NEBRASKA
The Cornhusker State
From the travels and adventures of the “World’s #1 Trackchaser” All-Time Favorite Nebraska Track: All of the top-notch figure 8 tracks in Nebraska Current lifetime trackchasing state rank: 1 Best Memories: I’ve seen racing at nearly 15 figure 8 tracks here. Nebraska has some of the very best high-speed professional big car F8 racing of any state in the country. Several of the cars are custom-built for figure 8 racing. I didn’t see my first race in the Cornhusker state until I was nearly 40 years of age. It’s never too late to start trackchasing! Today I’ve seen more racing at more tracks in Nebraska than anyone. Nebraska offers up some outstanding local stock car racing at places like Beatrice, I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, the Mid-Nebraska Speedway in Doniphan, Riviera Raceway in Norfolk and the Thayer County Speedway in Deshler. I’ve seen some excellent caged kart racing from the Kam Raceway and the Little E Speedway in Eagle. I met a former NBA announcer doing the PA at the Stuart Raceway. I saw the last season of racing at the Sunset Speedway in Omaha. Once the lady promoter at the U.S. 30 Speedway in Columbus found out who I was in the trackchasing world she INSISTED on refunding my admission price. On that night I did my first ever trackchasing newspaper interview with the Columbus Telegram. A media career was begun. I found out about the figure 8 racing at Boneyard Park in Edgar in the Kansas City airport one day before I saw the event. In Albion at the Boone County Raceway, I did a newspaper interview, a radio interview and an at the track interview. There’s a lot of state price in the Cornhusker State. The Broken Bow track had figure 8 racing at a campground! I invited fellow trackchasing competitor John Moore from Tennessee to join me. The figure 8 racing at the Butler County Fairgrounds in David City might have been the best I’ve ever seen. The Cass County Fairgrounds in Weeping Water offered free admission to everyone. Some of the Nebraska racing I’ve seen has been contested in extreme heat with temperatures reaching100 degrees. Before visiting the Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury I spent the day at the UCLA-Nebraska football game in Lincoln. Of course, the Bruins won 41-21 but they trailed early 21-3! At the time I said the Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction was the nicest dirt facility anywhere. I went there in 2004. I also met track announcer Wayne Dake during that visit. The indoor racing at the Lancaster Events Center in Lincoln was really good despite very bad exhaust fumes. When I went to the Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte I sat next to a couple who had come to the races directly from their wedding reception. I’ve seen a lot of really good figure 8 racing in Nebraska. 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
#
Track
City
State
Country
Date
Track Type
1
Eagle Raceway
Eagle
Nebraska
United States
June 25, 1988
OUTER-DO
2
Oregon Trail Speedway
Gering
Nebraska
United States
May 7, 1999
PO
3
Sunset Speedway
Omaha
Nebraska
United States
September 10, 2000
DO
4
I-80 Speedway
Greenwood
Nebraska
United States
September 21, 2000
DO
5
Wavelink Raceway
Waverly
Nebraska
United States
August 9, 2002
DO
6
Riviera Raceway
Norfolk
Nebraska
United States
August 10, 2002
DO
7
Stuart Raceway
Stuart
Nebraska
United States
August 11, 2002
DO
8
Junction Motor Speedway
McCool Junction
Nebraska
United States
June 22, 2004
DO
9
The Speed Bowl
Red Cloud
Nebraska
United States
June 23, 2004
DO
10
Butler County Speedway
Rising City
Nebraska
United States
June 25, 2004
DO
11
Hamilton County Fairgrounds
Aurora
Nebraska
United States
June 25, 2004
DF8
12
US 30 Speedway
Columbus
Nebraska
United States
July 8, 2004
OUTER-DO
13
US 30 Speedway
Columbus
Nebraska
United States
July 8, 2004
TEMPORARY-DO
14
Thayer County Speedway
Deshler
Nebraska
United States
July 18, 2004
DO
15
US 30 Speedway
Columbus
Nebraska
United States
May 26, 2005
INNER-DO
16
Hitchcock County Speedway
Culbertson
Nebraska
United States
May 27, 2005
DO
17
Broken Bow
Fullerton
Nebraska
United States
May 29, 2005
DF8
18
Dawson County Raceway
Lexington
Nebraska
United States
June 5, 2005
DO
19
McCook Speedway
McCook
Nebraska
United States
July 22, 2005
DO
20
Beatrice Speedway
Beatrice
Nebraska
United States
July 30, 2005
DO
21
Cedar County Raceway
Hartington
Nebraska
United States
July 31, 2005
DO
22
Sarpy County Fair & Rodeo Arena
Springfield
Nebraska
United States
August 5, 2007
DF8
23
KAM Raceway
Hastings
Nebraska
United States
August 24, 2007
DO
24
Boneyard Park
Edgar
Nebraska
United States
August 25, 2007
DF8
25
Lincoln County Raceway
North Platte
Nebraska
United States
August 25, 2007
INDOOR-DO
26
Lincoln County Raceway
North Platte
Nebraska
United States
August 25, 2007
OUTER-DO
27
Motorsport Park Hastings
Hastings
Nebraska
United States
August 25, 2007
PRC
28
York County Fairgrounds
York
Nebraska
United States
June 22, 2008
DF8
29
Boone County Raceway
Albion
Nebraska
United States
July 11, 2010
DO
30
Saline County Fairgrounds
Crete
Nebraska
United States
July 29, 2010
DF8
31
Saunders County Fairgrounds
Wahoo
Nebraska
United States
July 30, 2010
DF8
32
Little Sunset Speedway
Omaha
Nebraska
United States
April 1, 2012
DO
33
Clay County Fairgrounds
Clay Center
Nebraska
United States
July 14, 2012
DF8
34
Mid-Nebraska Raceway Park
Doniphan
Nebraska
United States
July 14, 2012
DO
35
Fillmore County Fairgrounds
Geneva
Nebraska
United States
July 16, 2012
DF8
36
Boone County Fairgrounds
Albion
Nebraska
United States
July 10, 2013
DF8
37
Washington County Fairgrounds
Lexington
Nebraska
United States
July 28, 2013
DF8
38
Lancaster Events Center
Lincoln
Nebraska
United States
August 1, 2013
DF8
39
Jefferson County Speedway
Fairbury
Nebraska
United States
September 14, 2013
DO
40
Butler County Fairgrounds
David City
Nebraska
United States
July 19, 2014
DF8
41
Lancaster Events Center – Amy Countryman Arena
Lincoln
Nebraska
United States
January 2, 2015
DO
42
Cass County Fairgrounds
Weeping Water
Nebraska
United States
August 12, 2016
DF8
43
Mini E Raceway
Eagle
Nebraska
United States
May 5, 2017
INNER-DO
44
Highway 92 Raceway Park
Gering
Nebraska
United States
August 7, 2020
PF8
44
Off Road Speedway
Norfolk
Nebraska
United States
May 29, 2021
DO
45
Dundy County Fairgrounds
Benkelman
Nebraska
United States
July 22, 2021
DO
46
Polk County Fairgrounds
Osceola
Nebraska
United States
July 21, 2023
DF8
47
Seward County Fairgrounds Rodea Arena
Seward
Nebraska
United States
August 13, 2023
DF8