Wall Stadium Speedway

 

 

 

THE EVENT

 

Today’s undertaking was just one of more than 2,000 trips that have taken me up, down and around the long and dusty trackchasing trail. If you would like to see where I’ve been and experience those adventures here’s the link:

 

 

Randy’s Complete Track List

 

 

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ON THE WAY TO THE RACES

 

 

I believe this to be a true statement.

I’m always telling you that my trackchasing hobby is as much or more about touring and logistics as it is auto racing. I believe that to be a true statement.

 

 

Last night Carol and I drove four hours after our race in southern Virginia up to our hotel in Northern Virginia. We arrived into the Westin Hotel in Reston, Virginia just before 2 a.m. We would need to be on the road by 9 a.m. on this morning in order to keep the day’s agenda intact.

 

 

If you follow the exploits of my travel closely you’ll know that I always get to stay at a nicer hotel when Carol comes along on the trip. Last night’s Westin hotel was top notch.

 

 

Sponsorships.

As an “SPG Gold” member of the Starwood Preferred Guest program we were treated to the hotel’s restaurant breakfast on a complementary bases. It is sponsorships like this that allow us to enjoy the fruits of our past labors during the travels of our future adventures.

 

 

East coast = toll roads.

After about five hours of sleep this morning’s three-hour drive up into New Jersey was somewhat challenging. We encountered our share of toll roads but overall the traffic moved along well.

 

 

 

THE RACING

 

 

Wall Stadium (outer oval) – Belmar, New Jersey – 1980

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35 years ago.

I first made a visit to Wall Stadium back on November 29, 1980.  Folks, that was more than 2,000 tracks ago!  It was also 35 years ago as well.  That’s a long time.  Many a corn dog has been washed down with a Diet Mountain Dew since that first visit to Belmar, New Jersey.  What do I remember from that day?  Not a whole heck of a lot.  John Blewitt was the feature winner.  This was the Turkey Day event and it was cold.  I didn’t begin writing my famous Trackchaser Reports until about track #430.  Therefore there is no “official” report from Wall in 1980.  However, this is what my 1980 trackchasing season looked like.

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1980.

In 1980 my family and I were living in Ridgefield, Connecticut.  We moved there following the 1979 Knoxville Nationals that I attended.  We were only in Ridgefield for about 15 months.  We had a beautiful new home built high on a hill with two acres of land.  I had just purchased a brand new Cadillac Sedan DeVille from a New Jersey dealership.  It was fire engine red baby!  At the age of 31 Carol and I were stylin’.  Then in early 1981 I was promoted within the company to a job in Chicago.  Our stay on the east coast was brief.

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During the 1980 racing season I was a “racechaser” and not a “trackchaser”.  I went to the races to see the best racing without any regard whatsoever as to whether I was seeing a new track or not.  As this is written that was 35 years ago.  Times have changed.

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In 1980 I began recording the date that I visited each track.  I had never thought to do that previously.  I added 20 tracks to my lifetime totals ending with 91 career track visits by the end of the year.  There wasn’t a dog in the bunch.  This might have been my best ever trackchasing year when the quality of the racing was the comparison point.  There wasn’t a junk car, figure 8 or road course race in any of my race day activities.  In 1980 I never ever considered that type of racing.  I would not for several years to come.

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Here’s a list of the twenty new tracks I visited in 1980.

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East Bay Speedway (FL)

Big H Motor Speedway (TX)

Devil’s Bowl Speedway (TX)

Stafford Springs Motor Speedway (CT)

Danbury Fair Race Arena (CT)

Eldora Speedway (OH)

Orange County Fair Speedway (NY)

Lincoln Speedway (PA)

Dover Downs International Speedway (DE)

Grandview Speedway (PA)

Flemington Speedway (NJ)

Silver Dollar Speedway (CA)

Nazareth Speedway (PA)

Lebanon Valley Speedway (NY)

Albany-Saratoga Speedway (NY)

East Windsor Speedway (NJ)

Indianpolis Raceway Park (IN)

Wayne County Speedway (OH)

Mansfield Raceway (OH)

Wall Stadium (NJ)

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Folks, I would put those twenty tracks up against any other trackchaser’s best twenty tracks in a single year.  No one could beat the quality of my 1980 season.

