GREETINGS FROM ROUGEMONT, NORTH CAROLINA

BRUINS RULE!

BRUINS RULE!!

BRUINS RULE!!

ALL PICTURES HAVE BEEN UPDATED AT WWW.RANLAYRACING.COM, INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE ROSE BOWL AND FROM THIS TRACKCHASING TRIP.

 

 

I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING AND WENT TO SLEEP IN SEAT 17D ON A UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON D.C.  YES, ANOTHER ALL NIGHT FLIGHT IN THE NAME OF THE TRACKCHASING HOBBY.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION #1

 

Long-time readers of the Trackchaser Report, know that I sometimes get to see some unusual and/or important tourist attractions in my trackchaser comings and goings.  Today was just such an occasion.  On my way to Greensboro, North Carolina, Carol and I stopped by the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.  It was the biggest game of the year – UCLA vs. usc.

 

Actually, Carol and I ended up driving two cars up to Pasadena.  Why?  She would be returning to San Clemente after the game and I would not.  I would be heading to Rougemont, North Carolina.  We nearly encountered a problem with this effort.  I am not much for using my turn signal when I drive.  If the folks behind can’t imagine what I might do next, that’s their problem.

 

As I was heading north today at 85+ M.P.H. with Carol following, I made a rapid lane change without using my signal.  Just as I glanced up in the rearview mirror, I saw a California Highway Patrol car gaining on me rapidly.  He immediately pulled up on my rear bumper as I tried to slow down in the fast lane without being obvious.  Yes, like most folks who do something wrong, I was trying to pretend as if I wasn’t doing anything wrong.  It’s the American way!  The trooper swerved to the left and drove into the car pool lane.  He then pulled along side me, turned on his flashing lights and came over his intercom with this, “Use your turn signal!”

 

I gave a weak wave and fortunately, the CHP man drove on.  Whew!  It would have been bad enough to get a speeding and/or turn signal ticket, but getting one with Carol in my rearview mirror would have been a topper.  I never would have lived that one down.

 

Yes, both UCLA and usc are cross-town rivals.  These two schools do not like each other.  The Bruins would be teeing it up with the Trojans who were trying to win for the eighth straight year.  Their streak follows an eight-year win streak for UCLA.  If usc could win the game, they would advance to the national championship game.  Of course, with each of our children graduating from UCLA, Carol and I are adopted UCLA Bruin fans.  Although the Bruins were 14-point underdogs, you just never know what’s going to happen.  This is why they play the games.

 

Going to a UCLA game at the Rose Bowl is an all-day affair.  Carol and I have season tickets and love spending our Saturdays with the football Bruins.  With game time at 1:30 p.m., we were out the door at 9 a.m.  The first item on today’s agenda was a breakfast with our daughter Bruin, Kristy and her fiancé, James.  If you go to the Rose Bowl, I can heartily recommend BrenArt on Union Street in Pasadena.  Not only is the food great, but they have an art gallery for their diner’s enjoyment as well.

 

From our breakfast location, it was only a few minutes to the Rose Bowl.  The weather was gorgeous with temperatures in the low 80s.  That’s so hard to believe since the Midwest got up to 18 inches of snow yesterday.  Maybe our weather, among other things, is why everyone wants to live here.  Anyway, 80 degrees isn’t bad for December 2.

 

Today’s game was sold out.  That meant we would be enjoying the ambience of the Rose Bowl in the shadow of the San Gabriel Mountains with more than 90,000 of our closest friends……and enemies.

 

You see about one-third of the audience was wearing various shades of maroon and gold.  Those are the colors of the usc Trojans.  The UCLA Bruin fans were wearing their beautiful baby blue and gold athletic wear.  Students and fans of these two universities don’t really like each other.  You may want to check out www.ranlayracing.com to see some of the t-shirts the shameless usc fans wore.  If UCLA lost every game on their schedule, but managed to win the usc game, they would consider the season a success.

 

If you don’t live in California, you might not know that both of these schools are located in Los Angeles.  UCLA is a public university located just off Sunset Blvd and just across the street from beautiful Beverly Hills.  UCLA gets more freshman applications than any other school in the country.  In 2006 alone, they had more than 47,000 applicants.  Only 25% of those were admitted.  UCLA is also one of the most distinguished academic institutions in the country.  It is ranked as the 14^th best university in the world by the Institute of Higher Education.  By the way, usc was ranked 180^th in the world by the London Times.  It takes a 4.0+ high school GPA and top-notch SAT scores to gain admittance to UCLA. 

