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  • VORRA AT WILD WEST

    VORRA - Wild West Motorsports Park - Tim Comption leads Joel Counts in the third UTV moto.

    VORRA spent the weekend at Wild West and Sunday was an action packed day of racing. Mustang (Sept. 4) – The Valley Off Road Racing Association staged its final Nevada race this season on Sunday. Once again it was at the Wild West Motorsports Park and attracted local drivers as well as from California and Oregon. The show was slightly delayed as the track needed some TLC due to rain the previous night. “I won, it was awesome, best race I’ve had in a long time,” Tim Compton said after winning the UTV 3rd moto. “Swapped the lead once and

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  • MRANN: WSRA HARE SCRAMBLES

    MRANN,WSRA Wild Horse Hare Scrambles. Just realized I made a mistake in the title of this video. Am limited as to how long the title can be. Sorry everyone. Got there too late for the Pee Wee start but have everything else and thanked the gal that did the video for me. Can’t shoot stills and do video at the same time. Great racing and pretty nice weather. If you enjoy this video please “like,” it and share it as widely as possible. Comments are welcome.

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  • RATTLESNAKE: DTC VIDEO

    Rattlesnake Raceway; Video from Saturday’s Dirt Track Championships, which closed the 2015 season for this track. If you enjoy this video please “like,” it and share it as widely as possible. Comments are welcome.

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCT. 1-4

    Northern Nevada Kart Club night race.

    Racing preview for this week is a buffet of different types of racing, live, on TV and the Internet. There is a varied menu for racing fans in this area with three different live events to fill the weekend. On Saturday afternoon the Northern Nevada Kart will bring down the curtain on their season with the annual night race at Desert Park Raceway. Practice begins around 4 p.m. and after qualifying racing will begin as they roar into the night. Any championships that are up for grabs will be decided by the time the final checkered flag waves. Fernley 95A

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  • RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY: DTC

    Rattlesnake Raceway: David Ausano celebrated winning the Hobby Stock main Saturday.

      Rattlesnake Raceway ended its 2015 season with it annual end of the season event. FALLON (Sept. 27) – One sign if fall is the annual Dirt Track Championships here. It’s two days of racing full shows and a driver’s combined finishes determines where they place. After the dust settled on Saturday’s IMCA event Robert Miller said, “It is definitely a plus starting on the pole, I mean there’s not doubt about it. About halfway I had some brake issues and didn’t know if I was going to be able to hang on as I was struggling to keep a

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  • MRANN AT TOULON HARE SCRAMBLES

    MRANN Wild Horse Hare Scrambles - first and second Austin Serpa (left) and Dan Capparelli.

      MRANN headed east for Round 2 of its Fall series and did a rare one-day event. TOULON (Sept. 27) – Western States Racing Association had a busy weekend here. On Saturday they ran an Enduro event for AMA District 36 the on Sunday the club hosted round 6 of the MRANN racing series, The Wild Horse Hare Scrambles. “I think I started riding over my head really early in the second loop,” Austin Serpa said after winning the big bike race “I had a lot of close calls and Capparelli got really close to me in the middle of

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  • ROCK CRAWLERS AT WILD WEST

    Silver State Rock Crawling Championships - Truck Roll Over.

    Rock Crawlers converged on this area for a two-day show, one that gives them a chance to display their driving skills in a very challenging environment. MUSTANG (Sept. 26/27) – This weekend a new event, Silver State Rock Crawling Championship, was held at the Wild West Motorsport Park. Good weather and 57 competitors help make it a success.Unlike the other events at Wild West this one was located on top of a hill on the west side of the parking lot. “I don’t think I could have expected it to go much better than it did,” promoter Jesse Haines said

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  • SPECIAL NOTICE FOR THIS WEEK

    Special Notice for this week: Since I have to work Monday the racing articles will be delayed. If possible I’ll try and get one of the three out Monday night. If not then they will appear on Tuesday with the third probably out by Wednesday. Sorry.