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Wall Stadium Speedway (inner oval) – Belmar, New Jersey – 2015

 

 

Today’s starting time…a closely kept secret.

Today our timing was impeccable. The exact starting time of today’s racing program was difficult to ascertain. The track’s information on their Facebook page never stated when they would actually begin racing.   I actually used an email dating all the way back to 2012, from one of my race contacts, to give me an estimate of when the races would begin.

 

 

They race at the Wall Stadium Speedway’s inner oval on Sundays. Being that this is a Sunday afternoon track I’ve had it on my tentative agenda many times. However weather and it’s somewhat remote location (relative to other tracks) prevented me from getting there until today.

 

 

 

Drunken sailors?

There would be no admission charge. That was a good thing because we would soon be spending money like of couple of drunken sailors beginning later this afternoon.

 

 

Thirty-five years is a long time isn’t it?

I hadn’t been to Wall in a long time. What’s a long time? How about 35 years! That’s right my first and most recent visit was back on November, 29, 1980. I saw John Blewitt win the famous Turkey Derby event.

 

 

I hadn’t been there in 35 years. However, in 2015 the track was celebrating its 65^th anniversary. Very few tracks can match that. They started racing here in 1950.

 

 

The only announcements over the PA system were done in the pit area so the drivers could figure out what race class was racing next. There were 15-20 people sitting in the main grandstand area. The weather was “San Clemente gorgeous”. That means it was about 75° with no humidity and a slight breeze. You won’t see weather like that virtually anywhere…..except in San Clemente nearly 365 days a year.

 

 

Karts and more kart-like vehicles.

There were several classes of “karts “racing. These included some flat karts, some caged karts and some “karts” that looked like shrunken Northeastern modifieds.

 

 

I’m not sure I can tell you which class actually made this track countable for us. It looked as if all of the racers except the flat karts were countable “cars”.

 

 

Heaven forbid.

However some of the classes were open to 18-year-olds and some were not. Heaven for bid that a class of 13-year old sprint car drivers, like Jeff Gordon was when I first saw him race at the East Bay Raceway in Florida, was on the track. Jeff’s class wouldn’t count. “Kids” classes don’t count? Why? Ask trackchasing’s founding fathers. They didn’t have kids and they apparently didn’t like kids. “Kids” racing would never be allowed to count in the trackchasing hobby. However, any class that allows 18-year-olds and up to race meet trackchasing requirements.

 

 

Apparently trackchasing’s founding fathers never gave a second thought to age discrimination. Didn’t they know it is against the law to ask people there ages in so many endeavors?

 

 

I’m going to recommend you look at the photos and my YouTube video to see what today’s racing looked like. At intermission we went into the pit area. We wanted to see the cars close up.

 

 

A new discovery.

This is when we discovered the Garden State Quarter Midget Club! They were racing on a small asphalt oval track located beyond turns three and four of the larger Wall Speedway Stadium facility.

 

 

We stayed here for several minutes to watch their racing. I was surprised at how fast the quarter midget drivers were circling their small oval. There must have been 50-60 cars competing with this group. Some of the local folks told us that at certain points later in the year adults race these cars. That would make the smaller Garden state oval a countable track. Maybe I will find my way to New Jersey again!

 

 

 

AFTER THE RACES

 

 

There was an ocean nearby?

Earlier I had checked the track’s location on the map with my Waze GPS system. That’s when I noticed it was located so close to the Atlantic Ocean. Maybe that’s why there was a nice cool breeze coming into the track.

