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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCT. 29 TO NOV. 1

    RENO, NV (Oct. 28) – A bunch of items to cover for this Halloween weekend. Much is happening with car meets and other things plus racing here and over the hill. Not to mention national and international events. CAR MEETS: • Saturday, Halloween, gets started with the 2nd annual Trunk or Treat at the Newton Learning Center Parking lot. The event begins at 10 a.m. and runs until noon. • After that it’s off to 350 Greg Street in Sparks as between 3 and 5 p.m. there is another Halloween Trunk or Treat Car Show. During the show they’ll have

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  • BBMX FERNLEY: PHOTO GALLERY

    Here is the photo gallery from Sunday’s race. Had to switch computers. Getting used to switching between two laptops. Sorry for the delay in getting this out. Next time things will go much smoothers. Hope everyone is thawed out by now. See one you like? You can purchase a print if you want. Just contact me.

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  • BBMX AT FERNLEY : HOT RACING, FROZEN FINGERS

    FERNLEY, NV (Oct. 25) – After a many months long hiatus the Reno chapter of the Over The Hill Gang was able to stage a race at the Sand Box, or Fernley Motocross Track, this weekend. After a 70-degree Saturday for practice, racers were greeted Sunday by temperatures in the 30’s with a wind blowing. As expected there was a large group ready to race and expecting frozen fingers. Only two pros were on hand and Justin Minsch scored victories in 125/250 and 259.450 Pro classes. Then Minsch went on to claim the only triple class victory of the weekend

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCT. 22 TO 25

    RENO, NV (Oct. 21) – Racing Preview this week has a bunch of car meeets plus local, regional, national and international events on tap. As we head into November there will be a flurry of events as the racing year ends and we head back into the Rerun Zone. CAR MEEETS/CRUISING: • Saturday is a big day for car people with several events on tap. The day starts with the 6th annual Iron Rebels Car Show. Location is Shelton Racing and Fabrication in Carson City. This annual charity event had proceeds going to the Kennedy family as they remember Brian,

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  • LOOKING AHEAD: THE 2020 STRETCH RUN

    RENO, NV (OCT 19) – With no races in our immediate region thought it was a good time to take a look at the stretch run for racing in 2020. With five exceptions the action switches to the two-wheel world for desert and motocross races. As a result part of this will be repeated and expanded in Thursday’s preview article but that is focused only on the upcoming weekend. CAR MEETS: • There are a couple of car meets I do want to give some exposure to as one is for a good cause and the other is a family

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCT.15 TO 18

    RENO, NV (Oct. 14) – This week’s Racing Preview has a car meet,  two non racing gatherings as well as motocross action over the hill and on TV. In this immediate region this weekend is when people can get ready for the end of the year motorcycle events. CAR MEETS: • This Sunday at 10 a.m. Reno Cars & Coffee has a meet, starting at 10 a.m. on the west side of town. The location is the Del Rio Pub and Grill. Should be nice weather so the turn out should also be pretty large. The meet will have a

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  • SEASON ENDING RACES: 95 MOTOR SPORTS COMPLEX

    FERNLEY, NV (Oct 11) – A Two-Day Show ended the 2020 season at the 95 Motor Sports Complex this weekend. The first day was Saturday evening while the second day began at noon and ended just as the sun was going down. The honor of ending the racing year fell to the IMCA Modifieds and prior the start they did a 4-wide salute to the fans.. It was quite a race with a come-from-the-pack victory for a California driver. When the green waved on the 20-car field Shawn Natenstedt took off and left everyone in his dust. Behind him Matt

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCT 8 TO 11

    RENO, NV (Oct. 7) – As the year heads to a close another track ends its but fall motorcycle racing is upon us. There are still some car meets as well as racing both national and international happening. CAR MEETS: • On Saturday, starting at 6:30 p.m. Next Generation hosts the Cool October Nights Fall Kick Off. It’s the final cruise of the year and all are welcome including spectators to see all types of cars and the location is Victorian Avenue in Sparks. • Sunday gets off to an early start at the Dutch Brothers coffee stand at the

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  • RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY: DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

    RENO, NV (Oct 5) – This weekend Rattlesnake Raceway in Fallon ended its 2020 season with the annual Dirt Track Championships. The two-day event began late Saturday afternoon then resumed in the early afternoon Sunday. Six classes were on hand Saturday to do battle and the Hobby Stocks led the program. Soon after the green there was a quick caution due to spins. Later there was another scramble causing a red flag when the car of Dan Dias had a small fire. After it was put out the field got reordered and the green waved again. There would be three

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  • DESERT PARK RACEWAY: NNKC ENDS SEASON

    STEAD, NV (Oct.4) – The Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) ended its 2020 season here in hazy but warm weather. A large group of drivers, at least 20% more than two weeks ago, were ready for a full day of racing. After a crazy season the club was ending its points year. And as usual the mains begain with the Kid Kart Class. Here the youngest drivers are earning their racing spurs On the green Drake Kephart took off and left everyone. Behind him there was a three-way battle for second although two of them tangled in Tic-Tack-Toe, the three

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