RENO (Nov. 12) — Although racing in our region has ended for the year there is still some action.
For those motocross riders that want to sharpen their skills or just stay sharp, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday there are practice sessions at the Livfast Exit 28 track.
In Southern Nevada the annual Duel in the Desert is underway. Qualifying and preliminary mains begin this afternoon in a three day show that leads up to Saturday night’s 40-lap IMCA Modified main.
We here at nvracingnews.com want to wish the best to all the Northern Nevada drivers competing in this event.
Over on TV there is also a variety of races to watch.
The Red Bull Rallycross season ended last week at Las Vegas and it can be seen this weekend on NBC Sports.
Photo courtesy – Red Bull Global Rallycross.
On Thursday, at 8:30 p.m. NBC Sports will broadcast the Global Rallycross event that happened last weekend in Las Vegas.
This is an important weekend for NASCAR’s top series as Phoenix is the final stop before the season ending event at Homestead, Florida next week.
On Friday Fox Sports one will carry the Camping World Truck race with a 5:30 p.m. starting time. Then on Saturday, at 1 p.m., NBC Sports will show the Xfinity race.
Formula One will visit Brazil this weekend.
Photo courtesy – Autoblog.it
Sunday begins early, at 4 a.m., as MAVTV has the World Rally event from Wales then at 7:30 a.m. NBC Sports broadcast the Formula 1 race from Brazil.
Winner Jimmy Johnson leads during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 8, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo courtesy – NASCAR
NASCAR’s Sprint Cup race from Phoenix will be on NBC with a 11:30 a.m. start time. After this race the championship contenders will be cut to four and only Jeff Gordon has a secure spot in that group.
Kyle Busch makes a pit stop during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 8, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo courtesy – NASCAR
Nevadan Kyle Busch is currently rated second while older brother Kurt has dropped to seventh and probably has to win the Phoenix race to secure a spot in the final four.
At 1 p.m. CBS Sports has the Australian V8 Supercar race from Auckland, New Zealand.
Courtney Force slows her funny car down after a run. Photo courtesy – NHRA
This is also the season ending event for the NHRA and the finals will air starting at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.
While I haven’t mentioned this before, be sure to check CBS Sports on Wednesday nights. They broadcast a variety of racing events in the evening, usually beginning around 4 p.m.
Over on the Internet www.fanschoice.tv has an oval track race but on Friday, at 7 a.m. the Superboat race from Key West will be broadcast.
Other sites to check are www.redbull.tv and www.motortrendondemand.com for other racing related programming. And www.mavtv also is reairing many events from this year.
So there is plenty to watch as the year winds down.
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