RENO, NV (Aug.21) — Well here we are, the final weekend of August. For some it means back to school, for others it’s almost the end of summer. No matter as the car meet buffet is over flowing and racing is in the air.
CAR MEETS:
• Thursday begins at 8 a.m. when the Iron Mafia has its weekly meet at Kim’s Donuts. Location is 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville.
- Later that afternoon, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. is when the Chilcoot Car Show happens. Take 395 North, turn west on Highway 70, over the hill and it’s at the turn off to Frenchman’s Lake.
• Friday afternoon, beginning at 6 p.m. is the Fernley Friday Meet. Meeting place is at the 76th station.
- Friday is when the Carson City Weekend Cruise begins at 6 p.m. at the White House, located at 402 E. Telegraph Street in downtown Carson City. Times are 6 to 9 p.m. every Friday and Saturday.
• Saturday begins at 8 a.m. when the Cantaloupe Festival Car Show begins in Fallon. The Rustoration Garage is the host and there are a many prizes to be won. There is still time to register on-line.
– Also starting at 8 a.m. is a meet hosted by Cars & Coffee Incline Village. The meeting place is Tunnel Creek Café located at 1115 Tunnel Creek Road over at Incline Village.
- In Reno, starting at 10 a.m., there is the Cars & Stripes Classic Car Celebration. Address is 33067 Kietzke Lane, right in front of the Sportsman Warehouse. Easy access from the 580 Moana Lane exit. The function and raffle benefits a veteran’s group.
– Back in Reno the National Automobile Museum presents Car Talk. Show starts at 9 a.m. and location is 1 Museum Drive.
- Later on Saturday, starting at 4:30 the Reno Evo Club has a Carson City meet at the Dutch Brothers Coffee stand located at 1231 Carson Street. From there they’ll cruise to Lake2o at Tahoe.
• Sunday gets rolling with three car shows and two of them start at 10 a.m.
- Sparks Cars & Coffee meets by Starbucks located at 171 Disc Drive. Take Pyramid north and after the hill turn right at the signal, look for the Starbucks sign and pull in there.
- To the South it’s the Friendship Day car show. Check in starts at 8 a.m. with a 10 a.m. start and the location is the P&K Ranch in Gardnerville.
- At 11 a.m. the final Brunch ‘N Classics meet starts in the west parking lot of Baldini’s Casino in Sparks. It’s the Grand Finale for this summer and there are trophies and cash prizes handed out.
RACING (4-WHEEL):
• To the east Winnemucca Regional Raceway is the site of the Gene Winters Dwarf Car Regional. Racing starts at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and the regular classes round out the show.
- To the west Quincy Speedway is in action Saturday night. The program starts at 6 p.m. and the track is located by the Fairgrounds in East Quincy.
- Lovelock Speedway ends its season Saturday with the Challenger Race. Racing usually begins a bit after 6 p.m. and all the regular classes should be there as that’s when the class championships will be settled.
- The Northern Nevada Kart Club is hosting its annual Night Race. The event honors one of the club’s founders, the late Rick Jerome.
- Open practice begins at 8 a.m. while the regular practice starts at 2 p.m. followed by qualifying and Heat 1. After dinner is the second heat and mains where several drivers put decorative lights on their karts and helments.
RACING & PRACTICE (MOTOCROSS):
• The biggest event in our area are the Outlaw Flat Trac races at Fuji Park on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s races begin at 6:30 and has the annual a race between firefighters and police.
- That night is a fund raiser to help Douglas High School graduate Matt Buyten, who suffered a bad crash a couple of months ago and is now in a wheelchair. Proceeds from t-shirt sales, entry fees and donations will go help his medical expenses.
- Saturday afternoon is when the amateurs get their chance on the oval. Then, starting at 6 p.m. the pros take over for practice, qualifying and their races. While it might be a cool night the racing will be as hot as ever and the flagman is a show as well.
- The Fernley Sandbox MX track has practice from 8 until 1 p.m. Sunday. Normally a rider needs to sign up at www.repracingmx.com.
• Over the hill there’s a mix of practice and racing this weekend.
- Prairie City has practice sessions from 8 until 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
- This weekend Riverfront MX has practice from 5 until 10 p.m. Thursday. Saturday starts the first round of the Saturday Night Series and sign ups are open at, www.repracingmx.com. The track is closed Sunday.
- MMX Racing has a busy weekend starting Thursday, from 9 until 2 p.m. with practice. On Saturday from 9 until 2 p.m. practice is on the main and kid’s tracks. Sunday practice, from 9 until 3 p.m. adds the vintage track to the mix.
- The Sand track at MMX is where the next round of the P.R.O. Summer Sundayz series will be run. Saturday is for practice while the race is on Sunday.
- E Street MX Park hosts a District 36 Grand Prix on Saturday. Gates open at 6 a.m. and it will be a full day of racing. On Sunday, from 8 until 1, there is open practice.
RACING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL:
• On Thursday, starting at 2 p.m. www.mavtv.com airs the Supercar race from Townsville. They have some wild racing in this series.
• On Friday the USA network at 2 p.m. has NASCAR Cup qualifying from Daytona then at 4:30 they broadcast the Xfinity race from there.
• Saturday begins early at 5:55 a.m. when ESPN 2 has Formula 1 qualifying from Zandvoort, which is in the Netherlands.
- At 7 a.m. Peacock has Race Day Live then at 10 a.m. shows the final round of the Promotocross series. This Saturday they are racing at Crawfordsville, Indiana on the Ironman Raceway.
- Later at 4:45 p.m. Peacock and www.imsa.tv show Weather Tech Sportscar qualifying from Virginia International Speedway.
- The day ends at 4 p.m. when NBC has the NASCAR Cup race from Daytona International Speedway. Only two races to go before the playoffs start so every point is critical.
• Sunday is a busy day was well and starts at 5:55 a.m. when the Formula 1 race at Zandvoort begins.
- At 9 a.m. USA and Peacock team up to bring the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar race from Virginia International Raceway.
- Fox Sports 1 at 10 a.m. broadcasts the ARCA Racing event from Milwaukee. The network continues at 1 p.m. when it shows the Craftsman Truck Series race from that track.
- The Indy Cars are in Portland, Oregon this weekend. Their race begins at 12:30 and is shown on either the USA or Peacock network.
Whew, that’s it for this weekend. Be sure to get out to a car meet, join a cruise or see a race live as there is nothing like it. Have a safe weekend and hope to see you all next week.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• A little over two weeks from now is when the Reno Area Dirt Riders has a clean up on the East Peavine area. It starts at 8 a.m. Saturday, September 7th and ends at noon. There are raffles and prizes for those that show up.
- It’s a way to help clean up things so the public land can be used for recreation. A good chance to improve our area and those wanting to help will be welcome just come prepared with gloves and proper clothing.
• Davey’s American Racing is found on Face Book. His focus is on western oval tracks as well as national series.
He recently started his broadcasts so check Face Book around 6 p.m. Wednesday. He also posts during the week.
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