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RACING PREVIEW: AUG. 23 TO 26

August 22, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (Aug 22) – This week’s Racing Preview still have some options for those into cruising as well as local racing and what can be seen on TV and the Internet. CRUISE/Show N’ Shines: • Summit Racing in Sparks has another of its Friday evening Cruise In’s but now they start at 5 p.m. and end by 8 as its getting dark early. • For those interested in a road trip the Burners Car Show in Battle Mountain is on Saturday, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Elquist Park. • Closer to home Carson Cars & Coffee has
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DESERT PARK RACEWAY – KPX VISITS NNKC

August 20, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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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
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RACING PREVIEW: AUGUST 16 TO 19

August 15, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (Aug. 15) – Racing preview for this week still has some places to cruise, racing in our area, a special race in Nevada plus national events. It’s another full buffet for race fans to enjoy. CRUISE/SHOW N’ SHINES: On Friday the Summit Racing Cruise In’s resume. The location is on East Glendale in Sparks and time is 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. • There are two Show N’ Shines in Carson City Saturday. The first is at Fuji Park from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. and it’s the 5th annual Send A Scout to Camp Car show sponsored
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FERNLEY 95A SPEEDWAY – SEARS WINS EPIC RACE

August 14, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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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
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AMERICAN VALLEY SPEEDWAY FAIR RACES

August 13, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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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
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HOT AUGUST NIGHTS 2018

August 9, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (Aug. 9) – Hot August Nights 2018 is a festival for those that love cars, music and nostalgia from an earlier time. It’s also for those wanting to see things that are more modern, there is something for just about anybody during this festival. In short, this largest event of the summer for the Reno/Sparks, Nevada area is a buffet that’s so huge it would be hard for a person to really consume all that is offered in one visit. In fact it might take two or three visits to enjoy every aspect. Mornings begin with a huge
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RACING PREVIEW: AUGUST 9 TO 12

August 8, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (Aug. 8) – Racing Preview for this week has another full plate of various events, especially in Northwest Nevada where Hot August Nights is in full swing. CRUISES: + This year there are only two more cruises as part of Hot August Nights but there are many other things to do and see. The best way is to check the schedule at www.hotaugustnights.net +There is one special event that is both part of the Show N’Shine at the Grand Sierra Casino and Spa. That’s the Women With Wheelz seminar on Thursday, which finishes when a car is awarded
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DESERT PARK RACING – NNKC ROUND 5

August 6, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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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
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RACING PREVIEW: AUGUST 2 TO 5

August 1, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (Aug. 1) – This week’s Racing Preview is full of local happenings as we ramp up for the Hot August Nights festival. The preview has local, regional and national events one can either attend or see on TV as well as on the Internet. CRUISE AND CAR SHOWS: • This year’s Silver Dollar Car Classic in Carson City begins Thursday and runs through Sunday. The attached poster has the schedule, times and locations. For those that have been making the Friday evening cruise in at Summit Racing in Sparks, well there won’t be another one until after HAN
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LOVELOCK SPEEDWAY – AL MILLER MEMORIAL CHALLENGE

July 30, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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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
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NEVADA’S eKART CHAMPION – Dallas Colodny

July 29, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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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,
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RACING PREVIEW: JULY 26 TO 29

July 25, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (JULY 25) – Racing Preview for this week has a bunch of cruises listed as well as what’s going on at the oval tracks in our area. Included will be schedules for the Northern California motocross tracks as well schedules for national and international series. + CRUISES/CAR SHOWS: The final Thursday night cruise in Carson City is from 5 until 7:30 p.m. and it starts at Max Casino located at 900 South Carson Street. • As usual Summit Racing in Sparks is having its Friday Cruise in from 6 until 8 p.m. However this is the last until
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SILVER STATE SHOWDOWN AT WILD WEST

July 23, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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MUSTANG, NV (July 21) – This year the Silver State Showdown at the Wild West Motorsports Park was a one night show this year. While things got off to a good start Mother Nature had other plans for the night. Before qualifying was finished there was a report of a lightning strike about a mile from the track. This caused the track and bleachers to be cleared and started a four-hour delay in the program. Soon after that the rains came causing puddles and turning the track into mud. It meant a bunch of work for the track crew and
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RACING PREVIEW FOR JULY 19 TO 22

July 18, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (July 18) – Racing Preview for this week is full of cruises, an announcement for a fund raiser to help a local ride as well as regional, national and international racing. • CRUISE AND SHOW N’ SHINES: The Thursday Cruise, from 5 until 7:30 p.m. in Carson City starts at the Wing Stop located at 3965 South Carson Street. As usual, from 6 until 8 p.m. Summit Racing in Sparks will have its Cruise In Show N’ Shine on Friday evening. On Saturday the Comstock Classics Car Show will be at Miner’s Park I Virginia City. Registration begins
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AMERICAN VALLEY SPEEDWAY: PRO STOCKS VISIT

July 17, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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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
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