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Londonderry Raceway Asphalt oval Lifetime Track #1,115 Editor’s note: Today’s trackchasing day had me visiting first the Londonderry Raceway in Manchester, New Hampshire and then the Hudson Speedway in Hudson, New Hampshire. This Trackchaser Report covers the trip to both tracks. Reprinted with permission from my Sunday, October 8, 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) it 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. 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 (just experiencing the thrill of high-speed auto racing up 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. 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 Sunday, October 8, 2006. Greetings from Manchester, New Hampshire and then Hudson, New Hampshire, We woke up in San Clemente, California this morning. This is what transpired today. PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS The Strategy I always enjoy the planning of any particular trackchasing trip. I love to be able to anticipate how things might turn out and plan accordingly. Of course, things don’t always turn out as planned. An example of this is when I see things at a racetrack that I have never ever seen before. You might think that after I’ve seen more than 1,100 tracks I would have seen everything. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just today I saw three separate activities that I had never seen before. Here’s what they were: I’ll tell you more about all of this in the body of this Trackchaser Report. The Trip Back when I was in my 40s, I would play golf in the morning, come home, and take a nap. Now that I am in my 50s, I don’t have time for naps! There is too much in life to do. Back in the olden days of trackchasing, almost all tracks were seen from Memorial Day to Labor Day. A few trackchasers went out before or after these dates, but not often. Now trackchasing is a year-round activity. That just shows how competitive the hobby has become regardless of how some try to say it hasn’t. People often speak with their feet. Again, back when trackchasing was just a sport and not an industry, Carol and I would have simply been enjoying the cool ocean breezes under a sunny sky as the sounds of the ocean wafted over our Saturday morning breakfast. However, trackchasing IS now an industry replete with press releases, radio interviews, TV pilots and that’s not a bad thing. That being the case, we would not be able to enjoy the ocean breezes or even a traditional American breakfast. Today was a busy day. Even though we had a hectic schedule, we would achieve three major wins. Permit me to explain. The morning was reserved for golf with my buddies at the club for me. Carol had a wedding dress fitting with our daughter Kristy. I understand they scored a coup with their dress acquisition. Somehow, I knew it was going to be a great day. My golfing buddy George R. and I won the day’s golf tournament and the grand sum of $35. I suspect I’m going to have to win a lot more than that to pay for designer wedding dresses. This was win number one for the day. Carol and I both rushed home from our morning activities to unite for our drive to the Rose Bowl. UCLA was playing the University of Arizona Wildcats at 4 p.m. The Bruins pummeled the toothless Cats, 27-7. That was the second big win of the day. By the way, there are two golf courses located adjacent to the Rose Bowl. On game days, these golf courses are used to park cars for people attending the football game. Because of our morning activities, we didn’t arrive at the game until nearly kickoff time. Our late arrival (which was also partially caused by our stop at In N’ Out Burgers for lunch) put is in the far reaches of the parking lot. It was a 20-minute walk (no exaggeration) from our car to our seats. Nevertheless, we were in our season ticket seats for the kickoff. Following the game, we were off to “LAX.” We would be taking the “Red-eye” to Boston on United Airlines. Our plane was scheduled to leave at 10:30 p.m. It would have too, except that the first officer didn’t show. Finally, he did, but the flight was delayed an hour. We needed to take the overnight flight because that was the only option that allowed us to watch the UCLA football game and still get us to the Londonderry Speedway for their 11:30 a.m. starting time. What was the third win of the day? We were upgraded to first-class! Tonight’s first class was not anything compared to United Airlines, “First Class Suite” service that I experienced on Friday from Chicago to Los Angeles but it was certainly better than coach. Carol and I had a great day and this was just our trackchasing travel day. We were expecting things might get even better and they did. I know that some people may repeat our Sunday trackchasing