RENO, NV (Sept. 8) — This weekend’s Racing Preview begins with an announcement. As summer winds down there are less cruises but there still are car meets not to mention racing locally, regionally and around the world.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
• If you are planning on racing in the 50th anniversary Virginia City Grand Prix registrations are now open. The earlier one gets this done the better chance of getting a decent starting number.
CAR MEETS AND CRUISES:
• Friday is the last Fernley Main Street Cruise for this year. It runs from 6 until 9 p.m. and the meet up place is the Wigway. One more chance to end the work week with a cruise not to mention the reduced gas prices if one lives in Reno or Sparks.
• There are two car meets on Saturday.
+ Things get rolling when Fallon Cars & Coffee meet at the Telegraph Coffee & Tap staring at 9:30 a.m. The location is 1805 West Williams Avenue.
+ In Carson City Shelton Racing and Fabrication has a “Cruise-in For A Cause.” Open to all makes, food, drinks, music and raffles.
It is a Cancer Fund Raiser for Danicl Carasclla, starts at 10 a.m., all makes are welcome, food, music and raffles are part of the program. The shop is now located at 5210 US 50 East in Carson City.
• On Sunday there are three local car meets.
+ Starting at 9 a.m. is the Dolan Lexus Cars and Coffee meet. Location is 7175 South Virginia Street in Reno. Goes until noon and at 11:30 a.m. they’ll start handing out Best of Show awards.
+ Sparks Cars & Coffee, starting around 10 a.m. is when they meet. The location is by Buffalo Wild Wings not far from the Target Store.
+ That same day is when Northern Nevada Classics hosts it’s monthly “Brunch ‘N Classics,” cruise in. The function goes from 11 until 1 p.m.
RACING (REGIONAL):
• Lovelock Speedway Silver State Racing has a Friday-Saturday show this weekend. As usual racing begins at 7 p.m. each night and last week the track got more clay for the surface as well as the wall and bleachers getting painted.
• For those competing with the Best in the Desert series it’s going to be a busy month. This weekend is the UTV Championship race for double points. Starting tomorrow there will be a live feed on Face Book and www.mavtv.com will televise the event; don’t know if it will be live or on a delayed basis.
The points are very close in the Pro UTV class so could get shuffled this weekend. On Friday there is an Open Expo at the Tropicana Hotel in Laughlin where one can see the UTVs and meet the drivers.
Registration is open for the next event at the end of the months. That event is for trucks and buggies.
RACING & PRACTICE (MOTORCYCLES):
• Biggest event is on Saturday when the Hangtown Motocross Classic is held at Prairie City, outside of Placerville, California. Unlike other years, when this event starts the series, this time it is the ending event for the Lucas Oil Promotocross schedule. It’s the last chance to see these motocross starts before next year’s Supercross series begins. For further information please check, www.hangtownmx.com.
• MMX Racing is scheduled to have its final Short Track race Saturday starting at 5 p.m. I believe the practice sessions are still a go and that would be from 9 until 2 p.m. on the main, sand and kid tracks. On Sunday times are 9 to 3 p.m. with the vintage track added to the mix.
• REP Racing had not updated their hotline when this article was posted. Best advice would be to call at, 1-775-265-7223 or check the website at, www.repracingmx.com.
• Battle Born MX starts the fall part of its season this weekend. Saturday is for practice and around 9 a.m. Sunday, after a short practice session is when the first gate is expected to drop.
This event is in Winnemuca. Due to a problem, which everyone hopes gets solved soon, all the fall Fernley events have been moved to there.
• This Sunday RAD (Reno Area Dirt Riders) are having their 3rd annual Scavenger Hunt in the Peavine Maze. If you have a dirt bike it’s a great organization to belong to. Good people, fun events like this, group rides and they also do a lot of clean up on trails and open roads in our area.
RACING (NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL):
• Thursday at 9 a.m. www.espn3.om has Formula 1 Weekend Preview from Monza, Italy. Then at 3 p.m. Fox Sports 1 has NASCAR Race Hub followed at 5 p.m. on Fox Sports 2 with NHRA in 30.
• Friday starts at 5:25 a.m. when ESPNU has Formula 1 practice from Monaz then at 8:55 a.m. ESPN has another practice session.
• Saturday gets rolling at 7:25 a.m. when ESPN2 has Formula 1 sprint qualifying. Then at 11:30 a.m. NBC Sports airs the Xfinity race from Richmond, Virginia. Over on Fox Sports 2 that network shows the first MotoAmerican Super Bike race from Millville.
As noted the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross series ends this weekend from Prairie City. If one has subscribed to Peacock they an see all the televised event. For everyone else, there is some channel switching required.
Starting the show is mavtv as they air the first 250 moto at 1 p.m. followed at 2 p.m. by the first 450 moto. Then NBC Sports takes over and shows the seond 250 moto at 3 p.m. followed at 4 p.m. by the second and season ending 450 moto.
Finally at 4:30 p.m. NBC Sports broadcasts the NASCAR Cup race from Richmond. It’s the short track that is driven like its a big track.
• Sunday’s racing begins at 5:55 a.m. when the Formula 1 drivers take to the classic, and very fast, course at Monza Park in Italy. It’s a wild scene after the race is completed when fans stream across the track.
This MotoAmerica Super Bike show is in two parts with Fox Sports 1 showing the first part starting at 8 a.m. Then at noon Fox Sports 2 has the second part.
This weekend begins the NHRA Count Down to the Championship. The Qualifying show #1 starts at 1 a.m. on Fox Sports 1 then at 11 a.m. the network begins airing the final rounds from the MOPAR Nationals at Reading.
The Indy Car series is returning to Portland and at noon NBC airs that race. Then at 1 p.m. NBC Sports has the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship race from Laguna Seca.
Tha’s it for another busy weekend in motorsports. If possible be sure to get out and see a race live. There is nothing like it for excitement, speed and color. Until next time, be safe out there everyone.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Teresa’s Garage Radio Show is on the air from 2 until 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoons. It can be heard over the air in Northwest Nevada on 1060 AM.
There is also a Podcast on amm.streamon.fm or it can be seen live on Face Book. The show is focused on all things automotive like trends, new developments and trivia.
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• Racing photographer Melissa Coker is another sponsor. If you raced at Summit in Elko, Battle Mountain, Lovelock, Rattlesnake Raceway or Diamond Mountain Speedway she probably has a photo of you on the track.
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Two of our sponsors are first class motorcycle shops located in Reno.
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Their location is 964 Terminal Way, by the intersection with Mill Street. Store’s phone number is 775-322-1499 and the website is, www.rms-renomotorsports.com.
• The next shop it Moto-Source located at 3180 Mill Street. Once again they are a full service shop and the show room has about anything a rider might need or want.
The phone number is, 775-856-3855 and the website is, www.moto-source.com.
• Concours Body Shop, located at 250 Telegraph Street in Reno is another sponsor. The shop does quality collision repair for cars and trucks.
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