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  • RENO JEEPS & COFFEE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

    March 3, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (March 3) — Two car meets happened Sunday, one had a modest turn out while the other was a non-event due to the weather. As a result this will be a shorter than normal article. Weather was a factor with two meets this Sunday. One was Reno Jeeps & Coffee that met by the Human Bean Stand at the corner of South McCarran and Longely Lane. About a half dozen Jeeps showed up and everyone had a good time visiting. Not far away Reno Cars & Coffee scheduled a meet by the Human Bean Stand at the corner

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  • RACING PREVIEW: FEB. 29 TO MARCH 3

    February 28, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 29) — February is ending and it appears March will arrive like a Lion. At least that’s what many say. We’ll have to see if it leaves like a lamb. One note about this preview; remember a storm is heading our way so the weather will determine if an event happens. CAR MEETS: • Thursday gets off to an early start, 7 a.m., when the Iron Mafia has its weekly meet at Kim’s Donuts. Location is 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville, Nevada. • Friday is when the Fernley Meet happens. Things start at 4:30 p.m. and

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  • SPARKS CARS & COFFEE MEET

    February 25, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    SPARKS, NV (Feb. 25) — Great spring like weather set the stage for this month’s second Sparks Cars & Coffee meet. The turn out was great and there some different types of vehicles present. One of them was the Back to the Future Delorean. It’s fully tricked out and makes quite a scene when its owner drives it on the street. While most vehicles at a Cars & Coffee meet are the 4-wheel type there are a few that bring the two-wheel type to the meet. Taylor Hull brought his pride and joy to the meet. It’s a ’97 Soft

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  • RACING PREVIEW: FEBRUARY 22 TO 26

    February 21, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (FEB. 21) — Well here we are, ending one month and heading into March where more racing is getting started. Should be a wild month that ends with oval tracks getting going. CAR MEETS: • Thursday gets rolling at 7 a.m. when the Iron Mafia hosts its weekly meet. Location is Kim’s Donuts at 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. • Friday, starting at 4:30 p.m., is the next Fernley Friday Night meet. Location is the 76th Station and a nice way to end the workweek. • Sparks Cars & Coffee meets at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Usually a pretty

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  • TRAILBLAZERS MC HOSTS MRANN RACE

    February 19, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    NIGHTINGALE, NV (Feb. 18)— Trailblazers MC hosted round 2 of the 2024 MRANN season. This time Mother Nature blessed Sunday with great weather. The event was the Ridge Runner 100, which was the 26th Annual Hare & Hound.  Unlike previous years and due to the recent weather the race made two laps around the same 46-mile course. After the rider’s meeting everyone rode to the starting area when they assembled in lines according to the class they raced in. As usual the AA line was first followed by the Experts, Amateurs and finally the Novice riders, Up front Willy Heiss,

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  • RACING PREVIEW: FEBRUARY15 TO 18

    February 14, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 14) — Now that the Super Bowl is over there is more racing coming as series are starting to open their 2024 seasons. We have racing in our area, few car meets and events on TV to watch. The area events are doing to depend on the weather. CAR MEETS: • Thursday, as usual, begins at 7 a.m. when Iron Mafia has another meet at Kim’s Donuts. Location is 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville • Friday, at 4:30 p.m., is when the next Fernley Friday Night Meet starts. Meeting place is at the 76th station. • Sunday

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  • AMA ARENACROSS SERIES ROARS INTO RENO

    February 12, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 11) — The AMA Arenacross series visited the Reno Livestock Events Center this weekend. Pros raced Friday and Saturday then Sunday was a blur of amateur motocross racing. Round 10 of the series was Saturday night and like Friday it was a series of Heat Races, Semi Mains plus two LCQ to make up the final AX Pro field. During that time young Tallan Smith made it a double as he swept the Micro Open Limited for 4 to 8 year-olds on both days. These stars of tomorrow race 50cc bikes on the same track as the

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  • RACING PREVIEW: FEBRUARY 8 TO 11

