NEWJERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK - THUNDERBOLT RACEWAY- MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY

 

 

 

08-11-09 NJ Motorsports Park - Lightning Raceway

 

 

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RANLAY Racing Trackchaser Report 

 

 

 

 

DAY 1 – “I DIDN’T WANT TO GO THIS WEEKEND” TRACKCHASING TOUR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AND THE READERS RESPOND

 

 

During this past week, I shared my Guyana Trackchaser Reports and photos with the Guyana Motorsports internet forum.  I received the following responses that might be of interest to all readers. 

 

 

I pride myself in trying to objectively (from my point of view anyway) point out both the positive things I observe during my trip and areas that might need some improving.  Of course, when I know people at the track I am always fearful of hurting someone’s feelings with my frank comments.  Although 95%+ of our trip to Guyana was more than positive, I was somewhat concerned that my improvement critiques might be blown out of proportion.  These were some of the comments I received back by my Guyanese friends.

 

 

 

READER #1

 

 

“My name is Natasha Farnum and I race at the Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados, I would just like to Thank you for all the exposure you have given our tracks in the Caribbean. I was at the Guyana meet that just passed but unfortunately didn't get a chance to come and meet you. If you are ever in Barbados again I would love the opportunity as racing is my passion and I would love to hear about some of the tracks you have seen. Thanks for the pics of my car which you took (the purple and yellow mini at the front of the pack in some of the shots) Look forward to hearing from you.”

 

READER #2

 

 

“Great pics Randy, thank you for making the trip and being part of our motor racing action, it was wonderful having you and Carol with us.

Maybe the guys will use your sometimes critical eye to improve their game. If one ever wanted to know what goes through the minds of visitors to our Caribbean countries, then this is as good as it gets. Maybe the tourism body will find this very useful for their future planning.

Sorry we were not able to catch up after the races, we will keep in touch.”

 

 

READER #3 (in response to reader #2)

 

“Max the track chaser visiting GT (Guyana) should turn out to be very good for the country. I went through all of his pics. and he has seen more of GT (Guyana) than I have seen in such a short time. I think he did a great job and this way will go along way to promote the racing and beauty of GT (Guyana). We should arrange a tour for some of the Bajans when they come next time.”

 

 

 

I received a message from one of my permanent readers who lives in Guyana.  Unfortunately, we were not able to hook up.

 

 

“Hi Bro, this is bigger than you imagine.  You are in for an experience of your life, so much to shoot so much to see.  I hope we can hook up in Guyana.  I will take you in a little village just on the outskirts where the young boys call the crockadiles out of the canals by imitating their sound. These little youngsters no more than 10 or 12 use an old refrigerator and a piece of stick to go into the canal with these crocks even though they are no longer than 4-6 feet.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coming soon!

 

 

 

RANLAY Racing widens technology lead

 

 

How do fellow P&G retirees really think?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TODAY’S HEADLINES

 

 

Ed Esser has done nothing wrong!…………..details in “The People”.

 

It’s important to be good at multi-tasking..................more in “The Objective”.

 

Have you ever had to stand on the yellow footprints?…………..details in “The Trip”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GREETINGS FROM MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY

 

 

I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, WENT TO SLEEP IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA AND THEN WENT TO SLEEP ON THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE TRIP IN FIRST CLASS SEAT #3C BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED DURING THE TRIP.

 

 

 

What you are about to read is based upon a true story.

 

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

 

 

The Objective 

 

I love to go trackchasing.  I also love hot fudge sundaes.  I have learned that too much of a good thing is not really a good thing.  Too much trackchasing takes me away from my family and from my friends.  I’m really not talking about being away from Carol.  Since we’re retired, I see her pretty much 24/7 each day that I am home.  It’s not as if we were working during the week and then I went trackchasing on the weekend.  If that were the case, I would never see her.

Now that we have grandchildren, and the Peters’ clan is only an hour or so away, it’s easy to get up to see them.  Son J.J. has relocated with his flying job from Chicago to Los Angeles, so we will see more of him as well.  Now we just need to get our youngest son Jim relocated from his current residence in Honolulu to SoCal and the entire Lewis family will be here for the first time in several years.  We’re working on all of that.  I can’t forget my golf friends.  Spending too much time on the trackchasing road keeps me off the links and away from their playful banter.

