RENO, NV (April 15) – Once again racing is in hiatus but there are still things to watch and the motocross crowd can get in practice sessions.
CAR MEETS:
+ This week’s Reno Cars & Coffee meet has been canceled. Hopefully things will be opening up so the next time, on May 3rd, the meet can be held again.
+ There is a cruise planned for Sunday at the Spring Thaw Rally is going to be held. The gathering point is the Safeway in Donner Pass Road in Truckee at 9:30 a.m.
People are asked not to congregate so remember the social distancing. The cruise leaves at 10 a.m. as everyone heads to Downieville through Nevada City. After that everyone can take what ever route they want back home.
Weather should be good and it’s a nice time to get out and cruise.
+ On Saturday there is a birthday cruise in Reno. Kena Rocha asked Reno Cars & Coffee if they’d do one for her daughter Brookyn. She turns six but can’t have a birthday party due to the virus lock down.
It’s a great chance to get out cruise as well as making one little girl not only happy but feeling important. The parade begins at 1 p.m. on Lytton Court in Reno.
RACING (REGIONAL):
+ While there is no racing in our area, hopefully that will start up again in May the motocross crowd can still get in practice sessions over the hill in Northern California.
+ MMX will have sessions but they have some rules those attending must follow. Again social distancing is asked for.
Thursday practice is from 2 until 7 p.m. on the sand and kid’s tracks.
Friday, from noon until 5 p.m. is on the main, sand and kid’s tracks.
Saturday from 9 until 2 p.m. is one the main, sand and kid’s tracks while Sunday’s session, from 9 until 3 p.m. is on the vintage, main, sand and kid’s tracks.
+ Riverfront will only have 50 riders at a time and one must register online at www.repracingmx.com.
Thursday and Sunday has two sessions with the first going from 8 until 1 p.m. and from 2 until 7 p.m. Friday is for the minis and again register online and the session runs from 2 until 7 p.m.
Sunday also has the same limits on riders, once again register online and the two sessions are at the same times.
+ E Street MX Park has big bike practice on Friday from 2 until 7 p.m. then for all bikes from 9 until 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
+ Unfortunately due to crowd restrictions in our state the new motocross track in Fernley at the 95 Motor Sports Complex can’t be used.
RACING (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL):
+ SIM Racing using iRACING has been replacing the events we usually see. This has allowed drivers that usually never appear in series to race against the pros on various circuits.
Drivers sit in simulators in their homes or other places and race each other. While it’s not the same the competition is just as fierce and many times entertaining as the usual TV announcers are calling the races.
A good place to find schedules is on www.racer.com as they publish schedules on their eRacning page. Many series most never see are having events for most of the week.
Here is this week’s eRacing schedule.
Day
Time (ET)
Event – Venue
Cars
Platform
TV or stream
April 15
4:00 a.m.
BP Supercars All Stars Eseries – Silverstone, Barcelona
Supercars
iRacing
info here
April 16
4:00 a.m.
IMSA iRacing Pro Invitational – Laguna Seca
GT
iRacing
click here
April 18
1:04 p.m.
Ricmotech Road to Indy iRacing eSeries – Road America
RTI
iRacing
click here
April 18
4:00 p.m.
IndyCar iRacing Challenge – Motegi
IndyCar
iRacing
TBA
April 18
TBA
eSCCA Hoosier Super Tour – VIR
SCCA Club Racing
iRacing
TBA
April 19
1:00 p.m.
NASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series – Richmond
NASCAR
iRacing
FS1
April 19
3:00 p.m.
Trans Am by Pirelli Esports Championship – Laguna Seca
Trans Am
rFactor 2
TBA
April 19
3:00 p.m.
GT Rivals Esports Invitational – Misano
GT3
Assetto Corsa
click here
April 20-24
5:00 p.m.
Toyota GR Supra Gran Turismo One-Lap Challenge
Toyota GR Supra RZ
PS4 GTSport
TBA
Esports
REPORTERS NOTE: Sorry for the long spacing in this schedule, Word Press kind of extended it. I’ll have it formatted better next week.
For the major ones like NASCAR and Indy Car these events are pulling good numbers of viewers not to mention giving Simracing a huge increase in popularity. Drivers like Dale Earnhardt Jr. even have a chance to try their hand in Indy Car.
If you can’t watch the races live then go to www.youtube.com as they usually hve these racers or highlights after the fact to everyone can enjoy the competition.
This Sunday at 10 a.m. Fox and Fox Sports 1 will carry the next NASCAR Pro Invitational from Richmond. Should be a good race on that short track.
Another option of course is to go back into the Rerun Zone and check out what www.mavtv.com has.
That’s it for this week and hopefully in only a couple of weeks racing will return to our area and the national series will again take to the tracks. Be safe out there.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Tuesday afternoons, from 2 until 3 p.m. is when Teresa’s Garage is on the air. It covers all things automotive including trends and what’s going on during these shutdowns.
I have a preview section at 2:15 and you can hear us over the air in the Reno/Sparks area at 1180 a.m. The show is also on a Podcast at amm.streamon.fm or watch us live on Face Book.
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Former motorcycle racer Pete Attashian is the owner and they not only service older and newer transmission but now has a section dealing with high performance units including those used for towing.
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Our first sponsor is Reno Motorsports (RMS). 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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Unfortunately PJ&Co is closed until things open up again which should be a couple of weeks from now.
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