RENO, NV (Jan. 6, 2024) — On a cold and snowy night MRANN held its 2023 Awards Banquet west of Reno at Boomtown Casino Resort. This time the banquet was divided in half. Things started with the Saturday racers that included the youngest racers as well as Saturday Women, Mini bikes, Bombers and Pee Wees, which are the youngest riders. Two brothers scored a triple this past season winning three first place trophies and having perfect seasons. When asked about his Suzuki Fayet said, “I won the 50cc six and under class. It was very good. I like racing and

FALLON, NV (Nov. 4) — The annual awards banquet for Rattlesnake Raceway was held at the Eagles hall. Most of the racers and their family members showed up. After a nice banquet it was time to start celebrating the champions, top points earners and rookie of the year. First up were the Mini Stocks. Unfortunately the 2023 champion Kent Knisley was unable to be there. At season’s end Knisley had 770 points while second place Cooper Lee had 746 points. The Willie Ferrier Rookie of the year was Dakota Thunder, who ended up third in points. Next came the Bootlegger

RENO, NV (Feb 4) — The Reno chapter of the Over The Hill Gang (OTHG) held its award banquet this weekend. Due to a supply hold up certificates were handed out rather than trophies, which will be given out later. During the night there were bags of swag and everyone got at least two of them during the raffles. Before things got started OTHG president Dan Martin had some comments. It was a year of challenges, especially since the Sand Box in Fernley has been lost. “ The year was okay, kind of a downer because we didn’t have a

RENO (Jan. 28) — The desert racers that compete in the MRANN series assembled for their yearly banquet and awards ceremony this weekend. For many it was a time to reflect on the season past, maybe get a trophy, a new number and mentally start preparing for the 2023 season that begins in February. This would be the final time that Ricky Dahlberg was acting as MRANN’s president. After this night the new board takes over. “This last season went really well, we had very stron numbers in ’21 and we actually exceeded that in’22 to the numbers went up,”

RENO, NV (Jan. 22) — On Saturday those that race with Battle Mountain MX, or BBMX as it’s known assembled at Boomtown. The occasion was the annual awards ceremony and banquet. As usually there was a large amount of trophies to hand out. There were also grand prizes that were raffled off as well as a bunch of goodies that were also part of the raffles. As usual the trophy awards start with the youngest racers. Sadly Ducati Fayet wasn’t present as he is the 50cc, 6 & Under champion as well as the Open champion but Charlie Bagan was

SPARKS, NV (Jan. 8) — Most of MRANN gathered at the Sparks Nugget for the annual awards banquet where champions were honored. After a buffet dinner everyone sat down and got ready as there was much hardware to be given out.  Before things got going this reporter had a chance to talk with MRANN’s president Ricky Dahlberg. “I’m the current president and also president for this year,” he said. “This year is one of the strongest we’ve ever had in a while with over 400 members. The way our memberships are going so far this year, and we just opened

FALLON, NV (Oct. 16) — Not that the racing season is over it’s is time to honor the class champions and volunteers. This time the event was held at the Eagles hall west of downtown.  After a really nice pot luck dinner and handing out some raffle prizes it was time to get down to business. Chris Lumsden, president of the association, got up and started with the Mini Stock division. Fifth place was Angelo Rallo while Colton Blankenship was fourth and also earned the Willie Ferrier Rookie-of-the year award. Third was Jorden Riley while Cooper Lee was second and Travis

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

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

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

FALLON, NV (Nov. 9) – Rattlesnake Raceway held its annual awards banquet at the Churchill County Fairgrounds this year. It was a time to reflect on the past season and look ahead to the New Year and racing to come. As usual there was a table full of trophies plus some special awards for people that have contributed to the success of this past year. And the class champions would also receive a special jacket to wear. First however there was the potluck buffet everyone looks forward to. Once again it was a great spread and wonderful dinner thanks to