Your 2017 Race Season
 

Well we're days from turning the page on 2017. So how was your 2017 racing season?

I was able to get to 24 races in 2017 up a couple from 2016.

I attended races at 9 different tracks in 4 states (Maryland, PA, Virginia and West Virginia)

Most all where dirt tracks, but I did get to Summit Point twice for SCCA and Vintage Sports Cars and Jennerstown for ROC (NASCAR Style) Modifieds.

Eastern Storm at Williams Grove was my highlight of my 2017 race season.

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I made it to 22 events at 9 tracks in 3 states, up from 18, 8 and 2.
I managed to actually participate at 9 races, where various gremlins limited me to only 4 appearances in 2016.
New venues to me were Anderson Speedway and the Springfield Multi-purpose Arena where, sadly, we lost Paul Graybrook.
A big highlight was the 2-seater Indycar ride at the Speedway for my 65th (wow); now if I can talk my way into the front seat...

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Only 13 races, 12 tracks, 5 states (Indiana, Ohio, Pa. N.Y., Colorado)
New tracks for me: Attica, Lawrenceburg, Susquehanna, Orange County Raceway (Middletown, NY)
Series: Pa. Speedweek, Indiana Sprintweek, Eastern Storm, USAC Midget Eastern swing, Allstars
Best races: Attica Allstars, Byron Reed wins, & USAC Midgets at Susky (JUstin Grant, I think) Path Valley midget race was great too, but marred by accidents & serious injury
Young gun: Larson swept all 3 Pa. Speedweek shows I saw
Old farts rule: Lance Dewease won both Big $$ races at Port Royal. Sammy won Allstars in NY state & ASCS in Colorado, but neither race was competitive...
Start of 2018: Chili Bowl!

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Got to about 30 races, seen another seven or eight on PPV and another half dozen or so on LucasOilTV subscription live

Best races I seen. LBurg Midget Week with Holy Shelton and Bayston swapping two sliders and crossovers per lap. Then Rico and shelton. Bet there were 35 lead passes in 30 laps. Rico Won..

Bloomington first USAC race. Boespflug leading, Windom creepin the bottom, Windom takes lead about lap 20. Im thinking it's over. Boespflug winds it up and the last ten laps are side by side. Boespflug wins.

Hewitt Classic, Darland commanding lead. Gets bogged with lappers but I think he thinks he's safe. Drew Rader winds it up on the cushion, passes cars like crazy and wins by half a car.

Monpelier BOSS. TMEZ kinda made it look easy but the show all around was excellent.

Most interesting? My first Little 500, I don't like Pavement much. But I liked this race, WOW.

Had a great year, Me and My Uncle made almost all of LBurg Races except for WoO, Hit THAT, PVILLE, Bloomington twice, Montpellier, Waynesfield twice, Mansfield, Atomic, Brownstown twice, Eldora twice. Made Florence's first Lucas race and Moler's Turkey Gobbler with SHortbus and Lloyd.

New tracks for me were Mansfield and Anderson.

Here's wishing everyone a safe, healthy and lots of racing 2018

16 races in 3 states. (IN, OH, and IL) First trips to the Southern illinois center, Montpelier and Terre Haute.

Greatly enjoyed them all, as well as the tracks that are my normal go-to tracks.

Had a really fun year with some great races and I met some great new people.

Can't wait for next season. Hope to meet more new people and also catch some more new tracks. 2018 can't come soon enough.