 

 

Soon we were heading to the shore.

We figured that after the racing we might as well take a look at what was happening at the “shore”. Of course we would need to stop for a bite to eat first.  Yelp! recommended a place called “Vinnie’s Pizza” as “a source for both pizza and cheesesteaks”. I love cheesesteaks. Currently I eat them without bread.

 

 

Vinnie’s Pizza!

Carol is less comfortable with a seat of your pants “Vinnie’s Pizza” type of operation. Nevertheless, I was soon dining on a delicious cheese steak with tomato sauce recommended by Vinnie himself. Carol was struggling with a chicken sandwich concoction that did not meet her expectations. I probably would’ve given Vinnie’s a Yelp! score of four. Carol’s racing would’ve been much lower.

 

 

A cul-de-sac or a dead end?

Where I grew up in Illinois when the road stopped you were likely to see a sign that read “dead end”. However, in California when the street ends you will see a sign that reads “Cul-de-sac”. That only BEGINS to describe the differences between the Midwest/east and California.

 

 

A day at the shore or a day at the beach?

Next on our touring agenda was a visit to the “Jersey shore”. I’ve always thought the word “shore” was a poor description for going to the beach at the ocean. Doesn’t a day at the “beach” sound more pleasant than a day at the “shore”?

 

 

There are a lot of things that I think are just a bit unusual about the East Coast. I grew up in the Midwest. I now consider myself a westerner. California is so far removed from the East Coast that I find it most comical and certainly noteworthy.

 

 

In your face?….no just nice people.

Nevertheless everyone we ran into today was most helpful even if it was frequently in an “East Coast aggressive somewhat in your face” manner. The bottom line was everyone was trying to help us whenever they could and that was just their “way”.

 

 

I’ve found that far more than the statistical norm of people in the East think they are Tony Soprano or his relative. They come off gruff I think as a defensive mechanism. However, if they like you and they think you like them they will do anything for you. I get a kick out of the drama.

 

 

What a day.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day at the beach, er I mean shore. We learned there is an eight dollar per person charge to use the beach. I told you the East Coast was a little different. I had never heard of such a thing.

 

 

However, they do sell season passes that begin on Memorial Day and conclude on Labor Day. It’s $55 per person and seniors get a break. They pay only $15 for the entire season of using the beach. I wonder what the shore charge is from Labor Day to Memorial Day?

 

 

We paid to park, went for some ice cream and strolled along the plastic wood boardwalk. Everyone was having a good time here in Belmar, New Jersey. I’m pretty sure this was the first time I’ve ever been to the Jersey shore. I really enjoyed the experience today.

 

 

Going to the city.

From there Carol and I were off for three days in New York City. I’m a huge fan of Manhattan. If I didn’t live in Southern California and couldn’t live in downtown San Francisco I would choose to live in New York City. Actually NYC might be ahead of San Francisco.

 

 

Staying at the Belvedere.

I had used my buddy Pryce Boeye’s Hotwire hotel strategies to secure our Manhattan hotel. We would be in the Belvedere Hotel located roughly at 48th Street and Ninth Avenue. 

 

 

This was a wonderful location. We were just a couple blocks from Times Square. We were near many of the more popular Broadway theaters.

 

 

New York is an expensive city. We would be paying 3-4 times more than what I’ve been paying per night over the last month for our hotel in NYC. Nevertheless this was a savings of more than $60 per night over the least expensive price the hotel offered. Thanks Pryce.

 

 

Some expensive tunnels and parking garages.

We would also pay $14 to use the Lincoln Tunnel to get into Manhattan. Then at the hotel we would pay an additional $45 per day to valet park our rental car.

 

 

I had consulted my buddies on Tripadvisor.com to see if there was a more cost-effective way to handle our rental car and hotel parking. The bottom line from everyone’s feedback was that it was better to just “buck up” and pay to park the car. I always try to get advice from more experienced people in whatever endeavor I encounter.

