Here are some of the unused photographs from the most recent race for NNKC at their track, Desert Park Raceway.
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NNKC GALLERY – JULY 19
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RACING PREVIEW – JULY 23-26
Racing preview this week covers the only area track in action as well as a host of events on TV and the Internet. This week local racing is a bit on the slim side but there still is one track in operation. Saturday, starting at 6 p.m. Rattlesnake Raceway, located just east of downtown Fallon, hosts another race featuring both the car classes and Outlaw Karts. For those riders needing a two-wheel fix, Livfast Exit 28 will have practice sessions Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The action on TV kicks off Thursday when CBS sports
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NNKC ROCKS DESERT PARK
NNKC beats the heat for a hot day of racing at Desert Park. STEAD (July 19) – NNKC (Northern Nevada Kart Club) staged the sixth round of its points season this weekend at Desert Park Raceway. During the mains there were some very tight races and one young driver got the thrill of his life. When the Jr. 1 Clone event winner 11-year-old Chase Dulude pulled into the post racing weigh in he was overwhelmed with emotion and mobbed by his happy family. “I don’t know what to say, this is the best day of my life,” he said
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RACING PREVIEW – JULY 16-19
Racing preview for this week not only has local events, big news from the motocross world, but a list of what can been seen by racing fans. This week’s racing locally includes three types of motorsports plus a variety on TV and the Internet. And there is a special heads up for a unique NASCAR race next Wednesday. After being flooded out from the recent rains, Livfast Exit 28 rescheduled the night motorcross event to this weekend. There will be practice Friday from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. then on Saturday a practice session beginning at 3 p.m. with racing
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NNKC BEATS THE HEAT
NNKC Beats the heat for a day of hot racing. Stead (June 28) – A forecast of a high temperatures didn’t deter the hardcore members of the Northern Nevada Kart Club. They showed up anyway and, thanks to the cloud cover, had a pretty nice day of racing. The Senior Clone main was one of the great races of the day. It took a long chase before Alec Beaudon was able to take the lead. Asked if he had any doubts he said, “I wasn’t sure if I could catch him so I just decided, since my chain stayed
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THIS WEEK’S RACING PREVIEW
THIS WEEK’S RACING PREVIEW ISN’T AS FRANTIC AS THE LAST ONE. Although there is less racing going on in our region this weekend there are still some things for fans so see and attend. Rattlesnake Raceway, east of downtown Fallon, has another points race Saturday for the cars but this time there will be Mud Drags to round out the program. As usual it’s a 6 p.m. start to the action. On Sunday the Northern Nevada Kart Club hosts its next points race at Desert Park Raceway. The track is located about a quarter mile past the end
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OCTANE FEST COMES TO FALLON
Octane Fest brings color and speed to Fallon. The Octane Fest rolls into Fallon this weekend for three days and evenings of action packed motorsports. In addition two regional tracks will also be staging their own races. On Friday evening at 7 p.m. the Lovelock Speedway hosts another points race while, up at Susanville, at that same time Diamond Mountain Speedway, located at the fairgrounds, will also be in action. Moving to Fallon the action starts on Friday at 11 a.m. when Top Gun Raceway begins test and tune sessions on the dragstrip. Then, at 6 p.m., there’s a pit
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HOT RACING AT DESERT PARK
Hot racing at Desert Park matched the temperature on Sunday. STEAD (June 7) – Hot racing on a hot day at Desert Park Raceway this Sunday as NNKC staged its latest round of the season. Plenty of drivers showed up and there was one of the biggest, if not the biggest fields of 80cc shifters this year. “It was on a rail,” Mitch Kennedy said after winning the 125-shifter main. “The track is actually good, lot of dirt from people putting dirt on the track but for the most part, a pretty good racetrack. And I have to thank
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WHAT’S RACING FOR – JUNE 4-7
What’s racing this weekend is packed days of motorsport action that has something for almost anybody. If the weather holds local race fans are in for a treat. On Friday, starting at 7 p.m., Lovelock Speedway has a make up race for the one rained out in May. Top Gun Raceway, located south of Fallon, hosts another $5 Friday where people can test and tune their cars on the drag strip. Saturday kicks off two racing at Top Gun as the track hosts Rounds 6 and 7 of its ET series and the Junior Dragsters are also part of the
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RATTLESNAKE – FULL MOON RACING
Rattlesnake hosts a night of cautions and carnage under an almost full moon. FERNLEY (May 30) – There is a long-standing superstition about racing under a full moon. Although it wasn’t a full moon Saturday, it might as well have been. And the fans at Rattlesnake Raceway, well they got a night full of action. After the 2nd annual Hobby Stock challenge ended winner Tony Taylor said, “It was a rough race, had a time as a wire kept falling off the distributor so had to go off but made it up going from the front to the back.
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NNKC – HARD RACING, CLOSE FINISHES
NNKC ROUND FEATURES MUCH HARD RACING AND SOME VERY CLOSE FINISHES STEAD (May 17) – The latest round for the Nevada Kart Club was run Sunday at Desert Park Raceway. Despite the threat of rain the “hurry up,” schedule allowed all the heats and races to be completed by early in the afternoon. Once again the 125 shifters ended the day with a barnburner of a race that went from green to checkered. “I could feel everybody as they were bumping me and stuff,” Steve Ryckebosch said after scoring a narrow victory. ‘I tried not to think about it
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95A SPEEDWAY – HARD RACING NIGHT
95A SPEEDWAY HAD A NIGHT OF HARD RACING AND A VERY CLOSE FINISH Fernley (May 9) – Spring weather set the stage for some intense competition and one surprise winner in the closest race of the night. But once again the biggest field was for the IMCA Modifieds. “The car was real good,” Robert Miller said after winning the IMCA feature. “I kind of did some experiments last week and my bother and Lyle Hopper said, ‘hey, let’s go back to what we know.’” In what’s become a pre-race tradition, the field formed into a four-wide salute to the
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DESERT PARK RACEWAY — NNKC #2
HARD RACING WITH THE NNKC STEAD (April 19) – Racers with the Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) gathered at their home track, Desert Park Raceway for the second round of their season. It was a day of hard, fast racing on the road course. “I thought I had it but John had a better jump, he’s been really starting well but wasn’t in too big of a rush as I knew I had speed today. My stuff’s set up really nice right now and it was good to come out to the club and dice with these guys,” Mark
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RATTLESNAKE OPENS SEASON
HOT RACING ON A COOL NIGHT AT RATTLESNAKE 2015 OPENING EVENT FALLON (April 4) – In what’s becoming a tradition in area oval track racing, Rattlesnake Raceway opened its 2015 season Saturday of Easter weekend. Cool weather with some wind kept the air cool but the racing was hot on the track. “I was just being patient, started 10th but knew I had a long way to go. So I picked them off when I could as I wanted to bring the car home in one piece,” Shawn Natenstedt said after winning the IMCA Main. The action began even
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RACING PREVIEW – APRIL 2-5
SLOW WEEKEND AHEAD FOR RACING FANS Easter weekend is traditionally a slow time in the racing world. All three top NASCAR series are off as is the NHRA and Indy Cars. And after winning last Saturday’s 450 Supercross main in St. Louis, Ryan Dungey also gets a week to rest before the final push to the finals in Las Vegas. However there will be racing in this area at Fallon. Rattlesnake Raceway gets its season going on Friday night with a car show in the parking lot of Stockman’s Casino. And there will be a live band
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