RENO, NV (Aug. 27) — As we head into Labor Day weekend Racing Preview is full of cruise events plus racing. Things are still hot on the tracks as summer winds down.
SHOW N’ SHINES/CRUISES:
• Friday from 6 until 8 p.m. Summit Racing at 960 East Glendale in Sparks is having what maybe the final Cruise In for this summer. There will be a D.J., usually food trucks and it’s a great way to unwind from the week.
Down in Carson City the Carson Mall is having it’s Last Friday Cruise Night. It runs from 5 until a bit after 7 p.m. and this month it’s the Cruise 4 School Supplies Drive. These donations go back to local children and the poster lists what is needed.
• On Saturday it’s the 47th annual Last Bash Car Show at the Lazy 5 Park in Sparks. Hours are from 8 until 2 p.m.
• Sunday is the first of the new month so Reno Cars & Coffee will be at the Starbucks on Kietzke. Things get going at 10 a.m. and there usually are a bunch of cars to see.
RACING (REGIONAL):
• It’s going to be an almost quiet weekend for racing in our region. However to the east Battle Mountain Speedway is hosting two days of racing.
Included on the racing card is he next round of the I-80 Challenge series. Friday racing begins at 7 p.m. then on Saturday Outlaw Karts start their program at noon while the cars have another 7 p.m. start to their program.
• Practice times for the Northern California MX tracks are as follows:
+ MMX Racing has practice sessions from 8 until 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
+ Riverfront has practice from 5 until 10 p.m. Thursday then from 9 until 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
+ E Street has sessions from 9 until 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
+ Prairie City has practice from 9 until 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
RACING (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL):
• This weekend is a banquet for race fans to watch both in TV Land and on the Internet and this time there is racing on Monday.
• Thursday starts off at 9 a.m. as ESPN 3 has Formula 1 Welcome to the Weekend. The series is coming off of its mandated August vacation.
NBC Sports at 2 p.m. has NASCAR America while at 3 p.m. Fox Sports 1 airs NASCAR Race Hub.
• NBC Sports gets Friday rolling at 10 a.m. with Xfinity Practice followed at 11 a.m. with NASCAR Cup practice. This weekend both series are at the historic Darlington Speedway, NASCAR’s first super speedway.
Over on www.motortrendondemand.com things start at 7:40 a.m. with the 24 Hour series qualifying session 1 from Barcelona, Spain. Qualifying session 2 is show starting at 11:55 a.m.
This Internet channel will have various overseas races all during the weekend. Please check www.tvracer.com for the schedule.
Another Internet site, www.fanschoice.tv, at 5:30 p.m. has an American Flat Track event from the Springfield Mile.
• As usual Saturday is a big day and ESPN News gets things started at 5:55 a.m. with Formula 1 qualifying from the historic course at Spa, Belgium.
Then at 11 a.m. NBC Sports has NASCAR Cup qualifying from Darlington followed at 1 p.m. with the Xfinity race from the Track Too Tough To Tame.
At 3 p.m. NBC Sports has Indy Car qualifying from Portland and at 6 p.m. MAVTV has an ARCA race from DuQuoin where the stock cars are back on the dirt.
That same day, over on www.fanschoice.tv at 8 a.m. the American Flat Track series has Springfield Mile 1 then at 2 p.m. streams the 63rd annual Classic race from Oswego Speedway.
After that there are a series of short track races streamed. Please check the fanschoice website for the schedule.
• Sunday has an early start at ESPN 2 broadcasts, starting at 6:05 a.m., the Formula 1 race from Spa.
Then at 11 a.m. Fox Sports has NHRA qualifying from Indianapolis where the U.S. Nationals is being held. Then at 1 p.m. the network has NHRA Sunday live.
Over on NBC at 12:30 p.m. the network airs the Indy Car race from Portland. Long straights and high-speed corners make for some exciting action.
NBC Sports at 3 p.m. airs one of the historic Labor Day NASCAR races. It’s the Southern 500 where the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup drivers face the challenge of the odd shaped Lady in Black at Darlington.
Switching back to fanschoice.tv at noon they stream the American Flat Track Springfield Mile 2 race followed at 3:30 p.m. by the Hall of Fame Night at Berlin Raceway. Finally the day ends at 5:45 p.m. as a race is streamed from Meridian Speedway.
• This weekend the action continues into Monday as the NHRA U.S. Nationals are underway. Any driver wanting to get into the count down needs to have a good showing.
Fox Sports at 8 a.m. has NHRA Finals then at 10 a.m. more finals, probably for the top pro classes. This is one event every driver wants to win.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• If you got properly stuffed at the Rib Cook Off and would like a low key Shown N’ Shine so you can be around car people there is one on Wednesday.
The Sparks A&W, across from Reed High School, has one Wednesday starting at 5 p.m. and going until closing. A D.J. will provide the music and there is usually a good selection of cars to see.
• Teresa’s Garage Radio Show will gain be on from 2 until 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. The show covers all things automotive and keeps an eye on trends.
I have a preview section at 2:15 where I’ll list what is going to happen in the coming weekend. You can hear us over the air, streaming on the Internet or watch us live on Facebook.
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Hello Dan
This is Tom Reinert Flagman for the Quincy valley speedway.
I was just wanted to know how you are doing? Being i haven’t seen you lately. I also flag for the susanville race track diamond mountain. Hope one of these days you can come out and watch. Last race of the season is September 6 and 7. Hope to see you out there
Tom
Tom due to car problems haven’t been able to get to Susanville or
Quincy for the past month. Car needs news transmission so having to
rent them. Looks like I’ll have to miss this weekend’s races at Quincy
but have to see what happens. Maybe I can get back to Quincy. Thanks for your
concern. Right now looking at maybe getting a newer car to replace my 25-year-old
Buick.