 

 

With not much sleep from last night and a good deal of seat time in the rental car we elected a low profile this Sunday evening in New York City. This translated into a flavorful Cajun/Creel dinner at a nice place near the hotel. Then we walked a couple of blocks over to Times Square to check things out.

 

 

It was a nice warm summer evening. Times Square was packed. I was surprised to see how many foreign languages were being spoken amongst the tourists.

 

Hop on – Hop off.

We ran into one guy selling “Hop on – hop off” bus touring tickets of the city. He was a congenial fellow from Ghana. The bus ride seemed like a good idea for tomorrow’s touring. The weather was going to be nice. We could get a nice seat on the top of the bus and just ride around New York City for as long as we wanted. Whenever we wanted we could get off to see something close up and then “hop on” the next “Hop on – Hop off” bus. It was a grand plan.

 

 

NIMS people.

Tomorrow we will schedule a Broadway play for our evening activity. Our waiter at the Cajun restaurant was also a part-time actor. He gave us lots of recommendations on his favorite place to eat and shows to see. We learned this New York actor had grown up in Minnesota. No wonder he was so friendly and accommodating.

 

 

Thanks Louis.

However it was my long-time good buddy, Louis Skypala who gave us an in-depth recommendation on what Broadway plays might work best. We’ll use Louis’ recommendations and see what they have to offer at TKTS formerly known as “Half Tix”.

 

 

Today had been a very full day. It was chock-full of trackchasing tourist attractions as well as some racing at a venue I’ve been trying to see for a long time. The next couple of days are going to be filled with more New York City touring.

 

 

We hope to cap off Carol’s involvement with this part of the 56-day “Long and Arduous Mega Trackchasing Summer Tour of 2015” with some more racing in Virginia early next week.

 

 

 

 

MONDAY

 

 

I couldn’t help but notice this.

Today we would immerse ourselves into the New York City culture. As we did so there was one thing that I couldn’t help but notice.

 

 

Carol and I are each 66 years old. We saw literally tens of thousands of people today. Everyone was out and about enjoying themselves on a beautiful mid-August summer day.

 

 

Where are they?

What was so unusual about the situation? If I had to guess not 1/10 of 1% of all the people we saw were older than us. As a matter fact, again if I had to guess, more than 95% of the people we saw were less than 40 years old. A major share of those folks were less than 30 years old.

 

 

People are living to older and older ages all the time. I have one question for my readers. Where ARE all the people in their mid 60s? I find the above analysis absolutely amazing.

 

 

Seeing the city powerwalking style.

I started my day with a three-mile powerwalk. Our hotel is near Ninth Avenue and 49th Street. I walked all the way down to the Hudson River taking pictures of all of the unique and unusual things I was seeing along the way. Don’t miss the photos.

 

 

After I returned to the hotel and showered I picked up Carol. We went in search of a breakfast place. I had a place called “Shorties” in mind for a possible Philly cheesesteak. Unfortunately their side of the block was undergoing some major rehab like much of New York City always is. Shorty’s was no more

 

 

Nevertheless we are not easily discouraged. This is especially true when we’re looking for food. We found another place that was serving breakfast.

 

 

Truly New York’s prices are no longer shocking.

Carol was telling me that maybe, because we travel so much, the prices of New York City are no longer shocking. Years ago when we came here it seemed like everything was priced at three times normal. Granted hotel parking is 45 dollars a day and that is expensive.

 

 

However you won’t get a better deal on a short order cooked breakfast than we did this morning. We each had eggs, toast and hash browns. I added a side of sausage to my meal. Carol had a large coffee. I had a 20 oz. bottle of Coke Zero. What was the tab? Just $7.50 for the both of us. Wow! Remember this is New York City!