 

On the other hand, usc is a private university.  It costs nearly $40,000 per year to attend.  Their admission requirements are not nearly as stiff as UCLA’s.  They are commonly referred to as a “rich kid’s” school.  We saw SEVERAL stretch limos delivering usc kids to the game today.

 

Although the novice may think that “usc” refers to the University of Southern California, those in the know realize that “usc” might actually mean “University of Spoiled Children” or “University of the Second Choice” or “University of South Central.”  The usc campus is located in a very bad area of “South LA.”  The campus itself is fine, but you would not want to be walking around in any of the neighborhoods that border the campus.

 

As mentioned, UCLA was a 14-point underdog.    I must say that both usc and UCLA attract a very different type of fan.  I cannot ever recall seeing a true UCLA fan that didn’t have some specific affiliation with the university such as being a student, alumni, parent, professor or whatever.  UCLA fans are very laid back.  They would like to win the game, but in the big picture, they are really there just to enjoy the contest and if the Bruins don’t win, it’s not really a big deal.  If you run into a UCLA fan, they are likely to greet you with a “How ya doin’” remark and a smile.

 

On the other hand, usc seems to attract the “fair weather fans,” lower class sportsaholics as well as the usc students.  I believe it is accurate to say that the majority of usc fans have never darkened the door of a college (as a student) in their lives.  Often the usc fan is a rough looking thug of an individual.  I must offer this opinion.  Of all the sporting events I have ever seen, and of all the teams I have ever seen play and of all the fans I have ever observed, the usc fans are far and away the worst behaved and poorest winners I have ever encountered (UNLV fans were a distant second when they were winning.)  If you run into a usc fan, they are likely to greet you with “Yo!  What up dog?”  Of course, they are likely to be wearing a stocking cap pulled down over their ears when they offer this greeting.

 

With that in mind, we entered the stadium and sought out our seats in section 22-H, row 57, seats 107-108.  Somehow for a big game like this, usc fans get tickets (from less devout UCLA fans than us) in the UCLA season ticket section.  That was the case today.

 

On my left were two usc fans that must have each gone about 300+ pounds.  That makes things a little tight when the grandstand seat width is only 18 inches wide.  As luck would have it, we also had a single usc fan in front of us, who insisted on standing for nearly every play.  To be fair, to Carol’s right, we had two youngish UCLA fans that had apparently drunk their fair share before entering the stadium.  They were pretty loud.  , as conservative behaving 57 year olds, we were in with a rowdy group of folks.

 

We soon found out that the usc fan who insisted on standing in front of us was in the wrong section.  Another group of boorish use fans quickly booted him out.  We could see the game again.  That behavior is so like a usc fan.

 

The two human cannonballs to my left were typical usc fans.  When the team is doing well, they behave like obnoxious drunks.  When their team is not doing well, they behave like mean drunks.  This does not leave much room for likeable behavior.

 

At halftime, we nearly had a full-scale brawl within five feet of Carol and me.  The young and boisterous UCLA twosome had to pass by the usc clan to get to the aisle and in all likelihood the restroom.  There were words and some minor shoves.  It could have been a bad scene.

 

Once play began, UCLA scored first to take a 7-0 lead.  By halftime, usc had taken over with the unusual score of 9-7.  However, in the third quarter, UCLA came on with two field goals to lead 13-9.  There wasn’t much scoring because UCLA’s defense was so stout.  This made up for their lack of offensive punch. 

 

With seven minutes to go in the game and UCLA leading, something happened that I have never seen in any football game ever.  The entire Trojan team came out to nearly midfield.  They were a good 20 yards from their sideline.  They began to jump up and down and jeer at the surprised Bruins.  Not to be outdone the Bruins came out toward midfield with their entire team.  Now we had two, 80-man football squads on the field, while the game was still going on, yelling, screaming and taunting each other.  It was surreal.  Finally, the officials regained control and each team was given a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty.  The crowd went wild.

 

However, the usc intimidation technique did not work.  When the clock ran down to zero, the scoreboard read:

 

UCLA 13      usc 9

 

There will be no national championship for the usc Trojans.  On the same date of today’s game, UCLA (soccer) was playing for their 100^th all-time NCAA championship title.  This is far and away more than any other university.  Go Bruins!