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Chili Bowl
Shamrock Classic-Southern Illinois Center, Du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Kokomo Grand Prix
Sumar Classic
Little 500
Indy 500
POWRi National Midgets-Joliet, IL
POWRi Midgets/WAR Sprints-Fairbury, IL
Summernationals DLM-Peoria, IL
USAC National Midgets-Mighty Macon
USAC National Midgets/Summernationals DLM-Lincoln, IL
USAC National Midgets-Illinois State Fairgrounds
ISW Kokomo
USAC National Midgets-Beloit, KS
2 USAC National Midgets-Belleville High Banks, Belleville, KS
Tony Bettenhausen Memorial 100-Illinois State Fairgrounds
POWRi National Midgets-Mighty Macon
Allen Crowe Memorial 100 ARCA Stock Cars-Illinois State Fairgrounds
Ted Horn Memorial 100-Du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Southern Illinois 100 ARCA Stock Cars-Du Quoin State Fairgrounds
USAC National Sprint Cars-Terre Haute Action Track
4 Crown Nationals
WAR-POWRi Sprint Cars/Wisconsin WingLESS Sprint Cars--MOWA/IRA Sprint Mania-Fairbury, IL
USAC National Sprint Cars-Terre Haute Action Track
Junior Knepper 55-Southern Illinois Center, Du Quoin State Fairgrounds

Best racing we watched all year was the USAC National Midget show at Mighty Macon. That race was epic and an instant classic. Unfortunately it lacked horribly in fan support and as good as it was in 2017 it isn't on the USAC schedule for 2018. If we want good racing we fans need to support it. Sadly that didn't happen at Macon and it's really unclear as to why.

A close second goes to The Bettenhausen Memorial 100 at Springfield. 41 cars in the pits and the best USAC Silver Crown race we've ever seen!!

A close 3rd goes to the USAC National Midget race at Lincoln, IL. Christopher Bell backed up his epic performance at Macon with an incredible race at Lincoln the very next night.

Honorable mention goes to The Little 500 but we've grown to expect that to be the case.

Fairbury, Illinois is fast becoming a stalwart dirt open wheel venue'. I just wish they could get a USAC National show there. Don't matter if it's sprint cars or midgets. Either one would put on a hell of a show at FALS.

The biggest disappointment was the 4 Crown Nationals. Nuff said on that subject.

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Races 59 and 60 will be this weekend in Ft wayne. Started at 2017 Chili Bowl and went all year long to get to my goal of 60 races.

Next year starts in less than 2 weeks at Chili Bowl 2018

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61 races (New Track Record) in 10 states; OH, KY, GA, VA, NC, TN, IN, SC, AL, FL @ a total of 26 different tracks/venues. (GA, VA, and FL were all new race states)

Had a really good mix of Sprints, Midgets, Late Models, but a ton of NASCAR races this past year. (#ThanksLarson)

New Tracks: Martinsville Speedway, Friendship Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Homestead Miami Speedway, Freedom Hall (Arenacross), US Bank Arena (Arenacross), Montpelier Motor Speedway, I-69 Gas City Speedway, & Kokomo Speedway.

Race of the Year: April 15 * Schaeffer’s Spring Nationals Series Late Models $5K to win Florence Speedway winner: Brandon Overton
1st Runner Up: Oct 29 * First Data 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville winner: Kyle Busch
2nd Runner Up: Aug 11-12 * “35th Annual Sunoco North/South 100” Lucas Oil Late Model Series $50K to win Florence Speedway winner: Tim McCreadie

Driver I saw win the most: Kyle Busch (6)
2nd most: Scott Bloomquist & Brandon Overton (4)
Several tied for 3rd with 3 wins including Kevin Thomas, Jr. in 2 different cars within a month.

Personal highlights were seeing Christopher Bell win 2 truck races and win the championship; and being able to do 3 nights of Midget Week all at new tracks for me, which was part of 6 straight nights of attending races. (with not one vacation day taken. O.O )

I made it to 15 races this year with the Rumble to make 16 on Saturday. The most races I have ever been to in one season.

Only 3 states: Michigan, Indiana and Ohio

New tracks: Thunderbird, Baer Field (dirt), Berlin (dirt), Springport (Pavement), Kellogg Arena (Indoor) and technically Hartford 3/8 mile track.

Most Visited: Butler 6 times. Approx 6 miles from my house.

