RACING PREVIEW: NOV. 22 TO 26

RENO, NV (NOV. 14) – Racing preview for this week is out early due to the Thanksgiving holiday. One more major series will end its season and although things are quiet in our area there is still racing going on.

Over the hill in Northern California there will be practice at three tracks although they are all closed for Thanksgiving,

E Street MX Park has practice Wednesday from 1 until 5 p.m. then Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Not far away Riverfront MX has practice from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Prairie City hosts a Sierra Old Timer’s event on Saturday but has open practice from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sunday.

And a special note for those interested in the Motopro Graphic Triple Crown series. The final race has been moved from next weekend to the weekend of December 9th.

For further information please call the hotline at 1-775-265-7223.

RMS BLACK FRIDAY POSTER.

Here in Reno one of our sponsors, Reno Motor Sports, is having a Black Friday sale Friday and Saturday. If you ride it’s a good time to stock up and/or replace your worn out gear.

Now on to live racing and things begin on Wednesday with the two-day sprint car and midget show at Ventura Speedway. It’s the annual Turkey Grand Prix that closes out the USAC open wheel year.

Turkey Night Nationals poster.

If you have MAVTV and aren’t traveling, both parts of the Super Dirt Week series will be shown Thanksgiving afternoon. The first showing begins at 1 p.m. while the second showing begins at 4 p.m.

They brought in a bunch of clay and turned the paved track at Oswego, New York into a dirt track to the big block modifieds can run on it.

Day In The Dirt Poster.

Several local motocross riders as well as others will be heading south to the Glen Helen Park for the 20th anniversary of the Red Bull Day in the Dirt.

The three-day event features all kinds of motorcycle events including Motocross, Flat Track, TT and other types of races. Things kick off Friday and run through Sunday when they have the Pro/Am Grand Prix.

Day in the Dirt Vintage Race poster.

Go Kart racers will be heading to Chowchilla Fairground for the Kart Nationals. The poster didn’t say if these are Outlaw Karts or Sprint Karts so one needs to check ahead.

Kart Nationals at Chowchilla Poster.

The event runs from Friday through Sunday so there should be plenty of action down there.

The fare on TV is pretty slim as we are in the ReRun Zone for now but there is one event that can be watched live.

On Saturday at 5 a.m. NBC Sports will broadcast Formula 1 qualifying at Abu Dhabi. Then on Sunday the network will have the race starting at 4:30 a.m.

Later on Sunday, at 4 p.m. NBC Sports will repeat the Formula One race followed by the Formula 2 event. This is the final Formula One event that NBC Sports will broadcast as next season ESPN takes over that roll for at leat two years.

Formula One ends its season at Abu Dhabi this weekend.
Photo courtesy – mirror.co.uk

CBS Sports also has events they are showing on Sunday afternoon. The action begins at 3 p.m. with Trans Am racing followed by Lucas Oil Off Road series showing one of the races east of Sparks this summer and after that the network airs a World Of Outlaws event.

That’s it for this week as we head into the ReRun Zone until the New Year. However in six weeks Super Cross starts the New Year off with a bang.

We here at Nvracingnews want to wish all of our readers a very Happy Thanksgiving.

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