 

Following the game, I left wearing my UCLA dark blue and gold sweatshirt.  Since I was sleeping on the plane, I wore that sweatshirt for the next 24 hours.  Something very unusual happened to me while I was wearing the Bruins colors.

 

At least ten people and probably more stopped me to comment about the Bruins victory.  One guy yelled congratulations from some 30 feet away while I was in the Dulles Airport.  An older usc fan, also in the airport offered his congrats “begrudgingly.”  The airport baggage handler told me that “usc has had enough success.”  The flight attendant on the way home, who was wearing a Notre Dame pin, offered her congratulations.  She told me the usc fans were the worst behaved fans she had ever seen at last week’s ND-usc game.  I even received a phone call from an 82-year-old Notre Dame graduate offering his congratulations.  Mary Laub and Wes Moody called us in the car before we could clear Rose Bowl traffic.  George Robertson called with congratulations.  I was not prepared for his level of very vocal support. 

 

When I boarded the Parking Spot shuttle bus after finishing a very full 24-hour period, there was just me, the bus driver and a young guy on his cell phone.  I leaned back and closed my eyes.  It had been a good weekend.  Suddenly, I was awakened with a “Go Bruins!” shout.  The young man had ended his cell phone call and noticed my UCLA sweatshirt.  He wanted to congratulate me and tell me all about how he had watched the game in an Orlando, Florida sports bar.  Yes, Go Bruins!!

 

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

The Strategy                                                                                    

 

We are in the middle of trackchasing’s winter (Dec-Feb).  I feel like a farmer in the midst of the Kansas dust bowl trying to eke out a crop.  There just isn’t much I can make out of what I’ve got to work with.  During the months of December and January, there are almost no tracks racing.

 

Nevertheless, these are key months.  During this time the RANLAY Racing research staff works as hard as ever to come up with tracks to visit.  Why?  This is the best time to gain on my competition.  In July, I might go to a large number of tracks, but my competition might be willing to do that as well.  However, in Dec/Jan, if I can find tracks, I am likely to gain a good deal on my fellow competitors who are snoozing in their recliners with their stockings already hung on the fireplace mantle in hopes that jolly ole’ St. Nick will soon be there.  Or something like that anyway!

 

I’ve actually got a very big month of December planned.  Don’t tell my fellow trackchasing competitors though.  I’d just as soon they stayed asleep on those living room recliners. 

 

Today is an example of my new trackchasing capabilities.  With my traditional (previous) manner of trackchasing, I never would have attempted to see an event like today.  Each trackchaser has his or her weaknesses.  My major weakness in trackchasing has always been my location.  It takes a good deal of time, money and most importantly effort to travel 1,500-3,000 miles or more each weekend for trackchasing.

 

Let me provide a metaphor for you to consider.  When you drive on your local toll road, you pay on a “per use” basis.  If you don’t use the toll road, you don’t have to pay a toll.  On the other hand, you pay a general fee in the form of taxes to help construct your local public highways.  The more times you use the public highway, the lower your “per use” cost is since your payment (taxes) is fixed regardless of how often you use the public roads.

 

In my trackchasing, six of my seven budgeted expense categories are paid on a per track basis.  Hotel, rental car and airport parking expenses are paid on a daily basis.  On most trackchasing days, I see only one track.  Therefore, those expenses are spread over just one track.  Gasoline is paid on a mileage basis and race tickets and food are paid, again on a daily basis or per track basis.

 

The only expense (like the public highway taxes) paid on a per use basis is my airfare expense.  I pay one round-trip airline fee and can spread it across as many tracks as I see on a single trip.  If I pay $400 for an airplane ticket and see two new tracks, my per track airline expense is $200.  Obviously, the more tracks I can see on each trip the lower my per track airline expense.

 

Up to now, it never made sense to fly across the country for just one track or even a couple of tracks.  The cost of the airline ticket just couldn’t be spread across enough tracks for it to make economic sense.

 

My fellow competitors had a big advantage over me in this area.  Since they rarely fly, they could get in the car and drive to a single track.  The cost of gasoline wouldn’t be much compared to the cost of an airplane ticket when spread over just one track.

 

That advantage that my fellow competitors once enjoyed has been erased.  With my cost of airfare now at next to nothing, I can fly cross-country for just one track if I don’t mind putting a little wear and tear on my body.  Heck, I’m getting used to these overnight flights. 

