Greetings from Airway Heights, Washington
From the travels and adventures of the
“World’s #1 Trackchaser”
Spokane County Raceway Asphalt road course Lifetime track #1,658 . . Spokane County Raceway Asphalt oval Lifetime track #1,659 Reprinted with permission from my Saturday, June 4, 2011, 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 while trackchasing down in Tennessee). 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, June 4, 2011. “THE UPS AND DOWNS OF TRACKCHASING.” TRACKCHASING TOUR RAINED OUT!! I don’t get rained out very often. I absolutely HATE being rained out. Yesterday, at the Whiskey Park Raceway (WPR) in Junction City, Kansas I was rained out. How often does this happen? Rarely! During the past 4 ½ years I have been rained out only thirteen times. During the same time I have successfully trackchased on 416 days. That gives me a “rainout ratio” of just 3.1%. No other U.S. trackchaser comes close to that mark. Why do I mention it? Because it’s true! Here’s what’s so screwy about the thirteen times I have been rained out since the beginning of 2007. On MOST of those occasions the track could have run their program. That was certainly the case at the Whiskey Park Raceway. I blame this one on the track’s management. I use the latest in weather radar technology. With my “pinpoint airstrike capability” I don’t fly into racing areas where the weather is likely to turn bad. I’m just like an airline pilot. I try to “fly around” bad weather. WPR races on Friday nights. The rain forecast for Friday was next to nothing. I had checked the website AND called them on Thursday. All indications from the track were that they would be racing. I would later come to find out they received 2.76 inches of rain on Wednesday. That’s a lot of rain. However, on both Thursday and Friday the temperature hit 95 degrees with lots of sunshine. You would think that kind of weather would dry things out. Whatever, with lots of rain on Wednesday, wouldn’t you think by Thursday they would know it was going to be too wet to race? Am I going to have to call every track I visit just before I head their way even when the weather is perfect? Too lazy to race? It’s takes a lot of time and effort to get from San Clemente, California to Junction City, Kansas and get there in time for the races. Junction City is out in the middle of Kansas. I arrived exactly on time at 7:30 p.m. It was a beautiful evening for racing. There was nobody at the track! I took photos of the racing surface that looked like it was ready to use. As Carol said, “they must have been too lazy to race”. I left a phone message that included my name, phone number and disappointment with the track’s communication and rainout policy. No response! I have a 3% rainout ratio. The typical track probably rains out 10-15% of the time each season. That’s how much I’m beating the odds by. If every one of the thirteen rainouts I have had really TRIED to race, that number would be far less than ten. No, I don’t like being rained out. I really HATE being rained out at a track that doesn’t try!!! TODAY’S HEADLINES I had never seen a pickup bring more of “these” to a track during the race program …………..details in “Race Review – Spokane County Raceway – Oval”. Were five-dollar bills walking out of the track tonight?………………more in “Race Review – Spokane County Raceway – Oval”. Godspeed good buddy.…………..details in “The People”. THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED HAD YOU BEEN PAYING MORE ATTENTION IN SCHOOL THE BEST READERS IN RACING TAKE TIME TO CONTRIBUTE Andrew Mon Hughes, one of my main contacts at the Anglesey Circuit, in Wales writes to tell me about some media coverage from our trip to Wales. The North Wales Chronicle did a very nice story on our visit to Wales. I don’t think any other woman in trackchasing has ever been quoted or photographed in the pursuit of the trackchasing hobby. In this story Carol points out that a major part of our trackchasing involves seeing and experiencing the local culture. The story also included a great photo of Carol, Richard Peacock, Anglesey’s race director and me. Thanks to Andrew for sending this along. Click on this link to see all of the media coverage we have received from all over the world. Click the “foreign” tab and page down to the “North Wales Chronicle” for the story from Wales: Randy’s worldwide medica coverage Jack Nelson, promoter at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Cortez, Colorado took the time to share these comments. Randy I am the promoter at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Cortez, CO. First i would like to thank you for coming, but in reading your review it said we were going to run a second set of heat races. That isn’t correct, but I wouldn’t put it past my announcer to have said that. I have 2 different ones and both are pretty green in the racing world. They try hard but do get a little confused some times. We ran our mains after the intermission and were done before 11:00. We always try to keep the show moving along as quickly as possible. The reason we run such a limited schedule is that we work around the Fairgrounds and other area tracks schedules. We don’t race when they do and they don’t race when we do and the Fairgrounds doesn’t let us run during most of their scheduled events. 