Louisiana

LOUISIANA

The Pelican State

Highlights

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

If you see a track link in the above list simply click on it to be transferred to my Trackchaser Report. Here you will be able to read about my adventure at this particular track. Not only will you learn about my time at the track but you’ll hear about all of the interesting people, places and things I encountered during the entire trip, coming and going, to that speedway. Most of my Trackchaser Reports will also include a photo album and YouTube video. Check it all out. Don’t be afraid to use the “search” box in the upper right corner of my website’s home page. Just type in the track name or whatever and you’ll be directed to the place you want to be.

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

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