Greetings from Dodge City, Kansas
From the travels and adventures of the
“World’s #1 Trackchaser”
Dodge City Raceway Park Dirt outer oval Lifetime track #1,109 . . Dodge City Raceway Park Asphalt inner oval Lifetime track #1,110 Reprinted with permission from my Saturday, September 23, 2006, Trackchaser Report. THE CLASSIC TRACKCHASER REPORT Editor’s note: This is a CLASSIC Trackchaser Report. What the heck does “Classic” mean? It’s simply a Trackchaser Report that comes from my trackchasing archives. Typically these will be stories from tracks I visited five years or ten years or more ago. For whatever reason (usually not enough time) this trackchasing adventure didn’t get posted to my website when I first made the track visit. Often a classic TR will not have a video and/or photo album attached. I didn’t begin producing my YouTube videos until 2009 (YouTube channel: RANLAY). I didn’t begin writing a complete Trackchaser Report until I had seen about 425 tracks. This was during the 2000 trackchasing season. Photo albums were sort of hit or miss during the early years of my trackchasing. Additionally, if you see a website link know that link worked when the TR was originally written. Will it work now? Your guess is as good as mine! Nevertheless, this CLASSIC Trackchaser Report has finally bubbled to the surface and is now available for everyone to see at www.randylewis.org. I hope you enjoy it. I AM A TRACKCHASER. My name is Randy Lewis (above with my ice racing buddies in Saskatchewan, Canada). I hail from the sleepy little village by the sea, San Clemente, California. I am a “trackchaser”. I trackchase. Have you ever in your life heard of “trackchasing”? I didn’t think so. I live in southern California. That’s probably the most inconvenient location in the country for seeing tracks in the U.S. Most of the racetracks in the U.S. are located well over 1,000 miles from where I live. My average trip covers 5,000 miles and more. I take 35-40 of those trips each season. In any given year I will travel well over 200,000 miles, rent more than 50 cars, and stay in more than 150 hotel rooms. I get the chance to meet people from all over the world. With trackchasing trips to 85 countries and counting just getting the chance to experience so many unique cultures, spend time in the homes of my friends and meet so many people is a huge reward for being in this hobby. I am indebted to several of these folks for their help and friendship. Once you begin researching my trip itineraries from my website, yes you will want to do that, you will be surprised. One day I’ll be in Tucson, the next in maybe Tuscaloosa and the following day in Syracuse. I do that kind of thing all the time. Figuring out the logistics of a trip like that is as much fun for me as watching a figure 8 race. Now you know a little bit about my trackchasing addiction. When you receive one of my Trackchaser Reports or find one on my website at www.randylewis.org I hope you will take the time to imagine in your mind what it took to make this trip from SoCal and understand the fun I had doing it. There you have it. That’s trackchasing…the way I do it. Do others trackchase? Absolutely. Do they share their experiences? Sorry. They don’t. If you want to see the true “essence” of trackchasing you’ve come to the right place. Today’s adventure was one more of the 2,000 trips that have taken me up, down and around the proverbial long and dusty trackchasing trail. If you would like to see where I’ve been and experience those adventures here’s the link: If you’ve got a question, comment or whatever please leave it at the bottom of this report. It’s very easy to do. Or you can visit me on Facebook. Thanks! FOREWORD Saturday, September 23, 2006. Greetings from Dodge City, Kansas, During tonight’s event, I was interviewed by reporter John Curtis of the Dodge City Daily Globe regarding my hobby of trackchasing. You can see the full contents of that interview at www.randylewis.org. Simply click on the “Media History” tab on the home page and drill down to the “Midwest” tab……or click on this link! Randy’s media history and the Dodge City Daily Globe story I also had an interview with the track announcer at the front of the grandstand. I will tell you more about that in the “Race Track News”section. We woke up in Hutchinson, Kansas this morning. This is what transpired today. TRACKCHASING TOURIST ATTRACTION #1 We woke up in our Microtel Motel in Hutchinson, Kansas. There was a Tractor Supply outlet located across the street. These stores are similar to a Farm n Fleet. If you don’t know what either of these brands is, you need to get out of your Manhattan loft more often. I really like these types of stores. I don’t get in them much, but wish I did. They offer a wide variety of items that you might not find in most places. Today’s store sold saddles, rat traps, sump pumps and cowboy boots. They even had a Trail Wagon. A Trail Wagon is a four-wheel vehicle with a steering wheel and bed for storage. It’s sort of a cross between a pickup truck, ATV and dune buggy. These things are not cheap. The retail price of the one we saw was $7,499.98. I asked Carol to get in the thing so I could take her picture. She asked, “What is it, a golf cart?” As Larry the cable guy is fond of saying, “I don’t car who you are, that’s funny right there!” No, we don’t hang around farms very much, except when it’s part of a Trackchasing Tourist Attraction. PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS The Strategy It may seem like we are high-rolling trackchasers with a nearly unlimited budget and not a financial care in the world. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Carol is a very cost-conscious young woman. I try to do my part as well. A couple of years ago, Mcdonald’s came out with their “Dollar menu.” I’m sure this business strategy was designed to build store traffic. At the time, I wondered who would buy any of the regularly priced sandwiches when they could get several others for just one dollar. I really didn’t expect the Dollar Menu to last long. I was wrong. It’s still with us. We stopped at the McDonalds in Pratt, Kansas, mainly to use their restrooms. I told Carol this would be a good time for a snack from the Dollar Menu. Yes, I know what you’re thinking, that Randy is one generous fellow. Low and behold, my favorite dollar menu item, the double cheeseburger, was nowhere to be found. The double cheeseburger was on the menu, but it was not priced at one dollar. The price was $2.80! However……I am not easily deterred. I noticed that a single cheeseburger was priced at $1.00. I simply ordered two single cheeseburgers, threw the bread away from one of them and presto, change-o, I had a double cheeseburger. Yes, I had paid two dollars for it, not one dollar, but I had beaten the menu price of $2.80. These guys who figure out pricing in large and modern corporate boardrooms are pretty cagey. Of course, that is what their shareholders want them to be! Next, up was getting a good value on our drinks. Only after placing a small drink order for Carol and a medium drink order for me did we discover a very unusual pricing strategy here as well. These were the prices on the three sizes of drinks available: Small drink $0.99 (16 oz.) Medium drink $1.00 (22 oz.) Large drink $1.40 (32 oz) It doesn’t look to me like the small drink is a very good value. This entire exercise just goes to show you that managing your money can be a daunting task. You might imagine it is even more difficult and much more costly to buy the major items in your life (cars/houses) in the most efficient manner. I wish everyone luck in this endeavor and hope that you can retire to a financially worry-free lifestyle as soon as you want to. The Trip I get a sense that the wind blows strongly in Western Kansas all year long. While we were in Dodge City, it certainly did. When the temperature is moderate, a 25 M.P.H. wind is an annoyance. When the temperature begins to drop, the wind turns from an annoyance to a significant obstacle of an individual’s personal enjoyment. Most of the time spent at the track fell into the latter category. Dodge City itself is a tourist town. They play off their history with Wyatt Earp and Gunsmoke, the legendary TV western that had Dodge City as its location. We didn’t arrive until late afternoon and with the wind howling, there was not much motivation to walk around the place. We did spend several minutes motoring around Dodge City. The town seems to have seen its better days and the main streets are torn up for construction. Maybe, they are getting ready for next summer’s tourist visits. I think the Super 8 Motel chain is a good value for the money. I am somewhat disappointed that I continue to find a price difference when I call their “800” reservations number and when I call the hotel directly. Until they resolve this discrepancy, if they even want to, I will continue to call both locations and go with the lowest price. Today, the central reservations number has a price for two of $67.50. Calling the hotel directly, yielded a price of $70.00. I know this is not much of a difference. However, with me, it is a matter of principle. When I talked to the hotel directly, I asked the person I was speaking to if he had a “Manager’s special.” His reply was, “I’m not the manager.” O.K. “Do you have a front desk clerk’s special?” I asked. “No, I don’t,” he replied dryly. I was looking forward to meeting this guy. You might think that the front desk clerk, acting as the main point of contact for the hotel with the public, would have a socially acceptable appearance. That was not the case at the Super 8 in Dodge City. By the way, I DO NOT recommend the Dodge City Super 8 Motel. This gentleman had all kinds of piercings that made it look like his