 

Going out on a single-track trip will allow me to capture those geographically obscure tracks that never would have made sense with my old way of trackchasing.  This will also make it easier to see tracks during the winter when a multi-track trip isn’t a possibility.

 

Finally, since I have more tracks than anyone else does, it only makes sense that it might get harder for me to get new tracks from a dwindling population of future tracks to be seen.  I believe I have come into a trackchasing opportunity that fully erases any advantage, in terms of last minute flexibility, that a driving trackchaser may have had over my long-distance travel methods.

 

The Trip

 

I must apologize to my trackchasing fans.  During the week of November 26, I did not go trackchasing anywhere.  This was the only fourth week out of the first 48 weeks of this year, that I did not see any new tracks.  I’m sorry.  I won’t let it happen again this year.

 

Today I am heading for an afternoon race in Rougemont, North Carolina.  I will be gone from Los Angeles for just 24 hours.  Without my recent airline sponsorships, I would never have attempted a trip like this.

 

Following our post game dinner at Giamela’s, I headed to the Los Angeles International Airport.  Carol drove home to San Clemente.  At 10:45 p.m., I boarded an all-night flight to Washington, D.C.  I was surprised to hear our pilot tell us the coast-to-coast flight would take only four hours and one minute.  That’s covering 2,280 miles pretty fast.

 

We landed in Washington D.C. at 6:23 a.m. (Pacific time 3:23 a.m.)  My layover at Washington’s Dulles Airport, a hub for United Airlines, was two hours and twenty minutes.  At 8:41 a.m. (Pacific time 5:41 a.m.) I boarded a regional jet for the Piedmont International Airport.  Yes, it made for a long day and an even longer night.

 

After landing at nearly 10 a.m., I embarked upon the five hours I would be on the ground in North Carolina.  Although I would be gone for 24 hours, only five of those hours would be spent outside of the airports.  Of those five hours, only three would be spent at the racetrack.  If any of my outbound flights had been late or been cancelled the entire trip would have yielded nothing.  That’s what it takes to make it in today’s world of trackchasing.

 

As always, I would like to thank United Airlines and their affiliates for getting me both safely and quickly to my destinations.  Without these folks, this trip would not have been possible.

 

I am also pleased to announce that Continental Airlines has signed on with RANLAY Racing.  They will add a entirely new selection of future sights to my trackchasing agenda.

 

The People

 

I don’t often get to meet with or talk to track promoters.  On those occasions when I do, it’s a very positive experience.  Today, I’m going to be seeing “small cars” race.  Small cars include classes like senior champ karts, legends, bandeleros, junior late models and slingshots.

 

There are at least two problems with trying to trackchase when these classes are involved.  First, it is common for fields of these cars to be very small.  Sometimes, there are no cars from these countable classes that show up.  Even when these classes have a few cars, I have to make sure that adults are eligible to race.  If the class has an age limit that precludes adults, that class does not count for my trackchasing count.

 

Considering this state of affairs, I needed to contact the racetrack promoter to clarify the track’s countability.  The track promoter is Ollie Spain.  I like that name.  I also liked Ollie.  First, on the phone, he sounded just like Richard Petty.  Secondly, Ollie is a straight shooter.

 

As we talked on the phone, Mr. Spain showed an interest in my trackchasing hobby.  Actually, that interest is common when I speak with racetrack announcers and owner/promoters.  To a person, they all seem envious of a lifestyle that allows someone to go all over the world pursuing something they really enjoy doing.

 

Ollie did offer a question that I frequently get.  Here is what he said.  “Help me out with this.  You’re going to spend something like $800 to come all the way down here for a five-minute race?”

 

O.K.  That was both a direct question and a fair one.  The question really seemed to hone in on the subject of money.  Honestly, I don’t think this hobby is about spending money.  I think it’s about spending time.

 

Granted if you don’t have $800 you won’t be flying from Los Angeles to North Carolina for a five-minute race.  However, if you DO HAVE $800 to spend on a five minute race that’s more than 2,000 miles from home, then I would suggest, you might also be willing to spend your $800 on any number of OTHER things than just going to a five minute race.

 

What I’m saying is this.  If one has the means to trackchase, then one has the means to do lots of other things.  The decision is not will I spend $800 on a five-minute race.  The decision is what will I spend $800 on when there are so many choices OTHER than a five-minute race.

