1.   Clark worked the Boston comedy circuit a few years back.

2.   Countertop vacuum-packaging systems are among the newer home appliances on the gift-giving circuit this year.

3.   He has also won six times on the Winston Cup circuit this year, more than any other driver.

4.   Maier leads an Austrian team that has dominated the World Cup circuit this year as no other team in the last half-century.

5.   Prolific rookie Juan Montoya has won three of his Championship Auto Racing Teams FedEx Series-leading seven races on temporary street circuits this year.

6.   Takahiro Omori, one of the better anglers on the circuit this year, is a hero in Japan.

7.   The pair worked the Midwest county and state fair circuit this year.

8.   Wallace has dominated the circuit this year.

9.   Dimitrova won seven races on the Mobil Grand Prix circuit this year and finished second in the overall standings behind Jackie Joyner-Kersee of the United States.

10.   Irwin and Morgan have ruled the senior circuit this year, each winning three events.