Randy Lewis
World's #1 Ranked Trackchaser
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RANLAY Racing Trackchaser Report
DAY 1 – FIRST TRIP OF THE SUMMER TRACKCHASING TOUR
TODAY’S HEADLINES
A new feature of the RANLAY Racing Trackchaser Report has been added...................more in “JUST COMMENTS”.
No one could ever have imagined that someone would fly week after week to faraway places in search of seeing new racetracks …………..details in “The Trip”.
How do you communicate with the folks who live in YOUR house?…………..details in “The People”.
JUST COMMENTS
I am a big fan of NASCAR Sprint Cup racing. I watch every telecast from the beginning to the end. I must admit I could never watch one of these races if I had to watch it live at the time of broadcast. The commercials just take too much time. Nearly 100% of my TV viewing is done on a recorded basis (digital video recorder). I can fast forward through three minutes of commercials in about five seconds. It normally takes me about four settings to get through a complete race. I am sure I’m like you, I like to control as much of my external environment as I can. I watch the program when I want to watch it and not when the TV network wants to broadcast it. That being said, I think the TNT broadcasts are far inferior to the Fox NASCAR broadcasts. The production quality of the TNT shows is terrible.
I’m bummed that my favorite golfer is out for the season…..speaking of Tiger Woods, of course.
Although I’m a big Jeff Gordon fan, I’ve come to like Dale Earnhardt Jr. a good deal. It was great to see him win last week. He’s a nice guy, although he may be too nice for his own good.
I subscribe to the National Speed Sport News racing paper. It’s the #1 national racing publication going. I really like the U.S. track list they provided a couple of months back. The listing provides the track name, phone number and website if any. I believe this list was provided to the NSSN by Allan Brown. This comes in mighty handy in my travels. I’m not a user of the National Speedway Directory anymore as I use satellite imagery for all of my racetrack directions. I used the book for years before this new technology became available and loved it.
Coming soon…….More info on the “Double Chocolate Chip” cookie life strategy. In addition, I will be detailing what I believe are the five most important trackchasing accomplishments that I have nothing to do with.
Click on or paste this link in your browser to see the photos from this trip.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Ranlay8/080620MolerRacewayPark
GREETINGS FROM WILLIAMSBURG, OHIO.
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA. I WENT TO SLEEP IN FLORENCE, KENTUCKY. THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.
PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS
The Objective
I happen to think the National Geographic Diversity rankings are one of the most important in all of trackchasing. I just think the concept of marrying both quantity of tracks and the travel it takes all over the country to see those tracks is a great way to measure the true impact of a trackchaser, in the U.S. anyway.
I don’t think simply seeing a lot of tracks if they’re all in one area is as important as seeing a reasonable amount of tracks spread over all 50 states. One trackchaser could see 1,000 tracks in five states. I don’t think that’s as significant as seeing 20 tracks in 50 states. Of course, we don’t have anyone who has accomplished these extremes, but I think you get the point. I’m more impressed with someone who can see a large number of racetracks in a large number of states.
I have now seen 49 Ohio racetracks. I believe I’ve done a lot of race chasing in the Buckeye state. I’ve been to the Eldora Speedway 35 times since 1980. However, even though I’ve seen a lot of races there, it only counts as one track in the NGD contest. My 49 states don’t even rank me in the state’s top ten. Why is that? It’s likely because a good number of trackchasers in the Ohio top 10 live near Ohio, in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana and New York.
My current rank is #11 here. I’m just three tracks short of cracking the top 10 and improving my Ohio state NGD score from 15 to 10. I’ll be back in Ohio before the year is out to do just that. There are two trackchasers tied for ninth at 52 tracks. One of those fellows is deceased and the other rarely trackchases anymore. I am also not hindered by those devilish “East coast blockers” like I am in the Eastern states.