double in Manchester and Hudson. You might want to stay at the Super 8 Motel in Manchester. It’s an upscale Super 8. If you stay in Manchester, we can highly recommend the Picolla Italian Ristorante in downtown Manchester. This is an upscale Italian eatery with reasonable prices and outstanding food. We went in extremely casual trackchaser clothing, so there is no need to dress up. The People Carol and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Bruce Spencer of Bristol, New Hampshire today. Bruce knows a lot about New England racing. He’s been going to the races around this area for more than 30 years and he’s still a kid. Carol and I had the pleasure of meeting Bruce a few weeks ago during another trip to the Granite State. Bruce had given me a heads up on the second half of my trackchasing double for today. He reminded me that today’s tracks were just 15 miles apart. With the planned starting times of 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., it was a natural for a trackchasing double. What was great about viewing the action with Bruce was he had the complete histories of these places. He had not been to Hudson in some 18 years. The Hudson Speedway had a nice touch at the track. There was a retired numbers section. Do these people bring back any memories to the East coast race fan? Ollie Silva 1949-81 – #0 Eddie West 1963-86 – #61jr. Don MacLaren (the flying Scotsman) 1958-84 – #303S Charlie Elliott (promoter) 1936 #1 There were several others listed on the board as well. Bruce’s all-time favorite driver is Ollie Silva. He described him as driving a black and silver car and using dark sunglasses to intimidate the other drivers. Following a day at the races, it was time to head in our separate directions. When we reached the parking lot, Bruce reminded us that his car had “burped” while entering the parking lot. Heck, I do that all the time and Carol doesn’t seem to mind too much. However, Bruce meant he was low on gas. No, that’s not quite accurate. The most accurate way to describe Bruce’s gas situation would be to say he was out of gas entirely. The car wouldn’t start. However, that would not prove to be a problem. He had AAA coverage in the form of the #1 trackchaser living west of the Mississippi. Soon we were off in search of a gas station. We found one a mile away. There Bruce was able to pay three dollars to buy a plastic one-gallon gas container for the gas he would need. When I last ran out of gas near Indianapolis, I believe I had to pay about twice that much for a container. Soon we were back in the Hudson Speedway parking lot. It wasn’t long before Bruce’s car was starting and life was good again. Safe travels Bruce. We’ll look forward to seeing you somewhere along the line in ’07. RACE TRACK STATS: LONDONDERRY RACEWAY, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE – TRACK #1,115 – 10/8/06 HUDSON SPEEDWAY, HUDSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE – TRACK #1,116 – 10/8/06 These tracks were my 8th and 9th to see in the Granite State. I’ve now moved into a tie for 16th place in New Hampshire with Paul Weisel. I’m still five tracks out of the top 10, so I don’t look to get any lifetime NGD points soon. Carol has now tied John Moore for 18th place in the state. Paul Weidman leads his wife Eleanor for the state lead 27-25. RACE TRACK NEWS: LONDONDERRY RACEWAY Carol and I arrived at the Londonderry Raceway at 11:45 a.m. This was 15 minutes past the scheduled start time. Not to worry, very few short tracks start on time and this track was no exception. This was my third attempt to get this track counted. I was at the track a few years ago, to find they were rained out. I was at the track a few weeks ago, to find out they canceled because they didn’t have enough cars show up. Trust me, this track is definitely not worth going back to three times, but I did. Actually, there were several positives about Londonderry. It’s sort of like when you expect something to be really lame and it’s only lame. First, there was no charge for admission. I felt throughout the program that I was getting more than my money’s worth. The weather was perfect. It was sunny, with little or no wind and a temperature of at least 70. Carol, Bruce and I observed the driver’s meeting from a distance, before finding a seat in the turn one and two grandstands. We were joined by about 10 other people. During the driver’s meeting, we did hear something about time trials. It was now 12:20 p.m., nearly an hour after the scheduled starting time. I wanted to finish the afternoon with a trip to nearby Hudson Speedway. I didn’t have much patience for an outfit that was already 50 minutes behind and then might want to waste another hour or more with time trials. However, the news was about ready to get better, much better. At 12:20 p.m., three senior