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AMERICAN E-KART CHAMPIONSHIPS AT NEED2SPEED

May 22, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (May 22) – Need2Speed, our local indoor electric go kart track is part of the new American E-Kart Championships sponsored by Monster Energy. Local tracks around the country are hosting a series aimed at selecting a local champion, who competes in the finals for a national title. Need2Speed general manager Matt Bowen explained what his track is doing as part of this series. “What we’re having here is us an about 15 other tracks across the country that aren’t related to each other are working as a team to develop this E-Kart association league,” he said. The contestants
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LOVELOCK SPEEDWAY: SATURDAY NIGHT RACES

May 21, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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LOVELOCK, NV (May 20) – Lovelock Speedway hosted the second point’s race of the year for the Nevada Pro Stock Association as well as IMCA Modifieds, the Outlaw Dwarf Cars and Hobby Stocks. For one Fallon driver it was a great night to say the least. “Wow, car was fast. I thought we lost the motor in the heat race and luckily it was just a valve cover gasket, rallied back, my crew was awesome. I want to thank Royce Goetz as he jumped in and helped so that was pretty awesome,” Travis White said after winning the Pro Stock
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NORTHERN NEVADA KART CLUB: RACE #2

May 21, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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STEAD (MAY 20) – Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) hosted its second point’s race of the season under almost perfect weather. The drivers responded by staging some hard fought races during the day. One of the closest came in the Senior/Master LO206 event that combines both of these classes. It pitted a local driver against the visitor from San Jose. “This whole day we’ve had a good race back and forth,” said eventual winner Grant LeClaire, who was talking about his race with local NNKC member Jacob Ciari. “I think we passed three or four karts along the way and
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HOT AUGUST NIGHTS SPRING REVIVAL

May 18, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (May 18) – Today and tomorrow Virginia Street in downtown Reno is the site of the annual Hot August Night’s Sprint Revival. It’s a preview of this year’s festival that celebrates Cars and music. Teresa’s Garage Radio Show was represented by her 1950’s vintage Chevy. In the front there were free stickers that advertised the radio show. She kept her car’s motor stock but did paint the valve cover pink. Many of the cars have been restored like a 1970 VW Bug or a Corvair Corsa. The street was lined with many cars of all types. There were
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RACING PREVIEW: MAY 17 TO 20

May 16, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (May 16) – We’re a week away from the biggest racing weekend of the year and things are ramping up here as well as across the country and world. Things get going at 5 p.m. Saturday when the Lovelock Speedway hosts its regular classes plus the Nevada Outlaw Dwarf Cars and the Nevada Pro Stock Association. Promises to be a great night of racing. Down in Feather River Country, starting at 7 p.m., the American Valley Speedway in Quincy stages another of its points races. Over the hill the biggest motocross event of the year, Hangtown will be
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SPRINT CAR CHALLENGE AT 95A SPEEDWAY

May 15, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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FERNLEY, NV (May 12) – Saturday evening looked like an epic night for Fernley 95A Speedway on Saturday evening. The Sprint Car Challenge Tour was visiting, a large crowd was on hand and Willie Croft set a blistering fast lap of 13.70 seconds during qualifying in his Americoat-Holy Smoke BBQ sprint car.Rounding out the show was a field of 18 IMCA A Modifieds that also had some fast times in the clay track. The night started full of promise and blazing speeds for the fans. In addition three Northern Nevada drivers were in the sprint car field for their only
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BATTLE BORN MX AT THE SANDBOX

May 14, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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FERNLEY, NV (May 13) – Racers competing in the Battle Born MX (BBMX) spring series returned to the Sandbox for the final time. Rain the previous night set the dirt up for some hard racing. One class that featured hard and close racing was the 250/450 pro motos. Two riders kind of turned the second moto into their own private duel although third place wasn’t that far behind them. When the gate dropped Austin Johnson and Austin Serpa took off with Dylan Galliett not far behind in third. Lap after lap they tore around the course usually less than a
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RACING PREVIEW: MAY 10 TO 13

May 9, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (May 9) – This week’s Racing Preview is another buffet of varied events both in this region as well as nationally and internationally. One local event brings a traveling series here for its only visit this season. The weekend actually begins on Friday at 7 p.m. as Rattlesnake Raceway has the car classes racing on the oval. Then on Saturday, starting at 5 p.m. the Outlaw Karts will get their turn on an evening where they plan a pot-luck dinner as well as other things for these young drivers. Biggest show of the weekend will be at Fernley
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ENDUROFEST VISITS WILD WEST MOTORSPORTS PARK