The Trip
I don’t think anyone in the hobby of trackchasing could have ever imagined a trackchaser from such a geographically remote area of the country such as Southern California ever doing so well in the hobby of trackchasing. More than 90% of the countable tracks in the U.S. are more than 1,000 miles from my home. Many of those are more than 2,000 miles from where I live.
I don’t think anyone ever envisioned that someone would or even “could” fly to most of the tracks they visited. I’ve actually been flying to tracks since I was in my 20s. I flew nearly every week on business. From time to time, I would stay over for another day or two and visit a new track during these flying trips. I always knew that the best way to get to tracks that were a long way from home was to fly to them. I never imagined that I would end up doing this week after week.
As a business flyer, the cost of the airline ticket never really mattered much to me. I wasn’t paying for it, the company was. I always wanted to get a reasonable price, but in the end, somebody else was footing the bill.
In just 10 days, I will have been retired for six years. I never would have expected that for four years, I would have gone trackchasing most every week and paid for each flight out of my own pocket. For much of the past two years, my airline sponsors have picked up most or all of the flying tab.
However, the saying “there is no free lunch” holds true most of the time….. unless you have a coupon. Even though I don’t pay much to fly, I only get on the plane if there is an open seat. Flying “stand-by” is a totally different ball game. Have the flights been full when you’ve flown lately? Most people would answer that question with a resounding “Yes!” I know the guys at the golf club think I’m crazy to fly this way for the hobby of trackchasing. They don’t fly that often and when they do, the last thing they would want to do is go to the airport without a confirmed seat. They’re mostly business people just like me. For years, somebody else paid for their airline tickets. Now, they can afford first class tickets. No, they wouldn’t want to fly standby.
For me, this adds to the challenge. I enjoy putting all of the pieces of the “trackchasing puzzle” together. First, I have to find a track to visit. After having seen more than 1,350 tracks, that’s getting more challenging every week. Then I have to make sure the track I want to visit has a decent weather forecast. To listen to the folks in the Midwest, they haven’t had a good weather weekend forever.
If I can find a track that is located where the weather is good, my final challenge is to get a flight with just one open seat after all of the paying passengers and “non-revs” have gotten on the plane. A “non-rev” is someone else who has secured airline sponsorship, but they usually got their sponsors before I did. The person who has the best seniority date gets on first. I don’t have much seniority.
This makes my challenge the very most difficult. I’m behind all of those paying passengers who are travelling all over the country. I am behind almost 100% of the other “non-revs” who are seeing the sights without having to pay much if anything to get on the plane.
For today’s flight, there were 15 standby passengers. This was on top of a nearly fully booked flight. The sum total showed a flight that had more passengers trying to get on the plane than they had seats. I was ahead of just one woman on the standby list. Somehow, she and I were the very last people to board the flight. Yes, we got the last two seats. Had I missed this flight, it would have majorly messed up my trackchasing weekend…..but I didn’t.
I used to think it was difficult being competitive in the hobby of trackchasing by living in California. Now, I know what “difficult” really is. You are reading every week about rising oil prices. The more oil prices increase, the more expensive it is for airlines to operate. Airlines are beginning to cut back on seating capacity because so many flights are unprofitable. That’s going to make my challenge of trackchasing dominance ever more difficult. Actually, that sort of levels the playing field. I like it that way!
The People
I’m often blown away by the significant changes that have occurred since my childhood until today when I’ve almost reached adulthood. As a high schooler, I rarely put more than a dollars worth of gas in my ’55 Pontiac Chieftan at a time. Last month it cost me more than $117 to fill up my rental car tank.
When the McDonalds opened up across the street from my high school in 1965, a hamburger was 15 cents, fries were 10 cents and a Coke was a dime. Last month in Denmark, I paid $24 for a cheeseburger and fries. A Diet Coke was $10.19. Yes, things change.
Even something as simple as communicating around the house has changed dramatically. Where I grew up (411 Doering, East Peoria, Illinois) we lived in a small house. We had two smallish bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, dining room and one bathroom. I lived in this house until I was 15 years old. All of the rooms were small. When someone needed to talk to someone else in the house, they were rarely more than 20-30 feet from that person. Unless I was in trouble, no one ever talked in anything louder than a conversational tone.
