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ULTRA 4 RACES AT WILD WEST
MUSTANG (OCT. 14) This weekend the Wild West Motorsports Park, located east of Sparks, north of the Mustang Exit on I-80, hosts another first time event. It’s the final round of the Nitto Tire National Championship Ultra 4 Series. Competing will be everything from UTVs to open Ultra 4 machines as drivers race to secure class titles or improve their points positions. Tuesday was for the media to get rides and check out the new course that alternates between the Lucas Oil track and new sections, two of which are over rocks. After flying over the ski jump drivers
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95A REPORT DELAYED
Apologies to all concerned. Due to the fact that everyone had to work today, including the scoring crew at Fernley 95A Speedway the article on the two-day show is delayed. Hope to have it posted tomorrow evening. Sorry for the delay.
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DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
FALLON (Oct. 4/5) — Rattlesnake Raceway ended its season with the annual Dirt Track Championships. However this year there was an unforeseen twist; rain canceled the scheduled date so the event was moved to the next weekend. Sadly many cars that planned to be there weren’t. Despite this the event went on as planned and the drivers put on a display of hard racing. “I had to avoid a lot of stuff as the track went from real good to a real slick, slick, slick track,” Carl Barlow said after winning Saturday’s Hobby Stock main. “The car was real
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CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT AT 95A
FERNLEY (Oct. 4) The end of a track’s season is when class championships are finally secured. Even if the title has been secured that final points race is when a driver can improve their standings or make darn sure a title is their’s. Saturday was Fernley 95A Speedway’s title night was where the class champions capped their year with an evening of hard racing. But the race of the night was the one that ended the season. After narrowly winning the IMCA main the winner and class champion Cory Sample said, “You know we didn’t even have to show
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NNKC’S CHAMPIONSHIP DAY
STEAD (Oct. 5) — Wonderful fall weather greeted members of the Northern Nevada Kart Club as they wound up their season at Desert Park Raceway. While the titles were already known the day put a cap on several driver’s year. The race of the day came in the Tag Masters main. On the green Dan Harris got the hole shot with class champ Mike Ryckebosch right behind him. For the next several laps both drivers swapped the lead as they tore around the course. Back in the pack Taylor Uchytil, stepping up from her usual Clone kart, got a
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NEW DRIVING SCHOOL AT WILD WEST
MUSTANG (Oct. 2) – For almost two decades Josh Hall has been a driving instructor as well as an accomplished desert racer. Now he’s evolved that into a new venture at the Wild West Motorsports Park located east of Sparks. “Wild West is expanding and we want to be part of that,” he said Driving and racing are in his blood as his father Rod Hall is a racing legend. The new business is the Wildcat Desert Driving Academy and it’s evolved from what he’s been doing over the past years. “I started instructing about 18-years ago and
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MARNN AT TOULAN + WEEK’S PREVIEW
TOULON (Sept. 28) — Rain this weekend canceled one event but another soldiered on and ran its event. Due to the conditions at the track and in the pits Rattlesnake Raceway postponed its annual Dirt Track Championship, a two-day event that brings the track’s season to a close. Yet only about 60 miles away MRANN and District 36 ran their annual combined event, The Wild Horse and Wild Pony Enduro. Unlike those racing on ovals, desert racers will compete in just about any type of weather. Saturday’s rain, plus the cool weather made perfect conditions on Sunday as there was
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95A SEASON WINDS DOWN
FERNLEY (SEPT. 20) With only two races left in its points season things are heating up at the Fernley 95A Speedway. It’s go time for any driver that wants to win a championship or improve their points position. Many times in racing patience plays an important part as does the knowledge of when to go, when to just kind of hang back and how a dirt track can change during a 30-lap race. When the green waved Don Childs was first on point with Robert Miller giving chase. Eventually Miller would take the point but behind him both Cory
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RATTLESNAKE’S CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT
FALLON (Sept. 19) — This weekend marked the end of a long year for those that compete at Rattlesnake Raceway. It was the final points race of the season when a driver’s efforts can win a class championship, a better points position or go for naught. It was all on the line the Friday night and everyone wanted to bring their A game to the show. While the IMCA A Mods are usually the stars of the show they were upstaged by the more humble Hobby Stocks. In fact that division staged the race of the night during their
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RACING CALENDAR, SEPT 19 TO 21
This weekend’s racing calendar has some changes as well as one track ending its season. Lovelock Speedway was supposed to end its season this Saturday but the track canceled the final two events on its calendar. And the Northern Nevada Kart Club had to cancel the “Clone Wars,” event as there were not enough entries to cover expenses. On Friday, starting at 6 p.m. Rattlesnake Raceway in Fallon will host its final point race of the season. The car classes are featured and there will be a demolition derby that will probably close the show. Closer to home Fernley
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CHAMPIONSHIP DAY AT THE AIR RACES
STEAD AIRPORT (Sept. 14) – For the 51st year the sky north of Reno was filled with the sound of planes racing each other. The Reno National Championship Air Races is, with one exception, the only place on the planet where pilots race each other around a course. And Sunday is when all the class champions are crowned after their individual Gold races. This year’s event appeared to have the potential of being an epic race but in the end a young lion won the Breitling Gold Unlimited event and notched his sixth championship. It wasn’t exactly easy
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WOMEN AT THE AIR RACES
STEAD (Sept. 12) – Women are part of every racing team at the air races however, with few exceptions, few are pilots. But one team, Lewis Air Legends (www.lewisairlegends.com) , has two women helping on the mechanical side of the operation. One has her A&P (Airframe and Power Plant.) certification while the other is working on earning hers. And both are volunteers working with the crew of La Patrona, an Unlimited F7F Tigercat owned by Rod Lewis. Allie Hoyt is currently living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “I got my private license six years ago, right when the economy decided to take
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