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2017 started out awesome. Watched a few nights at Volusia and spent a week in Florida. It quickly turned not so awesome when I spent 20 of the 30 nights I planned on racing this summer at work instead.

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40 races 24 different tracks 6 new tracks (ponderosa, florence, lincoln, fairbury, jacksonville, and knoxville) 6 states (pa,oh,ky,in,il,ia) best race i seen would be a tie between Florence spring nationals and lawrenceburg indiana midget week

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I don't keep track of how many nights, but I know it was over 60.
States WI, NE, IA. IN. IL OK MO.
New tracks. Rockford IL. Southern IL center. Kokomo IN. Eagle NE.
My 2 favorite races of the year every year are The Chili Bowl and IMCA Super Nationals.
Best race I saw this year is a tie. Kokomo Klash Sunshine beating the Peoples champ at the line
And Clash at the Creek 141 Speedway. Kyle Stirkler beating Benji Lacrosse by .005 at the line.
Another highlight was attending my first Sliver Crown race at Terre Haute.
Next year going to knock a couple off my bucket list. Little 500 and Indy Mile Silver Crown.
First race will be Chill Chaser endro 141 speedway, then off to Tulsa for the Chili Bowl.

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I'll chalk up 27 for 2017. I could CLAIM 28 but one was opening night at the new Hartford Speedway wherein there was no sprint action.

Three rainouts are not counted either.

New venues: Baer Field Dirt Track for SOD, Lincoln Park for ISW, and Route 66 Dirt Track for the IRA event in mid-September.

Low point of the year.... went down to Volusia for the DirtCar Nationals and never ran into Eric Smith.

High points of the year:

Always meeting fish. :)

Watched a couple of races with flagboy55 at Kokomo and Joliet. His bud Kenny was a top shelf conversationalist and dirt car fan from start to finish. Sitting next to him was like being inducted into dirt track fans hall of fame. Sitting with flagboy55 and watching the action was realizing everything was all right with racing and the world. That's why you came to the track.

Grilling out at Hartford for the June SOD race and subsequently watching Chad Blonde totally dismantle a 26 car field. Trust me.... the grilling pre-race was what it was all about. The race was a statement from CB.

And..... caught the ISW race at Lincoln Park coming back from the King's Royal weekend after the earlier ISW rainout. Met Mrs. G and that made it the best day of the 365 days offered.

I don't know about YOU....but I plan to make 2018 a full contact sport with respect to watching the sprinters!

See you at Volusia in a few weeks. I'm easy to find. I'll be wearing a purple hat.

Thanks for starting this thread, davidm. Discussing and reliving our travels is what racing is all about for us fans.

See you all next year on the other side of the checkers.

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Got to about 30 races, seen another seven or eight on PPV and another half dozen or so on LucasOilTV subscription live

Best races I seen. LBurg Midget Week with Holy Shelton and Bayston swapping two sliders and crossovers per lap. Then Rico and shelton. Bet there were 35 lead passes in 30 laps. Rico Won..

Bloomington first USAC race. Boespflug leading, Windom creepin the bottom, Windom takes lead about lap 20. Im thinking it's over. Boespflug winds it up and the last ten laps are side by side. Boespflug wins.

Hewitt Classic, Darland commanding lead. Gets bogged with lappers but I think he thinks he's safe. Drew Rader winds it up on the cushion, passes cars like crazy and wins by half a car.

Monpelier BOSS. TMEZ kinda made it look easy but the show all around was excellent.

Most interesting? My first Little 500, I don't like Pavement much. But I liked this race, WOW.

Had a great year, Me and My Uncle made almost all of LBurg Races except for WoO, Hit THAT, PVILLE, Bloomington twice, Montpellier, Waynesfield twice, Mansfield, Atomic, Brownstown twice, Eldora twice. Made Florence's first Lucas race and Moler's Turkey Gobbler with SHortbus and Lloyd.