2 days race weekends work for lot of our racers since they travel from other towns, it’s nice to make a weekend out of it. My apologies for the confusion and again thank you for coming. Jack Nelson Greetings from Airway Heights, Washington SEE WHAT I SAW TODAY! It’s simple. There are three different ways for you to see what I saw today at the races. You can watch a movie (always less than ten minutes). Secondly, you can see my still photos via YouTube.com. Finally, you can see my still photos by using the link just above. You can view the pictures at your own pace or watch them in a slide show in my SmugMug photo album. Pick the method you like best from the links above. THE OBJECTIVE, THE TRIP, THE PEOPLE…AND A WHOLE LOT MORE The Objective and the Strategy The objective. Some wins; some losses. The plan this weekend is to get in a quick three tracks. I hope to be home on Sunday in time for some important family and personal activities. My plan, as always, is to avoid bad weather. The strategy. My “on/off” plan is working well. I had only been home for 72 hours or so after my 22,000+ mile plus adventure to the Asian countries of Malaysia and Indonesia (above). However, I needed to get back on the road, even if for only two days. Next week I’ll be off from trackchasing. That off weekend will be my second during the May-August period. This allows me to meet my goal of taking a minimum of two weekends off during trackchasing’s “summer” period. I will likely take even more time off before “summer” ends on August 31. The Trip KANSAS Dealing with the effects of travel. I woke up this morning in San Clemente, California. I went to bed in Topeka, Kansas. Then I continued on and stayed in Spokane, Washington for the next night. This is what happened during this three-day/two night trip. I am having some difficulty readjusting to life back in the United States. I just spent ten days with time zone differences of 14-16 hours. I find it much easier to travel west. I always have. When you travel west it’s later “your time”. This means you’re more tired and it’s the end of the day. On the other hand, when one travels eastward the morning hours are earlier on “your time” making getting up more uncomfortable. Then in the evening, it’s much earlier “your time” and it doesn’t seem like going to bed at the normal local time is warranted. Trust me, I’ve analyzed this almost weekly for 40 years. When I hop across the country every day there is not much time for sleep. This morning’s wakeup call came at 4:30 a.m. Pacific time. The best thing about an early morning departure is there is no traffic to deal with. After visiting Indonesia I will never look at “traffic” the same. The greater Los Angeles area is supposed to have some of the worst traffic in the country. However, being retired I can pick my spots. It is rare that I am ever in any traffic in SoCal. That takes away one of the few negatives to SoCal living. Today I am headed to Kansas City. Then I’ll have a two-hour plus drive into rural Kansas. The high temperature is expected to be 95 degrees. Oh, my. With the absolute horrible climates so much of our country has (cold, hot, rain, tornadoes, floods, bugs, humidity) is it any wonder that the demand for SoCal real estate is so high. When I learned that tonight’s racing program was canceled I had no choice. The best I could do was find a hotel and get ready for my trip to Washington. There were several logistical ‘blockers’ that needed to be considered. As luck would have it, the NASCAR show was in Kansas City this weekend. Just this year KC got a second NASCAR race date. That surprised me. Whenever NASCAR comes to town hotel prices go up. The popularity is such that the hotel proprietors can garner much higher than normal prices. That meant a Motel 6 was going for $80 near the Kansas City airport. Quite often Motel 6 properties do not increase prices when special events are nearby. I elected to stay in Topeka at a Motel 6 for $32. Topeka is about 80 miles from the airport. Here’s what that meant for me. My Saturday morning flight toward Spokane was leaving at 6 a.m. On the way out to central Kansas I encountered major eastbound traffic delays on I-70. Would those delays still be there at 4 a.m. when I planned to travel back to the airport? I had an 80-mile drive to make. I needed to be at the airport an hour early to clear security. I would need to fill up my Jeep SUV rental vehicle with “Sunoco Racing Gasoline” and I had to account for any potential highway construction delays. That all translated to a 2:30 a.m. wake-up call (12:30 p.m. California time). Folks, that was early! Heck, Carol was probably still do laundry at thirty minutes past midnight back in California! On the drive back I encountered the racecar haulers from Kasey Kahne’s World of Outlaw sprint car team. They were driving the highways at 3:30 a.m. No, racing or trackchasing is not easy when you do it on a national basis. WASHINGTON The travel plan was a bit easier in the Northwest. Today I saw two tracks and drove my rental car a total of 34 miles! That doesn’t happen often. It’s called “pinpoint airstrike capability”. As a matter of fact, I drove out to the track three different times today. The first trip was just to make sure I knew where the track was. The second trip had me seeing the racing on the road course in the