RENO, NV (June 26) — Summer is really here and the car meet scene has really heated up. This coming weekend is kind of a lull for several tracks as they prepare for the 4th of July. CAR MEETS: • Things get going at 8 a.m. Thursday in Gardnerville when the IRON Mafia hosts its weekly meet. Location is 1328 U.S. 359 North. – That evening, from 5 until 7 p.m., is the next Thursday Night Cruise Location this week is the Wing Stop located on South Carson Street. • This Friday is the next Friday Night Cruise
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RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: JUNE 27 TO 30
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SPRINT CARS VISIT LOVELOCK SPEEDWAY
LOVELOCK, NV (June 22) — Despite the heat the Lovelock Speedway had two days of racing this weekend. On Saturday, in addition to the two classes present the Sierra Nevada Sprint Car series visited the track. Car counts were a little low as the IMCA Touring series was in Tonopah this weekend. But there were Hobby Stocks and Gen-X to round out the show. After getting things going the sprint cars went out and qualifying. Grasen Ternora posted fast time followed by Preston Henderson and Brandon Tenora with Trey Walters fourth. All three classes then did their heat races. Part
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RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: JUNE 20-23
RENO, NV (JUNE 19) — Summer officially arrives on Friday but the car meet scene and racing are already rolling. There are a bunch of meets and events as well as big announcement. CAR MEETS: • Thursday starts in the cool of the morning at 8 a.m. when Iron Mafia has its weekly meet at Kim’s Donuts. Locatrion is 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. – That same evening, starting at 8:30 p.m. there is a Pop Up Car Meet. Location is at the Old Sonic/Human Bean Coffee Stand. • Friday starting at 4 p.m. Summit Racing has it’s
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QUINCY SPEEDWAY HOSTS PRO STOCKS
QUINCY, CALIFORNIA (June 15) — This weekend West Coast Pro Stocks made its first visit to Quincy Speedway. The event was the Pearson Family Memorial Race and two of the regular classes were there to support the program. There was a bit of computer problems so another laptop had to be summoned. Once that was done and the fast laps over with it was time for the heat races. The Pro Stocks had a qualifying session and Fallon drive Travis White set the fast time followed by Reno driver Antonio Aragon and Coaling, Calif. racer Christ Smith third. Unfortunately there
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FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND CAR SHOWS
RENO, NV (June 16) – It’s Father’s Day weekend and several groups held car meets as well as staging cruises. Great weather set the stage for these meets. • On Saturday the Impalas Car Club of Reno had its Summer Jam Taco Truck Throwndown. Location was Baldini’s Casino and there were a large amount of various cars, trucks as well as Impalas. The Impala Row had various models as well as an Impala row close to the club’s easy up. There were also awards to be given out later in the day. In addition to the cars there were some really
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RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: JUNE 13 TO 17
RENO, NV (June 12) – The heat of summer if really here. This weekend has a slew of car meets as well as racing so there is almost something for everyone. CAR MEETS: • As usual the Iron Mafia gets the weekend rolling with an 8 a.m. start to their weekly meet. Location is Kim’s Donuts at 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. • Friday starts with Yerington’s Main Street Car Show. It’s close to Dini’s Lucky Club and runs through Sunday. • Saturday is chock full of various car and truck meets. The Impalas of Reno Car Club is
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SUMMER CAR MEET SUNDAY
RENO, NV (June 9) – Well summer is in full swing and there were two very different car meets Sunday. One was for all types of vehicles while the other was for one brand and its many models. • Any Cars & Coffee meet has variety as its theme and this one was no exception. There was the usual Corvette row with different models of this American Sports Car. Also on display was a pair of Fords from two different eras. One was a Mustang while the other was a restored late 1940’s sedan. Over in another row was a
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RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: JUNE 6 TO 9
RENO, NV (June 5): Summer’s heat has arrived and motorsports as well as car meets and cruises are getting into full swing. There is something for about everyone. CAR MEETS: • The Iron Mafia gets the weekend rolling when they meet at 8 a.m. Thursday. Location is Kim’s Donuts at 1328 U.S. 395 North. • Friday will also be a busy day. Down south Tonopah Speedway is hosting its 1st Annual OHV Porker Run. It’s a Friday-Saturday event with all kinds of events. The date on the poster wasn’t changed. • Saturday also has a couple of car meets. The
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MRANN: WHOOPS, WASHES AND WHATEVER
COLD SPRINGS, NEVADA (June 2) — Whatever MC hosted the current round of the 2024 MRANN season. The location was north of Reno and the event was named “Whoops, Washes and Whatever.” Since the long course was about 19-miles long Sunday was organized differently than most MRANN classes. The Pros, Experts and Amateur, who lined in rows depending on the class they were racing in had two motos. Between those the Novice riders, also lined in in their individual classes, only raced one moto. Each race was timed at 90 minutes. Of course in a timed race, if the leaders
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