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  • RACING PREVIEW: SEPT. 25-27

    Wild West Motorsport Park - Silver State Rock Crawling Championship

    Racing preview for this week and a new event on the menu. RENO – This week is another mix of different events, some local and others national. And this time there’s something new. Two events in our area are two-day affairs running on Saturday and Sunday. The new one is the Silver State Rock Crawling Championship held at the Wild West Motorsports Park. What it might lack for speed the competition compensates by offering major obstacles for competitors to negotiate. The action begins at 10 a.m. each morning and is on the west side of the parking lot on top

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  • AIR RACE PHOTO GALLERY

    Air Race Photo Gallery has just a few of the many shots I took at this year’s races. My favorite is of the young fans that were, well over whelmed by it all. Hope you enjoy this and if so please “like,” it and share these as much as possible. Comments are welcome.

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  • AIR RACES GOLDEN DAY: SEPT. 20

    National Championship Air Races - Hoot Gibsone and owner Tiger Destefani with the winner's trophy.

    Air Races end on a Sunday, a special day for pilots and crews as its time to let it all hang out. STEAD (Sept. 20) – Sunday is the golden day for the six air racing classes as that when their respective national championships are on the line. So for the pilots and the teams it’s a golden day, one that ends about a year’s worth of preparation and effort that gives the winners bragging rights for a full year. The stars of the show are the Unlimiteds, piston powered, propeller driven and usually war birds. And the Breitling Gold

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  • AIR RACE RECAP: SUNDAY, SEPT. 20

    National Championship Air Races - Strega returns from winning the Unlimited Gold.

    Racing recap is a bit short this time as it’s a preview of what will come late Sunday afternoon or early evening when the full article is posted. STEAD – This Sunday was a day for records may have been broken, dreams came true, history was made and a popular racing aircraft showed more promise than it has for the past several years. But this recap is going to be very short. By tomorrow evening the full article from Sunday will be posted. Hopefully I can get quotes from two pilots and then I’ll have something from all the Gold

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  • AIR RACE RECAP: SATURDAY, SEPT. 19

    National Championship Air Races - Strega wins Unlimited Gold heat race.

    Racing recap for Saturday, the day when the fast Unlimiteds met again and the oldest jet in the class won its first race. STEAD AIRPORT: Showdown day for the fastest Unlimiteds, as they vie for the pole position in tomorrow’s Gold race. The winner gets the place closest to the pace jet, which gives them the initial inside line. When the field was let go Rare Bear briefly head the lead until Strega roared past. After the it was all over but for the shouting as Hoot Gibsoon roared away to the victory. Behind him Rare Bear and Voodo dueled

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  • WOMEN AT THE AIR RACES

    National Championship Air Races - Chiwami Takagi-Read heads to the sky.

    Women at the Air Races covers a broad spectrum of involvement. From pilots, to controllers, to crew members, to journalists; here is an article about two of them. STEAD AIRPORT – This year the Sport Class has been growing and one of the new rookie pilots is Chiwami Takagi-Read. She’s racing the plane owned by Richard Ogg although its his name listed in the program. “I’ve been in aviation since 1995 and was a helicopter pilot first, now I’m an instructor and teach from private to ATP,” she said. “When I was a little child I always wanted to fly,

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  • AIR RACE RECAP: FRIDAY, SEPT. 18

    Air Race recap has first time the fastest Unlimiteds went head to head. Plus other winners. STEAD AIRPORT – Today the fastest Unlimiteds finally took to the skies in their first showdown of the year. And a popular racer showed that it was back after holding off another popular aircraft. On the start Stewart Dawson, flying Rare Bear, took the point with Hoot Gibson in Strega right behind him. Lap after lap they ran nose-to-tail and sometimes almost wingtip-to-wingtip. In the end Dawson prevailed with Gibson not far behind while Steven Hinton cruised to a solid third place. Dennis Sanders,

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