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  • NORTHERN NEVADA KART CLUB STARTS 2018 SEASON

    April 16, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    NNKC

    STEAD, NV (April 15) – The Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) opened its 2018 season at Desert Park Raceway, the club’s home track. With 40 karts on hand everyone was ready to start the year even if it was a cool and very windy day. One class even introduced a new motor to the club. The “Race of the Day” was put on by some of the youngest drivers and featured an almost “Green to Checkered,” duel for the victory. “I had a good start, locked up in the first corner and they just ran away with it,” 12-year-old Jack

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  • RACING PREVIEW: APRIL 12 TO 15

    April 11, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    NNKC

    RENO, NV (April 11) – Racing Preview for this week has several events in our area plus a benefit to help a rural town with its 4th of July expenses. The national and international slate is also full of events to watch. Rattlesnake Raceway in Fallon once again has a full program of cars, Outlaw Karts and Dwarf Cars. Racing begins at 6 p.m. although the karts begin their mains around 3 p.m. Down in Yerington there is an off-road Poker Run that begins in the morning after 9 a.m. The event benefits the local 4th of July celebration and

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  • DIAMOND BACK HARE AND HOUND: CHATTIN STORMS TO VICTORY

    April 9, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN

    DRY VALLEY, NEVADA (April 8) – This year’s Diamond Back Hare and Hound was run at the Dry Valley OHV area. This round of MRANN’s spring series was the Lassen Motorcycle Club. While the weather wasn’t so great Saturday the rain and wonderful weather Sunday set the stage for some great racing. And one of the young lions made the most of it. “The race was fun, it was really, really technical, which was awesome,” Drew Chattin said after winning his second Big Bike race in a row. “The markings weren’t very good and I got lost a couple of

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  • RACING PREVIEW: APRIL 5 TO 8

    April 4, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN

    RENO, NV (April 4) – This week’s Racing Preview literally has a cloud over it, as least for our region. A storm slated to hit our area Friday and Saturday has canceled at least one event and maybe more so just be aware of that. If all goes well Fernley 95A Speedway will begin its 2018 season Saturday. The track’s Face Book page is a good place to check and they are encouraging people to buy your tickets and pit passes online. The driver’s meeting is scheduled for 2:30 with a 3 p.m. start to racing. Here again weather may

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  • RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY KICKS OFF 2018 SEASON

    April 2, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Rattlesnake Raceway

    FALLON (March 31) – Rattlesnake Raceway began its 2018 season here with great weather and some hard racing. Round out the racing card were the Outlaw Karts. The IMCA main was action packed and many times the winner is not only lucky but handles the lap traffic the best.That and some hard, determined driving. “The race was good, Jeff had a really fast car, I don’t know if we could have caught up to him but it ended up working out for us,” said Chris Nieman after winning the race. “I had no idea how close Cory (Sample) was, just

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 29 TO APRIL 1

    March 28, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Rattlesnake Raceway

    RENO (March 28) – Racing Preview for this Easter/Passover week has a few local events as well as tracks that are opening up and starting their seasons. Things are slim to none on the National and International scene. Rattlesnake Raceway in Fallon gets things rolling starting at 6 p.m. Friday with their annual car show at Stockman’s Casino. There will be racecars as well as streetcars on display. Then Saturday things at the Raceway begin at 3 p.m. when the Outlaw Karts start racing while the cars begin racing at 6 .m. on a day that should have beautiful weather.

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  • LOOKING AHEAD TO 2018 RACING:NNKC AND NPSA

    March 26, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    NNKC

    RENO (March 26) – Looking ahead into the new 2018 I’m highlighting two groups highlighted in this article. One is the Northern Nevada Kart Club and the other is the Nevada Pro Stock Association; both have something in common, new presidents and boards. The new president for the Northern Nevada Kart Club or NNKC is Rodney Rivera. “We have a complete new board with fresh new faces,” he said. “Right now we’re getting the club back on track paper work wise and structurally as some things maybe have gone by the wayside in the past 10 or 15 years.” He

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 22 TO 25

    March 21, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Virginia City Grand Prix