 

At the same time, I am happy to report that this 24-hour trip did not cost anywhere near $800.  We’ve got a wedding coming up, so I wouldn’t want to waste any funds that can be put toward our upcoming May, 2007 celebration. 

 

 

 

 

 

RACE TRACK STATS:

 

OCR ACTION PARK RACEWAY, ROUGEMONT, NORTH CAROLINA - TRACK #1,129 – 12/3/06

 

This North Carolina track is my 33rd countable track to see in the state.  This was my fifth separate trackchasing trip of the year in Tar Heel state after having been down here three times in  2005.  That’s a lot of trips for a fellow domiciled in California.  My state ranking remains at #8 although I am only two tracks from a sixth place standing.

 

 

 

 

 

RACE TRACK NEWS:

 

OCR ACTION PARK RACEWAY

 

I’m indebted to promoter Ollie Spain for today’s new track.  Ollie gave me a heads-up about his track racing today.  It wasn’t a major event for the track, but it was countable.  Ollie also introduced me to several competitors today.  This allowed me to get even more new track information that can be put to use on future trackchasing trips.

 

The OCR Action Park Raceway is the former Orange County Raceway.  This track is located less than a mile down State Route 57 from the Orange County SPEEDWAY.  Back on August 26, 2000, I visited the Orange County Speedway.  It was my 461^st lifetime track. 

 

Fast forward to today.  I was at the former Orange County Raceway, now known at the OCR Action Race Park, at last for some countable racing.  There were several classes of racecars but only one was countable.  The non-countable classes included kid’s karts, flat karts, bandeleros and rookie bandeleros.  The one and only countable class was the legends.  There were three legends racing today.  Yes, I had flown cross-country and spent 11 hours in the air and a few more in airports for a three car, 10-lap race.

 

The track itself is owned and managed by Ollie Spain.  Ollie tells me there are some zoning problems that he hopes to have ironed out over the next few months.  Currently, there is no track signage identifying the track.  That’s unusual.

 

The facility itself is one of the nicest “small car” tracks I have ever seen.  The asphalt racing surface is flat and somewhat slick.  There were several spins today.  I estimate that the track in nearly ¼ mile in length.  They have what appears to be a quality lighting system.  They have a robust P.A. system and the flagman doubles as the announcer.  There is plenty of quality grandstand seating although kart racing usually brings only competitors and doesn’t fill the grandstands very often.

 

It’s going to be a challenge for this track to get a large car count.  North Carolina has one of the highest populations of kart tracks of any state I visit.  Nearby states such as Virginia and South Carolina also have a number of kart tracks.  Ollie has a good deal of enthusiasm and the competitors at today’s race seem to love him.

 

While in the pit area, I spend some time talking to several drivers and their race teams.  One car owner remembered my visit to the Rock Castle Speedway last summer in Kentucky.  He had heard my trackchaser interview over the P.A.  They won the main event in Kentucky and also won the legends race today.

 

A legends car owner told me he spent $90,000 last year over about 65 events.  Considering there is almost no prize money in legends racing, that a large expenditure.  It sounds like trackchasing to me.

 

Very special thanks to Ollie Spain for inviting me to the track as his guest.  Ollie, good luck with your new venture.  I suspect you will do well if you can just stick it out.

 

By the way, I thought I had encountered a new unplanned track this morning.  I arrived in the area at 11 a.m.  As I passed the Orange County Speedway, I noticed some racing activity.  They were having a rallycross on the grounds of the speedway.  Unfortunately, this type of racing is not countable under trackchaser rules.  In this form of rallycross racing, each driver races against the clock.  The course ran through the woods on a grassy, soon to me dirt, surface.  There were several cars on what appeared to be a 1 mile road course type track.  I took a few pictures before moving on down to the OCR Action Sports Park.

 

 

 

 

 

WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

It was overcast, windy and about 50 degrees.  If it had been any windier or colder, it would have been uncomfortable.  Overall, it wasn’t bad.

 

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR UPDATE:

 

I was back in a National Rental Car Racing Pontiac Grand Prix for a rental that would last just five hours and thirty-nine minutes.  With pinpoint air strikes, my future driving miles and rental car gasoline charges should be reduced.

