HAWKEYE RACING NEWS
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
By Jim Brennan
The Sioux Falls Argus
Leader had a good story on June 14 about my favorite Track Chaser Randy Lewis
from San Clemente, California.
Randy is the number one documented “Track Chaser” in the world. Recently he added Buena Vista Raceway in Alta, Iowa and Crawford County
Speedway in Denison, to his list. During his recent Midwest
Tour he did six days, 3,200 miles on the road and two plane trips as he visited
nine tracks. Randy is 57 and retired
from his sales manager job at Procter and Gamble. And that’s what gives him time to
travel. One of his hobbies is financial
planning which enabled him to retire when he did and to have the resources he
needs for his travels.
Updated information on Lewis’s travels can be found on
his web site ranlayracing.com. Lewis
likes to golf and often gets time on his racing travels to knock the cover off
the ball. Track Chasers are those who
try to attend races at as many tracks as possible. They have a commissioner who records each
“Chasers” numbers on a web site, trackchasers.com. This past Father’s Day weekend Randy stayed
in California at Rialto.
He says his newest track chasing strategy is to try to
be home for each professional golf’s major.
This would include the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and the PGA
Championship. The Rialto
Airport Speedway was his latest stop with his wife
Carol. Randy, keep up the good
work. I enjoy reading about your
travels. Randy saws the Hawkeye Racing News is one of the papers
he likes to read.