 

We’ve been going to UCLA football games since the first of our three Bruin graduates was a freshmen back in 1995.  Up until a couple of years ago, having a UCLA game on a Saturday was a sure way to keep me off the trackchasing trail.  However, two years ago I developed my pinpoint airstrike trackchasing capability.  This meant that if there was a game on Saturday I might still be able to sneak in a race somewhere on Friday or Sunday.

 

Since I don’t have much willpower to avoid trackchasing I had to put more obstacles in my path.  A salesperson from the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers called me a few weeks ago.  He convinced me that buying half of the “big game” package was a good idea.  Carol says that a “salesman can be sold anything”.  Of course, she is right.

 

I ended up with six Clippers games.  These games are played at the beautiful Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.  The Staples Center is also home to the Los Angeles Lakers and hockey’s Los Angeles Kings.  Yes, the Clippers are losers and our other teams, the Angels and UCLA basketball and football are generally winners.  However, the “big game” package takes care of that.  We will only be seeing the Clippers play against “winners”.  That probably means the Clips will lose each of the games we see them play.  We will be able to see the “star” teams of the NBA including the Lakers (Kobe Bryant), Boston (world champs), Houston (Yao Ming), Cleveland (Lebron James), Detroit (Alan Iverson) and Phoenix (Shaquille O’Neal).  This will be a perfect package and should help keep me home more often.

 

However…………I am trying to see 100 new tracks in 2008.  When my airline could not get me to Mississippi on time a few weeks ago that put me in serious jeopardy of not reaching the century mark.  I had to come up with another track between now and New Year’s Eve.  That meant I had to sneak away for a Sunday race this weekend.  I really didn’t want to do it but I “had too”.  Even with the addition of today’s track, I still might not make it to 100!

 

The Trip

 

I consider myself an “active” senior.  O.K., I’m really just kidding here.  In point of fact, I really don’t consider myself a “senior” at all.  At age 59 I can play golf much better now than when I was 25 years old and can do more pushups than the day I graduated from Marine Corps boot camp.  I guess you’re only as old (or young) as you think you are.

 

 

This trackchasing trip started with Carol and me driving up to Los Angeles on Friday afternoon.  We had just returned from Guyana late on Tuesday night.  The plan was to drive up to the Staples Center for the Clippers game against the Houston Rockets.  This is about a 60-mile drive for us.  We would be traveling during the height of Friday night rush hour “up the gut” aka Interstate 5 into L.A.  Traffic can be either good or bad depending on when you want to drive in SoCal.  Driving in Los Angeles on Friday night is a bad time.  It took us 2 ½ hours to go 60 miles.  That was painful.  Nevertheless, our “big game package” seats at the Staple Center are great.  The highlight to tonight’s game was seeing China’s Yao Ming play for the Rockets.

 

 

After the game we stayed overnight in Pasadena.  We do this from time to time before or after a game at the Rose Bowl.  Of course, we use www.priceline.com to get a great deal on a hotel.  By staying overnight after the Clippers game we would eliminate one round-trip drive up to Los Angeles for an entertainment activity.  This plan would put us next door to the Rose Bowl for Saturday’s 3 p.m. kickoff pitting the woeful UCLA football Bruins against the Oregon State Beavers.  Who knew that Tennessee would be so weak?

 

 

Everyone in the Lewis family is a “multi-tasker”.  Not only would one round-trip drive up to Los Angeles yield both an NBA basketball game and a major college football game but we would also have time for breakfast and some quality time with the Peters’ family including grandchildren Astrid and Mitch.  Those little buggers are growing fast as they are now 5 months old.  We worked on our family Christmas card photo and gave them lots of hugs.

 

 

On Saturday night, Carol and I left the Rose Bowl at about 6:15 p.m.  I had a bit more than four hours to drop her in San Clemente.  From there I would drive to San Diego for an all-night flight to Washington, D.C.  Yes, I guess I am an “active senior”.  It’s about 120 miles from the Rose Bowl to San Diego.  Under normal conditions that should have been a makeable drive.