champ karts took to the track for a heat race. In less than three minutes they had completed their race and this track was in the books. We spent some more time at the track. What else did they have to offer? The real answer was not much, but you paid for a full subscription to the Trackchaser Report, so I am contractually obligated to tell you what else we saw. Following the champ karts, three 500cc mini-sprints ran a heat race. The engines sounded more like lawnmower engines than the motorcycle engines I’m accustomed to seeing in mini-sprints. They even used a golf kart to try to push start a mini-sprint. That didn’t work, but it was a first for me to see. Next was a race for one Classic Light racecar aka Legend or Dwarf. Bruce told us this was a milestone race for him. It was the first time he had ever seen a race for one car. Bruce, come along with me, it’s not that unusual! The next race was for three one-quarter midgets. They’re not countable so I tried not to watch. I did hear one father yelling at his kid from the infield to change lines. Ya, this is the racing version of little league. The next race was for one 600cc mini-sprint. This was actually a very competitive car. What I found most noteworthy was that in the space of about 15 minutes Bruce has replicated his “first-ever” experience of seeing just one car in a race. There were going to be two special events. I believe they were having special 75-lap features for mini-cups and junior champ karts. They time trialed 8-9 mini-cups. I’m not sure if there were adults driving mini-cup cars. They then ran two junior champ karts heats and then began to time trial them. We had been at the track for about one hour and 45 minutes. It was time to leave. This track will go down at being my 5th blended double without a feature at the first track of the 2006 season. Three of those five doubles have been when the first track had either senior champ karts or junior late models with a maximum of four cars in their class. The other two involved U.K. minis where they had tons of cars and a normal stock car event in Topeka, Kansas. My records show 24 lifetime blended doubles without a feature on the front end, most of which have been like the above. The Londonderry Raceway is not a bad facility. Bruce tells me it’s been here since the 60s. The track itself probably measures out at a quarter-mile on the outside. It’s a high-banked asphalt oval. The pits are located outside turn three. There is a small concession stand building near the flag stand. The announcer stands next to the flagman and does a very good job of describing the action. The P.A. is stout, but the grandstand is dilapidated. This track is difficult to find and the NSD directions are not accurate. HUDSON SPEEDWAY The Hudson Speedway is a real throwback in racing time. It’s not as retro as New Hampshire’s Legion Speedway but it’s close. We followed Bruce up from Londonderry to the track. It had been 18 years since he had been to Hudson. Upon entering, the first thing I noticed was that about 40% of the grandstand was condemned! Yes, I said condemned. It was roped off and the weeds had taken full growth. That wasn’t a very good first impression. Today they were racing Rookies, Thunder Lites, Northeast Classic Lites and Spectator Drags. They would also have triple enduros and a flagpole race. By the mid-afternoon it was hot. We sat in the main grandstand and the sun sat to our left off of turn four. For more than three hours, I felt like I was being tortured under some spotlighted interrogation by some disenchanted Eastern based trackchasers. You know the feeling. They didn’t throw many yellow flags, they just kept racing. They kept racing and racing and racing. Just when you thought they couldn’t have any more races, they put more cars on the track. The track has a significant amount of deferred maintenance. Yes, it is rundown. The P.A. was one of the weakest I have heard or not heard in this case anywhere. Both Bruce and Carol had a very difficult time getting the crowd to quiet down so the announcer could tell them that one of the world’s foremost trackchasers was in town. The 25 row wooden grandstand was a series of rotten boards nailed to ground posts. The weeds were thick and they attracted bees. On the plus side, there is always a plus side, the concessions were good, and the service was fast and the prices reasonable. We dined on good tasting hot dogs and hamburgers. Back to the racing for the moment. The spectator drags were unique. I’ve seen this type of racing many times. Normally, there are 10-20 cars that were driven to the track by spectators. The track runs two cars at a time for a distance of one lap. The winner advances and the loser goes back to the parking lot. The crowd cheers as they did in the old Roman days when it was man against