was only able to see one race, I did want to experience as much of the track’s ambience as I could.
When the race was over, I hustled over to the concession stand. I was the last person served for the night. I had one of the most delicious chilidogs I can recall eating. I sampled their porta-potti restroom system in the pit area. I spent about 15 minutes walking through the sandy soil pit area as the cars were loaded up after a night of racing
Even though it was now about 12:30 a.m., it was still probably 85 degrees. The racers didn’t seem in any hurry to leave the track. Maybe they didn’t have to be anywhere soon.
I don’t like traditional doubles. There’s no good reason to be at a track for this little amount of time. I’d love to come back to the Grayson County Speedway, but I doubt I ever will. I was one of the very last fans to leave the parking lot. I had about 80 miles to cover to get back to the Dallas airport. I still had to get gas. There would be no time for a hotel tonight. I would be lucky to get two hours of sleep in the airport.
STATE RANKINGS
Texas
Tonight I saw my 33rd and 34th lifetime tracks in the Long Horn state. A healthy number of 44 trackchasers have come to the state to pursue their sport. Texas is the only state outside of the American Far West where I maintain a #1 state ranking. Ed Esser is in control of second place here with 30 tracks.
Now you can see the entire up to date trackchaser rankings for the state. Just click on this link or paste it in your browser:
http://trackchaser.net/statregion.asp?country=USA®ion=TX
RENTAL CAR UPDATE
Dallas, Texas – Thursday/Sunday
I picked up the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Malibu from the Executive Selection lot at the DFW airport. I chose this car because it had XM satellite radio. It was a good choice. The rental charge was just $14.92 per day. However, the taxes paid to various authorities matched the rental car fee!
I drove National Rental Car Racing Chevy Malibu 899 miles in the 60 hours I had it during my three-day rental. I paid an average price of $3.88 per gallon. The Malibu gave me 25.7 miles per gallon in fuel mileage at a cost of 15.1 cents (U.S.) per mile. The car cost a more than reasonable 9.3 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included.
Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,
Randy Lewis
Alberta’s #1 Trackchaser
When you’re honest, you don’t need a good memory.
TRAVEL DETAILS
AIRPLANE
Los Angeles, CA – Dallas, TX – 1,237 miles
RENTAL CAR
Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport – trip begins
Vivian, LA – 218 miles
Monticello, AR – 482 miles
Paris, Texas – 769 miles
Bells, Texas – 828 miles
Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport – 899 miles
AIRPLANE
Dallas, TX – Denver, CO - 1,233 miles
Denver, CO - Los Angeles, CA – 861 miles
Total Air miles – 3,331 miles (3 flights)
Total auto and air miles traveled on this trip – 4,230 miles
TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:
Ark-La-Tex Speedway – $15
Monticello Speedway - $15
Paris Motor Speedway - $6 (Senior discount)
Grayson County Speedway - Free
Total racetrack admissions for the trip – $36
RANKINGS
LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:
There are no trackchasers currently within 100 tracks of my lifetime total.
1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,353
Full Lifetime World Rankings
http://trackchaser.net/trackchasers.asp
Other notables
These worldwide trackchasers are within 10 tracks (plus or minus or more) of Carol’s current trackchaser total.
26. Kevin Eckert, Indianapolis, Indiana – 450
27. Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 366
28. Ken Schrader, Concord, North Carolina – 365
2008 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS
1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 55
1. Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 55
3. Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 31
4. Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 19
5. Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 17
5. Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 17
Tracks have been reported by 32 different worldwide trackchasers this season.
Complete 2008 Trackchasing Standings
http://trackchaser.net/statyear.asp?year=2008
LIFETIME COUPLES TRACKCHASING STANDINGS
1. Randy & Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,717
2. Guy & Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,684
3. Allan & Nancy Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 1,679
LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS
After the most recent updates (June 7, 2008), I have a comfortable 21 state position lead. As long as I can keep a 10 state position lead, things will be under control.
