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  • LOOK AHEAD: PART 2

    August 31, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Aug. 31) – With a racae canceled this weekend it’s time to look ahead to the end of this crazy 2020 season. While motorcycle racing is starting the fall season area oval tracks, Go Karts and drag racing are in their stretch runs. OVAL TRACKS: • Rattlesnake Raceway has three more weekends of racing left and all of them are two-day shows. This Friday and Saturday the postponed Octanefest will finally happen. Racing begins at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday with fireworks after the last show. Following that on September 18 and 19, the final points races wil

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  • BREAKING NEWS

    August 27, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Aug.27) – Sadly weather and circumstances have led to a pair of events being canceled. Up on the Comstock, despite changes and other adjustments Virginia City will not issue a permit to hold this year’s Virginia City Grand Prix. To say that’s disappointing would be a huge understatement. The club is working to handle refunds and t-shirt so those should be forth coming in the near future. Of course the big loser in all of this will be the businesses in VC as the event bring in a lot of people the are catered to. The other news

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  • RACING PREVIEW: AUGUST 27 TO 30

    August 26, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Aug. 2 6) – As we head toward the end of August there are plenty of car meets, cruises plus racing in our region for any fan. In addition there is more than enough racing on TV and the Internet. CAR MEETS & CRUISES: • The weekend gets rolling on Friday from 7 until 9 p.m. with the Fernley Quarantine Main Street Cruise. Meeting place is at the Wigwam. • Rolled Mountain Creamery in Reno is having a Drive in and Chill Out Friday through Sunday night. No time was given but if you like ice cream might

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  • NIGHT RACE FOR NNKC

    August 24, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    STEAD, NV (Aug.22) – Every year the Northern Nevada Kart Club hosts a night race at Desert Park Raceway. It’s named the Rick Jerome Memorial to honor on of the club’s founders and this year it’s the third round of the points season. And as usual the night event is a marathon so it’s a late one for all concerned. To help add to the festive occasion many put lights and light strips on their karts. After the first set of heat races there was a dinner break then the second set of heats. After that it was time to

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  • RATTLESNAKE HOSTS NORTHERN NEVADA MODIFIED TOUR

    August 24, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    FALLON, NV (AUG.21) – Rattlesnake Raceway hosted the first stop on the new Northern Nevada Modified Tour. There were good fields during the night as well  IMCA and Northern Sport Modifieds. The tour is a marathon of four races over three days at four different tracks. And the big prize is a provisional at this year’s Duel in the Desert. It took three heat races to set the 22-car main event. That race featured a green to checkered run by the winner Chris Nieman. “Yea it was green to checkered but I still needed to get out front on that

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  • RACING PREVIEW: AUGUST 20 TO 23

    August 19, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Aug. 19) – Racing Preview for this weekend has car meets, cruising, two very different races in our region as well as a bunch on TV to watch. Summer is still with us and motorsport fans have a bunch on their plates. CAR MEETS/CRUISES: • Things get rolling from 7 until 9 p.m. as the Fernley Quarantine Main Street Cruise is on Friday. Meeting place is at the Wigwam and it’s a nice way to end the week. • Sunday, at the Dutch Brothers Coffee at the end of town, Carson Cars & Coffee will have it’s monthly

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  • RACING RETURNS TO 95 MOTOR SPORTS COMPLEX

    August 17, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    FERNLEY, NV (Aug. 15) – After a two-month lay off to refurbish seating in the grandstands the oval at 95 Motor Sports Complex was in action again. In addition to the regular classes a new one the Bootlegger was added, which is a push to pass division that runs on a soaked track. After the dust settled IMCA Modified winner Robert Miller said, “The race was all right, we did some changes from the heat race. We changed gears and everything worked out  Then just got out there and after about three laps figured out what line you needed to

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  • RACING PREVIEW: AUGUST 13 TO 16

    August 12, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Aug. 12) – Racing Preview for this weekend is another varied menu. It has everything from car meets to international racing, something for about any race or car fan. CAR MEETS/CRUISES: •  Friday gets the weekend rolling with the Fernley Quarantine Main Street Cruise. It runs from 7 until 9 p.m. and the meeting place is the Wigwam. • Another car show Friday is the 2020 Main Street Event in Minden. It begins at 4 p.m. at the Minden Park and the funds benefit the 20-30 Club. • On Saturday the Summit Church, located at 7075 Pyramid Highway

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  • DIAMOND MOUNTAIN SPEEDWAY: I-80 CHALLENGE

    August 10, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    SUSANVILLE, CA (Aug.8) – The I-80 Challenge series along with the Dwarf Cars visited Diamond Mountain Speedway this weekend. The result was two days of racing on this dirt bullring. Saturday’s IMCA A main winner almost didn’t come to the event. But in the end a last second pass won the day for him. “I wasn’t going to race this weekend and got talked into it last night,” James Lipke said. ” We trashed till about four o’clock this morning, left at 11 and came over to have some fun. It was nice, that was good fun racing and I

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  • RACING PREVIEW: AUGUST 6 TO 9

    August 5, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Aug. 5) – Racing Preview for this weekend still has a loaded banquet table for cruises and car show. In addition there is racing in our region, over in California as well as national and international events. CAR MEETS/CRUISES: • The weekend gets off to an early start Thursday. The Atlantis Casino begins three days of Hot August Cruise Nights hosted by the Wicked Wayz Car Club. Thursday and Friday nights things start at 5 p.m. while it’s a 4 p.m. start on Saturday. • Down at the Bully’s in Carson City is the second of the three

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  • RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY AND MORE NEWS

    August 3, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (8-3-2020) – This weekend Rattlesnake Raceway held the current round of the I-80 Challenge. In addition there are other news worthy things going on in the world of motor sports. Friday night was the first round of the two-day show and on Saturday the next to last race were the Sprint Cars. On the green everyone took off with Jeff Macedo on point. Only a lap or two went by when one car spin in Turn 4 and was hit by another that could not avoid him. After the track was cleared the green waved again, by now

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  • VARIETY SUNDAY AND THE WEEK AHEAD

    August 3, 2020 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Aug. 2) – The first Sunday in August was full of variety with two very different events. It was also the start of a week full of many cruise and car events happening over the next eight days. • Reno Cars & Coffee had their first of the month gathering at the Keitzke Starbucks. As usual the turnout was large with a wide variety of cars and one restored Ford Van, vintage VW’s as well as more current models. One was a gray Ford Mustang and Kayle Totman explained her boy friend’s car. “This is a 2014 Mustang

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