RENO, NV (March 2) — Now that March is here racing is heating up and is building in Northern Nevada. Soon tracks will be opening and across the country national series are going.  CAR MEETS: • Today, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. the Reno Corvettes have their monthly meeting at the Bonanza Casino on North Virginia Street. If you have a Corvette might be good to visit them.  • Saturday, at noon, the Nevada Jeep Club is having its Inaugural Show & Shine. The location is the Peavine Taphouse located at 7665 Town Square Lane, unit #101 on the west side

RENO, NV (Feb. 26) — Well February is almost over with and racing is rolling both in our region as well as nationally. A sure sign spring isn’t far away.  CAR MEETS: • There will be a pair of them on Sunday. First is Sparks Cars & Coffee, which begins at 10 a.m. by Buffalo Wild Wings. Weather should be nice so hoping for a good turn out.  • The second is charity event starting a noon and the location is 199 Damonte Ranch Parkway. The event is presented by Cars & Boba and presented by Bad Habitz Customs.  RACING

RENO, NV (Feb. 17) — Now that the Super Bowl is over racing is really taking off. This weekend even has a traditional event that starts racing in Northern Nevada.  CAR MEETS: • Since it’s the second Sunday of the month Reno Cars & Coffee is meeting at the Human Bean, located by the corner of Moana Lane and Keitzke. The location has good freeway access and as usual 10 a.m. is he start time.  RACING (STATEWIDE): • President’s Day weekend the traditional start of the MRANN season gets rolling. It’s the “Return of the Lost Lama,” staged by the

CARSON CITY, NV (1-1-22) — Local racers spent New Year’s Day at the Carson Raceway, an indoor track for electric go-karts. Their effort was to help a racer’s family as he is tackling a medical problem.  The benefit was the idea of another local racer Royce Goetz.  “I was the one that started it then Joe and Hailey Conroy pretty joined hands with the,” he said. “We all got together to help Buddy, who always helped us.”  He added that Randy “Buddy” Boyd and his wife were at first reluctant but later got behind the effort.  “We wanted to make

RENO, NV (DEC. 19) — Two very different events this weekend. Saturday found the Nevada Jeep Club staging a Parade of Lights and convoy through downtown Carson City. Sunday is when Reno Cars & Coffee had the third annual Cars & Toys at Muscle Motors.  Things got rolling Saturday evening in front of Carson City Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram. That’s where members of the Nevada Jeep Club lined up and decorated their vehicles.  Asked about this Matt Bruback said, “I’m the founder of the Nevada Jeep Club. So tonight we’re honoring Christ and having a Jeep Christmas Parade, lighting up

RENO, NV (Dec. 5) — This weekend cars groups plus motorcycle clubs and businesses were busy rounding up toys for disadvantaged children. It was a weekend to help others in need.  Saturday began when Reno Area Dirt Riders (RAD) and Big Valley Honda teamed up for a combined event. RAD was helping people register their motorcycles and UTVs so the paperwork and fees would be in order. And they were signing up new members.  They were also collecting toys for the Reno Toy Run and Big Valley Honda not only gave them space in the show room but also donated

SPARKS, NV (NOV. 28) — The month of November ended with the second meet for Sparks Cars & Coffee.  As usual it was close to Buffalo Wild Wings.  As expected many of the more exotic cars have been put away for the winter so the car count was on the low side. However there was still a good mix of cars to see and admire.  One of them is a 1967 Mustang Coupe owned by Dana Vanpool. After doing a lot of work on it he is trying to sell the car.  “It was originally a six cylinder but has

RENO, NV (Nov. 7) — As it is the first weekend in November, Reno Cars & Coffee had its meet at the Kietzke Starbucks. Once again it was a pretty good turnout considering the cool weather.  As usual there were a good mix of cars but one that many were interested in is very new and owned by Jason Oliver.  “It’s a 2021 Bronco First Edition and is about a week and a half old and it’s got all the goodies on it,” he said. “ From an off-road prospective it’s got and electronic disconnectable front sway bar, front and

FERNLEY, NV  (Oct. 16) — Well fall might be here and winter not too far away but at 95A Motorsports Complex things are humming along. In fact this weekend the revamped motocross track was open for practice on Saturday and Sunday.  Over the next few months and into next year both the motocross track and oval track are going through a rebirth. Heading the motocross effort is Tyler Enticknap.  “ I’m going to be the manager and kind of overseeing everything on the property as far as like equipment, maintenance and stuff like that,” he said. “I’ve been partnered up

RENO, NV (Oct. 3) — While cruising season is coming to an end by fall weather there are plenty of meets for car people. The first weekend of the month is when Reno Cars & Coffee has its meet at the Kietzke Starbucks. This time there weren’t the usual McLarens, or Lambos bit it still was an eclectic mix of cars. However in the mix the the unusual, common but not rare and very rare fresh from the UK. Probably the rarest was a 1972 Citroen SM owned by Charles Morse. “It was the flagship of Citroen Cars and the

RENO, NV (5-31) – Now that Memorial Day is behind us it’s time to look ahead to June. With the unofficial start of summer this week there is a bunch of events and racing to come.   REPORTER’S NOTE: This month cruises increase as well as car show and other things. So for this article I’m going to focus on those and only preview the racing during the first weekend. It’s going to be a busy June.   CAR MEETS/CRUISES:   • After taking a break on Monday The Grid in Fallon gets the cruise week going starting at 5:30

SPARKS, NV (May9) – