2006-2010…the big years

My job is to first keep Carol safe and then try to scare the hell out of her!

Betty, Bill (my stepfather), Carol and Ed on the night of my 1,000th track in Auburndale, Florida.

The sport of auto racing would not exist without the support of loyal fans.

One of the best things about trackchasing is seeing the changing of the seasons as I travel the country beginning in January and ending in December.

Trackchaser John Osowski and his family enjoy the racing at Devos Place.

In one of the craziest things we’ve ever done Carol strapped into a two-seated sprint car for an ACTUAL race in New Zealand.

I think she was just happy to get back alive!

If Carol could do it so could I. This was one of the wildest trackchasing experiences I’ve ever had.

Check it out. We were actually riding in a real sprint car race.

I’ve seen racing at several stick and ball sport stadia. This was racing at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California.

Ice racing viewing conditions can be rough. This was the only car I saw leaving the track early today at intermission.

This was one of the wildest events I’ve ever attended.

These races took place in 2-3 feet of water!

There’s nothing like watching road racing in Vegas!

I love stadium off-road racing.

It was great to welcome in son-in-law James to the greater Lewis family.

A great time was had by all.

Once in a while I run into our son J.J. in an airport. That’s not too unusual. He’s a commercial airline pilot. Our paths crossed here in Chicago.

TV interview with Channel 11 in Twin Falls, Idaho.

I love the Antique Auto Racing Association (AARN) racing back in Ohio.

I’m a big fan of Midwest modified racing.

It’s hard to avoid chain retailers but I try.

I can’t say enough about the promoter at the High Banks Speedway who worked like a dog to get his figure 8 track ready to race.

I play my share of golf out on the track chasing trail. This deer runs across an Amana Colonies (IA) golf green.

I love watching racing on Sunday afternoons. It’s my favorite time of the week.

Just by luck I ran into track chaser Paul Weisel in Monmouth. He was towing a wayward sprint car home.

I had to ride a ferry to this track. This was a most fun track because of it’s ruralness and what it took to get there.

Carol and I are “adventure” travelers. In Mexico we eat in some unusual places.

These adventures are much of the fun out on the trackchasing trail.

I like go-kart racing when I get a chance to see it. Our future racers often come from this type of racing.

Race fans are pretty much the same anywhere you go.

My trackchasing trip to South Africa was truly the trip of a lifetime. On this game hunt our guide took me, son J.J. and friend Will to some very wild places.

We saw all kinds of wild animals. I want to go back for a longer safari.

The racing in Durban, South Africa was almost an afterthought.

Jim Sabo and I were given the “premier” seats in the house at the Screven Motor Speedway!

I’ve been up to the Evergreen Speedway many times adding 5 different tracks to my lifetime totals. Did you know that NASCAR’s Bill Elliott raced in a figure 8 event at Evergreen?

Well, this IS the Prince of Denmark. Prince Joachim (sixth in line to the Denmark throne) stopped by for a chat with the “World’s #1 Ranked Trackchaser” and “Trackchasing’s First Mother”

Morten Alstrup is the author and creator of a beautiful historical racing book titled “Ring Djursland”. He presented me with a complimentary copy of this beautiful work.

I can’t trackchase much further north than the North Pole Speedway!

Jim Holland, sports writer for the Rapid City Journal has always been a big supporter of my trackchasing.

This was the first stock car I ever saw in Austria.

Racing on the Big Island in Hawaii.

I figured 19 pull-ups should about do it before heading into the Macau (China) Grand Prix.

The best thing about Carol is that, with a little encouragement, she’s willing to try just about anything. She would race this car in the feature event at the Lake Speed Ice Track in Wisconsin.

Carol’s in the pink #07; I’m in the yellow #45B. It looked like I was going to have to root my way through no matter what kind of family feud it might create.

Reading the Hawkeye Racing News while trackchasing in the Dominican Republic.

We’re with Malta’s Race Director, Frans Deguara. The racing organization presented us with a beautiful keepsake to remember our visit.

In Tokyo, Japan at the Green Plaza Capsule hotel I was provided sleeping gear. Pretty stylish huh. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get rid of my golf tan!

I slept overnight in this “capsule”. What a fantastic overall experience.

While trackchasing in El Salvador we felt like we had gained a new family.

On this night fraternity brothers Ed Esser (left) and Mike Skonicki (middle) joined me in the fun.