New tracks for me were Mansfield and Anderson.

Here's wishing everyone a safe, healthy and lots of racing 2018

Holly Shelton was great at Susquehanna too, didn't win but she sure made it exciting. I'd love to see her start winning...
"My first Little 500, I don't like Pavement much. But I liked this race, WOW." .... haven't been there yet, my exact feelings about pavement, but BrentTFunk keeps telling me i should go. Maybe I should listen....:31:

Only went to the major shows at Lawrenceburg. Including Sprintweek, Midgetweek and WOO. I have to agree the midget show with Holly Shelton was phenomenal. Probably the best show at the track all year with WOO being a very close second.

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Originally Posted by Wingman:
Only went to the major shows at Lawrenceburg. Including Sprintweek, Midgetweek and WOO. I have to agree the midget show with Holly Shelton was phenomenal. Probably the best show at the track all year with WOO being a very close second.

One of my Burg Favorites this year was the King of the Midwest with defending champ Stanbrough leading and Dickie Gains ran him down and won.. Was also a amazing run for JJ Hughes in that race.

I was fortunate enough to take in 40+ races across 7 different states with most nights being spent in a tent or the truck bed.
New tracks(Knoxville, Port Royal, Fairbury, East Bay) and new series were part of the enjoyment, but the best part remains running into old friends and new ones around the tailgate.

The season isn't over yet as tonight and tomorrow night I'll be taking in the Rumble, and no tent or truck bed for this weekend.

It’s been an odd year. My daughters senior year of high school and college prep along w/ playing a couple softball fundraisers definitely slowed my racing time. I only made it to 18(?) completed races this year. All 6 locations in indiana, mostly Kokomo, but still got a few firsts in.

First trip to US24 (600’s), First green flag laps and completed race at Terre Haute, & attended my first Haubstadt Hustler as a day trip!

Top Highlight will always be camping the back half of ISW and Smackdown w/ my dad, brother, and friends, old a new alike. Another though would be meeting Robert Ballou and his gf during the offseason at a non race function. I met a totally different guy than i thought i would from behind the microphone.

Best race is K Cummins and KT jr.. I’ll let you decide which time. 2nd would be Smackdown finale. It was like a wrestling Royal Rumble: elbows up 20 deep.

I’m so jealous of those that already travel across multi states. In 2018 i plan to add another first trip to an Indiana track and an out of state’r like Fairbury or maybe an illinois midget week weekend.
Hope to see you there!

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Originally Posted by JarrettFarms73:
It’s been an odd year. My daughters senior year of high school and college prep along w/ playing a couple softball fundraisers definitely slowed my racing time. I only made it to 18(?) completed races this year. All 6 locations in indiana, mostly Kokomo, but still got a few firsts in.

First trip to US24 (600’s), First green flag laps and completed race at Terre Haute, & attended my first Haubstadt Hustler as a day trip!

Top Highlight will always be camping the back half of ISW and Smackdown w/ my dad, brother, and friends, old a new alike. Another though would be meeting Robert Ballou and his gf during the offseason at a non race function. I met a totally different guy than i thought i would from behind the microphone.

Best race is K Cummins and KT jr.. I’ll let you decide which time. 2nd would be Smackdown finale. It was like a wrestling Royal Rumble: elbows up 20 deep.

I’m so jealous of those that already travel across multi states. In 2018 i plan to add another first trip to an Indiana track and an out of state’r like Fairbury or maybe an illinois midget week weekend.
Hope to see you there!

"I’m so jealous of those that already travel across multi states." Yea, its fun to explore the good ole USA, but we're jealous of folks who can go the races every weekend without driving for hours & spending $$$ on motels! (I don't camp...) :23:

First full year of attending races without drinking alcohol, I would had thought I would remember it better but can’t say how many races I attended. I do remember new tracks being Montpelier, Jacksonville, Knoxville and muskingum. Seen a couple races that made me think “you can’t make this **** up any better” one being the spring race at florence the other at Kokomo speedway. Usac sprint competition between Windom and Grant all year.