afternoon. The third and final trip was for the oval track racing in the evening. I got up at the ungodly hour of 2:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m. California time) to begin my journey from Topeka, Kansas to Seattle, Washington. My three wake-up calls for this trip started (using California times) at 4:30 a.m., 12:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. Folks, that’s just too darned early. However, if a trackchaser is going to start and end in California and pursue the hobby in both Kansas and Washington that is the way it must be done. I’d like to bring those “Dreaded East Coast Trackchasers” (maybe not) along on my trips. Their tongues would be dragging. When I landed at the Spokane International Airport I needed a hotel. It was nice that the airport had free Wi-Fi. If they didn’t have it, I also have my own “anywhere/anytime” connectivity. Smaller airports are much more likely to have free Wi-Fi than larger ones. I’m always keeping an eye on my trackchasing budget. I immediately hopped on first Biddingfortravel.com and then Priceline.com. This netted me the Ramada Airport Hotel and Water Park property ($56/$106). I will tell you that I’m glad I didn’t pay the $106 regular price for this place. I was too busy to even look for the water park. Motel 6 properties were going for $50, a somewhat high figure compared to last night’s stay in Topeka for $32. When the trackchasing is finished, I get home at quickly as I can. If was important that I got home in time on Sunday. Our grandchildren, Asti and Mitch were visiting along with their parents and other friends. We also needed to attend the memorial for old friend Gabe Gordon who passed away recently. My first flight would depart from Spokane on Sunday at 6:15 a.m. The flight had one seat open and seven standby passengers. However, on this flight I was the first person on the standby list. That was a good feeling. I made it home in time for all of the day’s activities. It’s always nice to get home on a Sunday. That makes the next week seem a little more relaxed. The People Godspeed good buddy. I am sad to report the passing of long-time golfing friend, Gabe Gordon. Gabe had been in ill health for the past several years. I went to visit him in a nursing home a few weeks ago. Nursing homes are not good places to visit. Gabe Gordon was quite a character. Gabe always had a funny story to tell. Often times he took a long time telling them. He also liked to give “tips” on the golf course even though he was not a very good golfer. For you non-golfers out there it is poor etiquette to offer playing tips during a round of golf especially if they are unsolicited. One morning I was having an off day. Gabe was in my group and more than willing to tell me what I was doing wrong. One of the things I dislike most when playing golf is someone who is shooting 98, telling me how to play when I am shooting 88! When Gabe offered his advice, I walked up to him with the most serious look I had. I said, “I’m taking lessons from a golf pro. He told me if anyone ever tried to offer any golf tips while I was out here playing, I should walk up and smack them in the face.” With that Gabe’s color turned ashen white. Then I broke out into laughter and gave him a hug. I think he got the point. Nevertheless, he continued to give advice to others. He will be missed. RACE REVIEW SPOKANE COUNTY RACEWAY – AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON – ROAD COURSE The contrasting demographics between road course and oval fans. It was a pleasantly warm and sunny day for some vintage road racing the Spokane County Raceway. The road course sits on one side of the facilities drag strip. The oval track is located on the other side of the strip. It was interesting to note the dramatic demographic difference in the road course fan and the oval fan. This is not unique to Spokane. I see it virtually everywhere I go. Today’s circuit fan was an older white male. I would say there were more people watching today that were older than me, than just about any track I have visited all year. Of course, with that demographic it is a well-behaved crowd. In listening to side conversations the value and uniqueness of the racing cars to the fan is paramount. On the other hand, tonight’s oval crowd was made up of families and younger people. There was no shortage of tattoos! I wonder how these folks with feel about their “body art” a few years down the road? At the oval track, beer sales were robust. The announcer told the crowd it was “last call for alcohol” at the beginning of the super late model feature. Then he pretty well negated that responsible activity by encouraging fans to “buy two”. Mind you, I grew up being an oval track fan. A checkered past. Racing began at the Spokane Raceway Park back in 1973 with the opening of the drag strip. They didn’t start racing on the road course until 1995. In 2004 there was a legal dispute between the original investors with the property ultimately going into receivership. The city of Spokane ended up buying the track in 2008 for $4 million. Soon after, an independent consultant’s report concluded the racing facility could not be duplicated for less than $50 million. I benefited from the city’s involvement by adding two tracks to my totals today. The SCR road course has undergone