    February 7, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 7) — This week will have a national event visiting Reno as well as some car meets. Looks like this time the weather might cooperate for the outdoor meets. NATIONAL EVENT: • I’m going to start at bit different this week. The national AMA Arenacross series visits the Livestock Events Center for three days of racing this weekend.          -If one wants tickets Big Valley Honda has them so you don’t have to go through one of those Internet agencies or stop at the box office. That way you’ll have them when you arrive. CAR MEETS: •

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  • HIGH DESERT HUSTLE AT THE RENO LEC

    February 5, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 3) — The first High Desert Hustle was in Reno this week. Outlaw Kart racers converged on the Reno Livestock Events Center for three days of qualifying, heat races and the money races on Saturday. There were some races on Thursday but Friday was the day for heats. With 300 entries those sorted everyone into the various mains they were going to compete in. The biggest class was the 500 Open and Saturday began with their “J” main and worked its way down through the B main. After all the classes had run their B mains, and

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  • RACING PREVIEW: FEBRUARY 1 TO 4

    January 31, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Jan. 31) — January is ending and that means more racing nationally and here when a major event visits Reno plus a local off-road series starts. February brings more national and regional racing as well. CAR MEETS: • The Iron Mafia again gets the weekend rolling at 7 a.m. Thursday. Location is Kim’s Donuts at 1328 U.S.395 North in Gardnerville. • Later on Thursday, Junkee has its monthly Volkswagen Night. Runs from 4 until 8 p.m. and parking is on their back lot at 372 Casazza Drive. • Friday, starting at 4:30 p.m., is the next Fernley Friday

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  • RENO-FERNLEY RACEWAY IS RENEWED

    January 29, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    Reno-Fernley Raceway has been divided between two owners for years. One had the clay oval, UTV and motocross track while the other owned the road course. Now it’s unified under the new owner Dan Shore, who has some big plans for the facility, which includes some of the hills. “I bought the road course roughly May 1918,” Shore said. “I originally had purchase conversations with the pervious owner Dan Simpson about a year after that. Even though we had an offer on the table he reached out to someone else less demanding and made a deal with somebody else. Recently

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  • RACING PREVIEW: JANUARY 25 TO 28

    January 24, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Jan.24) — As we are almost to February things are heating up in the racing world. Locally Cars & Coffee groups are having their meets and to the south there is racing. CAR MEETS: • As usual the Iron Mafia gets the weekend rolling a 7 a.m. Thursday. Location is Kim’s Donuts at 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. • Friday, starting at 4:30 p.m., is when the Friday Night Meet in Fernley happens. Location is the 76 Station. • Sunday, starting at 10 a.m. is when Sparks Cars & Coffee has its next meet. Location is by

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  • BATTLE BORN MX AWARDS BANQUET

    January 21, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Jan.20) — Those that race and support the Battle Born Motocross series assembled at Boomtown this Saturday. Before things began there was a moment of silence honor BBMX member Seth Clark, who passed away in 2023. After that the board members and sponsors were honored. As usual there was a large amount of things sponsors gave that were raffled away during the banquet. In addition there were a large amount of trophies plus plaques for those riders being bumped up in class. After a great buffet dinner provided by Boomtown it was time to start handing out the

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  • RACING PREVIEW: JANUARY 18 TO 21

    January 17, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Jan. 17) — As each day has more sunshine racing seasons are getting closer. Much is on TV and the Internet and another major off-road event begins this weekend. CAR MEETS: • The Iron Mafia gets things started with its weekly meet at Kim’s Donuts in Gardnerville. The meet starts at 7:30 a.m. and the location is 1328 U.S 395 North. • On Friday, starting at 4:30 p.m., the weekly Night Meet in Fernley happens. Meeting place is by the 75th Station. • The Nevada Jeep Club hosts its annual Wine, Women and Jeeps meet starting at 4:30

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  • NORTHERN NEVADA KART CLUB AWARDS BANQUET

    January 15, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (January 13) — The Northern Nevada Kart Club gathered at the GSR on Saturday to honor its 2023 champions and hand out special awards. This time there were 50 more in attendance and the membership has grown over the past year. This past year one NNKC member succumbed to medical issues. When the meeting started MC Kelsey Nelson asked for a moment silence to honor Steve Manubi. He is a former racer whose kids are still racing and his presence will be missed. Before the awards there was a buffet dinner and those in attendance were also buying

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