LOUISIANA
The Pelican State
From the travels and adventures of the “World’s #1 Trackchaser”
All-Time Favorite Louisiana Track:
NOLA Motorsports Park
Current lifetime trackchasing state rank: 1
Best Memories:
I certainly don’t want to offend anyone from Louisiana. None of the racing from the Bayou state really sticks out in my mind. It seems as if tracks come online and then go out of business frequently there. Louisiana, for me, is similar to West Virginia. I never really got it going racechasing or trackchasing wise in those places.
However, I have had the very best time visiting Mardi Gras and eating great food in New Orleans. It’s one of my all-time favorite cities. I spent my very first week of full-time employment in New Orleans staying in the heart of the French Quarter. That got me off to a good start with Louisiana!
I’m disappointed I never got to see a race at the track in Monroe. I’ve been down there but never to see a race. The short track racing industry has a long history of nicely constructed tracks that were never able to get off the financial ground.
Although I’m not a road course fan by any stretch the NOLA Motorsports Park and the No Problem Raceway Park are probably my favorites in Louisiana. Each was a little bit of a “down-home” permanent road course as compared to the really big, better-known road courses of America.
| # | TRACK | CITY | STATE | COUNTRY | DATE | TRACK TYPE |
| 1 | Great Southern Speedway | Angie | Louisiana | United States | March 15, 1981 | DO |
| 2 | Baton Rouge Raceway | Baker | Louisiana | United States | March 30, 2001 | DO |
| 3 | Champion Park Speedway | Haughton | Louisiana | United States | September 28, 2007 | DO |
| 4 | Lamar-Dixon Expo Center | Gonzales | Louisiana | United States | November 2, 2007 | DO |
| 5 | No Problem Raceway Park | Belle Rose | Louisiana | United States | December 2, 2007 | PRC |
| 6 | Ark-La-Tex Speedway | Vivian | Louisiana | United States | June 5, 2008 | DO |
| 7 | Boothill Speedway | Shreveport | Louisiana | United States | March 4, 2011 | DO |
| 8 | USA Speedway | Sterlington | Louisiana | United States | March 11, 2011 | DO |
| 9 | Sabine Motor Speedway | Many | Louisiana | United States | March 12, 2011 | DO |
| 10 | NOLA Motorsports Park – 2.75M | Avondale | Louisiana | United States | October 26, 2012 | PRC |
| 11 | Leesville 171 Speedway | Leesville | Louisiana | United States | March 28, 2015 | DO |
| 12 | NOLA Motorsports Park – 1.8M | Avondale | Louisiana | United States | April 1, 2017 | PRC |
| 13 | The Pete Cooper | Sicily Island | Louisiana | United States | March 16, 2019 | DRC |
| 14 | Chatham Speedway | Chatham | Louisiana | United States | March 16, 2019 | DO |
| 15 | NOLA Motorsports Park – Dirt RC | Avondale | Louisiana | United States | August 31, 2019 | DRC |
| 16 | Thunder Valley Speedway | Glenmora | Louisiana | United States | August 31, 2019 | DO |
| 17 | Piney Woods | Castor | Louisiana | United States | May 22, 2021 | DRC |
| 18 | Kinsey Scout Reservation | Stonewall | Louisiana | United States | September 11, 2021 | DRC |
| 19 | Revolution Park | Monroe | Louisiana | United States | September 11, 2021 | DO |
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Below is a key to surface types and track configurations so you can understand the above list just a little bit easier.
Surface types: D-dirt; P-paved; M-mixed
Configuration types: O-oval; RC-road course; F8-figure 8 track