some logistical revisions since last year I was told. They changed a few turns and use the drag strip straight much less than before. There was also a good deal of newly poured asphalt on the track. Today there was a special visitor. My $15 admission ticket included my being able to walk the paddock area. This allowed me to get several pictures of the vintage racers for your viewing pleasure. I grew up on ovals. I loved the stock cars that raced on the dirt back in the 50s/60s. I’m sure road racing fans feel the same way about their favorites. Other than seeing Trans-Am races at Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin during the 70s I didn’t see much road racing until I became a trackchaser. I like it much better when I can see racing on most of the track. This event had a special visitor, George Follmer. I remember seeing George race at our college fraternity outings at Elkhart Lake. Today the announcer told us he raced and won in Formula one, Can-Am and Trans-Am. Mr. Follmer was on hand to sign autographs. Lots of cars, beautiful weather and on-time racing. Today’s track was flat for the most part. There was one set of grandstands that seated maybe 500 people. A good crowd, for this type of event, was on hand. Curiously, the start/finish line was located almost out of view from the spectators. I talked with one local official and former driver. He expressed my feelings about road racing. He said it’s not nearly as entertaining for the fans as oval racing but it is much more enjoyable than racing on ovals for the drivers. I strongly agree with that point of view. The road racing events kept on schedule as most of these types of racing do. I’m wondering if there is any correlation to “older white men” being part of racing programs that start on time and that of “beer-drinking tattooed fans” associating with tracks that rarely start on time. I am not saying there is a correlation……but then maybe there is. After walking every inch of the paddock area, I saw four of the eight races. The first race was for vintage, formula vees and select historic small bore racers (1941-1962). These included Alfa Romeo, Austin Healey, Zink and Crusaders brands just to name a few. The second race was for historic small bore racers including Lotus Cortina, Elva Courier, Porsche and Triumph cars. The next event included historic large and medium bore for Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs and Jaguar XKE type cars. The final race I saw was for formula cars such as Brabham, Lotus, Merlyn and Titan race cars. The 2011 Spokane Festival of Speed included a little bit of almost everything. The pros and cons. At lunch I had an overpriced pulled pork sandwich for six bucks. I was pleased with the free program the track offered when I entered the grounds. I told the parking attendant that the portable track sign about a mile from the track directed fans onto a road that turned into a dead-end! He said other fans had made the same observation. There were also some vintage midgets and super-mods on hand. They were not racing but they were fun to look at. Don’t miss the pictures. While at the track I sent photos of the older cars to historian Paul Weisel for identification. I still have 14 road course venues in the U.S. that I have not seen. Most of those are not permanent venues. I’ve seen nearly 200 road course tracks in total. This year I have seen six road course events. I’m averaging 3.4 total tracks per trip, which is excellent. SPOKANE COUNTY RACEWAY – AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON – OVAL The grand “re-opening”. From what I was told the oval track at the Spokane County Raceway (SCR) was being used for the first time in five years. I know I’ve been checking its status for several years with no luck. As I mentioned local politics and finances created the problem. However, since this was “opening” night the place was absolutely jammed. The SCR is a slightly banked ½-mile asphalt oval. They have seating all the way from turn four to turn one. The grandstands are made from poured concrete with about 15 rows. Racing was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Well before the official start time the grandstands were full! You won’t see that at many places in today’s times. I predict a steep fall off as the track gets into the season. The big attraction at SCR has been the drag strip. As you look down the strip, you will find the oval on the right and the road course on the left. Today could have been called a “same location” trackchasing double or a “day/night” double. I went with the “day/night” choice since I actually left the track between this afternoon’s circuit racing and this evening’s oval racing. A missed opportunity? The weather was clear and warm before sunset. By 11 p.m. (when they were still racing) the temps had dropped to 54 degrees. Considering the car count I believe the track missed an opportunity to entertain their fans to the fullest. There were three classes racing. The pony stocks (about 10), the street stocks (5) and the super late models (about 30) made up the program. One might think that a show scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. with less than 50 cars in the house could start their main feature before 10:30 p.m. The program began with both the Canadian and U.S. national anthems