SLOW WEEKEND AHEAD FOR RACING FANS
Easter weekend is traditionally a slow time in the racing world. All three top NASCAR series are off as is the NHRA and Indy Cars.
After winning at Martinsville last Sunday Denny Hamlin and the rest of NASCAR’s top teams get a weekend off.
Photo by Nick Laham/NASCAR via Getty Images
And after winning last Saturday’s 450 Supercross main in St. Louis, Ryan Dungey also gets a week to rest before the final push to the finals in Las Vegas.
Ryan Dungey celebrates last Saturday after winning another 450 Supercross main event.
Photo courtesy – KTM
However there will be racing in this area at Fallon.
Rattlesnake Raceway gets its season going on Friday night with a car show in the parking lot of Stockman’s Casino. And there will be a live band for music.
The young racers in the Northern Nevada Outlaw Karts start their season at Rattlesnake Raceway on Saturday.
Then on Saturday the season begins with the cars and Northern Nevada Outlaw Karts running. The heat races should start at 6 p.m. with the full show following that.
IMCA Modifieds will also be center stage when Rattlesnake Raceway starts its season Saturday night.
MAVTV has its usual menu of shows although many are reruns from last year.
On Thursday a 3 p.m. the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will be on and at 4 p.m. a new Speed Sport will highlight the Winter Heat Sprint Car Series.
Saturday’s bill of fare has the SRL Racing Series from Bakersfield at noon followed at 2 p.m. by Australian National Drag Racing and at 7 p.m. the Lucas Oil ASCS 2015 series.
There will be two races streamed on the Internet Saturday. The first is from Langley Speedway, in Hampton, Virginia and that live broadcast begins at 11 a.m.
Later in the afternoon, from Monroe, Washington the Evergreen Speedway begins its year but the time isn’t show so will probably be later in the afternoon.
Other than that there’s not much so have a relaxing weekend, and if you want live action get out to Fallon. Next week racing resumes for many series.
UPDATE: If you want to help your racing fix then go to You Tube. They have the Indy Car race from St. Petersburg, Florida last Sunday. It’s in two parts and you’re spared most of the commercials you’d usually see. And if you’re a fan of Australian V8 Supercars they have some of those races as well.