Today, it is different….a lot different. Our kids have all grown up and moved away. In our house, it’s just Carol and me. Carol hangs out upstairs most of the time. That’s where the kitchen is as well as her workspace. I’m usually downstairs in my office. We don’t have the luxury of days gone by of simply speaking to each other in a conversational tone. However, that method of communicating has been replaced by at multiple options, at least four.
Even in today’s high tech world, I can still “speak” to her. I can’t do it in a conversational tone, but I can YELL. However, I usually can’t yell loud enough to get her attention. When she has the TV on and/or the laundry machines are running, yelling doesn’t work.
It’s then that I resort to option #2. I use our intercom. The only downside for me with the intercom is I have to get up from my desk to press the intercom button. This is actually a very convenient method for Carol to converse. When I initiate the intercom, she can reply in a conversational tone from wherever she is in the house.
Sometimes, I don’t feel like getting up from my office chair. Well, that would actually be most of the time. That’s when option #3 comes into play. I phone her. Yes, back in my boyhood days, we had only one phone. Our phone number was only five digits long. Area codes had not been invented at the time. Heck, zip codes hadn’t been invented either. We have a lot of phones in our house today. I don’t know for sure how many, because I don’t know if I’ve been in all of the rooms yet. Nevertheless, I will occasionally phone her to discuss the topic of the hour. This is easy for me. I’ve got two phones within arm’s reach while I’m sitting at my desk. However, this isn’t as good for her. She has to get up from whatever she’s doing and go answer the phone. I sometimes sense she’s disappointed “it’s only me”. I use this method when I’m feeling too lazy to get up from my desk.
Of course, sometimes, I want to communicate more than can be discussed in person or over the phone. That’s when I use communication method #4. I email her! Yes, that’s right. She’s just one floor up and not all that far away, but emailing seems like the best way to communicate.
Trackchasing’s First Mother and I go to the movies frequently. We might go, on average, about two times per month. Wednesdays are usually both a non-trackchasing and non-golf day, so we go on Wednesdays.
Living in an urban area, we’re lucky enough to have 5-6 theatres (about 40 screens) within 15 miles of us. We both enjoy the movies, although our tastes are not the same. On any given day, we both might like 30% of the available movies that we know the other one wouldn’t. That takes 60% of the movie titles out of the running.
However, that still leaves 40% of 40 screens, or about 16 movies to choose from. Duplicates probably reduce that total to 8-10 options or so. That’s when email comes into the loop.
You, the loyal and dedicated Trackchaser Report reader, will have to decide who in our household really picks the movie we actually see. Here’s how it works. I pick about four shows that I think we would both like and that are showing at a convenient time for both of us. Then I email her links to the movie trailers from each of these movies. She watches the movie trailers on her laptop and picks the movie she would most like to see. Here’s how part of that email looked like from a movie we saw just two days ago.
The Promotion
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809733717/trailer
Roman de Gare
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809871860/trailer
Then She Found Me
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809766966/trailer
The Visitor
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809773648/trailer
Now who really “picked” the movie? Does it really matter? Regardless of which show we ended up seeing it fell in that “community” pool of movies that we both liked. By the way, we ended up seeing The Promotion. It was a story about two assistant grocery store managers that were both competing for a promotion to store manager. Although it was mainly a comedy, it had some surprisingly serious parts about how human nature can affect people in situations like this.
Of course, if none of these four methods of communication seems like it would be best, I have option #5. I write here a letter. Yep! A letter. When we had just returned from our European adventure to Denmark and Sweden and hadn’t even unpacked our bags, I sensed asking her to hop on a plane to Alaska the next weekend might be a bit much. That’s when my letter writing skills were put to the test. The letter writing method allows Carol to give a little more thought to whatever I am proposing. I have a better chance of success when I can avoid an immediate (and sometimes negative) first reply.
