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  • HOT AUGUST NIGHTS SPRING REVIVAL

    May 18, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    HAN Spring Revival

    RENO, NV (May 18) – Today and tomorrow Virginia Street in downtown Reno is the site of the annual Hot August Night’s Sprint Revival. It’s a preview of this year’s festival that celebrates Cars and music. Teresa’s Garage Radio Show was represented by her 1950’s vintage Chevy.  In the front there were free stickers that advertised the radio show. She kept her car’s motor stock but did paint the valve cover pink. Many of the cars have been restored like a 1970 VW Bug or a Corvair Corsa. The street was lined with many cars of all types. There were

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MAY 17 TO 20

    May 16, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    NASCAR

    RENO, NV (May 16) – We’re a week away from the biggest racing weekend of the year and things are ramping up here as well as across the country and world. Things get going at 5 p.m. Saturday when the Lovelock Speedway hosts its regular classes plus the Nevada Outlaw Dwarf Cars and the Nevada Pro Stock Association. Promises to be a great night of racing. Down in Feather River Country, starting at 7 p.m., the American Valley Speedway in Quincy stages another of its points races. Over the hill the biggest motocross event of the year, Hangtown will be

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  • SPRINT CAR CHALLENGE AT 95A SPEEDWAY

    May 15, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Sprint Car Challenge

    FERNLEY, NV (May 12) – Saturday evening looked like an epic night for Fernley 95A Speedway on Saturday evening. The Sprint Car Challenge Tour was visiting, a large crowd was on hand and Willie Croft set a blistering fast lap of 13.70 seconds during qualifying in his Americoat-Holy Smoke BBQ sprint car.Rounding out the show was a field of 18 IMCA A Modifieds that also had some fast times in the clay track. The night started full of promise and blazing speeds for the fans. In addition three Northern Nevada drivers were in the sprint car field for their only

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  • BATTLE BORN MX AT THE SANDBOX

    May 14, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    BBMX

    FERNLEY, NV (May 13) – Racers competing in the Battle Born MX (BBMX) spring series returned to the Sandbox for the final time. Rain the previous night set the dirt up for some hard racing. One class that featured hard and close racing was the 250/450 pro motos. Two riders kind of turned the second moto into their own private duel although third place wasn’t that far behind them. When the gate dropped Austin Johnson and Austin Serpa took off with Dylan Galliett not far behind in third. Lap after lap they tore around the course usually less than a

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MAY 10 TO 13

    May 9, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Fernley 95A Speedway.

    RENO, NV (May 9) – This week’s Racing Preview is another buffet of varied events both in this region as well as nationally and internationally. One local event brings a traveling series here for its only visit this season. The weekend actually begins on Friday at 7 p.m. as Rattlesnake Raceway has the car classes racing on the oval. Then on Saturday, starting at 5 p.m. the Outlaw Karts will get their turn on an evening where they plan a pot-luck dinner as well as other things for these young drivers. Biggest show of the weekend will be at Fernley

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  • ENDUROFEST VISITS WILD WEST MOTORSPORTS PARK

    May 8, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Elevated Action Sports

    SPARKS, NV (May 6) – Promoter Matt Musgrove brought his Endurofest back to Wild West Motorsports Park this weekend. Unlike previous editions this one had a bonus for the rider that scored the most points in four events. Sunday began with a Junior Enduro for the youngest riders and Caleb Bonneville won that event. The event was 45-minutes long with obstacles designed with the younger riders in mind. Bonneville was able to complete 13 laps while second place Chris Newell only had 12 and third place C.J. Conder only got in 10-laps. Later the course workers were briefed by Musgrove

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  • AMERICAN VALLEY SPEEDWAY: DWARF CAR NATIONALS

    May 7, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Dwarf Car Nationals

      QUINCY, CALIF. (May 5, 2018) – This weekend American Valley Speedway in Quincy, Calif. hosted the 5th annual Dave Richardson & Leroy Kay Memorial Race. The event is also the Western States Dwarf Car Association Nationals and it drew around 60 of these little cars. There is racing on Friday but the finals are run Saturday. Before the event got underway Kay’s nephew Gene Kay, who drove in a supporting race, led the field in a 4-wide salute to those two drivers that were lost six years ago. After that things got going as there were some heats, a

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MAY 3 TO 6

    May 2, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Dwarf Cars.