orthodontist might have been drunk when the braces were applied. The metal on his face was only overshadowed by his tattoos. On the outside of his four fingers on right hand, he had “N V E R” in crude blue ink. On the outside of the four fingers on his left hand, he had “4 G E T” tattooed. I thought it was pretty cool that the letters faced toward me the reader rather that toward him. That made it so that I could never forget. He really didn’t seem like a bad guy. I couldn’t resist asking what NVER 4GET meant. He told me. I can’t share his answer with you here, but it seemed to make sense. He admitted that his upbringing was pretty rough. It made me sad to see the outcome of that upbringing. The People I was surprised by one thing after driving around Dodge City, Kansas for several minutes. You might think this area would be populated by rural white farming families. Nothing could be further from the truth. In many areas of town, commercial signs in Spanish outnumber those in English. Living in Southern California, I see a large amount of signage in many different languages including Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and others. I didn’t expect to see so many non-English signs in a place like Dodge City, Kansas. The predominant type of restaurant was Mexican. I suspect you can get some very good and very authentic Mexican food in town. We ended up going to Montana Mike’s Steakhouse in downtown Dodge City. It was excellent and I recommend it. RACE TRACK STATS: DODGE CITY RACEWAY PARK (OUTER OVAL & INNER OVAL), DODGE CITY, KANSAS #1,109 & #1,110 – 9/23/06 These were my 16th and 17th-lifetime tracks to see in Kansas. This same location double elevates me from 6th place in the state to 3rd place. Unofficially, I am now just 15 points (positions) from tying Gordon Killian for the lifetime National Geographic Diversity lead. I started the season 35 points behind, so you can see exactly how difficult it is to gain in the lifetime NGD standings. I have moved from an out of the top 10 Kansas state ranking to third place in 2006. This has given me a cumulative 12-point gain, my biggest NGD move in any of the 50 states. It’s going to be difficult, but possible to erase this lead before the season ends. Ed Esser leads the Jayhawk state with 25 tracks. This was also my fourth “same location” double of the season. I had eleven of these in both 2004 and 2005. It’s getting harder and harder to find “same location” doubles. These were Carol’s fourth and fifth Kansas tracks. More significantly, she has now moved past sprint car star Sammy Swindell in the lifetime standings. She has been slowly and steadily working her way up the worldwide lifetime trackchasing standings. She now stands in 35th position. If she were in NASCAR, she would have a guaranteed starting spot in all future events with that point standings ranking. Johnny Gibson from somewhere called Grand Island, Nebraska is her next victim with his 290 tracks. RACE TRACK NEWS: DODGE CITY RACEWAY PARK (OUTER OVAL & INNER OVAL) Tonight was a “Same location” trackchasing double. This type of double happens when I see two countable tracks at the same location during the same visit. In trackchasing, we count three types of tracks: ovals, road courses and figure 8s. Tonight’s “same location” double was because the DCRP has both an inner oval and an outer oval. What makes their situation unique is that the inner oval has an asphalt racing surface and the outer oval is dirt. I’m not sure but I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a thing. We drove out to the track at about 4 p.m. The racing didn’t start until 7 p.m., so there was very little activity going on. We did take the occasion to scope out our surroundings. We walked into the grandstand, took some pictures and discussed where we might sit to avoid the omnipresent wind. Considering the rural location and state of decay in Dodge City itself, I was surprised to find an A+ facility. This track’s hardware is among the top 10 of all short track racing facilities I have visited. Years ago, the outer oval was asphalt, now it is dirt. The track accepts credit cards. I like that. It means fewer trips to the ATM. The admission price tonight was $8. That seemed low to me. I am rarely surprised by low ticket prices. Normally, it’s the other way around. I was in for another shock. I asked for two adult tickets. The ticket taker shoved one ticket toward me. “Here, someone left this free ticket and never showed up. It’s yours.” She charged me for just one adult ticket. Could that free ticket have been waiting for Elvis? I will remember her generosity for a long time to come. Our motel was just two miles from the track. We went back to the track for the second time today and before the national anthem was sung. The large steel and aluminum grandstand is top of the line. There was a surprisingly large crowd on hand for such a cold