Are these five methods of communicating better than just “talking to someone”? Sometimes they are and sometimes they might not be. I like to have options in life. The more options the better.
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.
Skyline Chili – all over Ohio
Cincinnati is a “chili” town. There is no city in America that has more chili parlors than Cincy. We lived in Cincinnati for a year in 1974. The world headquarters for Procter & Gamble is in Cincinnati, Ohio. I like chili and I like visiting chili parlors when I travel through town. Cincinnati also offers two of my favorite ribs places as well, but that takes longer to eat. I was in a hurry tonight, so I stopped at a Skyline Chili outlet.
Skyline Chili (http://www.skylinechili.com/) started in Cincinnati back in 1949 when a Greek immigrant by the name of Nicholas Lambrinides began serving his secret delicious recipes from his native country. Skyline Chili locations can be found in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and as far away as Florida.
I hope you get to enjoy some Skyline chili someday soon. In order to make it easier and less expensive for you, I’m offering a RANLAY Racing Money back guarantee up to $15 with receipt for three authorized readers of the Trackchaser Report or Freewebs Friends. Receipts must be submitted no later than September 30, 2008 for a dining experience between now and that date.
I’m sorry I have to limit the number of potential recipients for this offer. With nearly 1,100 readers of the Trackchaser Report and Freewebs Friends, my liability would be more than $15,000 if EVERYBODY showed up at Skyline Chili with a RANLAY Racing Money Back Guarantee!!!
By the way, you might not have heard of “Freewebs Friends” before. Freewebs.com hosts my website at www.ranlayracing.com. When folks sign my guestbook, they have the opportunity to become a “Freewebs Friend”. These are primarily people who learn of my web site from a source other than the Trackchaser Report. I usually add a couple of people each month to my Freewebs Friends list. Anyway, I hope you are one of the first three people to get out to a Skyline Chili parlor and enjoy a free lunch or dinner on me. I recommend the chili 5-way!
RACE REVIEW
MOLER RACEWAY PARK, WILLIAMSBURG, OHIO
I was pleasantly surprised by the MRP. The place has only been open for a year or two. Frankly, it looks like it has been here much longer. It’s located in southern Ohio. This area is within a stone’s throw of West Virginia, what I consider to be the most rural state in America. I was lucky to have my Google Earth directions. The track is off the major highways with absolutely no signage whatsoever until I was within 50 yards of the track’s entrance.
Tonight the admission charge was $15. That seemed high. I asked if this was a special ticket price for tonight’s event only. The ticket seller told me, “Normally, it’s $13, but tonight is Armed Forces night”. I hate it when I ask a question and the person provides a concise and direct response that doesn’t answer my question.
Tonight’s racing was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. I had been travelling eight hours to get here since I left my home in San Clemente. When I think about it, eight hours isn’t bad from the beaches of SC to the driveway of the Moler Raceway Park. Actually, I arrived at 8:15 p.m. I would have been on time, but I stopped for some Skyline Chili. Not to worry, they started their program 20 minutes late.
They had a good-sized crowd on hand that nearly filled the grandstands. The track, a high-banked quarter-mile dirt oval, is my all-time favorite size and type. The pit area is located behind the main grandstand. There was a concession stand doing a brisk business. During the second intermission, I succumbed to a “cup of chili”. When you’re in the Cincinnati area, you can’t have enough chili. The chili was hot (temperature wise), but of the canned variety with more beans than meat.
The racing was generally very good. The track did some good things and had some areas that needed improving. The car counts were solid. Here are my estimations of what they had Late models (30), modifieds (20), Chevettes (15), Winged mini-sprints (20) and Pure stocks (10). This conglomeration of cars raced 13 heat races. Then they went to intermission before running a dash for the late models and a “B” main event for the late models and modifieds.
I listened in on my race scanner (454.000) to the race director. He had “in the cockpit” communication with each late model and modified driver. This went a long way in getting restarts better organized than it they had not employed this technology.
