Saturday, December 30, 2006

TOURIST ACTIVITY

 

We spent the evening in a log cabin chalet type motel in Otaki.  Carol said it rained so hard overnight, it nearly gave her a heart attack.  I didn’t hear a thing.  I slept through whatever storm there was.  Carol says I must have been so tired from concentrating on driving on the “wrong” side of the road.  She’s probably right!

 

There will be no formal tourist activities today.  We’ll take a leisurely drive along the Tasman Sea coast and enjoy the scenery.  We were attracted to a restaurant named TJ’s Pancakes in Levin.  You don’t see many pancake restaurants in New Zealand so we had to stop.

 

Pancakes here are really crepes.  I did talk to the owner/chef/server into preparing some bacon and eggs for me.  She said those items weren’t on the menu, but since I asked she would make them for me.  They were delicious.  Our experience with all New Zealanders has been excellent.  Every one has been super helpful.

 

 

Midway during the trip, we stopped off at the Oceanview Speedway.  I’m not sure why the track carries that name since it overlooks the Tasman Sea.  They were racing tonight, but we’re committed to the Stratford Speedway as we follow the Saloon Speedweeks Tour.

 

Pulling into tonight’s racing location of Stratford, New Zealand had us looking for a motel for the night.  We were about to strike gold.  Just up on the right was the Antonio Mews Motel.  This 10-room motel looked like it would be a good fit, especially when I noticed five or six saloon cars parked in the motel lot.  I was especially excited to see Steve Williams’ #21 Ford Mustang there.

 

They still had a “vacancy” sign showing and we were rewarded with the last room they had.  According to the hotel owner, one of the drivers cancelled at the last minute leaving us with room #6. 

 

I noticed a woman sitting outside in front of her room enjoying the sun and doing crossword puzzles.  She was with the Huntly Speedway (tomorrow night’s venue).  Her name was Carol and she was most pleasant.  I told her I would really like to meet Steve Williams, the New Zealand saloon car champion and golf caddy to Tiger Woods.

 

She told me she could easily arrange that.  Carol said, “He’s in room #2, I’d introduce you now, but he’s taking a nanonap.  When he wakes up I’ll send him down to your room.”  O.K., someone is going to send Tiger Woods’ caddie down to my room.  Trackchasing doesn’t get much better than this!

 

In a few minutes who should coming walking by our open hotel room door than Mr. Steve Williams himself.  I introduced myself (Carol was in the bathroom) and we talked briefly.  I told him about my trackchasing background.  He said, “You’re in that National Speedsport News racechasing contest right?”  No, I’m a trackchaser not a racechaser.  Steve told me to visit him at the track tonight when he would have more time.  Later, Huntly Speedway’s Carol invited my own Carol and me too a barbeque after the races to be held at the motel.  Yes, my trackchasing and golfing life is going very well right now.

 

STRATFORD SPEEDWAY, STRATFORD, NEW ZEALAND – RANDY’S TRACK #1,137 & CAROL’S TRACK #293 – 12/30/06

It was another great night of New Zealand auto racing.  This time we were at the Stratford Speedway in Stratford in the shadow of Mt. Egmont, the tallest mountain we’ve yet seen in New Zealand.

 

The Stratford Speedway is another small quarter-mile nearly flat dirt oval.  Admission to tonight’s events at $12NZ was the lowest we’ve seen in our four nights of trackchasing.  Stratford has a old covered grandstand built on the front straight.  There was a $1NZ charge to sit in this grandstand, but it was well worth it.  The wind was blocked by this structure.  Have I mentioned that New Zealand can be a VERY windy place?  Tonight, we could see our breath by feature time.  Hey, this is supposed to be summer time!

 

Here’s some background on the Stratford Speedway from their website (http://www.stratford-speedway.co.nz/)

 

“Racing commenced back in the 1964/1965 season with 14 stockcars competing at the first race meeting. Over many years, the club has seen many laps of racing, classes come and go, and, a dedicated bunch of volunteers operate this track. Stratford competitors have had a proud history, with 23 New Zealand championships (more than any other track) won in the premier classes of Stockcars, Saloons and Modifieds. The club has also enjoyed good success in teams racing with Stratford teams winning many races and events during its history.

In 1999/2000 the club became the first track to install electronic lapscoring and later that season won the prestigious Speedway of the Year. The track plays host to around 15 nights of racing each season, beginning in October with the practices and finishing in March or April. Highlights of the season usually include the Fireworks night in early November, the Boxing Day Demolition Derby, and, the national Championship meetings.”

 

When we arrived at the track, we were greeted by driver Murray Guy.  Murray is a very outgoing driver who had given me some good online info in preparation for my trip.  Murray introduced us to several other drivers before walking over to Steve Williams’ racecar.

 

There are virtually no enclosed trailers being used to tote racers around NZ.  Steve Williams hauls his Mustang with a pickup truck and open trailer.  Steve’s race team is called “Caddyshack Racing.”  He says, “My sponsors get so much more exposure with this setup compared to if I used an enclosed trailer.”  He is absolutely right.  By the way, if you want to know more about Steve Williams’ background in golf and racing checkout, http://www.kiwicaddy.com.  This is a very interesting website.