COMPLETE TRACK TYPE CATEGORY RANKINGS OF NOTE:
Dirt Track Standings
http://trackchaser.net/statsurface.asp?surface=Dirt
Paved Track Standings
http://trackchaser.net/statsurface.asp?surface=Paved
Ice Track Standings
http://trackchaser.net/statsurface.asp?surface=Ice
Mixed Track Standings
http://trackchaser.net/statsurface.asp?surface=Mixed
Oval Track Standings
http://trackchaser.net/statoval.asp
Circuit (road course) Track Standings
http://trackchaser.net/statcircuit.asp
Figure 8 Track Standings
http://trackchaser.net/statf8.asp
Indoor Track Standings
http://trackchaser.net/statindoor.asp
Official Trackchaser Rules
http://trackchaser.net/rules.asp
Past trackchasing reports are available at:
Official trackchaser standings can be viewed at:
Some of the data in this report comes from www.trackchaser.net and my Garmin GPS aka “Tonto”
UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS
Lots of personal activities coming up, but there may be time for a “pinpoint airstrike” trackchasing opportunity.
RACETRACKS VISITED IN 2008 (** not the first time to visit this track)
1,299.
1,300. Bira Circuit, Pattaya (road course),
1,301.
1,302.
1,303.
1,304.
1,305. Ozark Empire Fairgrounds (oval),
1,306.
1,307. Brainerd International Raceway Ice Track (road course),
1,308.
1,309.
1,310. Shawano Lake Ice Track –
1,311.
1,312. Mototown USA (oval) –
1,313. Moosehead Lake Ice Track (oval) –
1,314.
1,315.
1,316.
1,317.
1,318.
1,319. Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez (road course), Mexico City, Mexico – March 16
1,320. Hartwell Motor Speedway (oval), Hartwell, Georgia – March 22
1,321. Lavonia Speedway, Lavonia (oval), Georgia – March 22
1,322. Dover Raceway (road course), Brown’s Town, St. Ann, Jamaica – March 24
1,323. Lake Country Speedway (oval), Ardmore, Oklahoma – March 29
1,324. Swainsboro Raceway (oval), Swainsboro, Georgia – April 3
1,325. Screven Motor (oval), Sylvania, Georgia – April 4
1,326. Centerville Super Speedway (oval), Centerville, Arkansas – April 5
1,327. Central Arkansas Speedway (oval), Plumerville, Arkansas – April 5
1,328. Clinton Country Speedway (oval), Alpha, Kentucky – April 6
1,329. Pleasant Valley Raceway (oval), Boise, Idaho – April 20
1,330. Bremerton Raceway (road course), Bremerton, Washington – April 26
1,331. Port Angeles Speedway (oval), Port Angeles, Washington – April 26
1,332. Evergreen Speedway (1/5-mile oval), Monroe, Washington – April 27
1,333. Virginia Motor Speedway (oval), Jamaica, Virginia – May 1
1,334. Natural Bridge Speedway (oval), Natural Bridge, Virginia – May 2
1,335. Sturup Raceway, Malmo (road course), Sweden – May 10
1,336. Ring Djursland, Tirstrup (road course), Denmark – May 11
1,337. Nisseringen, Naestved (road course), Denmark – May 12
1,338. Valentine Speedway (oval), Glenrock, Wyoming – May 17
1,339. Gillette Thunder Speedway (oval), Gillette, Wyoming – May 17
1,340. Phillips County Speedway (oval), Holyoke, Colorado – May 18
1,341. North Pole Speedway (oval), North Pole, Alaska, – May 22
1,342. Tanacross Airport (road course), Tok, Alaska, – May 24
1,343. Mitchell Raceway (oval), Fairbanks, Alaska, – May 24
1,344. North Star Speedway (oval), Wasilla, Alaska, – May 25
1,345. Capitol Speedway (oval), Willow, Alaska, – May 25
1,346. Elk City Speedway (inner oval), Elk City, Oklahoma, – May 30
1,347. Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex (oval), Sweet Springs, Missouri – May 31
1,348. Central Missouri Speedway (oval), Warrensburg, Missouri – May 31
1,349. Lucas Oil Speedway (road course), Wheatland, Missouri – June 1
1,350. Ark-La-Tex Speedway (oval), Vivian, Louisiana – June 5
1,351. Monticello Speedway (oval), Monticello, Arkansas – June 6
1,352. Paris Motor Speedway (oval), Paris, Texas – June 7
1,353. Grayson County Speedway (oval), Bells, Texas – June 7
