Randy Lewis | World's #1 Ranked Trackchaser

P.J. Hollebrand arrives at the London Heathrow Airport.

Our first venue was the Ringwood Raceway.

This is the panoramic view of the track you see upon entering.

Here's a couple enjoying their day at the races.

Spike and Linda - Nice to see you and thanks for your surprise gift.

English tracks employ corner flagman to control the action.

The saloon cars at Ringwood were P.J.'s favorite formula.

We were lucky to be at Ringwood on a day the vintage cars were racing.

We had a nice time chatting with Stella and Paul Huggett of Short Circuit Magazine.

P.J. enjoys his lunch in Oxford, England. The dish at the lower left is marinated garlic cloves.

I spent most of the trip trying "to fix up" P.J. I couldn't get this woman's attention.

There were some exotic items on the menu. Multiply those prices by 2 to get the U.S. dollar amount.

I thought the cafe's credit card machine was unique. P.J.has yet to graduate from Photography 101.

Our Oxford lunch spot was in a converted church.

Since P.J. is a letter carrier, it seemed appropriate to get his picture in front of the post office.

It seemed like we were always eating. I could warm up my cinnamon rolls at the Welcome Break.

We stopped often at the motorway Welcome Breaks.

You can see the Birmingham skyline from the entrance to Wheels Raceway.

The crowd was small for the racing at Wheels Raceway in Birmingham.

This is the hot rod formula at Wheels Raceway.

Here is how the start is "staggered" based upon driver point standings.

Not only did the burger bar at Wheels Raceway provide rashions, it also was protection from the cool weather.

We're entering our first autograss venue of the trip. Autograss facilites are often temporary.

Here's the Caterpillar sponsored autograss racecar.

This is a great way to watch racing on a cool day.

Autograss racing venues are conducted in a farmer's field. This must have been a chicken farmer.

I was served a hearty breakfast sandwich consisting of a ham, sausage, cheese and egg. It was very good.

P.J. looks happy with his breakfast.

You may see this driver on the NASCAR circuit someday. He won his heat race.

All the cars in an autograss race start side by side.

The next stop was at Snetterton Circuit, our first road course of the trip.

This is my view from the V.I.P. media tower.

Here's P.J. getting the "grand tour" at the Snetterton Circuit.

There was very little viewing area at the Snetterton course.

The Wheelstop Restaurant was a very quaint place to have our Easter Supper.

P.J. treated me to a fine dinner. No expense was spared!

It was getting dark by the time we got to the Yarmouth Stadium.

You won't see flat screen TV monitors broadcasting the action at very many short tracks.

This is the banger formula in action.

Our rental car was very unique. It was a French made Renault Mirane. The car "key" was shaped like a credit card and the car had a button to push to start the engine and to turn it off. Our two petrol fill-ups cost $84 and $96. The car did get good mileage.....37.4 miles per gallon.

That P.J., sure likes to act like a your daredevil!

I was more interested in the chocolate chip muffins at each Welcome Break.

You can get a hearty full English breakfast at the Welcome Centers.

Here's the panoramic view of the Grove Farm autograss venue.

The cars race down the backstretch.

The track got a lot of rain the night before and the mud on this little racer shows it.

To run an efficient show, the cars line up early for their races.

And they're off!

Trackchasers Randy Lewis (US), Colin Herridge (UK) and P.J. Hollebrand (US).

I don't know if P.J. was more concerned with the speeds that Colin and I turned on the winding English roads or the fact that I was taking pictures as we went.