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

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

FERNLEY, NV (FEB. 25) – The Sand Box Grand Prix has always been about bragging rights. It brings the motocross and desert racing community together to see just who is going to rule the roost. The event was and is again hosted by the Reno chapter of the Over The Hill Gang (OTHG) and is a two-day affair. Sunday is for the big bikes and begins with 45-minute races for all the classes from Novice/Beginner to Expert/Pro. Once those are out of the way there is an hour break as the teams of two get ready and move to the

NIGHTINGALE, NV (Feb. 18) – The Wildfire 100 opened the 2018 racing season for those that compete in the MRANN (Motorcycle Racing Association of Northern Nevada) series. Since its held on President’s Day weekend the event also turns into a huge campout for many of the competitors and their families. Like all MRANN races it’s a two-day event and on Sunday the big bikes get their turn. This time the Trail Blazers club hosted the race and used two different courses for both loops. For Steve Tichenor it was a great weekend as he and Dennis Belingheri won the Team

RENO, NV (Jan. 13) – The MRANN (Motorcycle Racing Association of Northern Nevada) awards banquet is time to honor the achievements of those that raced last season. It also was a chance to honor the two founders of the organization as well as a rider lost this past year. Topping the points for the 2017 is Reece Honea, and next year he’ll carry the Blue #1 plate. Asked about his plans at the season’s start Honea explained that the title was in his plans. “Especially after my last year previous to that I wanted to go out there and just

BOTTLE CREEK, NV (Oct 29) – Mason Valley Dirt Squirts once again ended MRANN’s season at Bottle Creek. The Hare Scrambles event was called the Silver State Howl-A-Wheelie. The site is about 40-miles north of Imlay or 30 miles northwest of Winnemucca and is reached by good dirt roads. The course was fast with some waterfalls, hills, canyons and some silt areas, especially leading to the scoring chute. “The course was fantastic and went out on the second lap but knew I had the advantage on Brody,” Dan Capparelli said after winning the race. “Knew he caught me up in

PURGATORY PEAK, NV (Oct. 15) – The Tankslappers Motorcycle Club hosted round 7 of this year’s MRANN series of desert races. The area was close to Purgatory Peak located east of the north end of Winnemucca Dry Lake. The road getting to the pits was a bit of a challenge due to silt areas but everyone managed to get through and arrive at the pits. And on this day youth was served as a couple of young lions finished one-two ahead of a veteran rider. “It was awesome, a little dusty at first because I got a crappy start, was

FERNLEY (Oct. 1) – Round two of the BBMX fall series was held at the Sandbox, which is the Fernley/Wadsworth Lion’s Club Motocross Track. Reno chapter of the Over The Hill Gang was the host and Mother Nature gave the riders great weather for racing. Although three pros were on hand to contest the 250/450 motos it came down to a two-rider duel between Dylan Galliett and Tony Evans. When their first moto began and after a short side-by-side duel through the first turn Galliett took the point with Evans in hot pursuit. Then Evans took the lead until the

RENO, NV (Sept 23) – EnduroCross visited the Livestock Events Center here for round two of this year’s series. It’s one of the largest venues the series will race in and made for an action packed night. This type of racing is more like motorized Steeple Chase but with more obstacles and no water trap. There were logs to race across plus two rock gardens, as well as a tabletop filled with chopped up wood that would present a different path every time a rider crossed it. The longest race of the night was the Super EnduroCross main a 14-laps

CARSON CITY, NV (Aug. 19) – For the second year in a row the Carson Flat Track races returned to the Fuji Park rodeo arena. And like last year the afternoon and evening shows were a blizzard of heats and main events. This year however there were a couple of challenges that had to be dealt with. One was with the arena’s sound system and while it was working next year it will be tweaked a bit. Mother Nature proved the biggest challenge as a downpour toward the end of the heat races left a very wet track. However the

MILFORD, CALIF. (June 18) – MRANN ends its spring season with the Corey Herring Memorial. The event honors a young rider lost nine years ago and is traditionally run on Father’s Day weekend. This year the 5-mile course wound around the area including a run up the hill “395” and back down as well as including sending riders through both washes on each side of the park.   “Got the hole shot, dropped into this wash over here (north side), was just cruising and my mechanic, myself, the fuel line popped off,” Vaughn Wilk said after winning the Expert race.

A bit under the weather on Monday so this was slightly delayed. FERNLEY (June 11) – The final round of the Battle Born MX spring series was highlighted with rain and wind. Despite this over 200 riders were on hand, some to just race while others were after points and maybe clinching a title. While the overall turnout might have been a bit higher some classes have very good turnouts. In fact the 125/250 Beginner gate had 26 at the gate for the first moto and 23 for the second. Another good sign for the future was the Pee Wee

Mustang – The Battle Born Moto Fest returned to the Wild West Motorsports Park this weekend. Unlike last year it was a two-day affair with two very different events. While Freestyle MX was planned the winds were too great for that to happen. However the rest of the racing went on. On Sunday there was the Wild West Hard Enduro, a race that went for 90 minutes and the course was anything but easy. After starting on the main straight the riders went up the hill, down the ski jump and headed for the rocks, but unlike Ultra 4, they