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  • TOP GUN AWARDS BANQUET

    February 3, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    FERNLEY,NV (Feb. 1) – Officials, drivers and family members from the Top Gun Dragstrip gathered to celebrate the 2019 season on Saturday. The function was at the Fernley Senior Center and began a very nice potluck dinner. Once that was over John Stauverman, track president and race director, introduced the new track announcer, Davey Boy Munoz. After explaining his extensive background Munoz took a wireless mic and began to interview some of those in attendance. All during this time track photographer Al Clark was showing an AV presentation he made from the 2019 season. Once things settled down Stauverman explained

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  • RACING PREVIEW: JANUARY 30 TO FEBRUARY 2

    January 29, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Jan. 29) — Racing Preview for this Super Bowl weekend is pretty slim although there are a couple of live events to watch. Fear not race fans, things heat up starting next week. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • For you wanting to race at this year’s Virginia City Grand Prix remember entries can’t be postmarked until Saturday February 1st. The main Post Office here in Reno can do that but I think the Post Office in Virginia City is closed Saturday. • The workshop at Caliber Collision this Saturday had to be canceled since not enough people had signed up. Would

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  • AWARDS BANQUET FOR OTHG

    January 28, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    SPARKS, NV (Jan 25) – The Over The Hill Gang (OTHG) held it’s annual awards banquet at Pinocchio’s in Sparks. It was a night honoring the top points winners, celebrating class championships in the national series as well as enjoying a great raffle. Outgoing president Sedanna Losey was the MC for the night. “We had a huge race at the Nationals and the Sandbox Grand Prix was a huge success,” she said. She then related how it’s been for the past two years helping motocross to continue in this region. After that it was time to thank the 2019 board

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  • BIG CHANGES FOR FERNLEY TRACK

    January 27, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    FERNLEY, NV (Jan. 21) – Big changes are coming for what was known as Fernley 95A Speedway. One change is a new name, 95 Motor Sports Complex, another are new owners. Last year Sam Marson and partner Daniel Blair took over the track. Last week there was a meeting originally for volunteers but it morphed into a much larger gathering. Daniel Blair, one of the new partners, attended the meeting but Matt Sherman, who ran the oval events this past season explained what is going to happen with regards to the oval track. “There is money for a facelift and

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  • RACING PREVIEW: JANUARY 23 TO 26

    January 22, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Jan. 22) – This week’s Racing Preview has great news for the motocross crowd. Yes we are emerging from the Re-Run Zone and into the daylight of racing seasons beginning. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  • This weekend 95 Motor Sports Complex, the former 95A Speedway, is opening it’s new motocross track they’ve been working on for the past few months. For both Saturday and Sunday riding will be from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. with registration beginning at 7 a.m. each day. Practice will be divided up based on rider turn out and there should be a food truck out

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  • CARS AND COFFEE GROUPS MEET

    January 19, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (JAN. 19) – Two car groups met Sunday with Reno Cars & Coffee getting things going in the late morning. Once again they met by the Classic Rock Coffee Company located by the intersection of West McCarran and MaeAnne. As usual there were a variety of cars on display from new to ordinary to exotic. Fortunately Mother Nature smiled on the event and gave everyone some mild, dry weather. One of the newer cars was a Ford Mustang owned by Chris Hill. “This is a 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500, I just got it last night at

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  • RACING PREVIEW: JANUARY 16 TO 19

    January 15, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Jan. 15) – Racing Preview for this weekend has a pair of car meets, an important meeting for local racers and other events. Thankfully the weather should be pretty mild for the weekend. CAR MEETS: • Things get going Sunday at 10 a.m. on the west side of town by the intersection of McCarran and Mae Anne. Reno Cars & Coffee will host the event at Classic Rock Coffee and lately there have been some huge turnouts for these meets. • Later that day at 1 p.m. a new group, Cars & Pizza will have a meet and