 

 

However, some 83,000 of our closest friends decided to join us at the Rose Bowl where the Bruins got their butts kicked 33-6 after being tied at three at halftime.  Couple that with Saturday night being “date night” and the SoCal freeways were jammed.  It took a long time to get back to San Clemente, which was the halfway point on the way to San Diego.  I dropped Carol at home, grabbed a collared shirt and was off.

 

 

I don’t fly from the San Diego airport very often.  This is my 35^th trackchasing flying trip of 2008.  This is only the second time I have used San Diego.  By the way, my first ever visit to California, at the age of 23, had me flying from my hometown airport in Peoria, Illinois to San Diego.  I wasn’t going there for a vacation.  I was beginning the aforementioned Marine Corps boot camp.  Within 4 hours of landing my head was shaved and I was standing on “yellow footprints” in the moonlight.  Fellow members of the Corps will know what that means.  Happy birthday to the Marine Corps on November 10.  Semper Fi!

 

 

My flight left at 10:25 p.m. on Saturday night.  I was lucky enough to snare a first class seat for the quick four-hour flight to the east coast.  That put me into Washington’s Dulles Airport at 6 a.m. local time.  It was too early (strategically) to pickup my rental car. 

 

 

Dulles (airport code: IAD) is one of the best for catching some shuteye.  You can check out www.sleepinginairports.com to learn about more airports that can substitute for hotels.  I have had to sleep overnight at Dulles before and it wasn’t that bad.  They have seats without arms that allow me to stretch out and get a little rest.  This morning I slept for two more hours after landing.  It was then time to get my rental car.

 

 

 

After the race…….

 

 

I try to share all of my travel secrets with readers of the RANLAY Racing Trackchaser Report.  I don’t hold anything back.  For the reader willing to follow up on my tips come rewards in the form of cost savings and comfort.

 

 

I arrived at today’s track about 90 minutes before the first race was to begin at 2 p.m.  From inside the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Impala, I whipped open my laptop, and used my always available internet capability.   I needed to make a hotel reservation.  I would be staying near the Dulles Airport.  First I went to www.biddingfortravel.com.  This site gave me some idea how much I should be bidding on www.priceline.com for a hotel in the area. 

 

 

Then I went to Priceline and selected a 3.5 star hotel with a bid price of just $42.  Priceline accepted my bid.  I would be staying at the upscale Hyatt Dulles Hotel.  Then I went on Hyatt’s website to see what they were charging their “regular” customers for a room tonight.  When I get a good deal, I always like to find out exactly how GOOD of a deal it was.

 

 

The normal rate for the cheapest room on Hyatt’s website was $219!!  Folks with AAA could get the room for $194.  Yes, the prudent reader of the RANLAY Racing Trackchaser Report can get some great deals by following my travel advice.  I hope you take advantage of this perk, you deserve it.

 

 

While I was in the car, I checked the latitude/longitude data for today’s track.  I mean why WOULDN’T I do such a thing?  The New Jersey Motorsports Park is located at 39.3626N and 75.0740W.  I immediately emailed this critical information to unofficial Trackchaser Commissioner Will White for inclusion on his www.autoracingrecords.com website.  I try to provide L/L data whenever I think I can provide original information to Mr. White.  I received a nice note from Will regarding our trip to Guyana.  He is one person who can really appreciate what an international trackchaser goes through, since he’s “been there and done that”.   Now that the technology part of the afternoon was finished I could enjoy the trackchasing.

 

 

The next day……..

 

 

Probably the biggest concern about this entire trip was whether or not I would get home on Monday or not.  Of course, I was flying standby.  I HAD to get home Monday.  Because on Tuesday, Carol and I are leaving on our longest (joint) international trip of the season.  She wasn’t going to be very happy if I didn’t get home from Washington, D.C. in time to accompany here on this trip.  I’ll be telling you about that one soon.

 

 

 

 

The People

 

The People section will be replaced in this Trackchaser Report by:

 

 

 

I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE

 

 

What did Ed Esser do wrong?

He didn’t do a gosh-darned thing wrong!  Ed is one of the leading trackchasers of all time.  He’s a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and trackchases out of Madison, Wisconsin.  He’s a mild-mannered fellow who does his very best to avoid controversy of any kind.

 

But wait…..let me catch you up with what’s been going on with Mr. Esser.  Recently one trackchaser vehemently complained about trackchasers who don’t share their trackchaser information.  Ed was not mentioned specifically in this rant.  However, you would have to be an idiot to not know that Ed Esser was the trackchaser being accused of withholding his trackchasing research efforts from his fellow competitors.

 

Some trackchasers seem to get their panties (and I’m not referring to our female chasers) all tied up in a knot because some trackchasers won’t tell them where they are going in advance.  Does Ed tell people where he’s going in advance?  No, he does not.  He never has.  Does this make Ed a bad person?  Does this make him fair game for those folks who always want to complain about how someone else trackchases?

 

Ed’s trackchasing credentials are impeccable.  He currently stands fifth in the worldwide rankings.  He will most likely move into fourth position before the end of the year.  I suspect that by the end of the 2009 season Mr. Esser will be the second ranked trackchaser in all of the free world.

 

Now Ed is not perfect, but then who is.  He will occasionally complete a blended double when it makes sense.  He will try to snooker his fellow competitors by pretending to be a “low buck” trackchaser.  When gas prices were a $1.50 a gallon he was constantly complaining that he didn’t know how much longer he could stay out on the trackchasing trail.  When gas prices were approaching $5.00 dollars a gallon Ed was still happily driving the nation’s highways in pursuit of his hobby.  Maybe the University of Wisconsin doesn’t offer any economics classes.

 

I will say this in defense of Ed.  I couldn’t care less where my fellow trackchasers go without telling me.  It’s a free country and they are all adults.  From several I will get the chance to read about their adventures when they get time to write about it.  From others I will get the chance to read about where they’ve been and decline the opportunity. 

 

I don’t bear any ill will towards trackchasers who keep their plans to themselves.  Ed has been one of the most prolific trackchasers ever.  Yes, it is true; Ed never tells folks where he’s headed.  I guess I could be so mad at Ed that I couldn’t see straight for not giving me all of his trackchasing information.  Nevertheless, how could I be mad at Ed?  He’s such a nice guy.  He’s even my fraternity brother.  When we see each other we share with each our double secret fraternity handshake and passwords.

 

I’m pretty sure if I called him up and asked him where he was going he would tell me.  But then I think that is really none of my business.  If he goes somewhere that I’d like to go then maybe sometime I’ll go there too.  I certainly hope the complainers who feel that not sharing trackchasing plans is a federal crime are not trying to unfairly pick on Ed.  That would not be consistent with the trackchasing creed of going to the tracks that you want to visit to have fun……would it?

 

In trackchasing we are not socialists.  We do not put everything into a big pot and then let each trackchaser reach in and get what they want.  My experience in trackchasing has taught me a good deal about human behavior.  I find the people who complain the loudest about trackchasers not sharing are the people who share the least themselves.  I find the people who complain the most about the success of others are the least fun to sit with at the races. 

 

I am frequently disappointed at the extreme partisanship of some fellow trackchasers.  Many act like little kids who can only wait for their sibling to brush up against them so they can go screaming to Mom, yelling “he hit me”.  At the same time, they will sit on their hands with fellow trackchasers of their “party” commit behavioral misconduct.

 

I’m really the only trackchaser who will speak up about “issues”.  There is no need for people attacks.  It is best to simply debate the pros and cons of the issue.  Is it a good idea to share trackchaser research or not?  Is it a good idea to provide a race summary or not?  Should there be different requirements for being a listed trackchaser?  Is it a requirement to sit together at a track or not?  Questions like this are so much different from “is Ed a good guy” or not?  For many the first reaction when an issue is raised is to attack the person raising that issue.  Why not just debate the merits of the issue itself.

 

In the meantime, I will go on record as saying that it is most unfair to single out a trackchaser like Ed Esser for not sharing his trackchaser research.  Ed got the information on his own.  When he finished seeing his new track, he shared his adventure with members of the trackchaser forum as well as with the public on his website at www.2arace.com.  Ed is an upstanding trackchaser citizen.  Let the man trackchase and enjoy his hobby.  Ed Esser has done nothing wrong!

 

 

 

 

RACE REVIEW

NEW JERSEY MOTORSPORTS PARK, MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY

 

This is the first weekend of November.  I would guess that less than 10% of all North American tracks are still racing this late in the year.  I have seen nearly 1,400 tracks during my time as a trackchaser.  If you combine the meaning of the first three sentences of this paragraph you will come to the same conclusion I did.  There aren’t many places for me to trackchase this weekend!

 

However, the NASA sports car sanctioning group (Northeast Region) was having their last race of the season at the brand new New Jersey Motorsports Park.  Yes, I would have to fly almost 5,000 miles or so round-trip to get here.  Yes, I would have to drive some 400 miles or so from Washington, D.C. to get here……but that’s what I do.

 

I would give the overall track facility and amenities an A+.  Nevertheless, the best grade I could give the place for being able to both see and enjoy the racing is a D.  This disparity in grades is not unusual, from my perspective, for road racing in the U.S.

 

There have been a few, and there will be more, “country club” auto race tracks popping up.  These facilities operate much as a golf country club does.  Members pay an initiation fee and them a monthly or annual fee to have private or semi-private use of the track.  This setup can actually work well for both the track ownership and the racer.  I know of 4-5 private tracks like this that are under construction right now.

 

The New Jersey Motorsports Park has two separate road courses constructed on some 700 acres of property.  They hope to add an oval track here in the future.  As ardent students of the trackchaser rule aka “guidelines” know, road courses that do NOT overlap can be counted as separate tracks.  However, two different road course configurations that do overlap can only be counted as one overall track.

 

I saw racing on the Thunderbolt Raceway track today.  This layout is a 14-turn 2.25 mile circuit track.  Someday I will come back and see action on the Lightning Raceway.  When I do that, it will likely be part of a day/night trackchasing double.

 

There were only two races today.  The rest of the day was spent on High Performance Driver Education (HPDE), practice and race qualifying.  Only the two races would be “trackchasing countable”.  Each race offered a “race within a race”.  This meant that each class would start their race with all of those classes’ cars grouped together.  Then, several hundred yards behind, another class would be lined up.  This second class would take the green flag 20-30 seconds behind the first group.

 

The track has a modern V.I.P./race control building that is three stories tall.  At the top of the building is a viewing area that can accommodate maybe 75-100 people.  The best view of the racing is from here.  However, if the action is viewed from ground level viewing the racing is nearly impossible.  This track is oriented toward the participant, not the fan from a viewing perspective.

 

On the other hand, the entire flat 40-acre paddock area is easily accessible for spectators.  Fans can also get into the garage areas to get a close-up view of the racecars.  The track has an excellent P.A. system.  If I were a race driver I would love this place.  However, as a spectator if I were not allowed to get on top of the V.I.P. tower, I wouldn’t be able to see much at all.

 

The highlight of the day for me was strolling through the paddock taking pictures of the racing machines.  It was also fun to see the spectacular panoramic view from the scoring tower.  The racing was a complete afterthought since I couldn’t see much of it.

 

 

 

 

STATE RANKINGS

New Jersey

This afternoon I saw my 11th lifetime track in New Jersey.  This was my 28^th trackchasing state of the season to go along with five Canadian provinces and 12 countries.  Yes, it has been a busy season.  I had not trackchased in New Jersey since 2006.  Then I visited the Bridgeport Speedway’s ¼-mile inner oval with fraternity brother Mike Skonicki.  It was on this night that I first met “Jalopy Jack” who runs the popular “We Love Auto Racing” hotline.

 

I’m not much of a factor in this state.  I am now tied for 20^th place in NJ with Alan Brown.  Long-time trackchasers Pappy Hough and Chris Economaki hold onto first and second place here with 35 and 34 tracks respectively.

 

Mr. Economaki is in his mid-80s and Mr. Hough, who is deceased, would be even older if he were still living.  I have 12 states where my state rank is worse than 10^th place.  All of these states are in the east.  In several states, including New Jersey, many of the tracks that folks have seen over the past 30-40 years are now closed.  I have only a handful, or even less, of active tracks I have not seen in New Jersey.  It’s statistically impossible for me to get into the top 10 in many of these Eastern states because of the large number of track closures over the years.

 

 

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://www.autoracingrecords.com/tc/statregion.php?country=USA&region=NJ

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

 

Washington, D.C. – Sunday/Monday

I will be driving the National Rental Car Racing Chevy Impala.  National seems to be cutting back on their cars with XM satellite radio.  Nevertheless, for rental cars I enjoy driving the Impala.

 

 

I drove the National Rental Car Racing Chevy 374 miles in the 22 hours I had it.  I paid an average price of $2.35 per gallon.  The Chevy gave me 29.4 miles per gallon fuel mileage at a cost of 8.0 cents per mile.  The car cost 13.9 cents per mile to rent, all taxes included.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

Alberta’s #1 Trackchaser

It’s O.K. if you have to feel bad to make yourself feel good….just don’t blame it on me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAVEL DETAILS

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA, – Washington, D.C. – 2,293 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR

 

Washington Dulles Airport – trip begins

Millville, NH – 194 miles

Washington Dulles Airport – 374 miles

 

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Washington, D.C. – Los Angeles, CA, – 2,293 miles

 

 

 

Total Air miles – 4,586 miles (2 flights)

 

 

Total auto and air miles traveled on this trip –  4,960 miles

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

NJ Motorsports Park – Thunderbolt Raceway - $10

 

 

Total racetrack admissions for the trip – $10

 

 

 

 

 

RANKINGS

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

There are no trackchasers currently within 200 tracks of my lifetime total. 

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,391

 

 

Full Lifetime World Rankings

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/trackchasers.php

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 – 455

 

27.  Ken Schrader, Concord, North Carolina – 371

 

28.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 370

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 163

 

2.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 93

 

3.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 83

 

4.  Brian Hickey, Westport, Massachusetts - 74

 

5.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 68

 

 

 

 

 

Tracks have been reported by 35 different worldwide trackchasers this season.

 

Complete 2008 Trackchasing Standings

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/statyear2008.php

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

After the most recent updates (September 21, 2008), my lifetime NGD lead sits at 15 state position points.  That’s not bad but I will have to focus on this for the remainder of the year.

 

 

 

 

 

COMPLETE TRACK TYPE CATEGORY RANKINGS OF NOTE:

 

Dirt Track Standings

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/statdirt.php

 

 

Paved Track Standings

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/statpaved.php

 

 

Ice Track Standings

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/statice.php

 

 

Mixed Track Standings

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/statmixed.php

 

 

Oval Track Standings

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/statoval.php

 

 

Circuit (road course) Track Standings

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/statcircuit.php

 

 

Figure 8 Track Standings

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/statf8.php

 

 

Indoor Track Standings

 http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/statindoor.php

 

 

 

 

 

Official Trackchaser Rules

 

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/rules.php

 

 

 

 

Past trackchasing reports are available at:

www.ranlayracing.com

 

 

Official trackchaser standings can be viewed at:

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/index.php

 

Some of the data in this report comes from

http://autoracingrecords.com/tc/index.php

and my Garmin GPS aka “Tonto”

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS

 

My next new track should come from my 21^st trackchasing country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RACETRACKS VISITED IN 2008 (** not the first time to visit this track)

 

 

1,299. Barnes Lake Ice Track, Ashcroft (road course), British Columbia, Canada - January 13

 

1,300. Bira Circuit, Pattaya (road course), Thailand - January 19

 

1,301. Cameron Lake Ice Track (oval), Erskine, Minnesota - January 26

 

1,302. Birch Lake Ice Track (oval), Hackensack, Minnesota - January 27

 

1,303. Mille Lacs Lake Ice Track (road course), Garrison, Minnesota - January 27

 

1,304. Mille Lacs Lake Ice Track (oval), Garrison, Minnesota - January 27

 

1,305. Ozark Empire Fairgrounds (oval), Springfield, Missouri – February 1

 

1,306. Atlanta Motor Speedway (road course), Hampton, Georgia – February 2

 

1,307. Brainerd International Raceway Ice Track (road course), Brainerd, Minnesota – February 3

 

1,308. Bay of Green Bay Ice Track (road course), Marinette, Wisconsin – February 9

