FALLON, NV (Oct.13) – Rattlesnake Raceway ended its 2018 season with the annual awards banquet. There was a raffle plus a lot of hardware and awards to hand out that evening. LARA president Chris Lumsden got things rolling by calling out groups to start enjoying the buffet that was ready. After dinner things got quiet and he began the awards part of the evening. The first group to pickup their trophies, including the championship jackets, were the youngest that race the Rattlesnake Outlaw Karts. Adult champions also get a championship jacket to go with their trophy He began with Alexis

FALLON, NV (OCT.6): Rattlesnake Raceway hosted the annual Dirt Track Championships and the Nevada Pro Stock Association ended its season Saturday. It was one of several divisions and the stars that raced that night. “It was rough and Jeff (Olschowka) made a mistake so I got by him,” Bill Pearson said after winning the race. “I didn’t realize how close they were then right at the end I was like, ‘man I can hear somebody there.’ I want to thank my uncle B.J., he owns the car and Pearson Realty is our biggest sponsor and Paula Earl, who is a

FERNLEY, NV (Sept 29) – It was a September Finale at Fernley 95A Speedway this week. The final points race was also the season ending event as the two-day show was canceled. Topping the night were the IMCA Modifieds and a visiting track champion, as well as the runner up, had a great time at this bullring. “American Valley champion this year, we picked up two main events wins there and this is our first main event win here at Fernley this year,” Jeff Olschowka said. “We got in the corner and together a little bit, rubbing a little bit

FALLON, NV (Sept. 8) – With two races left in the points paying season it’s crunch time at Rattlesnake Raceway. Especially for those trying to sew up the championships or those trying to improve their positions. This time around many of the regular IMCA Modifieds weren’t running as the Super Nationals were going on at Boone, Iowa. All IMCA tracks aren’t allowed to pay points until the Iowa event is over but next week they can. At that time the class championship will be decided between Andy Strait, who leads by seven points and second place Dave Sciarroni. The Hobby

FERNLEY, NV (Aug. 11) – Fernley 95A Speedway not only hosted the Nevada Pro Stock Association but dedicated the night’s racing to the family of Chris Juhl, who was badly burned in a pit accident at Fallon on July 4th. Track owner Dan Simpson informed everyone at the driver’s meeting that all proceeds from the night would be donated to the family to help with their medical expenses. It was a great night ending with an epic race by two of the Nevada Pro Stock Association drivers. At the end first and second place had slightly over 2 tenths of

QUINCY, CALIF. (Aug. 12) – American Valley Speedway’s annual Fair Races are part of the Plumas/Sierra County Fair. The racing ends the fair weekend, which is just before the local schools begin their new year. After dominating the race, winner Scott Forman said, “I sort of figured these guys would be running me over sooner or later. The car handled good the first part of the race but in the last 10-laps it started to push a little bit. I figured I’d stay on the bottom and if someone is getting to pass on top they’re going to have to

LOVELOCK, NV (July 28) – This year’s Frontier Day races at the Lovelock Speedway had an extra attraction, the Al Miller Memorial Challenge for Pro Stocks. A couple of months ago Al Miller passed away so his sons Robert and Randy decided to honor their father with a special race for the Nevada Pro Stock Association. It would be a very different race for the Pro Stocks as it would run double the normal distance and have twice the payout for the winner. Including money for the driver up front at the split. The night didn’t start out too well

QUINCY, CALIF. (July 14) – This weekend the Nevada Pro Stock Association visited American Valley Speedway for the second time this season. For the pro stocks it was a time to remember and honor their former photographer with the Richard Wainscott Memorial Race. Before racing began all the cars in all the classes did a couple memorial laps following a UTV driven by Wainscott’s daughter and granddaughter. Then it was time to get down to the business of racing. After the dust settled winner Jeff Olschowka said, “Jesse Gonzalez and his wife Kari own this car, it’s a pretty old

RENO, NV (JULY 11) – Another busy Racing Preview full of car shows with some cruising plus racing in our region. And there is a special announcement concerning a local racer. • CRUISES/CAR SHOWS: Thursday’s cruise in Carson City, from 5 until 7:30 p.m. starts at Johnny Rockets located at 4600 Snyder. Then on Friday Summit Racing in Sparks, from 6 until 8 p.m. hosts another Cruise In and Show N’ Shine. Reno Cars and Coffee is at different location this Sunday as it’s the 2nd annual event at Dolan Lexus on South Virginia. As usual the meet runs from

LOVELOCK, NV (June 30) – The Lovelock Speedway bid June good-by with another race. Although the car count could have been better there was some good racing on this Nevada bullring. After the Modified feature, winner Joel Myers said, “Robert (Miller) got under me in lap traffic. I knew the race was getting down to the end, they gave me the position back because the yellow came out and I just protected the bottom. Racing with Robert is unbelievable, the guy’s the best, he’s fun to race with, clean, we’ve never had any issues. It’s fun to race with such

FALLON, NV (June 16) – Nice late spring night set the stage for a night of racing at Rattlesnake Raceway. After a good start the IMCA modified was a very different race than was expected. More like the wheels fell off the wagon actually. After the dust settled winner Melissa Natenstedt said, “That was a lot of yellows, two reds and all those yellows. Too many yellows that’s for sure and that’s never good when you’re leading. I’m just glad I’m feeling comfortable in my car again and its been a couple of years since I’ve felt that comfortable.” Then

QUINCY, CALIF. (June 9) – Before the annual 4th of July break American Valley Speedway hosted another points race this weekend. There was some close racing and the Sport Mod class may have had the closest finish ever. When the green waved on the 15-lap main Tom Froggatt lead the charge with Brittney Nieman second. As the field headed down the back straight Richard Longacre used an inside move to take the point. The first caution came when Longacre spun then on the restart he came back to second only to stall in Turn 2 bringing out another caution. There