The tradition continues during next week's NHRA U.S. Nationals.

Clevite has stepped up as the sponsor of the fourth annual "Guess the Steps" competition, a contest where CompetitionPlus.com Publisher/Editor Bobby Bennett keeps track of his steps throughout the event.  The reader who guesses closest to the six-day (Wed - Fri) final tally without going over is declared the winner. The winning prize is $100 plus a t-shirt of an NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series driver.

The popularity of this event inspired Clevite to step up as this year's sponsor.

"We're excited about the contest," Will McKnight of Clevite. "Knowing how much I walk at the track, my advice is to guess high on Bobby's steps. It takes lots of effort to gather the news at Competition Plus."

Michael New was last year's winner as he guessed 77,109 steps, just 1190 off of Bennett's final 78,299 total.

Bennett, who regularly walks the pits instead of using a golf-cart or scooter, will keep track of his steps each day at Indy via his FitBit device. He’ll begin tracking the steps from the moment he exits his car to the moment he returns to there each day.

Here's a little help in making your guess – Bennett typically takes two trips from the media center all the way down to the sportsman pit area – nearly two-mile walk round-trip each time. Now that he's using a FitBit, it's shaken up the figures. Right now about 10,500 steps equals about five miles.

The deadline to enter the contest on the CompetitionPlus.com FACEBOOK page is next Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at 9 AM, EST, with just one guess allowed per person.

The closest guess, without going over, will win the prize.

If two people guess the same distance, the first to enter their guess will be declared the winner. Deadline is Wednesday, August 28, 2012, 8 AM EST.

Clevite Guess the Steps competition begins at 5 PM, EST, on CompetitionPlus.com's Facebook -- COMPETITIONPLUS.COM FACEBOOK PAGE

CONTESTANTS

Warren Rodrigues 0
Randy Schulze - 1148
Jeremy Taco Patterson 56,290
Nathanael Stilwell 68735
Patrick M Quigley 69225
Eric Griffin 70420
Patrick Carns 71567
Doug Robbins 72,072
Chris Hines 72077
Steve Spurlock 73,560
Wyland Burke 73,901
Mike Eagan 74329
Michael Hyatt 74,893 steps
Andrew Brough 75,334
Lenore Brady 75,632
Mike Gates 75,707
Jason Stevens 75,810
Mark Williams  76,000
Jim Thompson 76545
Doug Towns 76585
Stephanie Johnson 76594
Terrill Covey 76,984
Randy Schulze 77081
David Wesolowski 77093
David Howard 77110
Austin Marrs 77,129
Zachary Dupuy 77,320
Aaron M. Disinger 77,324
Coe Kane 77,626
Justin Brackemyre 77654
Cindy Sonner Saucier 79,747
Trés Reeves 77,779
Max Reis 77,909
Dustin Russell 77,925
Bill Hall 77,933
Bobby Albright 77,996
William J Belmonte Jr 78302
George Abbitt III 78,387
Ralph Valentino 78,430!
Collin Becker 78,432
Ed Frederick 78355
Charles Brubaker 78400
Jared Bunker 78619
Brian Starr 78,678
Wayne Maxwell 78750
Randy Russell 78,777
Jj Oldham 78892
Randy Boesen 78931
Larry Clayton 78,934
Justin Budd 78976
Holley Cataldo 79000
Kevin Dwight Millard 79,001
Ken Bode 79012
Todd Fulmer 79,057
Carmen O'Toole 79113
Michael Wall 79,200
Brandon Thompson 79201
Rj Dittmer 79215
Ryan Gleghorn 79,235
Lonnie Garrett 79,333
Amanda Crum 79,346
Kevin Berry 79,372
Rachel-Steven Pifkin 79,461
Kevin Molohon 79432
Jay Ayers 79,455
Larry Peters 79579
Scott A Pareso 79682
Jason Higgins 79830
Brendon Betts 79,858
Randy Ellars 79,868
Mike Hedworth 79,899
Holley Cataldo 79000
John Ausherman 79420
Stephen Prado 79,812
Don Morris 80,000
Allen Bedgood 80,106
Billy Wilburn 80,114
Kenneth Wayne Nelson 80,032
Craig Mancl 80,342
Thomas Woolley 80,500
Ricky Mitchell 80,550
Angela Roddy 80,600
Josh Hunt 80,680
Randy Scott Bowerman 81,042
Mike Whitney 81,111
Tony Holeshot Nicholson 81,243
Dave Huber 81245
Carol-Jeff Sayer 81246
Sebastian Lopez Jr. 81320
Randy Adams 81,345
Matthew Lang 81,450
Bryan King 82,465
Glenn Barbis Jr. 81,466
Elon Werner 81564
Chad Axford 81,618
Denise Gebhardt 81,856
Robert Beezley 82135
Keith Sammons 82136
Cheryl Septer 82,176
Paul Benner 82310
Chris Stillwell 82,300
Mark John Kopp 82345
Kitty Polly 82350
Steve McDermott Jr. 82,456
Jaime Burke 82,501
Russ Harbison 82584
Ryan Sellers 82,677
Michael New 83,014
Brian Baker 83065
Cori McGinn 83,116
Abe Hill 83165
Tom Braksator 83638
David Vaught 83,765
Tyler Evans 84,243
Shannon Stephens 84395
Chris Hrabina 84,496
Mitch Cooper 85,200
Anatol Denysenko 86302
Robert Porrazzo 85342
Tom Chatterley 86753.09
Cliff Hubbard 87,800
Cori Wickler 88170
Michael Shane Bowers 88,221
Andrea Beaver 88,975
Todd Staege 88,976
Larry Gocha 89116
Diane Kolb 89,500
Bernie Sadowski 90,000
Samiera Navsaria 90702
Brian Knowles 91,334
Michael Burke 91335
Robert Smallwood 97622
Joel Sandstrom 100001
Bill Klebesadel 100011
Mark Forbes 101117
Geoff Monise 102,000