at 7:21 p.m. Anything beyond 15 minutes after start time is late in my book. The track wasted a lot of time in three areas. First, when a pony stock blew an engine dropping some oil on the track, it took more than 15 minutes to clean up. There were also significant delays between races. Finally, recognizing the top three on the front stretch after each main race took extra time. This was followed by more than 15 minutes to introduce the 30 starters for the last race, the 100-lapper for the super late models. The track was doing a “land office” business at the concession stand. There were lines all night. There were also lines at the permanent restroom building and at the porta-potties. Mid-race I actually saw a pick-up truck bringing in more porta-potties. I can’t recall ever seeing that. I stood behind the top row of the grandstand (at different positions) all night. This was better for viewing, taking pictures and just being comfortable given the size of the crowd. Is this the way entertainment should be? I ended up leaving at 10:33 p.m. They had just had the next of several early race cautions in the super late model feature. Folks should not be required to sit on a concrete slab for nearly four hours before the main event kicks off. That leads to one-thing…….fewer repeat visitors. I’d love to see the crowd count two months from now. For sure, the promoter made a ton tonight with 3,000-4,000 fans at $12 per. The concession stand yielded a healthy profit too. Let’s say the track made $5 profit per fan tonight. That’s great unless the length of the show discouraged fans from coming again or coming as often as they might. Were five-dollar bills walking out of the track tonight? Here’s another way of looking at it. When the fans left the track tonight it was as if they had a five-dollar bill taped to their forehead. Many of those five-dollar bills will be spent on something other than coming back to SCR by many of the first-time curious fans. It’s a commonly held belief in business that it costs a lot less to keep your current customers than it does to get new ones. This was a fun idea. The track did have one procedure I really liked. On restarts during the super late model feature the cars lined up in single file. Then, as the cars came down to the start/finish line, each driver had to make a decision. They could pick the inside or outside lane. If the first ten cars all chose the inside lane (that was the preferred line) and the 11th car chose the outside lane the 11th place car would start on the outside of the first row. I’ve seen this done a few times. It really adds to the race strategy. It can also improve a driver’s position greatly. Misaligned expectations. Today’s road course experience was better than expected. The oval track experience was worse than expected. Sometimes it’s difficult to manage expectations! STATE COMPARISONS Washington This afternoon and evening I saw my 24th and 25th tracks in Washington, the Evergreen state, yes the Evergreen state. This is the 21st state where I’ve seen twenty-five tracks or more. These states include: Arizona California Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Nevada New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Washington Wisconsin I maintain my #1 rank in Washington. Allan Brown and Gordon Killian trail with 19 and 15 tracks respectively. A total of thirty-seven trackchasers have come all the way to Washington to pursue their hobby. I have just two permanent tracks remaining to be seen here. Coming Soon – RLR – Randy Lewis Racing Exclusive Features! My review of the Apple iPhone trackchasing “app” Track Guide powered by the National Speedway Directory. How is the transition going from unofficial trackchasing commissioner Will White to his successor? TRAVEL DETAILS AIRPLANE Orange County, CA (SNA) – Denver, CO (DEN) – 845 miles Denver, CO (DEN) – Kansas City, KS (MCI) – 531 miles RENTAL CAR #1 Kansas City International Airport – trip begins Junction City, KS – 133 miles Kansas City International Airport – 275 miles – trip ends AIRPLANE Kansas City, KS (MCI) – Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) – 918 miles Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) – Spokane, WA (GEG) – 546 miles RENTAL CAR #2 Spokane International Airport – trip begins Spokane, WA – 7 miles Spokane, WA – 16 miles Spokane International Airport – 34 miles – trip ends AIRPLANE Spokane, WA (SLC) – Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) – 546 miles Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) – Orange County, CA (SNA) – 588 miles Total air miles – 3,974 (6 flights) Total rental car miles – 309 (2 cars) Total miles traveled on this trip – 4,289 miles TRACK ADMISSION PRICES: Whiskey Late Raceway – Are you kiddin’ me? Spokane County Raceway – road course – $15 Spokane County Raceway – oval – $12 Total racetrack admissions for the trip – $27 COMPARISONS LIFETIME TRACKCHASER COMPARISONS There are no trackchasers currently within 200 tracks of my lifetime total. 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 Washington sayings: Help! We’re overrun by nerds and slackers. 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. 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. First a rainout in Kansas and then off to Spokane for some vintage road course racing and more 
