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  • RACING PREVIEW: FEB. 25 TO 28

    February 24, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 23) – Announcements for some changes start this weekend’s Racing Preview. A little less racing than last weekend but the season is just getting started so there is more to come starting in March. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • For those that follow or compete in VORRA they announced a change in the triple crown series. Due to the restrictions the Yerington 300 has been moved to the weekend of September 3-4. CAR MEETS: • This Sunday there are a pair of car meets and both begin at 10 a.m. Sparks Cars & Coffee will assemble by Buffalo Wild Wings

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  • NEW SITE SPONSOR: TREAD CONNECTION

    February 22, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    We wish to extend our welcome to the newest sponsor of this site. Tread Connection is another business that is relatively new to Northern Nevada and its actually a Franchise, owned and operated by Blake Sobiloff and his wife Raina. “We’re the first ones to bring the franchise to Northern Nevada,” he said. “I learned about it on a car forum where a guy had used the service and raved about it. I thought ‘that’s a good idea,’ and looked to see if we had something like here in Reno and Sparks. We didn’t.” Finding the franchise came at a

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  • RACING PREVIEW: FEB. 18 TO 21

    February 17, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 1 7) – While it hasn’t been a full week of racing there is plenty this weekend. Racing Preview will highlight most of them. CAR MEETS: • There is an unusual meet Saturday starting at noon on Saturday.  It’s Mud Fest Spring and happens at the Chickadee Pits and there will be tug of wars, music as well as mud drags. A good time to bring some rain gear and plan to get muddy. • Sunday starting at 10 a.m. is when Reno Cars & Coffee has a meet at the Del Real Pub and Grill in

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  • SEASON PREVIEW: OFF ROAD RACING

    February 15, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 15) – All types of racing is starting and it’s time to preview the off-road series. With few exceptions this is the 4-wheel type. Big news last November put a cloud over the sport as Lucas Oil announced it was ending their Off Road Series. That series is why Wild West Motorsports Park was built as Lucas Oil put a bunch of money into its construction. However there are rays of sunshine as other series are moving to fill the void. One of them is the Valley Off Road Racing series as they are moving to fill

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  • RACING PREVIEW: FEB. 11 TO 14

    February 10, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 10) – Once again Racing Preview is highlighting almost a full week of racing thanks to NASCAR. Our region has the first race of this new year but this time I’ll start with announcements. ANNOUNCEMENT: • Late last week received the notice about the Virginia City Grand Prix. Due to the restrictions it has been postponed to the weekend of October 23-24. Hopefully this time it will happen so he event can celebrate it’s Golden Anniversary. • For those wanting to compete in this week’s MRANN season opener the time to preregister ends Thursday, today if you

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  • RENO CARS & COFFEE GETS MONTH ROLLING

    February 8, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 7) – As usual Reno Cars & Coffee got the month rolling with its first weekend car meet. The event was blessed by great weather and a huge turn out. Reno C&C head Lance Freitas said it might be the largest meet they’ve had. There were cars of ever type in fact one row was mainly Corvettes while another had a good selection of Subarus while others had a mix of many different cars. One of the exotic cars is a 2020 McLaren LT600 Spider owned by Kurt Fehling. “I’ve had this one almost two years. Had

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  • RACING PREVIEW: FEB. 4 TO 7

    February 3, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb.3) – Racing Preview this week will be a bit shorter as I’m focused on racing and not on the Re-Run Zone. Yes it’s time for green flags to start waving and the 2021 season to get started. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • MotoMedX is a group founded by Reno Fire Department Captain Steve Clark. His goal is to get a group of trained volunteers that will help provide safety at motocycle races and rides. To accomplish this he has two sessions in March where the volunteers will have professional training. If you ride and want to give back to the

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  • SEASON PREVIEW: PART 2

    February 1, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Feb. 10) – Now it’s time for a longer season preview as racing in our region is about to get rolling. I’ll focus on our region and Northern Nevada and will do the big off road series later. REPORTER’S NOTE: I’m amending this article as I needed to add something and got confused on another motorcycle event. Sorry for the mixup. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • Last week this reporter highlighted MotoMedx, a group started by Reno Fire Department Captain Steve Clark. His goal is to form a group of trained volunteers that will provide medical assistance at motorcycle races and

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