    RENO (March 21) – Weather is the big story for this week in the Racing Preview. It is affecting several tracks in California and at least one event in this region. The Racing Preview also has what’s going on nationally as well as internationally. This weekend gets off to a rousing start up in Virginia City at 4 p.m. as the annual Pre-Race Drawing Party gets this year’s Virginia City Grand Prix going. The place is the Red Dog Saloon and VCMC is asking those that have them to bring up their vintage bikes so they can be displayed. Winnemucca

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  • MILLER’S CHOP SHOP

    March 19, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Miller's Chop Shop

    MILLER’S CHOP SHOP SPARKS, NV (March 19) – Miller’s Chop Shop is another small family owned and run business in our area that works in the automotive field. However there is a difference as it’s not the usual auto repair facility. The inspiration for owner Robert Miller to start the shop came from a local track closing down. “It all began with stock car racing at T-Car Raceway,” he said. “We started racing cars then the track got torn down, then we started working on hot rods after working on regular cars then full time on antiques and hot rods.”

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 15 TO 18

    March 14, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN

    RENO, NV (March 14) – This week’s Racing Preview highlights events in our area; a second round for an off road series plus a show and meet. Nationally one of the classic sports cars races happens in the east and another major series is in the west. We have a variety of things happening in Northwest Nevada. To the east of Reno the desert racers that compete in MRANN will be outside of Toulon, which is east of Lovelock. It’s the Wild Horse Hare Scrambles hosted by the Western States Racing Association. Saturday gets rolling at 9 a.m. with the

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  • BATTLE BORN MX: SEASON OPENER

    March 12, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    BBMX

    FERNLEY (March 11) – Battle Born MX opened its spring series with a huge turn out at the Fernley/Wadsworth Lion’s Club Motocross Track, otherwise known as the Sand Box. On Sunday there were 434 entries. While many will ride in one or more classes this an increase in racers over the past year or so. Things were held up due to something unusual at Fernley, fog. Finally enough burned off to the day rolling and with 24 races that were run twice it was a long day. Still there was some pretty good, hard racing. The second 250/450 pro moto

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 8 TO 11

    March 7, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Battle Born MX

    RENO (March7) – This week’s Racing Preview has some special events, a special announcement as well as what racing is going on in our region and in TV Land. First and foremost for anyone planning on going racing, to practice or watching events remember DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS SATURDAY EVENING. The Blue Ribbon Coalition is an umbrella group that works to keep access to public lands. On Saturday there is a fundraiser trail ride called Mild to Wild and to benefit this organization. The rides begin at Our Park in Dayton and 9:30 a.m. Anyone interested in keep public lands

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  • GLEN PLAKE: TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA

    March 6, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Truck Night IN America

    There’s a Hockey Night in Canada and Football Night in America and now the History Channel is launching Truck Night in America. This series will feature a local racer as one of the hosts. Glen Plake is a Tahoe native that lives with his wife in Northern Nevada. He’s one of the grandfathers of what became Free Style Skiing, has been called by ESPN a pioneer in extreme sports, has been featured in many Warren Miller films and his involvement in winter sports takes him to Europe every year. But when he’s home many times you can find him racing

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  • STREET TO SAND: OFF ROAD AND PERFORMANCE

    March 5, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    Street to Sand

    STREET TO SAND: OFF ROAD AND PERFORMANCE RENO, NV (March 5) – Street to Sand Off Road is another local shop doing custom work in addition to the regular maintenance and repair work on cars. “We started 11 years ago in 2007,” owner Dustin Mileham said. “My dad and I were sitting around Bully’s one night drinking beer. I was mad at another shop working on my truck. So we decided to start our own shop, trying to get people a little better quality in town.” He and his father picked the business name due to what people do in

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 1 TO 4

    February 28, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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    NASCAR Cup

    RENO, NV (Feb. 28) – This week’s Racing Preview highlights the calm before the action really gets into high gear locally. Nationally there is action in TV Land as well as on the Internet. Close to home Reno Coffee and Cars begins the month with another gathering at the Keitzke Starbucks on Sunday. The event begins at 10 a.m. and as usual it is asked that people don’t do burn outs or rev their engines too high so the welcome will continue. Other than that it will be a calm weekend, which is probably good since a major storm is

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