 

 

Last night we had purchased a day’s worth of “Hop on – hop off” sightseeing with the “Go Tours Green Bus” sightseeing bus company. At about 10 a.m. we found the bus in Times Square. Off we went to see New York City. I would guess we’ve been to New York City twenty-five times or more. Back in my business days we used to come here once a year with our wives. During those trips we saw the very best Broadway shows, ate in the best restaurants and in general lived the first class lifestyle. We were even in town when John Lennon was shot and killed back in 1980.

 

 

There was one good thing about our sightseeing tour today. If we wanted to we could just relax on the top deck of the bus take in the sunshine and get up close and personal with all the New York City sites. For the most part that’s what we did. There probably wasn’t a major area or attraction of New York that we didn’t drive past. I very much enjoy these types of tours for the purpose of getting an overview or in today’s case a re-acquaintance with the lay of the land.

 

 

Our tour guide on the bus was above average. He had lots of information to share and was willing to answer any and all touring questions.

 

 

Here was a unique idea.

One of the things he mentioned was the idea of renting a boat in Grand Central Park. He told us we it would be like we were “out in the country” even though we were in the midst of one of the most densely populated cities in the world. That appealed to me.

 

 

Soon Carol and I (O.K., really just me) were figuring out how to get ourselves up to Central Park when we were down near the Staten Island ferry. First, we rode the tour bus back to the Times Square area. 

 

 

In the Times Square area we had one minor errand to run. We wanted to pick up some theater tickets for tonight at the TKTS location. This business used to be called “Half-Tix”. Here you can buy tickets to Broadway and off-Broadway plays at significant discounts. We’ve been using this service for 30 years.

 

 

We needed to get tickets for a play and get off with renting a New York City boat.

Today was a Monday. Unfortunately most of the leading plays take Mondays off. They may have matinee performances on maybe Wednesday and Sunday and play during the evening on Tuesday through Sunday but Monday is commonly a “dark” performance today.

 

Nevertheless the line at TKTS was a long one before their ticket office opened at 3 p.m. However a little investigation told me that “non-musicals” a.k.a. “plays” had a dramatically shorter line than the musicals line did.  The musicals line had to have 200 people or more in it. The “non-musicals” line had about 10! I struck up an acquaintance with a young man who seemed to know a lot about the different entertainment choices. He recommended an off-Broadway play called “39 Steps”. That’s what we went with. The play would begin at 7 p.m. tonight. That was a little bit earlier than most places but would fit into your schedule just fine.

 

 

Subways and row boats.

With the ticket buying situation behind us we took a subway from Times Square up to Central Park. We exited the subway at about 59th Street. That got us at the corner of Central Park. However, the perimeter of Central Park is 6.1 miles. It covers 843 acres. Did you know one acre is about the size of a football field? That’s quite a few football fields.

 

 

We would come to find the boat rentals took place at about 72nd Street. We were told by several locals this would be another 25-30-minute walk.

 

 

It is somewhat surprising how far one can walk while touring like we did today. Remember I BEGAN my day with a three-mile powerwalk. Just walking from the hotel to the tour bus location or to the subway or to any other of the myriad number of things that we were seeing today took time and added distance to our walking shoes.

 

 

Ever ridden a rickshaw?

I didn’t think we had enough time or maybe enough energy for another 30 minutes of walking. That’s when I ran into some guys operating their bicycle “rickshaws”.

 

 

I had no idea what renting a boat in Grand Central Park might cost. I was guessing $50 on the low side and maybe as much as $100 on the high side. When the rickshaw riders told me that we could rent a boat for an hour for just 15 bucks I was thrilled. That made paying $20 for a rickshaw ride up to the boat rental area a pretty good idea.

 

 

Our young driver was from Istanbul, Turkey. He got a pretty good work out riding his bicycle rickshaw uphill with the two of us in the back. Don’t miss the pictures!

 

 

Yes. This was unique.

