RENO, NV (March 22) — One sign of spring is the Lockett RV and Boat show at the Convention Center. Between the RV, Boat and Home Show there is something for just about everyone, even some Girl Scouts selling cookies.
As usual part of the show is the annual Off-Road Motorsports Expo. This year there was a motorsport part addition to the usual Off-Road Groups.
Dave Asher, general manager of the reborn Reno-Fernley Raceway was on hand with a display about the complex. He was handing out fliers and explaining what was planned for this year and into the future.
Asher also had the car he’s been road racing with plus a motocross style motorcycle and Side-by-Side. There was also a small display of three-quarter midgets that will probably not only be racing on the oval but also used for a driver’s school.
Not far from there was the display for the Nevada Jeep Club. They are a social group for Jeep enthusiasts.
Derrick Chisholm, who had his Jeep on display said, “We’re just a group of people that like adventuring, taking our Jeeps off-roading, customizing them and playing around. At the beginning of April there is a Poker Run and on the 20th it’s the Carson River. Face Book is the best place to go for Nevada Jeep Club.”
Down at the end of the row is where the Hill Angels 4X4 Club, a conservation club, had their booth. Answering questions was president Linda Miller, who explained to attendees what the club does.
“In 2003 we formerly adopted the Hunter Lake Trail and we maintain that trail along with the Forest Service. We’ve done various projects in there and we’ve blocked off Big Meadows so the kids couldn’t go out and play in the meadows with their vehicles,” she said.
“We’ve worked on Dutch Louie Flats off of Hunter Lake. We’ve coordinated with the Forest Service and NV Energy so we adopted that trail and we take care of it. After you pass Hunter Lake itself there is Big Meadow and in 2021 we put up a barrier on it to block off that so the meadow couldn’t be destroyed.”
She added when they were by the meadow there were some Basque shepherds with wagons and a herd of sheep.
Asked how one can get more information on Hills Angels she said, “Go to Face Book, Hills Angels 4X4 Club. Click members then after joining we’ll have three questions and there are no dues.”
Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. Hills Angles has a seminar, “Off-Roading 101.” Its to help beginners, who want to use their 4X4’s for off roading.
By the Hills Angels booth was a small display for Battle Born Offroaders. They are another Off-Road group to check out.
Over by the Nevada Jeep Club was the booth for the Nevada 4 Wheel Drive Association. This is an activist group working hard for the off-road community.
Asked about the club their president Larry Calkins said, “We’re a state wide association, a 501C7 Corporation and our job is keeping access to Nevada’s public lands. Which we have the most of with the exception of Alaska but 83% of Nevada’s lands are public lands.”
He explained there are challenges the club is working one right now.
“The struggle we’re seeing right now is the rush for being able to do geothermal sites. It looks like perhaps half of the southern desert is going to be open for lease.,” he said. “This concerns us because we lose access to all those lands. Not only do we lose access but every time you have a geothermal plant you have a dust problem. So we can’t operate anywhere off road near these plants.”
Asked about the situation around Gerlach he said, “We’re more concerned right now over in that area with transmission lines, which have to go in in order to serve these power plants. The geothermal is not destined for Nevada as it’s all going to California.
He added the financing for these plants, from what he’s seen, is coming from overseas sources like Spain, France and China.
“The financing goes to California, the money goes overseas and they are raping the Nevada desert. Right now Nevada doesn’t get anything out of it.”
At the booth they were answering questions as well as recruiting potential members.
“We put on an annual fund raiser in September, a Poker Run out of Dayton in the Pine Nut Mountains. That’s our fund-raiser and we come to these events to help grow our membership.”
For more information please check the Association’s website at www.n4wda.org. There is also a Face Book page, Nevada 4 Wheel Drive Association N4WDA.
If you missed Friday the Lockett show runs through Sunday so there is plenty of time. Show opens at 10 a.m. and with the incoming weather would be a great time to be inside and find out what is coming in outdoor things as well as anything for the home.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Sunday, running from 10 until noon, Sparks Cars & Coffee will hold its next meet. Location is by the Starbucks off of Disc Drive.
• While next week’s location hasn’t been announced remember that on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Trucks & Tacos of Northern Nevada will host its next meeting. They can be found on Face Book.
• 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 to check Face Book around 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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