Randy Lewis

Desert Dispatch

Barstow, California

By J.J. Calvacca

The Trackchaser visited

The Raceway had a special visitor last Saturday night by a fellow who holds the record for visiting more racetracks than any other living human. Randy Lewis, who actually has a home in San Clemente when he's there, paid a visit here. It was the 1,277th racetrack that Lewis has visited, both here and in eight foreign countries.

So far this year alone, Lewis has been at tracks in 33 states, 4 Canadian provinces and New Zealand. Just the night before he had been at a track in Minden, Louisiana and had a visit to a track in Chula Vista scheduled for Sunday.

Lewis claims that his best year was 2005, when he visited 182 tracks and in just the past 4 years he's been at about 600 tracks. You can visit Lewis' Web site, www.ranlayracing.com or at www.trackchaser.net.