 

I’m not exaggerating when I say Carol and I hung out with Steve for 15-20 minutes while he ate his supper, which included a sandwich and soda.  He pulled his sandwich and drink out of an old cooler in the back of his pickup truck.  Now, let’s see.  Tiger Woods won about $7 million dollars last year.  Normally, the player’s caddy gets 10% of the total winnings.  I’ll let you do the math.  I suspect Mr. Williams is doing right well.

 

So……were we hanging out with Tiger Woods’ golf caddie or were we hanging out with the reigning New Zealand Super Saloons racing champion?  Actually, we were hanging out with both! 

 

Steve’s a very nice guy who understands how to promote his race team and the NZ saloon car group as well.  We ended up buying some beautiful t-shirts from him.  He volunteered to autograph them if we wanted.  We got some excellent photos of Steve, Carol, his racecar and me.  I’m sure you’ll be seeing them at www.randylewis.org.

 

I provided my trackchaser press kit to the track’s announcer.  While I was talking with Steve, the announcer summoned me to the announce booth.  Steve said, “They’re calling for you.  You’d better go talk to them about your trackchasing.”  I just imagined him saying to Tiger Woods, “Tiger, they’re calling you.  You’d better go talk to them about winning the British Open.”  O.K., maybe I exaggerate, but you get the point.  Carol and I very much enjoyed our encounter with Steve Williams.

 

My interview with track commentator, Roger Tonkin went very well.  Roger was super enthused about my trackchasing history.  Rather than say “good for you,” he kept using the NZ expression “good on you.”  Like many announcers and fans I meet, Roger imagined that he would very much enjoy the trackchasing lifestyle.  Roger was a very good announcer tonight and the track’s P.A. system was the best we’ve yet seen in NZ.

 

Later in the evening I heard the announcer reading off the names and locations to the fans of the top five worldwide trackchasers that I had provided via my press release.  I always give credit to my fellow competitors when providing information to the press or a local track announcer.  He said, “It looks like the only thing to do in Pennsylvania is go trackchasing.”  His comment was in regards to the fact that three of the top five trackchasers in the world come from Pennsylvania.  Of course, there are many other interesting things to do in the Keystone state other than trackchasing.

 

I had several other NZ racing fans come up and introduce themselves as Carol and I roamed the pits and the grandstand area.  They had learned of my NZ trackchasing schedule on the Macgor’s NZ Speedway site and via my track interviews at tracks we’ve already seen.  I love meeting people this way.

 

They started racing tonight on time at 7 p.m. in front of a large crowd that was seated in many different configurations nearly all the way around the track.  Twenty races spread over six racing divisions, were finished at 10:06 p.m.

 

I have discovered that New Zealand has several secrets to their track efficiency.  First, the races are not that long.  Tonight the heats were 8-10 laps and the longest race, the Saloon feature, was only 15 laps.  They are also very slow to throw a yellow flag.  Actually, they didn’t use any yellow flags tonight.  They call the “yellow” an orange flag!  Never heard of that before.

 

The racing flags were attached to seven-foot long poles.  Except when the checkered flag waved, it looked like the starter was fishing with a cane pole.  He just stuck the pole out and the flag tangled over the racetrack.

 

The tracks here do not take any intermissions.  They do not run unnecessary laps waiting to get the cars lined up.  They run one race after another with minimal delays.  It’s very unusual in the U.S. to see a 5-6 division show with 18-20 races run in three hours.  I talked to Steve Williams about this.  He has raced several times in the U.S., mainly in Oregon and Northern California.  He was saying, “In NZ we run from 7-10 p.m.  In the U.S. they run from 7 p.m. to as late as 2 a.m.”  Yes, I’m afraid that statement is directionally correct.

 

Tonight we saw Youth mini-stocks (aged 12-16), street stocks, stock cars, super stocks, midgets and the saloons.  The street stocks (8) raced three races.  They ended up racing in both directions with the drivers using right side steer cars stock appearing passenger cars. 

 

By the way, one of tonight’s leading saloon drivers, Phil Towgood, was using a left side U.S. style pickup truck to tow his racecar.  He told me that imported cars/trucks like this one don’t need to have the steering converted if they are more than 20 years old.  New Zealand is importing a large amount of U.S. cars today.  The driver told me it costs $20,000NZ to convert a car from left side steer to right. 

 

This was the first time we have seen NZ super stocks.  These racecars are very similar to the U.K. formula one stock cars.  They are big, well fortified and sport large V-8 engines.  The ENTIRE car except for small openings by each front wheel is surrounded by huge bumpers and metal plates.  If you’re imagining a Sherman tank, you’re not too far off.  These guys would really “put the bumper” to their fellow competitors and were a crowd favorite.

