RENO, NV (July 27) – The annual night race for the Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) is a special event local and visiting drivers look forward to. Due to a couple of factors this one was a bit of a marathon but there was some great racing as well as introducing five very young drivers to the sport. “Oh man, that is the best club race I’ve ever won in my life,” an excited Zach Rivera said after winning the F-125 Shifter main. “That was funm, such a good shifter race.” Then he thanked his father, Nevada Kart Sport owner

STEAD, NV (June 3) – Desert Park Raceway was alive with the sound of go-kart racing. The occasion was round 4 of the Northern Nevada Kart Club series. This time the race of the day was put on  they Senior LO206 class. “I did a few changes to see if I could sneak by as the 18 (Kelly Chinander) gave me some problems in Heat 2. It worked early on but toward the end the tires definitely got warmer and she was right on top of me,” Jacob Ciari said after winning the race. When the green flag waved and

STEAD, NV (June 2): Northern Nevada Kart Club was back in action at Desert Park Raceway. With one exception, a small shower during a heat race, weather was almost perfect for a day of hard racing. The final main in Junior 2 was the race of the day as two youngsters put on a good show of hard and clean racing. When the green waved for the Junior 2 main to begin Tanner Schultz and Brooks Anderline took off and left the rest of the field in their wake. About a lap later Anderline got the lead exiting two. Later

STEAD, NV (May 5) – The Northern Nevada Kart Club held the second race of its season at Desert Park Raceway. Mother Nature blessed the event with almost perfect weather for a day of hard racing. For this round the short course was used. Part of that is the old turn now number 8, onto the front straight. Not everyone got it right and the barrier got a good work out during the day. The race of the day was the Senior LO206 main. Right after the green it became a three-way battle for the lead. Up front veteran Steve

RENO, NV (Nov. 9) – The Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) held its annual awards banquet at the Boomtown Hotel and Casino. Entering the room there was a historical display of photographs, trophies from years gone by and past championship jackets. Another tradition is a cake with the NNKC logo on it. That waited until later in the evening when it was time for desert. After dinner NNKC president Rodney Rivera got up and honored long time members like Mitch Kenney, who joined the club in 1981 as well as Mike McMullen as he signed on in 1982. Others honored

STEAD, NV (Aug. 18) – Desert Park Raceway hosted the final round of this year’s KPX series. Unlike the other rounds it was a night race and the NNKC (Northern Nevada Kart Club) was the host club. NNKC President Rodney Rivera was pretty pleased with the turn out. He explained that in the last two visits there had been from 89 to 90 karts but this time there were 115. After practice, qualifying and the 14-lap pre mains it was time for a dinner break. After that all the classes got ready for their 22-lap main events. First up was

STEAD, NV (Aug.5) – Desert Park Raceway was alive with kart racing as the Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) staged its fifth race of this season. The race was not only important to the local drivers but it brought some from California as this was the final time the visitors could race here before the KPX event on the 18th. There were at least three “races of the day,” and one of them featured the younger drivers in Junior 2 LO206. And the final lap had an incident that could have gone wrong for all concerned. After talking a minute

NEVADA eKART CHAMPION, DALLAS COLODNY RENO, NV (July 26) – There’s a new racing champion in town from a series that’s pretty much under the radar for most sports. He’s Dallas Colodny, Nevada’s eKART champion at Need2Speed, our indoor track. This spring the facility signed on for the first American National eKART Championship sponsored by Monster Energy, one of several tracks that are sending their champions to Chicago for a run off to determine a national champion. For Colodny racing has been in his blood for most of his life. “It really all started with my dad at Silver State,

STEAD, NV (July 15) – Desert Park Raceway was the site of the fourth round for this year’s Northern Nevada Kart Club’s season. Warm temperatures didn’t slow down the racers but some bugs did, at least for a while. Early in the day bugs, flying ants, plagued the scoring tower as well as the corner stations. Fortunately Ecolab was summed and they made quick work of the pests but the break morphed into the lunch break. After the pests were dealt with racing resumed finishing the first heat, then they ran the second heat and the mains started. Several of

  STEAD, NV (June 24, 2018) – Northern Nevada Kart Club staged its third race of the season at Desert Park Raceway. The event was postponed and rescheduled due to a conflict with the Pylon Racing Seminar for the Air Races. Despite the heat there was some pretty good racing during the afternoon. Veterans in the Senior LO206 Class staged the race of the day. Asked if he knew how close his competitors were winner Jacob Ciari said, “No, I checked a couple of times but I knew they were back there, I just didn’t know how close. Towards the

RENO, NV (May 22) – Need2Speed, our local indoor electric go kart track is part of the new American E-Kart Championships sponsored by Monster Energy. Local tracks around the country are hosting a series aimed at selecting a local champion, who competes in the finals for a national title. Need2Speed general manager Matt Bowen explained what his track is doing as part of this series. “What we’re having here is us an about 15 other tracks across the country that aren’t related to each other are working as a team to develop this E-Kart association league,” he said. The contestants

STEAD (MAY 20) – Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) hosted its second point’s race of the season under almost perfect weather. The drivers responded by staging some hard fought races during the day. One of the closest came in the Senior/Master LO206 event that combines both of these classes. It pitted a local driver against the visitor from San Jose. “This whole day we’ve had a good race back and forth,” said eventual winner Grant LeClaire, who was talking about his race with local NNKC member Jacob Ciari. “I think we passed three or four karts along the way and

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

RENO (Dec 9) – The Northern Nevada Kart Club assembled at the Grand Sierra to honor its champions, hand out special appreciation awards and present one driver with the club’s top special award. It was a festive gathering and a buffet was served for dinner. The meeting began with outgoing NNKC President Brian Rivera thanking the previous board. Besides Rivera they were Jason Graves, Troy Berry, Cody Kay and Stephanie Callahan. Then he introduced the new board. Rodney Rivera is the new president, Alec Beaudoin is the vice president while Michael Dulude is the treasurer, Rachel Anderlin is Secretary and