Nevertheless, the program ran long. The first intermission, after the heat races, began at past 10 p.m. That’s a long time to run 13 heats. Starting 20 minutes late didn’t help. There were a good number of spins on the mainly dry slick track. The flagman was a bit quick with his yellow flag. Following the first intermission, five modifieds took to the track for their “B” main. The race director told them over the radio that they were all qualified for the “A” feature. Why did they run that race then considering how late it was getting to be? Then they went to a second intermission. Following THAT intermission, the late models came onto the track for their 40-lap feature race. However, before they could start that race they had to have each driver be introduced ala NASCAR before getting into their racecars. There’s just one difference (really there are a LOT of differences) between MRP and NASCAR, NASCAR starts on time.
They also had their local congresswoman, Jean Schmidt, give a speech about freedom at intermission. I missed most of it standing in line to get a cup of chili. However, I did see the congresswoman act as the honorary starter for the late model feature. I must admit, she was a hot little package, (http://www.house.gov/schmidt/) although she was a wuss at waving the green flag. The announcer told us she came from a racing family. When that was mentioned, she gave a big nod of affirmation.
By the way, the announcer gave me a couple of nice trackchasing mentions tonight. I didn’t have any press releases with me. They are normally the last thing that goes into my briefcase. I did provide a business card (yes, the same card I gave to Mike K.) to the track announcer. The MRP P.A. system was stout and the announcer had a quality voice and delivery.
Through a stroke of luck, they decided to start the $2,000 to win late model feature first. I don’t know why since they ran the late model heat races third in the race order of five classes. Nevertheless, I’m glad they did. It was already nearly 11:30 p.m. The feature was very good. There were only one or two cautions. One of the driver’s wives (car #6) was sitting in front of me. She was pregnant.
A fan sitting near here, who obviously knew her, asked how far along in her pregnancy she was. “Five months” was her reply. The questioner, rubbed his more than ample belly and said, “13 years!” Yes, a person can eat too much chili if they do this every week.
Following the late model feature, I headed for the exits along with a significant part of the crowd. It was nearly midnight. I had a one-hour drive to the hotel. Then I might get a bit more than five hours sleep before I flew to my next new track located more than 1,000 miles from the Moler Raceway Park. I was pleased to see that the Florence City Police were already at the Motel 6 in Florence, Kentucky by the time I got there. I felt safer.
STATE RANKINGS
Ohio
This evening I saw my 49th lifetime track in Ohio. This keeps me in eleventh place in the Buckeye state just three tracks behind Pappy Hough and Jack Erdmann. Norm Wagner leads here with some 108 tracks. This is the only state where Mr. Wagner holds a #1 ranking.
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=OH
RENTAL CAR UPDATE
Cincinnati (area), Ohio – Friday/Saturday
I will be driving the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Malibu. It’s bright red, has a spoiler and XM radio.
I drove the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Malibu 101 miles in the 12 hours I had it away from the airport. I paid an average price of $4.00 per gallon. The Malibu gave me 25.2 miles per gallon in fuel mileage at a cost of 15.9 cents (U.S.) per mile. The car cost 30.9 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included.
Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,
Randy Lewis
Alberta’s #1 Trackchaser
All we’re trying to do is get food.
TRAVEL DETAILS
AIRPLANE
Orange County, – Cincinnati, OH – 1,877 miles
RENTAL CAR
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport – trip begins
Williamsburg, OH – 49 miles
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport – 101 miles
TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:
Moler Raceway Park – $15
RANKINGS
LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:
There are no trackchasers currently within 100 tracks of my lifetime total.
1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,355
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 – 57
2. 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 – 1,719
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
If I can make the flights, I can make the tracks.
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
1,354. Prowers County Motorsports Park (oval), Lamar, Colorado – June 13
1,355. Moler Raceway Park (oval), Williamsburg, Ohio – June 20
