Due to the length of the article I am putting these photos in a gallery.

Octane Fest in Fallon is a celebration of speed and color. It is held in three different venues and two of the are Top Gun Raceway, located south of the town, as well as the Churchill County Fairgrounds, located near downtown.

In the event article I missed who won the Top Comp division at the drag strip. Well got word too late to include it that the two drivers that would have been in the final decided to skip that run due to the weather. There was some rain south of the city and it had an effect on the drag racing.

Posting the fastest time Sunday was Melissa Fedrick with a time of 6.678 seconds and a top speed of 203.58. However since both Wally Jacks and Steve Casner chose not to make their final runs the result is a tie between them even though Jacks is shown on the results as the champion.

Over at the Churchill County Fairgrounds there were three nights of activities. While Friday’s crowd was a bit down the grandstands were packed Saturday night. And fans enjoyed both the lower admission and concession prices.

Not shown in the report was a Saturday morning car show with all types of vehicles that also included a motorcycle burnout demonstration on the west end of town by the Walmart.

All in all it was a fun time for all concerned the the organizers, who also run Rattlesnake Raceway were pleased. The LARA president Chris Lumsden said their were a couple of items to be taken care of but considering it was the first year he’s been the promoter, he felt the event went very well.

So here are some of the shots I didn’t include in the article from Top Gun Raceway and the Churchill County Fairgrounds.

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Here is the photo gallery.

Another smoky burn out as a driver gets ready for their qualifying run.

Jeep Tough Truck racing at the Fairgrounds.

On Sunday Melissa Fedrick set the fast time in Top Comp. Here she is doing the burnout before her run.

Jay Roper does a burn out before his qualifying run on Sunday.

Shawn Natenstedt had a dance contest winner riding with him during his UTV run.

Ranger Joe, now returned to Reno, gets some air in his new truck; Airborne Ranger.

Sunday’s line of of Junior Dragsters before qualifying at Top Gun Raceway.

Monster truck Felon does a long wheelie at the fairgrounds.

Father watches his daughter start her Junior Dragster qualifying run.

The Monster Truck Enforcer gets some big air during one of its routines.

Cars staged before their Sunday qualifying runs at Top Gun Raceway.

Isabella Pires, who runs in the 6-9 Junior Dragster class, gets some help staging by her father.

Wally Jacks does a burn out before he qualified for Top Comp.

When the 250cc Outlaw Karts raced Saturday at the Fairground it was pretty dusty. Here Evan Rauscher (07) is chased by Jacob Dias (51).

When the Box Stock Outlaw Karts races dust wasn’t that big of a problem. Here Tommy Sorensen leads a group of karts.