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  • AWARDS BANQUET FOR BBMX

    January 13, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    VERDI, NV (Dec. 11) – The Boomtown Casino and Hotel was the site of the BBMX this year’s awards banquet. Area motocross racers assembled for a nice buffet style dinner, receive trophies and maybe score in a raffle for those that competed last season. The MC for the night was Dana Losey, who started by acknowledging the series sponsors. Carson Motorsports (CMS) will again be the title sponsor while others are Big Valley Honda, Moto-Source, Testa Motorsports, NMS, Reno Motorsports (RMS)and One 11 Concepts. Then he thanked the promoters for their hard work on putting on the races during the

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  • RACING PREVIEW: JANUARY 9 TO 12

    January 8, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Jan. 8) – This weekend’s Racing Preview shows that we’re heading out of the Re-Run Zone but not quite out of it yet. Take heart, as the days get lighter there will be more and more racing. Car Meets: • Sparks Cars & Coffee will host its monthly meet starting at 10 a.m. on Sunday, January 12. The location is by Buffalo Wild Wings close to the Sparks Target Store. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • Need2Speed indoor kart track is hosting “Race the Police,” from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday. It’s a chance to actually be ahead of them and not

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  • SANDBOX GRAND PRIX RETURNS

    January 8, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    FERNLEY, NV (Jan.5) – The popular Sandbox Grand Prix returned due to the efforts of the Over The Hill Gang Reno Chapter. A huge turnout was blessed by mild weather supplied by Mother Nature. The day began with a series of 30-minute races and before each start there was a sighting lap so the riders knew where the extended course was going to go. Scoring was different as no transponders were used so the riders had a fender card on the front of their bike. Since the races were timed events the leader might not be the first one to

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  • MRANN AWARDS BANQUET

    January 6, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    SPARKS, NV (Dec. 4) – The annual banquet for MRANN (Motorcycle Racing Association of Northern Nevada) is a night to celebrate all the champions, honor special people, award scholarship recipients and sadly to honor one that was lost. As usual there were two sets of trophies, one for the Saturday racers, where the youngest and others race on short tracks. The other set is for the big bike riders that race on the long course. The goal of Sunday riders are to score enough points so they qualify for a blue plate with a white number. Only the top 20

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  • RACING PREVIEW: JANUARY 2 TO 5

    January 1, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (January 1, 2020) –We’re still deep in the Re-Run Zone was we start the New Year, however Racing Preview shows there is light at the end of the tunnel. CAR MEETS: • Since it’s the first weekend of the month Reno Cars and Coffee will have its first meet of the year at the Kietzke Lane Starbucks. Things get rolling at 10 a.m. Sunday and with good weather should be a great turnout again. Right at New Year’s Eve Lance Freitas posted the group now has 5,000 members. Should be a banner for this group of car lovers.

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  • LAST CAR MEET OF THE YEAR

    December 30, 2019 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Dec. 29) – The final car meet of the year came when Reno Cars & Coffee boss Lance Freitas decided to have it by Classic Rock Coffee shop. Good weather and the timing resulted in a huge turn out. As usual the range of cars ran from the ordinary to exotic and some were a bit extraordinary. Still it was a good time for car people to get together and enjoy both the coffee as well as the machinery. The most exotic car there was a McLaren 720S Spider with doors that swung up when opened. “I’ve had

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  • RACING PREVIEW: DEC. 26 TO JAN. 1, 2020

    December 25, 2019 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Dec 25) – While most of the Racing Preview is still stuck in the Re-Run Zone there are rays of sunshine. Racing actually begins this weekend and on New Year’s Day. CAR MEETS: • Reno Cars and Coffee has the last meet of the year starting at 10 a.m. Sunday. The location is the coffee shop located at 5150 Mae Anne, by the corner with McCarran. Weather looks like it will be good so there should have a great turn out. RACING (REGIONAL): • The motocross riders will have some good practice sessions and races this weekend. •

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  • NEW SPONSOR: GENERAL TRANSMISSION

    December 23, 2019 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Dec. 23) – We have a new and very appreciated sponsor, General Transmission shop and power train specialist. It’s been around for several years and continues to grow in a changing industry. Owner Pete Attashian related how the business got started. “My dad, Victor, started it 25-years ago and I started to work with him ever since I was a kid,” he said. “Went through college here, drifted away and came back.” For a while he worked at RMS and other places. “After I graduated I did my own thing for a couple years then got a call

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