In seemingly no time Carol and I were out in the middle of lake, appropriately called ‘Central Park Lake’, with me rowing her around in such a romantic fashion. I believe our tour guide had exaggerated just a little bit by saying it would seem as if we were out in the “country”. In point of fact there were another 20 boats on a relatively small lake (20 acres) a.k.a. pond. Nevertheless we were in New York City in a boat on a lake. How many people get to do that!

 

 

Next up we needed to exit the park. We would grab a subway so we could get back to the hotel and clean up a bit before heading out to our theatre appointment tonight. We got some directions from a few folks as to where the next subway stop could be found.

 

 

However we kept walking and walking and we never did see the subway entrance. We ended up walking from 77th Street all the way down to 48th Street and over from Fifth Avenue to Ninth Avenue. It was a LONG walk.

 

 

After a few minutes to wash our faces back in our hotel room we were off grabbing a subway ride down to roughly Broadway and 17th Street. I know if we hurried we would have time for a nice dinner before the play.

 

 

Burgers and Lobster.

Whenever I can I use “Yelp!” to help me decide where a good place to eat might be. Today Yelp! recommended a restaurant called “Burgers and Lobster”.

 

 

This was an upscale place with a most unusual menu. They had only THREE items on their entire menu. Each was priced at $20. We had our choice of lobster, a lobster roll or a cheeseburger. Each entrée came with fries and a drink as well. In New York considering the quality we were getting tonight this was actually a bargain.

 

 

Initially our server seemed a bit disinterested. After we placed our order I told her we were in a rush and asked if she could speed things up. This almost seemed to piss her off more than anything else. I was somewhat shocked when our food came much quicker than I expected. The presentation and taste of our food was well above average. I’m giving five stars to Burgers and Lobster.

 

 

From the restaurant it was a tenth of a mile over to the playhouse. We had seats “orchestra left” in the second row. It always amazes me the quality of seats we can get the day of the show from TKTS. These seats were really close to the stage although a touch too far off to the side for my tastes.

 

 

The play had just four actors. However, they played more than 150 roles. It was this description of the performance from the man I had met at TKTS that attracted me the 39 Steps in the first place. This was an Alfred Hitchcock play. It featured a detective story and comedy.

 

 

The play originally appeared on Broadway. It is now being performed off-Broadway. “39 Steps” was a Tony award winner and given a 98% rating by Rotten Tomatoes.

 

 

However I am afraid we would not give it a rating anywhere close to that. Carol really didn’t like the performance and I didn’t care for it all that much myself. Nevertheless you’re not always going to be pleased with every theatrical production even though you hope you will be.

 

 

Following the play we noted how warm it still was at past 9 p.m. We had met all of our earlier timelines today. Now it was just time to relax. We stopped at a local bar to have some drinks and talk about our day. After our barhopping time was finished we still had to get on the subway for the ride back to Times Square. Then we walked another half a mile or more to our hotel.

 

 

It was fun to stop for a moment see some of the entertainment that plays underground in the New York subway. They do a little bit of everything down there.

 

 

No, I am not exaggerating.

If I had to guess I would say I walked 8 miles today. I am not exaggerating. That meant Carol walked 5 miles. We’re both in pretty good shape and those distances came easily for us. Remember we are nearly the oldest tourists we see just about anywhere we go.

 

 

R.I.P. Buddy.

On a sad note I noticed today in one of the Times Square rolling news updates that NASCAR star Buddy Baker died today at age of 74. Just a month ago or so he announced to his Sirius satellite radio audience that lung cancer had been discovered. He would be stopping his radio show. At the time he told his listeners that he had no idea how long he had to live but knew it wasn’t long. I was surprised to see that the end come so quickly. Rest in peace Buddy.

 

 

Tomorrow morning at midday we will leave New York City bound for Virginia. We hope to try to trackchase down in that area tomorrow evening. Then Carol and I will both head out of Washington D.C. for separate destinations the next day.

 

 

This would make me happy.

