RENO, NV (July 31) – Racing Preview this week is full of meets, cruises and racing as we head into Hot August Nights. We’re also blessed with wonderful summer weather.
SHOW ‘N SHINES & CRUISES:
• Thursday night cruises in Carson City have ended and at least for a week so have the Friday Cruise In at Summit Racing. Have to see if they’ll start up again in a couple of weeks.
• Virginia City, on Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. is where this year’s Hot August Nights gets rolling. For further information and to see the schedule please check their website at www.hotaugustnights.net.
• On Sunday the Bonanza Casino hosts its 11th annual Pre-Kick Off party from 2 until 6 p.m. The Show N’ Shine benefits those working to find a cure for Prostate Cancer.
• Sunday is when Reno Cars & Coffee has its first weekend of the month show ‘n shine starting at 10 a.m. by the Kietzke Starbucks. Should be another good turn out with a bunch of interesting cars.
• Hot August Nights really gets going down here in Reno and Sparks on Tuesday with show n’ shines, cruises, drag racing at the Nugget, trailers on display at Rancho San Rafael and other things. Best advice is to check with the event’s website listed earlier in this article.
Three great places to see the cars are the Atlantis Casino, Peppermill Casino and GSR as each venue has cars as well as some cruising in and out as well as entertainment. In addition there are nightly cruises in downtown Reno as well as Sparks.
• Next Wednesday remember the show ‘n shine at the Sparks A&W across from Reed High School. The fun starts at 5 p.m. and goes until closing with a D.J. supplying the period music. It’s a nice low-key event and a great day to wind down from a workday.
RACING (REGIONAL):
• Friday and Saturday, starting at 7 p.m. Lovelock Speedway hosts its annual Frontier Days races. This year the race is part of the I-80 Challenge for IMCA Modifieds and Street Stocks as well as hosting the Northern Nevada Winged Sprint Cars and on Saturday the Nevada Pro Stock Association will be there.
Those going out on Saturday are encouraged to go early and stop at the festival by the Court House. There is food and fun on the grass. After that head for the track.
• A bit closer to home Fernley 95A Speedway will also have racing starting at 6 p.m. Saturday.
• Here is the practice and race schedule for the Northern Nevada Motocross tracks.
+ MMX Racing has sessions from 9 until 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
+ E Street MX Park has sessions from 9 until 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
+ Prairie City has practice sessions from 9 until 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
+ Racing this weekend at Riverfront but there is a practice session from 5 until 10 p.m. on Thursday.
Saturday is race day, gates open at noon with practice starting at 4 p.m. and racing to follow. Practice on Sunday is from 9 until 2 p.m.
RACING (NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL):
• If you have Fox Sports 1 Thursday has a fantastic race as the Gander Outdoors Truck Series take to the dirt at Eldora. The population of this small town usually doubles for this event as so many come to see NASCAR’s only race on dirt.
That same date there is another event over on www.fanschoice.tv that begins at 1:45 p.m. when that network streams the K&N East race from Watkins Glen.
• Friday is a bit slim but Fox Sports 1 at 3:30 p.m. has Friday Nitro Live from the NHRA Northwest Nationals in Washington. It’s the final weekend of the annual western swing.
Back to Fans Choice as, at 4 p.m. they stream a NASCAR Whelan Modified Tour race from Stafford Motor Speedway.
• Going back to TV Land as NBC Sports gets Saturday going at 7:35 a.m. with the first practice from Watkins Glen. This weekend both the top series are on the road at the classic course.
Then at 8:40 a.m. the Xfinity cars qualify then they’ll race at noon. After that, at 3:40 p.m. the NASCAR Cup drivers get their chance to qualify.
Over on IMSATV at there is a qualifying session from Road America. Finally at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports 1 has two sessions of NHRA Saturday Nirto Live.
• Lucas Oil Pro Motocross series is off this weekend.
• Switching back to Fan’s Choice things begin at 9:20 a.m. as three IMSA events are streamed. Following that are a several oval track races, check the website for the schedule.
• Back to TV Land for Sunday as there are a bunch of races to watch.
Things begin at 6:05 a.m. when ESPN 2 airs the Formula 1 race from Hungary. Over on www.imsa.tv the IMSA Weathertech Sports Car race from Road America will be shown live then at 3 p.m. NBC Sports will show it on a delayed basis.
Moving east at noon NBC Sports broadcasts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup event from Watkins Glen then at 1 p.m. Fox has the final rounds of the NHRA Northwest Nationals from Kent,Washington.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Special shout out and good wishes for any Nevada riders that are at the Loretta Lynn Amateur nationals, which started yesterday.
• This week Teresa’s Garage Radio Show, broadcast from 2 until 3 p.m. Tuesday, goes on the road this week. We’ll be live from the Peppermill Casino, by the north parking lot, so if you’re there drop by and say hello.
I have a preview section at 2:15 where I list the car meets and races coming up. You can hear us over the air, streamed on the Internet or watch us live on Face Book.
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