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Originally Posted by Z-man:
First full year of attending races without drinking alcohol, I would had thought I would remember it better but can’t say how many races I attended. I do remember new tracks being Montpelier, Jacksonville, Knoxville and muskingum. Seen a couple races that made me think “you can’t make this **** up any better” one being the spring race at florence the other at Kokomo speedway. Usac sprint competition between Windom and Grant all year.

You have to write it down! I don't drink either, but our memories fail us as we age :14:

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Originally Posted by revjimk:
You have to write it down! I don't drink either, but our memories fail us as we age :14:

I wrote all my reviews from memory, But Im not 100% sure they're correct :)

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
I wrote all my reviews from memory, But Im not 100% sure they're correct :)

Congratulations!

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50+ races in 5 states. 50,000+ words in Hoseheads and Flat Out, several thousand miles, dozens of cheeseburgers and a few pork chop sandwiches. One new track, Friendship Speedway near Elkin, NC, a few sprinters plus a few dozen of our fendered brethren. Resorted to motels for Midget Week and Smackdown.

Grandson cleaned mud from at least a dozen cars and rode with Doug Vandeventer in the Bloomington pace truck most of the year.

Most of the rainouts in Indiana didn't affect me as they occurred while I was in North Carolina--especially at Terre Haute.

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With BritExit and the drop in exchange rate, race count is down in 2017 for this Brit.

January 10th - Chili Bowl Night 1
January 11th - Chili Bowl Night 2
January 12th - Chili Bowl Night 3
January 13th - Chili Bowl Night 4
January 14th - Chili Bowl Finals

July 7th - Gas City ISW
July 8th - Kokomo ISW
July 9th - Lawrenceburg ISW
July 12th - Terre Haute ISW - Hot Laps then Rain Out
July 13th - Putnamville ISW - Rain Out
July 14th - Bloomington ISW
July 15th - Haubstadt ISW
July 18th Putnamville ISW Make Up Show

August 23rd - Kokomo BCForever Show
August 24th - Kokomo Smackdown Night 1
August 25th - Kokomo Smackdown Night 2
August 26th - Kokomo Smackdown Finals
August 27th - Merritt Speedway, Mi - WoO Late Models * NEW TRACK*

:22:

I made my normal rounds at Jacksonville, Lincoln, Macon, Granite City, Terre Haute. One new Track being the all purpose arena at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Also ventured out to the Chili Bowl, the Indy 500, champ cars at IRP, and a SOD and MTS show at Hartford, MI. A couple of shows that stand out were the USAC midgets at Lincoln, and the Powri show to end the year at Jacksonville. It’s nice to see my beloved champ cars continue to gain momentum. I wish everyone a safe and happy new year.

We made 16 races at 6 different race tracks in 2017. 8 winged WoO events and 8 non-winged events (7 USAC and 1 MSCS). We tried to attend 4 other USAC sprint races but rain decided otherwise. We are hoping to make about the same number of WoO events and more non-wing events in 2018.

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Originally Posted by Danny Burton:
50+ races in 5 states. 50,000+ words in Hoseheads and Flat Out, several thousand miles, dozens of cheeseburgers and a few pork chop sandwiches. One new track, Friendship Speedway near Elkin, NC, a few sprinters plus a few dozen of our fendered brethren. Resorted to motels for Midget Week and Smackdown.

Grandson cleaned mud from at least a dozen cars and rode with Doug Vandeventer in the Bloomington pace truck most of the year.

Most of the rainouts in Indiana didn't affect me as they occurred while I was in North Carolina--especially at Terre Haute.

Great job writing this year. I live in WI and don't get to Indiana as often as I would like.
Reading your stories keeps me informed.