 

Carol and I continued our trackchasing diet.  She had a corn dog and I had a chicken fillet sandwich.  We topped that off later with a trip to the ice cream truck for chocolate covered ice cream cones.  Yes, I’m surprised I don’t weight 100 pounds more than I do. 

 

Tomorrow night we’ll be at the Huntly Speedway.  This is the home track of Steve Williams.  This is also the track where Tiger Woods raced last year in a stock car.  Tiger spun in his race, but still ended up winning the feature event.  Steve told us, “Tiger’s sponsors hated to see him racing a stock car.”  I can imagine they would!

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

#1 Trackchaser Living West of the Mississippi

 

Your best bet is to work your butt off, reach your goals and enjoy your rewards.

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

These worldwide trackchasers are within 100 tracks (plus or minus) of my current trackchaser total.

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,137

2.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 1,077 (-60)*

3.  Rick Schneider – Bay Shore, New York – 1,064 (-73)*

4.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 1,044 (-93)*

7.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 965 (-172)**

 

* 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.

 

31.  Chris Economaki, Ridgewood, New Jersey – 302 (+9)

32.  Gary Jacob, Turlock, California – 301 (+8)

33.  Ron Rodda, Lincoln, California – 297 (+4)

34.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 293

35.  Johnny Gibson, Grand Island, Nebraska – 290 (+3)

 

 

2006 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 146

2.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 106

3.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 105

4.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 91

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 87

6.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 72

7.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 71

8.  Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 64

9.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 61

10.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania – 58

10.  Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 58

 

Tracks have been reported from 42 different worldwide trackchasers this season.

 

 

LIFETIME NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY STANDINGS

 

2006 (current thru 10/29/06)**

 

1. Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 7.08

2. Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 7.10

3. Allan Brown, Comstock Park, Michigan – 7.86

 

**Lifetime NGD results could be affected by current track counting proposals

 
 

CUMULATIVE TRAVEL DISTANCES:

 

AIRPLANE

Los Angeles, CA – Sydney, Australia – 7,490 miles

Sydney, Australia – Auckland, New Zealand – 1,340 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Auckland International Airport – trip begins

Driving all over New Zealand




TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

Western Springs Speedway – $20NZ

Blue Chip Speedway at Baypark – Free

Upper Hutt Family Speedway – $20NZ

Stratford Speedway – $15NZ

 
 

 

 

UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS

 

G’day, mate.  Yep!  We’re down here in New Zealand having a great time.  Only one more day left to trackchase in 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

RACETRACKS VISITED IN 2006 (** not the first time to visit this track)

 

992.  Watermelon Capital Speedway, Cordele, Georgia – January 14

 

993.  Cross Roads Motorplex (asphalt oval), Jasper, Florida – January 15

 

994.  Norfolk Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia – January 20

 

995.  Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California – January 21

 

996.  Oregon State Fair & Expo Center, Forster Livestock Arena, Salem, Oregon – January 28

 

997.  Morosso Motorsports Park, Jupiter, Florida – February 4

 

998.  Thunderbowl Speedway of Ocala, Ocala, Florida – February 4

 

999.  Cross Roads Motorplex (dirt oval), Jasper, Florida – February 5

 

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

 

1,117. Topsfield Fairgrounds Arena, Topsfield, Massachusetts – October 9

 

1,118. Cricket Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina – October 11

 

 

1,119. Gordon Park Speedway, Groveton, Georgia – October 13

 

 

1,120. I-20 Kartway, Batesburg, South Carolina – October 14

 

1,121. Hemi Speedway, Mount Croghan, South Carolina – October 15

 

** Bakersfield Raceway Park, Linton, Indiana – October 20 (new track Carol only)

 

1,122. South Georgia Motorsports Park, Cecil, Georgia – October 25

 

1,123. Altus Speedway, Altus, Oklahoma – October 29

 

1,124. Riverside Raceway Park, Mayodan, North Carolina – November 3

 

1,125. Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina – November 4

 

1,126. Delaware International Speedway, Delmar, Delaware – November 5

 

** Willow Springs International Raceway, Rosamond, California – November 12 (new track Carol only)

 

1,127. Kansas Coliseum-Arena Building, Valley Center, Kansas – November 18

 

1,128. Mercedes Benz of Sugar Land Road Course, Angleton, Texas – November 19

 

1,129. OCR Action Sport Park, Rougemont, North Carolina – December 3

 

1,130. Boone County Fairgrounds (oval), Columbia, Missouri – December 9

 

** Boone County Fairgrounds (oval), Columbia, Missouri – December 10

 

1,131. Boone County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Columbia, Missouri – December 10

 

1,132. DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan – December 15

 

1,133. Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina – December 16

 

1,134. Western Springs Speedway, Western Springs, New Zealand – December 26

 

1,135. Blue Chip Speedway at Baypark, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand – December 28

 

1,136. Upper Hutt Family Speedway, Upper Hutt, New Zealand – December 29

 

1,137. Stratford Speedway, Stratford, New Zealand – December 30