and windy night. I even had to switch from my surfer shorts to blue jeans, which I rarely do. The lights were good and the announcer and P.A. system were as well. The pit grandstand was better than 99.44% of other track’s main grandstands. We didn’t try any refreshments except their hot chocolate. It wasn’t that great. Tonight was the final points night of the year. They were running street stocks, super stocks, pure stocks and modifieds on the outer oval. There were three classes of hornets running on the inner oval. One hornet class was for “Youths”, one a powder puff class and the regular hornet group. The hornets were the most entertaining. They had a good deal of crashing and banging. The outer oval racing wasn’t very dynamic. There was little real action and the car counts were small. During intermission, I was asked to come to the front of the grandstand for an interview with the track announcer. We spent a few minutes discussing the trackchasing hobby. I made a SoCal boy comment about the Dodge City wind and a guy yelled from the crowd, “It ain’t even started to blow.” I was beginning to get the feeling of a country band member who plays in those honky-tonks where the chicken wire protects them from the flying beer bottles. I did manage to sneak one very important topic into tonight’s at the track interview. When Carol saw the first hornet heat race, it was her 280thlifetime track. This moved her past sprint car star Sammy Swindell into sole possession of 35th place in the worldwide trackchasing standings. This stellar achievement seemed to quiet down the heckler in the fifth row. Following my interview, we were just getting ready to watch the track’s intermission entertainment. You can imagine that I have sat through my share of intermissions and seen about everything there is to see. Until tonight of course. They were having “Paintball shooting matches.” I’ve never seen those before and I didn’t see much of them tonight. Just before the paintballers started firing a long gun toward a moving pink school bus with a bulls-eye on it, I heard my name being called. It was the Dodge City Daily Globe’s very own sports reporter John Curtis. He had left a message on my cell phone during the afternoon requesting an interview. Who’s telling these guys I’m coming to town? I never like to turn down an interview. It’s the main way of educating the public on the hobby of trackchasing. Can you imagine the thousands of people who have heard these interviews at the track and read about them in general-interest newspapers? If even a fraction tells their husband, wife, friend, or co-worker, the number of people exposed to trackchasing in this fashion is probably approaching a million by now. John directed Carol and me to the enclosed lobby of the press box tower. It was warm in there. Carol was wearing her 1994 UCLA NCAA Championship hat. That was the year the Bruins beat Arkansas for the national title. John is from Arkansas and immediately picked up on Carol’s hat. We had a nice laugh about that game. John, like many reporters, uses a tape recorder for his interviews. He asked me several questions and even asked Carol a few. That was a first for her. She is a trainee in trackchaser media relations and is doing a fine job. Soon we were wrapped up. Now, it was back into the cold of the night. The final paintball pellet had been fired. We watched the 15-lap 11-car street stocks feature. We followed that with three hornet features on the inner oval. It was now past 9 p.m. We had spent more than two hours sitting out in some very uncomfortable weather. I didn’t coax Carol to 280-lifetime tracks by having her catch pneumonia. It was time to exit before we both caught a cold. Remember, we are senior citizens and need to catch a break from those who advocate staying for each and every race no matter how entertaining or what the conditions. We were outta there. CAROL’S COMMENTS These Kansas people are a hardy bunch. The DCRP was like a NASCAR facility. Great lights! My Montana Mikes’s meal kept me warm. I’ve never had my veggies curled on a skewer. I liked the Farm n Fleet stuff that we saw this morning. I thought they only had tractor things. I was worried about dirt and dust with this wind but we didn’t have any of that. Carol is too modest to say it, but she was pleased to have her first-ever newspaper interview. WEATHER CONDITIONS How do you spell Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiindy! RENTAL CAR UPDATE: We are happy to report we’ve driven less than 200 miles in the National Rental Car Racing Pontiac Gran Prix and already seen three countable tracks. Friday total driving miles – 89 Saturday total driving miles – 163 LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE: These worldwide trackchasers are within 100 tracks (plus or minus) of my current trackchaser total. * 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. 