the lion. They can’t get enough of “civilians”risking their own personal automobile for five minutes of glory. Today, the spectator drags were different. There were about 20 cars, but they weren’t all officially streetcars. Most of the cars had crude numbers and words spray-painted on their cars. Additionally, they did their best to wreck the car they raced against. In the track’s defense, they did disqualify those who intentionally wrecked others. Of the 20 cars racing, about 3-4 were legitimate spectator’s cars. One of those cars was intentionally driven into, much to the crowd’s shock, awe, dismay and appreciation! To my knowledge, I have never seen a “flagpole” race. Today, they used a tractor tire for the flagpole. No, I didn’t understand the symbolism either. The large tire was placed on the inside of the straightaway. During the race, the cars would come out of the fourth turn and down the straight. When they reached the flagpole, no I mean the tractor tire, they did a counter-clockwise circle around the tractor tire and then proceeded down the front straight and into the first turn. I found this much more entertaining than figure 8 racing. The cars seemed to come from some unusual angles at a high rate of speed. There were some great wrecks and the crowd loved it. CAROL’S COMMENTS (above being interviewed in Italy) LONDONDERRY RACEWAY We saw two one-car races! The girls drove really well in two of the classes. The bees were terrible in the grandstand. (Editor’s note: I gallantly killed a bee for Carol’s protection. Yes, I was scared to death but I tried not to let on with either Carol or Bruce.) The first race was countable. HUDSON SPEEDWAY Bruce can attest that I do actually interview Carol for her viewpoints on each track. I know some of it may sound made up but it’s not. Here is Carol’s feedback from her point of view. I didn’t think the flagman should have worn a redshirt. That was too confusing to the drivers. Again, I didn’t like the bees. I had never seen a flagpole race. It added some intrigue to our event, but I think they forgot the flagpole. It was fun seeing Bruce again. He’s a nice guy. WEATHER CONDITIONS I guess I really shouldn’t complain. Who would ever expect it to be clear, sunny and 80 degrees in New England at this time of the year. There is probably a much greater chance the weather could have been terrible. Other than the fact that the sun nearly burnt off one side of my face, it was a gorgeous Sunday afternoon of racing. RENTAL CAR UPDATE: This will be my second National Rental Car Racing Pontiac Grand Prix for this week’s trip. Sunday total driving miles – 87 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 LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS 2006 (current – 10/1/06)** **Lifetime NGD results could be affected by current track counting proposals 2005 (final) There is no empirical truth that reading the Trackchaser Reports makes you any smarter, but it does give your brain a workout. CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES: AIRPLANE Los Angeles, CA – Boston, MA – 2,611 miles RENTAL CAR – BOSTON Logan International Airport – trip begins Mancester, NH – 54 miles Hudson, NH – 69 miles TRACK ADMISSION PRICES: Londonderry Raceway – Free Hudson Speedway – $10 Could Trackchasing’s First Mother squeeze in one more new state before the snow falls? Probably! (** not the first time to visit this track) 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 1,111. Enid Motor Speedway, Enid, Oklahoma – September 24 1,112. Desert Thunder Raceway, Price, Utah – September 30 1,113. Norfolk County Fairgrounds, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada – October 4 1,114. La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway (inner oval), La Crosse, Wisconsin – October 5 1,115. Londonderry Raceway, Manchester, New Hampshire – October 8 1,116. Hudson Speedway, Hudson, New Hampshire – October 8 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. 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 Hampshire sayings: “Ugh, here come the leaf peepers.” We love the money foliage tourists bring to New Hampshire, but there’s nothing worse than being stuck behind one driving 5 mph when you’re trying to get somewhere. 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 begin producing YouTube videos from my trackchasing visits until 2009. Today my YouTube channel (name: ranlay) has more than 1,300 racing videos. Since this trip occurred in 2006 I will share videos from others to give you a sense of what I saw at each venue. Londonderry Raceway . Hudson Speedway 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 day of kart racing up in New Hampshire . Hudson Speedway….they’ve been racing up here for a long time
UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS
Racetracks visited in 2006
