What’s racing this weekend is packed days of motorsport action that has something for almost anybody.
If the weather holds local race fans are in for a treat.
On Friday, starting at 7 p.m., Lovelock Speedway has a make up race for the one rained out in May. Top Gun Raceway, located south of Fallon, hosts another $5 Friday where people can test and tune their cars on the drag strip.
Saturday kicks off two racing at Top Gun as the track hosts Rounds 6 and 7 of its ET series and the Junior Dragsters are also part of the show. Action gets going at 9:30 a.m. both days.
Will Jeff Olschowka score another victory when he races at the Fernley 95A Speedway on Saturday evening.
On Saturday night, starting at 6 p.m. the Fernley 95A Speedway will be in action while, down in Feather River country, the American Valley Speedway in Quincy has a 7 p.m. start to its racing.
At the last NNKC race the 125 shifter race was a barn burner. Will that happen this coming Sunday. Come to Desert Park Raceway and find out.
On Sunday, at Desert Park Raceway, the Northern Nevada Kart Club hosts the next round of its points season with a 10 a.m. start to the action. There will also be a demonstration of drifting sometime during the day at the track, which is located a quarter mile past the pavement’s end of Lemmon Valley Drive.
For those wishing to get in some motocross practice, Livfast Exit 28 will host sessions from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
And a head’s up as next week on Wednesday, Hobey’s Casino in Sun Valley is hosting a cruise night. These cruise nights will continue at various locations as we head toward Hot August Nights.
Hobey’s Casino Cruise Night poster.
The TV fare is pretty sparse on Thursday but on Friday things begin to heat up. There will be Formula One practice on NBC sports while over on Fox Sports 1 there is Sprint Cup Practice.
Then, on Fox Sports 1 at 6 p.m. the Camping World Trucks race at Fort Worth will be aired.
Saturday begins with the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross event from Tennessee and the first motos will be on MAVTV beginning at 9 a.m. The second 450 pro moto will be on NBC starting at 11 a.m. while NBC Sports has the second 250 moto starting at 8 p.m.
Ryan Dungey heads for victory in last week’s Lucas Oil Pro Motocross event at Thunder Valley.
Photo courtesy – KTM/Cudby
These motos are also streamed, or can be watched later on www.promotocross.com.
If you’re an ARCA fan their race from Pocono will be televised at 10 a.m. on Fox Sports 2.
Formula One fans can watch qualifying from Canada beginning at 10 a.m. on NBC Sports. Later that afternoon at 5 p.m. the network will televise the Indy Car event from Texas.
And for two-wheel fans that get the Velocity channel, starting at 8 p.m. the Isle of Mann race will be shown.
DOVER, DE – MAY 31: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Pro Services Chevrolet, is cheered by his team while celebrating with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway on May 31, 2015 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
Sunday begins at 11 a.m. when NASCAR’s Sprint Cup event from Pocono will be shown on Fox Sports 1. An hour later the Formula One race from Montreal is aired on NBC and the days ends at 6 p.m. with tape delayed coverage of the current NHRA Mellow Yellow series.
This weekend the X-Games are at the Circuit of the Americas outside of Austin, Texas. Three riders from this area are competing; Matt Buyten (Trying for another Gold in the Step Up.), fellow free style rider Mike Mason and Adam Jones.
The TV schedule is a bit incomplete but here is what I’ve found that relates to the two-wheeled crowd.
On Friday at 4 p.m. ESPN and Watch ESPN will broadcast Moto X Endurocross for both men and women. This is followed at 6 p.m. by the Step Up Finals.
Saturday is a full day starting at 10 a.m. on ESPN 3 with Rally Car Racing. Then at 5 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN Watch is the Moto X Speed and Style competition.
Sunday begins at 10 a.m. with the Off Road Trucks, followed by other events and the Best Whip and finally the finals in the Moto X Quarter Pipe and these will be broadcast on ABC and ESPN 3.
Be sure to try to get out and enjoy some of the live racing on our region’s track. Nothing beats the smell of rubber, gas and seeing all the speed and color racing brings to its fans.
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