    RENO, NV (May 2) – This weeks Racing Preview is another banquet of events, something for almost every kind of race fan. One can either see it live or watch one of the races either on TV or the Internet. The weekend in our area gets rolling with the Dave Richardson & Leroy Kay Memorial Race. It’s dedicated to a pair of Dwarf Car driver lost a few years ago. The site is American Valley Speedway in Quincy, California. Hot laps begin at 6 p.m. with racing starting at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. On Saturday the Lovelock Speedway hosts

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  • VIRGINIA CITY GRAND PRIX: DAY TWO, BACK ON THE COMSTOCK

    May 1, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    VCGP

    VIRGINIA CITY, NV (April 29) – The Virginia City Grand Prix presented by Rhyno Built Welding is a two-day affair and both days are quite different from those racing as well as the course. Sunday is a mix of Novice, Women, Vintage and some veteran riders competing on a 22-mile course, which is a bit shorter than the one used Saturday.. The Vintage bikes race on a six-mile course due to the age of these machines. Saturday has four hours between the start and when the checkered is displayed. On Sunday its only three hours from green to checkered and

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  • VIRGINIA CITY GRAND PRIX: HARD RACING, CLOSE FINISH

    April 30, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    VCGP

    VIRGINIA CITY, NV (April 28) – Saturday at the Virginia City Grand Prix (VCGP) presented by Rhyno Built Welding is when the pros, in the Cash Class, Experts and Amateurs race. This year, according to Race Director Donnie Bird there were 503 riders ready to challenge the tough 26-mile course The VCGP is known for testing man, woman and machine to their limits and this time would be no exception. While everyone wants to win this race, or at least their class it’s a chosen few that have. This race pitted last year’s champion against a former one coming out

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  • RACING PREVIEW: APRIL 26 TO 29

    April 25, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    VCGP

    RENO, NV (APRIL 25) – Once again this week’s racing preview is full of events that should satisfy almost any race fan. There are a several events locally, in Northern California as well as across the nation and overseas. Saturday is a big day as Rattlesnake Raceway in Fallon hosts large racing card. The action begins at 6 p.m. and features the car classes, Mad Metal Mud Drags as well as the opening round of this year’s season for the Nevada Pro Stock Association. Down in Feather River Country the American Valley Speedway will again see racing starting at 7

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  • NORCAL ROCK RACING AT WILD WEST

    April 24, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Norcal Rock Racing

    SPARKS, NV (April 21) – Norcal Rock Racing brought its off-road show to the Wild West Motorsports Park this weekend. All types of racers from Pre-Runners to 4400’s were on hand to face the challenge this track offers, especially since it was run in reverse.   “It was good practice out here, it was high speed fast driving like a desert race, a rush the whole time,” J.P. Gomez said after winning the 4400 main. “It’s one of my favorite tracks, I love coming out here, running this way clockwise or counter clockwise. The lap traffic you kind of have

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  • OLD TIMERS ROCK THE SANDBOX

    April 23, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Old Timer's National

    FERNLEY, NV (April 22) – This weekend the Reno chapter of the Old Timers hosted a round of their national series. The site was the Sand Box as its known, or the Fernley/Wadsworth Lions Motocross Track. The format is five timed motos; three on Saturday and two Sunday. This time there were over 150 riders that showed up for the weekend’s action although some of them chose to only race Saturday. After Sunday’s rider’s meeting both the National and Canadian Anthem were played and everyone was ready ride and race. First up were riders in three 60+ classes launched in

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  • RACING PREVIEW: APRIL 19 TO 22

    April 18, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Wild West Motorsports Park

    RENO, NV (April 18) – This week’s Racing Preview is full of events both locally, in Northern California as well as a stew of races in TV Land and others streamed on the Internet. Saturday begins at Wild West Motorsports Park with the annual visit by NorCal Rock Racing, formerly VORRA. Gates open at 10 a.m. and it’s going to be a day of action packed off-road racing. That same afternoon at 2 p.m. Lovelock Speedway kicks off its 2018 season on that bullring. To the north Diamond Mountain Speedway was supposed to start their 2018 season but canceled it

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  • RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY: POINTS RACE #2

    April 17, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Rattlesnake Raceway

    FALLON, NV (April 14) – Rattlesnake Raceway staged the second race of the season going with good weather and hot racing on the track. This time the IMCA main was a come-from-behind story for the winner. In the heat races both Malen Gonzalez and Shawn Natenstedt were caught up in accidents. Fortunately for them there was a B main and they finished one-two so transferred into the 16-car main. When the 30-lap main began Mark Skender took off from his pole position only to spin while exiting Turn 4. Somehow every one missed him and the field was order to

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