It’s the lull before the gathering storm as major series are getting ready to launch their series.

Racing Preview for this week again is a bit slim as most things are TV but it’s the lull before the storm. This area’s 2016 season will start four weekends from now.

Livfast Exit 28 motocross track will again have practice sessions, weather permitting, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Locally Livfast Exit 28 will again be open for practice sessions from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. This of course depends on the weather.

Some racers will be going over the hill to Hollister as they’ll compete in Round 2 of the AMP MX Winter Series. And we wish our local riders the best of luck over there. And there is a new track for the Pee Wee riders.

This weekend MAVTV is a mix of live and repeats of broadcasts from last year.

This weekend the annual Monte Carlo Rally is being run as part of the FIA World Rally Championship. Here the Spanish team of Danile Sordo and Marc Marti negotiate a snowy road.
Photo courtesy – Getty Images/Massimo Bettiol

Thursday begins at 11 a.m. with the FIA World Rally Championship from Monte Carlo. Then at noon it’s the Dirty 30 show followed at 12:30 p.m. with Madera Late Models and at 1 p.m. with the Speed Sport Shot.

These are just a few of the programs listed.

Friday is pretty much a dead day for the network but Saturday is programs not only on MAVTV but on Fox Sports 1.

A repeat of last week’s Chili Bowl race is on MAVTV at 4 p.m. followed, at 7 p.m. by the Knoxville 360 Nationals.

Ryan Dungey does a whip after winning the 450 main at San Diego.
Photo courtesy – KTM/Cudby.

Then at 6:30 p.m. the next round of this year’s Supercross season is run at Anaheim 2.

Cooper Webb was the 250 West winner at the San Diego round of Supercross.
Photo courtesy – Supercross/Simon Cudby.

Later that evening, starting at midnight MAVTV has the next FIA WRC Monte Carlo event including the power stage for the rally drivers.

Then at noon Sunday MAVTV has Lucas Oil Drag Boats.

Over on the Internet the Amsoil Championship Snocross will be streamed at www.fanschoice.tv on Friday and Saturday. Be sure to check the site for broadcast times.

We at nvracingnews.com want to give a special shout out to three American riders that competed in this year’s Dakar Rally. All were rookies and they all finished, in fact four out of the five that entered completed the over 5,000 mile long event.

Ricky Barbed, in his first Dakar Rally, ended up ninth overall. Photo courtesy – Getty Images/ Dean Mouhtaropoulos.

Ricky Brabec, on the Honda team was the highest placed at ninth overall and was second in one of the stages. Next came the privateer Ian Blythe that ended up 26th overall while the third Alexander Smith, son of the motorcycle legend Malcom Smith ended up 40th overall.

Congratulations to all of them for carrying our colors in this international event.

That’s it for this week’s preview so hope you are able to watch some of these events.

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