RENO, NV (Nov. 28) – While we’re getting deeper into the rerun zone this week’s Racing Preview does have some live events as well as what’s on TV and the Internet. Plus I’m highlighting some charity events as well.
CHARITY RIDES AND DONATIONS:
This is the season for giving and helping brighten the holidays for children. Two events highlight this weekend while there is another on going effort to help the youngsters.
Reno Cars and Coffee 3rd annual toy run poster.
- Sunday is a big day as Reno Cars and Coffee has its 3rd Annual Toy Drive. It all begins at the Keitzke Starbucks at 10 a.m. with the usually car show and collection of unwrapped toys.
Then at 11:30 everyone packs up and heads to the Northtowne Winco parking lot. There they join forces with the Old Slammers of Reno Car Club and collect even more toys.
This effort is to aid the Children’s Cabinet.
Those in the two-wheel crowd aren’t left out as they too have the 38th annual Reno Toy Run. All brands of motorcycles are welcome and signups are from 9:00 to 11:30 in the morning at Reno Harley Davison.
38th Annual Reno Toy Run poster.
The Toy Run ends at the convention center with food, music and refreshments as well as collecting the toys.And it appears Sunday will be good weather for both efforts
Down south in Minden there is an ongoing toy drive at Testa Motorsports. In fact they’ll be part of the Parade of Lights on Saturday evening.
This drive goes until the 19th of December and some of the toys are headed over the hill to brighten Christmas for the kids whose parents lost everything in that fire that destroyed Paradise.
Testa Motorsports Toy Drive poster.
RACING:
- Latest word from the three Northern California Motocross tracks is that they are all closed through Friday due to the expected rain.
The weekend sessions may or may not happen depending on what Mother Nature does. So the best bet is to call the hotline on Friday and that number is 1-77-265-7223.
• One more off-road race to go this year. Starting yesterday the Best in the Desert series started the Pahrump Nugget race for the gold 250.
Best in the Desert Poster. Courtesy – BITD.com.
The event begins and works its way through pre-running on Thursday with the actual race happening on Saturday. The awards are handed out Sunday and it should be another wild, fast desert race to end the racing year.
• This is also championship week in Las Vegas for NASCAR as the week has several awards programs. Unfortunately only one is televised.
On Thursday, starting at 6 p.m. on NBC Sports, live coverage of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup celebration happens. That’s when the cup champion is crowned ending the 2018 season for NASCAR.
Over at www.mavtv.com there will be a series of programs, all reruns, of races this past season. Starting at noon will be the Powri Racing Speedweek finale followed by Super Cup Stock Cars.Continuing are the Lucas Oil Drag Boats, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series then Speed Sport 2018 and Madera racing..
• Friday is pretty slim but one can watch races from this year on www.youtube.com, www.fanschoice.tv, and www.racertv.com.
• Saturday does have a live race to watch as it will be streamed on fanschoice. The event begins at 2:30 p.m. and is the Gary McNary Memorial from Marion County Speedway in Ocala, Florida.
Back to over to mavtv and things start at 9 a.m. with the Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Championships followed by Pro Motocross from Glen Helen, Lucas Oil Dirt Late Models, Side Car racing from France and Spain the ending with a repeat of the Knoxville Nationals.
Reruns of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series can be seen on mavtv.
Photo courtesy – hotrod.com
- Sunday begins at 9 a.m. with Mobil 1 The Grid followed by Xtreme Off Road. Then at 10:30 its Supercross Aus X.
Over on fanschoice at 11 a.m. the network will stream a NASCAR Peak Mexico Series race from Mexico City.
That’s it for this weekend. If you can please try and help out with one of the toy drives. Hope everyone has a safe weekend, especially if bad weather is in your area. See you next week.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
- Teresa’s Garage Radio Show will again be live on Tuesday from 2 until 3 p.m. We cover a bunch of automotive related subjects,
Teresa’s Garage Radio Show graphic
I have a preview section that comes on at 2:15. You can either listen to us live on the air, stream the radio broadcast or watch us live on Facebook.
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Two of them are first class motorcycle shops located in Reno.
Our first sponsor is Reno Motorsports. Not only do they have about anything a rider might want or need and the store also has a full service shop.
Their location is at 964 Terminal Way, by the intersection with Mill Street. Store’s phone number is 775-322-1499 and the site is, www.rms-renomotorsports.com.
The next shop, and our newest sponsor is Moto Source located at 3180 Mill Street. Once again the shop has a full service shop plus about any thing a rider might need or want.
Phone number is 775-856-3855 and the website is, www.moto-source.com.
The next sponsor is an excellent place if you need collision repair on your car or truck. It’s Concours Body shop, located at 250 Telegraph Street in Reno and has a long history of first class repairs
The original owner is Gill Grieve, a long time racer and supporter of racing. He’s now in the process of retiring and the new owner will be Brian Saul, a car enthusiast himself, who is also committed to continuing the shop’s history of quality work.
Phone number is 775-329-4557 and the website is, www.concoursbodyshop.net.
If you are in to karting or want the most cost effective way to start racing please check out Nevada Kart Sport, the only full service kart shop in this region. Owner Rodney Rivera will maintain, build or store your kart.
The shop is located at 894 Deming Way, off East Glendale, in Sparks, Nevada. The shop’s website is www.nevadakartsport.com, and the phone number is 775-219-4184.
Hungry, want a great place to eat, then try PJ&Company for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and it’s a great place to watch your favorite sports.
If you’re a rider, well Wednesday evening is Bike Night, always a great time to see some great looking bikes and meet like minded people.
The location is 1590 South Wells Avenue, just north of the round about. Phone number is 775-323-6366 and their website is www.pjandco.net.
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