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  • RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY: HALLOWEEN RACES

    October 29, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    FALLON, NV (October 28): The oval track season for Northern Nevada came to a close with the Halloween Races at Rattlesnake Raceway. As a special treat, after the heat races there was a trick or treat session for the youngsters on the front straight. The weather while clear and windy was cold but there were four features with five classes. The IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Northern Sport Mods ran separate heats but a combined feature while the Street Stocks had the largest car count. In the Bootlegger feature it was no contest. Peter Lossing not only won the heat race

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCTOBER 26 TO 29

    October 25, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Oct. 25) — Fall is upon us and there are a bunch of special car meets this weekend. In addition there are two races in this region as well as national series on TV. CAR MEETS: • Things get going Thursday morning at 7 a.m. when the Iron Mafia hosts another meet at Kims Donuts & Tea House. Location is 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. • Friday, starting at 5:30, the next Friday Night Meet in Fernley happens. Meeting place is the 76th gas station. • Friday evening, at 8 p.m. is when Reno Evo has their

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  • RIBBON CUTTING, OFF ROAD RACING & SPARKS CARS & COFFEE

    October 23, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Oct. 22) — Been a varied weekend with good weather although that may change this week. Still it was a pretty good time for all concerned. Out in Fallon there was a ribbon cutting for a shop and the season’s final Fallon Cars & Coffee meet at the Alley Bar located south of downtown. Owners Ronnie & Lora Seagraves were celebrating the official opening of their garage. Asked about it Seagraves said, “I’m co owner with my wife Lora. It’s something that I came up with a long time ago, you hear about Gas Monkey Garage and something

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCTOBER19 TO 22

    October 18, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Oct. 18) — This week off road racing, car meets and a bunch of racing on TV as well as motocross action over the hill. It will be a busy fall weekend for some. CAR MEEETS: • Thursday, starting at 7 p.m. Iron Mafia hosts its weekly meet at Kim’s Donuts & Tea House. Location is 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. • At 5:30 Friday evening Fernley Car Meets hosts another cruise. Great way to end the week and meeting place is at the 76th Station. • Saturday has a trio of car meets, one in Fallon

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  • NEW NORTHERN NEVADA SPRINT CAR SERIES

    October 15, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    Over the past few years sprint car racing in Northern Nevada has been an up and down affair. Well this year things are very different with a new series due to promoter Nick Purdy. “My inspiration was primarily growing up in the Bay Area and being at San Jose Speedway, “ said. “I grew up watching Brent Kaeding, Ronny Dan and I had a big influence in that track. Ran a lot of quarter midgets but that went away after I got into high school.” Purdy never got over the racing bug and wanted to get back into completion but

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCTOBER 12 TO 15

    October 11, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Oct. 11) — Mother Nature gave us a preview of what is coming but for now good weather returns for a racing and car show weekend. On TV, national and regional series are still heading for their season ending events. CAR MEETS: • Things get rolling when Chrysler-Jeep of Reno has three days of Jeep Festival featuring everything from a cocktail party, Show N’ Shine and ending with trail rides.          – The big part of the event is at Idlewild Park on Saturday. There will be all kinds of events at the park that day. • On

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  • DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS – RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY

    October 10, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    FALLON, NV (OCT 7) — This year the 37th Annual Dirt Track Championships was a two-night affair with racing Friday and Saturday. Nine classes were racing for wins and the class championships based on a driver’s finishes for both nights. First on the racing card were the Dwarf Cars and seven of took the green with Ryan Parkhurst briefly on point. Next to lead was Vuki Wilson Jr. but moving toward the front was Friday’s winner, Joe Frock. After that the chase was on but in the end Frock scored another victory. Wilson was the runner up followed by third place

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  • DESERT PARK RACEWAY – NNKC ENDS 2023 SEASON

    October 9, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    STEAD, NV (Oct 8) — A wonderful, warm fall day greeted the racers in the Northern Nevada Kart Club. Round 7 was the season ending event where championships were decided or confirmed was well as some earning their first victories. After qualifying and a pair of heat races everyone was ready to start the main events. As usual the Kid Kart Class got things started. This time they used a rolling rather than a standing start. The young drivers had a good formation heading down the front straight to the green flag. At first Noah Beauregard and Presley Prater were

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCTOBER 5 TO 8

    October 4, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (Oct. 4) — Still more racing as the next-to-last oval track event in Northern Nevada is this weekend and the Northern Nevada Kart Club closes its season. There are also car meets, motocross races in Northern California as well as events on TV. CAR MEETS: • For you early birds, the Iron Mafia has a meet starting at 7 a.m. Thursday. All makes are welcome and its at Kim’s Donuts and Tea House located at 1328 US 395 North in Gardnerville. • On Saturday, from 8 until 3 p.m., the Bonanza Casino has Aloha for Maui, a benefit

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  • MRANN AT BLUE WING FLATS

    October 2, 2023 Author: Dan McGee
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    BLUE WING FLATS, NEVADA (Oct 1) — Under a gray sky with some light showers Austin Serpa made a dramatic come from behind victory. The weather insured there was no dust although it was foggy at the top of the hills due to some low clouds. Sunday was the big bike day and a 50-mile long loop facing the riders. As usual to be classed as a finisher one had to complete one full lap. At the starting line there were 88 riders divided in their respective groups. The new AA Class had six riders and they compete for money.

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