 

Sunday total driving miles – 148

 

The driving portion of the Greensboro based trip covered just 148 miles.  A quick fuel stop at the airport on the way back to Piedmont International Airport had me paying an average price of $2.26 per gallon.  The Pontiac Grand Prix gave me 25.8 M.P.G. in fuel mileage at an average cost of 8.8 cents per mile.    The car cost 16.5 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

These worldwide trackchasers are within 100 tracks (plus or minus) of my current trackchaser total.

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,129

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,072 (-57)*

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York - 1,060 (-69)*

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,042 (-87)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 960 (-169)**

 

* Warning, you are within 50 tracks of being removed from this list. 

 

** Special exemption.

 

 

 

Other notables

 

These worldwide trackchasers are within 10 tracks (plus or minus) of Carol’s current trackchaser total.

 

33.  Ron Rodda, Lincoln, California – 297 (+10)

34.  Johnny Gibson, Grand Island, Nebraska – 290 (+3)

35.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California - 287

36.  Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, Tennessee – 279 (-8)

 

 

 

 

 

2006 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 138

2.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania - 104

3.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 100

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 86

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 80

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 67

7.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan - 64

7.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 62

9.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 56

9.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 56

 

Tracks have been reported for 40 different worldwide trackchasers this season.

 

 

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

2006 (current thru 10/29/06)**

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 7.08

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 7.10

3. Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 7.86

 

**Lifetime NGD results could be affected by current track counting proposals

 

  

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

#1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi

 

You don’t look as good as you did on My Space. 

 

 

 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA – Washington Dulles Airport, VA – 2,280 miles

Washington Dulles Airport, VA  – Greensboro, NC - 240 miles

RENTAL CAR – GREENSBORO, NC

 

Piedmont International Airport – trip begins

Rougemont, NC – 71 miles

Piedmont International Airport – 148 miles - trip ends

 

AIRPLANE

 

Greensboro, NC – Dulles Airport, VA - 240 miles

Dulles Airport, VA - Los Angeles, CA – 2,280 miles

 

Total Air miles – 5,040 miles

Total auto and air miles traveled on this trip – 5,188 miles

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

OCR Action Sports Park – Free

 

Total racetrack admissions - $0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past trackchasing reports are available at:

www.ranlayracing.com

 

Official trackchaser standings can be viewed at:

www.trackchaser.com  

 

Some of my standings data comes from trackchaser.com

 

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS

 

December is going to be a very busy trackchasing month.  I expect to go trackchasing every weekend for the remainder of 2006.

 

 

 

 

RACETRACKS VISITED IN 2006 (** not the first time to visit this track)

 

992.  Watermelon Capital Speedway, Cordele, Georgia - January 14

 

993.  Cross Roads Motorplex (asphalt oval), Jasper, Florida - January 15

 

994.  Norfolk Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia - January 20

 

995.  Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California - January 21

 

996.  Oregon State Fair & Expo Center, Forster Livestock Arena, Salem, Oregon - January 28

 

997.  Morosso Motorsports Park, Jupiter, Florida – February 4

 

998.  Thunderbowl Speedway of Ocala, Ocala, Florida - February 4

 

999.  Cross Roads Motorplex (dirt oval), Jasper, Florida - February 5

 

1,000. Auburndale Kartway, Auburndale, Florida - February 10

 

1,001. Ocala Speedway (asphalt oval), Ocala, Florida - February 12

 

1,002. Speedworld Speedway, Surprise, Arizona - February 19

 

1,003. Lowe’s Motor Speedway (1/5 mile asphalt oval), Concord, North Carolina - February 25

 

1,004. Concord Raceway, Concord, North Carolina - February 25

 

1,005. Antioch Speedway, Antioch, North Carolina - February 25

 

1,006. Green Valley Speedway, Gadsden, Alabama - February 26

 

1,007. East Bay Raceway (inner oval), Gibsonton, Florida – March 17

 

1,008. Volusia Speedway Park West (1/6M oval), Barberville, Florida – March 18

 

1,009. Speedway Park, Fruitland Park, Florida – March 18

 

1,010. Sand Mountain Speedway (road course), Fort Meade, Florida – March 19

 

1,011. Anderson Motor Speedway, Anderson, South Carolina – March 31

 

1,012. Westminster Speedway, Westminster, South Carolina – March 31

 

1,013. East Lincoln Motor Speedway, Stanley, North Carolina – April 1

 