 

1,309. Lake Speed Ice Track (oval), Tilleda, Wisconsin – February 9

 

1,310. Shawano Lake Ice Track – North Shore (oval), Shawano, Wisconsin – February 10

 

1,311. Cecil Bay Iceway (oval) – Cecil, Wisconsin – February 10

 

1,312. Mototown USA (oval) – Windsor, Connecticut – February 15

 

1,313. Moosehead Lake Ice Track (oval) – Greenville Junction, Maine – February 16

 

1,314. Clarence Creek Ice Track (oval) – Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada – February 17

 

1,315. Durban Grand Prix (road course), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – February 24

 

1,316. Lake La Biche Ice Track (road course), Lake La Biche, Alberta, Canada – March 1

 

1,317. Rice Lake Ice Track (oval), Rice Lake, Wisconsin – March 8

 

1,318. Ashland Ice Track (oval), Ashland, Wisconsin – March 9

 

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

 

1,356. La Junta Raceway (road course), La Junta, Colorado – June 21

 

1,357. El Paso County Speedway (oval), Calhan, Colorado – June 21

 

1,358. York County Fairgrounds (figure 8), York, Nebraska – June 22

 

1,359. Black Hills Speedway (oval), Rapid City, South Dakota  – June 27

 

1,360. Heartland Speedway (oval), Rapid City, South Dakota  – June 27

 

1,361. Newcastle Speedway (oval), Newcastle, Wyoming  – June 28

 

1,362. Jackson County Sports Park (oval), White City, Oregon  – July 11

 

1,363. Great Basin Raceway (oval), Ely, Nevada – July 12

 

1,364. Lovelock Speedway (oval), Lovelock, Nevada – July 13

 

1,365. Saratoga Speedway (oval), Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada – July 19

 

1,366. Saratoga Speedway (figure 8), Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada – July 19

 

1,367. Alberni Motorsports Park (road course), Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada – July 20

 

1,368. Scotia Speedworld, Halifax (oval), Nova Scotia, Canada – August 1

 

1,369. Centre for Speed (oval), Grand Barachois, New Brunswick, Canada – August 3

 

1,370. Penticton Speedway (oval), Penticton, British Columbia, Canada – August 9

 

1,371. Penticton Speedway (road course), Penticton, British Columbia, Canada – August 9

 

1,372. Tri-Oval Speedway (inner oval), Fountain City, Wisconsin – August 22

 

1,373. Tri-Oval Speedway (outer oval), Fountain City, Wisconsin – August 22

 

1,374. Genesee Speedway (oval), Batavia, New York – August 23

 

1,375. Limerock Speedway (oval), Caledonia, New York – August 23

 

1,376. Wyalusing Valley Motorsports Park (oval), Wysox, Pennsylvania – August 24

 

1,377. Utica-Rome Speedway (inner oval), Vernon, New York – August 24

 

1,378. Hebron Fair (figure 8), Hebron, Connecticut – September 5

 

1,379. Shadybowl Speedway (oval), Degraff, Ohio – September 6

 

1,380. Beamsville Fair (figure 8), Beamsville, Ontario, Canada – September 7

 

1,381. Automotodrom BRNO (road course), Brno, Czech Republic – September 13

 

1,382. Lambrechten Stock Car Track (road course), Lambrechten, Austria – September 14

 

1,383. Sherman County Speedway (oval), Goodland, Kansas – September 26

 

1,384.Thirty-Five Raceway (oval), Frankfort, Ohio – September 27

 

1,385. Oakshade Speedway (oval), Wauseon, Ohio – September 28

 

1,386. Big Island Oval Track (oval), Hilo, Hawaii – October 11

 

1,387. Mountain Raceway Park (oval), Maryville, Tennessee – October 19

 

1,388. Tipperary International Raceway (oval), Rosegreen, Republic of Ireland – October 26

 

1,389. Waterford Raceway (road course), Dungarvan, Republic of Ireland – October 27

 

1,390. South Dakota Circuit (road course), Timehri, Republic of Guyana – November 2

 

1,391. New Jersey Motorsports Park – Thunderbolt Raceway (road course), Millville, New Jersey – November 9