RENO, NV (Nov. 14) – Racing Preview this week features the final race in our region for 2018 plus races in Northern California as well as nationally. Now we start to slip into the Rerun Zone until after the New Year.
CARS:
- Reno Cars and Coffee will have its third weekend of the month from 10 a.m. until noon this Sunday. The location is the Starbucks at 1610 Robb Drive and all are welcome.
Robert Malm’s wonderfully restored 1986 Monte Carlo.
Hopefully Robert Malm will begin this fantastic restoration of a 1986 Chevy Monte Carlo for all to see. While it might look stock the Corvette Engine under the hood shows it might not be.
RACING (REGIONAL):
• For those interested in the Nevada Pro Stock Association there General Meeting starting at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The location is 155 Glendale Avenue #3 at the Reno Sparks Auction Company
Nevada Pro Stock Association announcement.
It’s a chance to ask question, share ideas and go over the rules and by-laws. In addition the proposed improved pay-out schedule will be discussed.
• The final race in our region for this year will be at the Sandbox, or Fernley Motocross Track this weekend. It ends the Battle Born MX fall series.
Saturday has practice from 9 until 2 p.m. then on Sunday gates open at 6 a.m., practice starts at 8 a.m. with a 9 a.m. start to racing. Weather should be cool but otherwise nice
Battle Born MX poster with the fall series full schedule.
- Over the hill in Northern California there will be two races this weekend.
The Wilseyville Hare Scrambles has changed its name to #Race4Paradise and all proceeds are going to be donated to help those that lost their homes in this tragic fire.
This weekend’s Wiseyville Hare Scrambles changed its name to honor those that lost everything in Paradise, California
Pre registration closed Wednesday but one can register at the track. For further information please check the website at, www.ama-d36.org.
• The other race is Round 1 of the Best in the West Championship Series. This weekend the track is Riverfront and there will be an open practice from 4 until 9 p.m. Thursday.
Saturday gates open at 8 a.m. with practice from 9 until 2 p.m. then on Sunday gates open at 7 a.m., practice starts at 9 a.m. with racing to follow.
E Street MX Park has practice from 9 until 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Over at Prairie City there is Thursday practice from 1 until 5 p.m. then from 9 until 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
RACING (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL):
- This is championship weekend for the top three NASCAR series as titles will be determined at Homestead, Florida.
On Thursday at 2 p.m. NBC Sports has NASCAR America followed on Fox Sports at 3 p.m. with NASCAR Race Hub. All practice sessions at the track won’t be on TV.
Camping World Truck Series has its championship race on Friday.
Photo courtesy – sportngnews.com.
- Friday starts at 11:35 a.m. as NBC Sports has Xfinity practice then Fox Sports at 1:45 p.m. has Truck series qualifying. NBC Sports comes back at 3:10 p.m with NASCAR Cup qualifying followed by Fox Sports 1 at 5 p.m. with the Camping World Truck Series championship race.
• Saturday gets rolling at 8:35 a.m. as NBC Sports has NASCAR Cup practice followed at 9:35 a.m. with Xfinity qualifying. Then at 11 a.m. the network airs the final NASCAR Cup practice followed at 12:30 p.m. with the Xfinity Series championship race.
Over on the Velocity channel at 6:30 p.m. will be the FIA World Endurance race the 6 Hours of Shanghai.
• Sunday gets off to an early start at 5 a.m. as www.beinsports.com broadcasts the MotoGP event from Valencia.
At 11 a.m. CBS Sports has the Mobil 1 The Grid show while at that same time NBC Sports has the Motorsports Hours
It’s all on the line at Homestead Sunday as the drivers that made the final cut race for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup.
Photo courtesy – NASCAR.com/Chris Trotman/Getty Images.
Then at noon NBC airs the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup championship race from Homestead. The Cup champion will be known when the year’s final checkered flag is out.
Locally KAME, channel 21, has racing starting at 3:30 p.m.
Then www.mavtv.com has four races in the afternoon starting at 3 p.m. with the final Lucas Oil Drag Boat races.
Lucas Oil is ending its Drag Boat Racing Series.
Photo courtesy – Lucasoildragboats.com
In the news Lucas Oil announced that it will cease operation of the drag boat series after 10 years. The banquet in January has been canceled and now the series will have to find a new title sponsor.
Back to mavtv as they show the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League starting at 4 p.m. followed at 5 p.m. with Tony Stewart’s All Star Circuit of Champions.
Finally we here at nvracingnews want to off our best wishes to those Northern Nevada racers competing in this week’s Baja 1000 and the Superkarts USA Super Nationals in Las Vegas.
That does it for this weekend, be safe and enjoy the races if you can either get to or watch them
OTHER RACING NEWS:
- Teresa’s Garage Radio Show will again be on from 2 until 3 p.m. Tuesday. You can listen to it, stream the show or watch it live on Face Book.
Teresa’s Garage Radio Show poster.
I have a preview section at 2:15 and we should have a special guest this week. Hope you’ll give it a listen as we cover all things automotive.
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Two of them are first class motorcycle shops located in Reno.
Our first sponsor is Reno Motorsports. Not only do they have about anything a rider might want or need and the store also has a full service shop.
Their location is at 964 Terminal Way, by the intersection with Mill Street. Store’s phone number is 775-322-1499 and the site is, www.rms-renomotorsports.com.
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Phone number is 775-856-3855 and the website is, www.moto-source.com.
The next sponsor is an excellent place if you need collision repair on your car or truck. It’s Concours Body shop, located at 250 Telegraph Street in Reno and has a long history of first class repairs
The original owner is Gill Grieve, a long time racer and supporter of racing. He’s now in the process of retiring and the new owner will be Brian Saul, a car enthusiast himself, who is also committed to continuing the shop’s history of quality work.
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If you are in to karting or want the most cost effective way to start racing please check out Nevada Kart Sport, the only full service kart shop in this region. Owner Rodney Rivera will maintain, build or store your kart.
The shop is located at 894 Deming Way, off East Glendale, in Sparks, Nevada. The shop’s website is www.nevadakartsport.com, and the phone number is 775-219-4184.
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If you’re a rider, well Wednesday evening is Bike Night, always a great time to see some great looking bikes and meet like minded people.
The location is 1590 South Wells Avenue, just north of the round about. Phone number is 775-323-6366 and their website is www.pjandco.net.
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