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:8: 45 race, three states. Most non-wing 410 sprint, some Dirt Late
Model, IMCA modified, 6 NHRA Drags. Most were dirt races except drags and three pavement races. It was a total of 11,530 miles.

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I made it to 30 races at 25 tracks in 8 states. That is up from 26/20/6 in 2016. I visited 16 tracks for the first time:

Du Quoin (indoor), US24, West Liberty (IA), Lincoln (IL), Springfield (IL) outdoor arena, Eriez (PA), Tri-City (PA), New Egypt (NJ), Farmer City (IL), Tri-City (IL) quarter midgets, Gateway (IL) oval, Wayne County (OH), Little Eldora, Sandusky (OH), Blackhawk Farms road course (IL), and Lake Cumberland (KY). I also attended an IndyCar 2018 aerokit test at Iowa Speedway.

That brings my lifetime total to 135 tracks - mostly dirt ovals, but also some paved tracks and a handful of drag strips. If the weather cooperates, I will add three new tracks in February while on a vacation to Florida (Bubba, East Bay, and Daytona).

I only attended two races in my home state of Wisconsin all year as I prefer to travel. Rain claimed three planned Indiana visits in May - Terre Haute, Hoosier Hundred, and Kokomo, however, I stumbled across a dry US24 race on my way home from a soggy Kokomo.

I made my annual trips to the Indy 500, Little 500, and the Knoxville Nationals - all of them worthwhile! Among my favorites were All Star races at Macon (IL) and Wayne County (OH), and the IndyCars at Gateway. Justin Peck winning an All Star heat race at Macon without a front wing was the most incredible moment of the year - restarted at the back and smoked by Smoke. Chad Boat's 100 yard tumble at Lincoln was the craziest thing I saw all year.

In my 40 years of going to races, I never witnessed a fatal accident until this year. Paul Graybrook passed away after an accident at Springfield, a memory that will stick with me forever. I hope to go another 40 without experiencing that again.

For 2018, my aim is to tackle a few bucket list tracks, notably Lawrenceburg, Tri-City (IL), and Atomic (OH), as well as more USAC sprint races.

Happy New Year everybody. Let's enjoy every lap of '18!

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Originally Posted by dirtinmynachos:
I made it to 30 races at 25 tracks in 8 states. That is up from 26/20/6 in 2016. I visited 16 tracks for the first time:

Du Quoin (indoor), US24, West Liberty (IA), Lincoln (IL), Springfield (IL) outdoor arena, Eriez (PA), Tri-City (PA), New Egypt (NJ), Farmer City (IL), Tri-City (IL) quarter midgets, Gateway (IL) oval, Wayne County (OH), Little Eldora, Sandusky (OH), Blackhawk Farms road course (IL), and Lake Cumberland (KY). I also attended an IndyCar 2018 aerokit test at Iowa Speedway.

That brings my lifetime total to 135 tracks - mostly dirt ovals, but also some paved tracks and a handful of drag strips. If the weather cooperates, I will add three new tracks in February while on a vacation to Florida (Bubba, East Bay, and Daytona).


I only attended two races in my home state of Wisconsin all year as I prefer to travel. Rain claimed three planned Indiana visits in May - Terre Haute, Hoosier Hundred, and Kokomo, however, I stumbled across a dry US24 race on my way home from a soggy Kokomo.

I made my annual trips to the Indy 500, Little 500, and the Knoxville Nationals - all of them worthwhile! Among my favorites were All Star races at Macon (IL) and Wayne County (OH), and the IndyCars at Gateway. Justin Peck winning an All Star heat race at Macon without a front wing was the most incredible moment of the year - restarted at the back and smoked by Smoke. Chad Boat's 100 yard tumble at Lincoln was the craziest thing I saw all year.

In my 40 years of going to races, I never witnessed a fatal accident until this year. Paul Graybrook passed away after an accident at Springfield, a memory that will stick with me forever. I hope to go another 40 without experiencing that again.

