51.   A chartered bus would take sportswriters to the race track in Hot Springs, Ark., for a few days at the track.

52.   A dull iron streetcar track in the cobblestones is wheel-shined.

53.   A former Southern California entrepreneur, Simms oversees the Turf Paradise track in Phoenix and video-betting franchises statewide.

54.   A drag-racing guy named Billy Meyer tried to upstage Smith by announcing plans to build his own NASCAR track in a suburb of Arlington called Dallas.

55.   A half-hour later, we were jumbling back down the mountain track in a line of pickups, marveling at the stunning mountain scenery.

56.   A little less than half the track in the country is dark territory, or track without signals.

57.   A molecular motor called kinesin slides along microscopic tracks in cells, called microtubules.

58.   A leashlike cable links your pooch to a molded piece of plastic that slides along a four-foot track in the bed of the truck.

59.   A minor disappointment Friday morning was the cancellation of a tour around the track in the Popemobile, which is not a mudder.

60.   A slider that left the bat of Lee Stevens with a jolt and landed safely on the warning track in left-center.