As you read about our travels I hope you are motivated to try some new destinations and/or go back to your old favorites. If you pick up any travel ideas from us that will benefit you I’ll be more than happy.

 

 

Good night.

 

 

 

New Jersey

 

 

The Garden state

This afternoon I saw my 14th lifetime track in the Garden state, yes the Garden state. I’ve seen 14 or more tracks in 35 different states.

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

World’s #1 Trackchaser

Peoria Old Timers Racing Club (P.O.R.C.) Hall of Fame Member

New Jersey sayings: Oh, you’re from New Jersey? What exit?

 

 

 

 

 

QUICK FACTS

 

 

AIRPLANE

Los Angeles, CA (LAX) – Chicago, IL (ORD) – 1,745 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR #1

O’Hare International Airport – trip begins

London, KY

Indianapolis International Airport – trip ends – 766 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR #2

Indianapolis International Airport – trip begins

Bedford, KY

Indianapolis International Airport – trip ends – 603 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR #3

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport – trip begins

Aitken, MN

Morten, Manitoba, Canada

LaGrange, IN

Manchester, IA

Oskaloosa, IA

Bowling Green, IN

Buncombe, IL

Ionia, MI

Osgood, IN

Hemlock, NY

Taylorville, IL

Cambridge, MN

Mora, MN

Urbana, IL

Bedford, KY

Owenton, KY

LeMars, IA

Belleville, KS

Grayslake, IL

Brazil, IN

La Grange, KY

Grayslake, IL

Sturgis, SD

Martinsburg, WV

Tazewell, VA

Henry, VA

Belmar, NJ

 

 

 

TRACK ADMISSION PRICES:

Laurel County Fairgrounds – $10 (not a trackchasing expense)

Trimble County Recreational Facility – $10

Aitken County Fairgrounds (oval) – complimentary admission

Aitken County Fairgrounds (RC) – $8

ALH Motor Speedway – complimentary admission

LaGrange County Fairgrounds – $10

Delaware County Fairgrounds – $10

Mahaska County Fairgrounds – $5

Sandstone – $15 (include pits)

HBR Raceway – $10 (included pits)

Ionia Free Fair – $13

Ripley County Fairgrounds – complimentary admission

Hemlock County Fairgrounds – complimentary admission

Christian County Fairgrounds – $8

Isanti County Fairgrounds – $12

Kanabec County Fairgrounds – $10

Champaign County Fairgrounds – $6

Dirty Turtle Off-Road Park – complimentary admission

Owenton County Fairgrounds – $10

Plymouth County Fairgrounds – complimentary admission

Belleville High Banks – $20

Lake County Fairgrounds – $8

Staunton MX – $15

Oldham County Fairgrounds – $10

Lake County Fairgrounds – $10

Buffalo Chip – $20

Berkeley County Youth Fairgrounds – $10

Tazewell County Fair Speedway – $10

Providence Raceway – $10

Wall Stadium Speedway – no charge

 

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER COMPARISONS 

The three most important trackchasing comparisons to me are:

 

Total lifetime tracks seen

Total “trackchasing countries” seen

Lifetime National Geographic Diversity results

 

 

 

Total Lifetime Tracks

There are no trackchasers currently within 500 tracks of my lifetime total. Don’t blame me.

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 2,146

 

 

Total Trackchasing Countries

There are no trackchasers currently within 10 countries of my lifetime total.

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 70

 

 

 

Current lifetime National Geographic Diversity results

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 4.88

 

 

 

That’s all folks! Official end of the RLR – Randy Lewis Racing Trackchaser Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the link below to see the one-minute “Video Lite” production from the Wall Stadium Speedway and beyond.

 

 

 

 

 

Important.

Click on the link below for a photo album from today’s trackchasing day.  Double click on a photo to begin the slide show or watch the photos at your own pace.  Hover over a photo to read the caption.

 

 

Some racing and lots of New York – Take the tour with us!