1,014. Margarettsville Speedway, Margarettsville, North Carolina – April 2

 

1,015. Sunny South Raceway, Grand Bay, Alabama – April 7

 

1,016. Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama – April 8

 

1,017. Coldwater Raceway, Coldwater, Alabama – April 8

 

1,018. Talladega Short Track, Talladega, Alabama – April 8

 

1,019. Ballymena Raceway, Ballymena, Northern Ireland - April 14

 

1,020. Oulton Park, Little Budworth, England - April 15

 

1,021. Somerset Rebels Banger Raceway, Rooks Bridge, England - April 16

 

1,022. Mendips Raceway, Shipham, England - April 16

 

1,023. Oval Raceway, Angmering, England - April 17

 

1,024. Arlington Stadium, Eastbourne, England - April 17

 

1,025. Southside Speedway, Midlothian, Virginia - April 28

 

1,026. Motor Mile Speedway, Radford, Virginia - April 29

 

1,027. Wythe Speedway, Wytheville, Virginia - April 29

 

1,028. Summit Point Raceway, Summit Point Circuit, Summit Point, West Virginia - April 30

 

1,029. Old Dominion Speedway – inner inner oval, Manassas, Virginia - April 30

 

1,030. Shenandoah Speedway, Shenandoah, Virginia – May 4

 

1,031. Bridgeport Speedway (inner oval – front), Bridgeport, New Jersey - May 5

 

1,032. Empty Jug, Hawley, Pennsylvania - May 6

 

1,033. Oakland Valley Race Park, Cuddebackville, New York - May 6

 

1,034. Thunder Mountain Speedway, Center Isle, New York - May 6

 

1,035. Motocross 338, Southwick, Massachusetts - May 7

 

1,036. Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, Fultonville, New York - May 7

 

1,037. Calumet County Speedway, Chilton, Wisconsin - May 19

 

1,038. Grant County Speedway, Lancaster, Wisconsin - May 20

 

1,039. Blackhawk Farms Raceway, Rockton, Illinois - May 21

 

1,040. The Milwaukee Mile (Road course), West Allis, Wisconsin - May 21

 

** Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – May 21 (new track Carol only)

 

1,041. Park Jefferson Speedway, Jefferson, South Dakota - May 25

 

1,042. Superior Speedway, Superior, Wisconsin - May 26

 

1,043. Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota - May 27

 

1,044. Canby Speedway, Canby, Minnesota - May 27

 

1,045. Crawford County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Denison, Iowa - May 28

 

1,046. Tri-State Speedway, Sisseton, South Dakota - May 29

 

1,047. Sheyenne River Speedway, Lisbon, North Dakota - May 29

 

1,048. Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch, Pahrump, Nevada – June 3

 

1,049. The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada – June 3

 

1,050. Hibbing Raceway, Hibbing, Minnesota – June 6

 

1,051. Buena Vista Raceway, Alta, Iowa – June 7

 

1,052. Lebanon Midway Speedway, Lebanon, Missouri – June 8

 

1,053. Rocky Top Raceway, Coal Grove, Ohio – June 9

 

1,054. Midvale Speedway (oval), Midvale, Ohio – June 10

 

1,055. Midvale Speedway (figure 8), Midvale, Ohio – June 10

 

1,056. Spring Valley Raceway, Millport, Ohio – June 11

 

1,057. Rialto Airport Speedway, Rialto, California – June 17

 

1,058. Lawrenceburg Speedway (figure 8), Lawrenceburg, Indiana - June 20

 

1,059. Lawrenceburg Speedway (temporary oval), Lawrenceburg, Indiana - June 20

 

1,060. Thunder Mountain Speedway, Knox Dale, Pennsylvania - June 21

 

1,061. State Park Speedway, Wausau, Wisconsin - June 22

 

1,062. Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin - June 23

 

1,063. Lucas Oil Speedway (oval), Wheatland, Missouri - June 24

 

1,064. Lucas Oil Speedway (figure 8), Wheatland, Missouri - June 24

 

1,065. Tri-City Speedway, Pontoon Beach, Illinois - June 25

 

1,066. Lake Ozark Speedway, Eldon, Missouri - June 29

 

1,067. Poplar Bluff Speedway, Poplar Bluff, Missouri - June 30

 

1,068. Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course), Indianapolis, Indiana – July 1

 

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