FERNLEY, NV (MARCH 31) — The second round of the 2024 Battle Born MX series was held at the Fernley Sand Box on Easter Day. The started off slick and pits were a bit muddy from Saturday’s rain but the cold north wind helped dry things out. There was a huge turn out despite the weather. In the 50cc Class the Open race has 23 starters while the 6 & Under group had 21 on the gate while 7 & Up had 19 starters. The 65cc and 85cc classes also had large numbers on the starting gates. With so many

RENO, NV (Feb. 11) — The AMA Arenacross series visited the Reno Livestock Events Center this weekend. Pros raced Friday and Saturday then Sunday was a blur of amateur motocross racing. Round 10 of the series was Saturday night and like Friday it was a series of Heat Races, Semi Mains plus two LCQ to make up the final AX Pro field. During that time young Tallan Smith made it a double as he swept the Micro Open Limited for 4 to 8 year-olds on both days. These stars of tomorrow race 50cc bikes on the same track as the

RENO, NV (Jan.20) — Those that race and support the Battle Born Motocross series assembled at Boomtown this Saturday. Before things began there was a moment of silence honor BBMX member Seth Clark, who passed away in 2023. After that the board members and sponsors were honored. As usual there was a large amount of things sponsors gave that were raffled away during the banquet. In addition there were a large amount of trophies plus plaques for those riders being bumped up in class. After a great buffet dinner provided by Boomtown it was time to start handing out the

STEAD, NV (Oct 8) — A wonderful, warm fall day greeted the racers in the Northern Nevada Kart Club. Round 7 was the season ending event where championships were decided or confirmed was well as some earning their first victories. After qualifying and a pair of heat races everyone was ready to start the main events. As usual the Kid Kart Class got things started. This time they used a rolling rather than a standing start. The young drivers had a good formation heading down the front straight to the green flag. At first Noah Beauregard and Presley Prater were

FERNLEY, NV (Sept. 24) — The Reno chapter of the Old Timers hosted a motocross at Fernley 95A Speedway this weekend. The event was round 8 of the 2023 BBMX season and around 400 riders showed up so there were 23 motos plus one club moto.  When the second 250/450B and Pro gate dropped Casey Carmichael took off and left everyone his dust. Behind him Walker Thomas led the B group. At first Ryan Hansen and Rich Thorwaldson were chasing Carmichael. At the finish Carmichael won the pro side while Thomas won both of the B motos. After the finish

FERNLEY, NV (May 20) — This Sunday the Reno chapter of the Old Timers MX hosted the fourth round of the BBMX series. It was a crazy day but had a “winner take all,” special race for the pros. After the first motos ended there was a “Dash 4 Cash,” where the pros would have a 5-lap winner-take-all race for extra money. There were seven pros on the line and when the gate dropped Chad Heishman took off and essentially left everyone in his dust. Lap after lap he increased his lead and won the event. After taking the checkered

WINNEMUCCA, NV (March 19) — Cool, cloudy weather greeted motocross racers as they opened the 2023 season for Battle Born MX. In the pits where were license plates from California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah as the turn out was great. For one 17-year-old Salt Lake City racer it was a grand  and fast day. After starting the second set of motos and winning the Open A&B race Greg Wilcox said, “It’s getting rougher, the dirt’s still good but the track is definitely getting gnarly. I’m only doing pro so we’ll see how it goes as I’ve got I’ve got two

RENO, NV (FEB. 3) — The Kicker AMA Arenacross series visited the Reno Livestock Events Center this weekend. It was a three-day show but the pros only raced on Friday while the weekend was for the amateurs. The night started with a pit party where spectators could come down, walk the track then meet the riders and see their bikes. Many fans got autographs and had their checkered flags autographed. Once that ended and the track cleared the National Anthem was sung. Then the pros began to line up for a series of four heat races where the first two

FERNLEY, NV (Nov. 13) — Although it was a cold morning the day turned out to be mild as the Reno Old Timer chapter hosted the final round of the 2022 BBMX season. The turn out was great and speaks well of the future of motocross in our area. There were a couple of young riders that scored victories in two classes. Young Ducati Fayet won both the 50cc 7 & Over as well as the 50cc Open classes. Another rider won twice on two different bikes. Kalvin Roberts won in the 65cc 10 and Over Class then in the

FERNLEY, NV (May 22) — Round 4 of this year’s BBMX season was staged on the motocross track at Fernley 95A Motor Sports Complex. There was a large turn out of around 515 entries so that usually means from350 to over 400 riders.  There were enough riders to have several motos where the starting gate was almost full. One of them, the second 85cc Open moto, did fill the gate. In fact a couple of divisions had Consi races after the regular field was determined.  The second 125/250 D moto may have had the closest finish of the day.  When the

WINNEMUCCA, NV (March 13) — The BBMX season opener was hosted by the Winnemucca MX Club. It was a challenging day to say the least.  The club president told this reporter they had 264 riders that accounted for 468 entries since several rode in more than one class. Between the heats and the single Club Moto there were 24 motos in the first session and would be 23 in the second and that’s not counting the heat and LCQ races.  One close race came in the second 250/450 Sportsman Pro race. After the gate dropped veteran Nate Tiearney took off

RENO, NV (Feb. 5) — The Kicker AMA Arenacross series set up camp for a two-day show at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center this weekend. The result was two days that were a blizzard of heats, some LCQ’s and mains.  Before every program began a JROTC group from a local high school presented the colors. This was followed by the National Anthem then the show began.  At the end of Saturday’s 450 main winner Kyle Peters said, “ Good weekend for my Honda Team. My teammate Cullin Park and I were one-two all weekend so I was a good week