May 8, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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SPARKS, NV (May 6) – Promoter Matt Musgrove brought his Endurofest back to Wild West Motorsports Park this weekend. Unlike previous editions this one had a bonus for the rider that scored the most points in four events. Sunday began with a Junior Enduro for the youngest riders and Caleb Bonneville won that event. The event was 45-minutes long with obstacles designed with the younger riders in mind. Bonneville was able to complete 13 laps while second place Chris Newell only had 12 and third place C.J. Conder only got in 10-laps. Later the course workers were briefed by Musgrove
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AMERICAN VALLEY SPEEDWAY: DWARF CAR NATIONALS

May 7, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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QUINCY, CALIF. (May 5, 2018) – This weekend American Valley Speedway in Quincy, Calif. hosted the 5th annual Dave Richardson & Leroy Kay Memorial Race. The event is also the Western States Dwarf Car Association Nationals and it drew around 60 of these little cars. There is racing on Friday but the finals are run Saturday. Before the event got underway Kay’s nephew Gene Kay, who drove in a supporting race, led the field in a 4-wide salute to those two drivers that were lost six years ago. After that things got going as there were some heats, a
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RACING PREVIEW: MAY 3 TO 6

May 2, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (May 2) – This weeks Racing Preview is another banquet of events, something for almost every kind of race fan. One can either see it live or watch one of the races either on TV or the Internet. The weekend in our area gets rolling with the Dave Richardson & Leroy Kay Memorial Race. It’s dedicated to a pair of Dwarf Car driver lost a few years ago. The site is American Valley Speedway in Quincy, California. Hot laps begin at 6 p.m. with racing starting at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. On Saturday the Lovelock Speedway hosts
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VIRGINIA CITY GRAND PRIX: DAY TWO, BACK ON THE COMSTOCK

May 1, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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VIRGINIA CITY, NV (April 29) – The Virginia City Grand Prix presented by Rhyno Built Welding is a two-day affair and both days are quite different from those racing as well as the course. Sunday is a mix of Novice, Women, Vintage and some veteran riders competing on a 22-mile course, which is a bit shorter than the one used Saturday.. The Vintage bikes race on a six-mile course due to the age of these machines. Saturday has four hours between the start and when the checkered is displayed. On Sunday its only three hours from green to checkered and
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VIRGINIA CITY GRAND PRIX: HARD RACING, CLOSE FINISH

April 30, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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VIRGINIA CITY, NV (April 28) – Saturday at the Virginia City Grand Prix (VCGP) presented by Rhyno Built Welding is when the pros, in the Cash Class, Experts and Amateurs race. This year, according to Race Director Donnie Bird there were 503 riders ready to challenge the tough 26-mile course The VCGP is known for testing man, woman and machine to their limits and this time would be no exception. While everyone wants to win this race, or at least their class it’s a chosen few that have. This race pitted last year’s champion against a former one coming out
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RACING PREVIEW: APRIL 26 TO 29

April 25, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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RENO, NV (APRIL 25) – Once again this week’s racing preview is full of events that should satisfy almost any race fan. There are a several events locally, in Northern California as well as across the nation and overseas. Saturday is a big day as Rattlesnake Raceway in Fallon hosts large racing card. The action begins at 6 p.m. and features the car classes, Mad Metal Mud Drags as well as the opening round of this year’s season for the Nevada Pro Stock Association. Down in Feather River Country the American Valley Speedway will again see racing starting at 7
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NORCAL ROCK RACING AT WILD WEST

April 24, 2018 Author: Dan McGee
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SPARKS, NV (April 21) – Norcal Rock Racing brought its off-road show to the Wild West Motorsports Park this weekend. All types of racers from Pre-Runners to 4400’s were on hand to face the challenge this track offers, especially since it was run in reverse. “It was good practice out here, it was high speed fast driving like a desert race, a rush the whole time,” J.P. Gomez said after winning the 4400 main. “It’s one of my favorite tracks, I love coming out here, running this way clockwise or counter clockwise. The lap traffic you kind of have
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