For 2018, my aim is to tackle a few bucket list tracks, notably Lawrenceburg, Tri-City (IL), and Atomic (OH), as well as more USAC sprint races.

Happy New Year everybody. Let's enjoy every lap of '18!

16 new tracks.... very impressive! :23:

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Originally Posted by dirtinmynachos:
I made it to 30 races at 25 tracks in 8 states.... Blackhawk Farms road course (IL)....

Did you go out on the track in a rented sports car for a few laps with one of the instructors? One of my buds at work did it this past Summer and thoroughly enjoyed blasting around the course in a Lamborgini and then jumping into a Porsche.

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We were fortunate to attend 62 events this year, new tracks were:

FALS @Fairbury IL.
Lincoln IL.
Springfield IL APA
Moberly Mo.
Spoon River IL.

A return trip to Knoxville IA was priceless, plus revisiting Lakeside KS was good as well. We will see what 2018 brings, right now with the thermometer around 0 BRP sounds inviting in February.
We wish a Prosperous, Happy & Safe New Year to All!:22:

Originally Posted by Stevensville Mike:
Did you go out on the track in a rented sports car for a few laps with one of the instructors? One of my buds at work did it this past Summer and thoroughly enjoyed blasting around the course in a Lamborgini and then jumping into a Porsche.

The lady in the souvenir store was trying to talk me into it! I am tempted. Ride along instructors were not offered on that day. I was there to see a Chicago area sports car club race in late October. Not my favorite kind of racing, but it was my only choice close to home that weekend.

Originally Posted by revjimk:
16 new tracks.... very impressive! :23:

Thanks. I am a TrackChaser (roamingtheraceways.com). The site is a friendly competition for anyone (fan and/or driver) with lifetime visits to 100 or more tracks. All-time and yearly rankings are listed, and some of us share stories of our travels on an email report. So, I have an urge to see new places.

My 16 pales in comparison to many in the group, including one guy who made it to 103 new tracks this year. I bumped into him at the IRP Silver Crown race in May.

Note - not every type of race track is counted in their rankings. No drag strips, no youth racing.

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Originally Posted by dirtinmynachos:
Thanks. I am a TrackChaser (roamingtheraceways.com). The site is a friendly competition for anyone (fan and/or driver) with lifetime visits to 100 or more tracks. All-time and yearly rankings are listed, and some of us share stories of our travels on an email report. So, I have an urge to see new places.

My 16 pales in comparison to many in the group, including one guy who made it to 103 new tracks this year. I bumped into him at the IRP Silver Crown race in May.

Note - not every type of race track is counted in their rankings. No drag strips, no youth racing.

I met a guy who claimed to have been to 600 tracks...seemed honest enough! I went to 3 tracks as a kid, took a break for 40 years (!) & starting going to dirt track races again in 2010. Been to 30 tracks so far, have to travel cause Colorado is far from a hotbed

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Originally Posted by dirtinmynachos:
Thanks. I am a TrackChaser (roamingtheraceways.com). The site is a friendly competition for anyone (fan and/or driver) with lifetime visits to 100 or more tracks. All-time and yearly rankings are listed, and some of us share stories of our travels on an email report. So, I have an urge to see new places.

My 16 pales in comparison to many in the group, including one guy who made it to 103 new tracks this year. I bumped into him at the IRP Silver Crown race in May.

Note - not every type of race track is counted in their rankings. No drag strips, no youth racing.

Thats an interesting website... one guy has been to 1700+ tracks!?! :23:

Originally Posted by revjimk:
Thats an interesting website... one guy has been to 1700+ tracks!?! :23:

Its an interesting site, though numbers can be a little deceiving. Check tracks like Salem Indiana or Toledo Ohio on his list. They managed to count both of those tracks 4 times each due to figure 8 configurations, etc... Still impressive though

While not on track chasers, this guy is very serious

http://randylewis.org