RENO, NV (July 8) – Racing Preview for this week has car meets, a cruise, drag racing plus plenty of events for open wheel and NHRA fans not to mention NASCAR.
CAR MEETS/CRUISES:
• Once again, from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday has the Fernley Quarantine Main Street Cruise. Meet up place is the Wigwam and the cruise runs from the stop light, around the round about and back again.
• Sunday has two car meets both at the same time.
+ Sparks Cars and Coffee is having the usual second weekend of the month meet. It starts at 9 a.m. and is by the Buffalo Wild Wings in Sparks, which is close to the Target store.
+ South of town from 10 a.m. until noon Muscle Motors is having an AG Exotic Car Show. Last year’s had a pretty good a mix of different cars. The shop is located at 9501 South Virginia.
RACING (REGIONAL):
• Battle Mountain hosts the next round of the I-80 Challenge with a Friday/Saturday show. On Friday gates open at 5 p.m. with racing beginning at 7 p.m.
Saturday gates open at 10 a.m., Kart races begin at noon and the cars start their racing at 7 p.m.
• Top Gun Dragstrip begins the weekend with $5 Friday that runs from 6 p.m. until midnight.
Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m. features Summit ET and Junior Drags, ET Challenge #3, Jr. Drag Challenge as well as T-N-T. Sunday’s show also begins at 9 a.m. with the Summit ET and Junior Drag series #8 and T-N-T.
MOTOCROSS RACING & PRACITICES:
• The motocross track at 95 Motor Sports Complex south of Fernley has Thursday practice from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday the practice sessions run from 9 until 2 p.m.
• MMX Racing in Marysville has it’s usual schedule with Wednesday practice from 3 until dark on the sand and kid’s tracks.
Saturday from 9 until 2 p.m. practice is on the main, sand and kid’s tracks. Then Sunday from 9 until 3 p.m. the vintage track is added to the three others.
• This weekend REP Racing begins a 5-race Saturday night series at Riverfront but on Thursday from 5 until 10 p.m. there is open practice.
Saturday is race day and gates open at noon while practice starts at 4 p.m. with racing to follow. While one can register at the gate they can also register on line.
Sunday from 9 until 2 p.m. is open practice. Next race in the series is on July 25th.
E Street has practice from 9 until 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Prairie City has practice from 9 until 2 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. However for this track one needs to sign up online at www.repracingmx.com.
• For those wishing to race next week in the VORRA Fallon 250 you must register online. Deadline is Friday, July 10. The site is www.vorraracing.com, and there is a class for motorcycles.
RACING (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL):
• Thursday gets going at 4 p.m. when Fox Sports 1 airs NASCAR Race Hub. Then at 5 p.m. the network broadcasts the first Xfinity race from Kentucky.
• Friday is slim but at 5 p.m. the second Xfinity race from Kentucky will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1.
• Things start to heat up Saturday as NBC Sports, at 11:30 a.m. has Indy Car Qualifying from Road America. At that same time Fox Sports 1 has ARCA racing from Kentucky.
Then at 2 p.m. NBC Sports has the first of two Indy Car Races from Road America and at 3 p.m. Fox Sports 1 has the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series racing at Kentucky.
• Sunday has an early start at 3:05 a.m. as ESPN broadcasts the second Formula 1 race from Spielberg, Austria in as many weeks.
Drag racing fans will be very happy this weekend as the NHRA is back on the road. This time it’s the Summer Nationals from Indianapolis as the straight-line racers shake the pavement.
Then at 9:30 a.m. NBC airs the second Indy Car race from Road America, a course that’s long and challenging. Finally at 11:30 a.m. Fox Sports 1 broadcasts the NASCAR Cup race from Kentucky.
That’s it for this weekend so if you can get out and attend a race as there’s nothing like it for color, sound and speed. If you can then visit one of the car meets, great way to meet car people and check out what they are driving.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• If your car or truck has a headlight or other lights that have burned out well help is near. R.D.Goetz, former track photographer at Fallon has a new business, Have Lights Will Travel. He’ll replace that burned out light and on some models even adjust the headlights.
His website is www.rdg5856@gmail.com
• On Tuesday, from 2 until 3 p.m, Teresa’s Garage Radio Show will be back in the studio. The show can be heard over the air in the Reno/Sparks area on 1180 AM.
I have a preview section at 2:15 and we can also be heard live on a Podcast at amm.streamn.fm. Or we can be seen live on Face Book.
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Another great sponsor is General Transmission and Power Train Specialists. The shop is located at 2515 Sutro Street in Reno, a few blocks below Hug High School.
Former motorcycle racer Pete Attashian is the owner and they not only service older and newer transmission but now have a section dealing with high performance units including those used for towing.
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Another sponsor is fantastic race photographer Melissa Coker. If you have raced at Summit in Elko, Battle Mountain, Lovelock, Rattlesnake Raceway or Diamond Mountain Speedway she probably has a photograph of your car on the track.
She’s also been at the IMCA Duel in the Desert was well as the Wild West Tour and IMCA Super Nationals in Boone, Iowa. Melissa not only has photos of the cars, and many times drivers, but she can produce hero cards and even a book covering from your season.
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Two of our sponsors are first class motorcycle shops located in Reno.
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.
The next shop is Motosource located at 3180 Mill Street. Once again they are a full service shop plus about any thing a rider might need or want.
The 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.
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Hungry, want a great place to eat, then try PJ&CO for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and it’s a great place to watch your favorite sports. 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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