2006 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS Thanks for reading about my trackchasing, Randy Lewis #1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco. CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES: AIRPLANE Los Angeles, CA – Dallas, TX – 1,256 miles Dallas, TX – Wichita, KS – 346 miles RENTAL CAR – WICHITA Wichita Mid-Continent Airport – trip begins Hutchinson, KS – 59 miles Dodge City, KS – 250 miles TRACK ADMISSION PRICES: Hutchinson Raceway Park – $8 Dodge City Raceway Park – Free Tomorrow, Carol will visit her 45th lifetime trackchasing state – Oklahoma! 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 1,069. Rush County Fairgrounds, Rushville, Indiana – July 1 1,070. Rock Castle Speedway, Mount Vernon, Kentucky – July 2 ** Windy Hollow Speedway (oval), Owensboro, Kentucky – July 2 1,071. Heartland Park Topeka (dirt oval), Topeka, Kansas – July 3 1,072. Thunderhill Speedway, Mayetta, Kansas – July 3 1,073. Little Valley Speedway, Little Valley, New York – July 13 ** Twin State Speedway (oval), Claremont, New Hampshire – July 14 1,074. Twin State Speedway (figure 8), Claremont, New Hampshire – July 14 1,075. Canaan Speedway (asphalt oval), Canaan, New Hampshire – July 14 ** New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire – July 15 1,076. White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, New Hampshire – July 15 1,077. Legion Speedway, Wentworth, New Hampshire – July 15 1,078. Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Fair Haven, Vermont – July 16 1,079. Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, Connecticut – July 17 1,080. Little Log House Speedway, Hastings, Minnesota – July 28 ** Elko Speedway (outer oval), Elko, Minnesota – July 28 ** Elko Speedway (inner oval), Elko, Minnesota – July 28 ** Elko Speedway (figure 8), Elko, Minnesota – July 28 1,081. Chickasaw Big Four County Fairgrounds, Nashua, Iowa – July 29 1,082. Buffalo River Speedway, Glyndon, Minnesota – July 30 1,083. Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah, – August 4 1,084. Atomic Motor Raceway, Atomic City, Idaho – August 4 1,085. Mission Valley Speedway, Polson, Montana – August 5 1,086. Rock Creek Race Track, Kimberly, Idaho – August 6 1,087. Stevens County Fairgrounds, Morris, Minnesota – August 9 1,088. Norman County Raceway, Ada, Minnesota – August 10 1,089. Miller Speedway, Miller, South Dakota – August 11 1,090. Gimli Motorsports Park, Gimli, Manitoba, Ontario, Canada – August 13 1,091. Bemidji Speedway, Bemidji, Minnesota – August 13 1,092. Dayton Fair (figure 8), Dayton, Pennsylvania – August 14 1,093. Holmes County Fairgrounds, Millersburg, Ohio – August 15 1,094. Lawrence County Fairgrounds, New Castle, Pennsylvania – August 16 1,095. Armada County Fairgrounds, Armada, Michigan – August 17 1,096. Spencer Speedway, Williamson, New York – August 18 1,097. Yates County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Penn Yan, New York, – August 19 1,098. Tillsonburg County Fairgrounds, Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada – August 20 1,099. Marshfield Fair, Marshfield, Massachusetts – August 21 1,100. Cambridge Fair, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada – September 9 1,101. Georgetown Fair, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada – September 9 1,102. Oakwood Fair, Oakwood, Ontario, Canada – September 10 1,103. Western Fair, London, Ontario, Canada – September 10 1,104. Rice Lake Speedway, Rice Lake, Wisconsin – September 14 1,105. Iowa Speedway (oval), Newton, Iowa – September 15 1,106. Harrison County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Missouri Valley, Iowa – September 16 1,107. Calhoun County Raceway (oval), Rockwell City, Iowa – September 16 1,108. Hutchinson Raceway Park, Hutchinson, Kansas – September 22 1,109. Dodge City Raceway Park (outer oval), Dodge City, Kansas – September 23 1,110. Dodge City Raceway Park (inner oval), Dodge City, Kansas – September 23 You might have remembrances about this track. If so, please feel free to share your memories in the comments section below. If you have any photos from back in the day, send them to me at Ranlay@yahoo.com. I’ll try to include them here. That’s all folks! Official end of the RLR – Randy Lewis Racing Trackchaser Report Click on the link below to see the video production from the racing action today. I didn’t produce this video but it will give you an idea about what racing at DCRP looks like. Also, you’ll get to hear one of my favorite announces, Johnny Gibson. Click on the link below for a photo album from today’s trackchasing day. You can view the album slide by slide or click on the “slide show” icon for a self-guided tour of today’s trackchasing adventure. A complete media and racing trip to Dodge City, Kansas 
UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS
RACETRACKS VISITED IN 2006
(** not the first time to visit this track)
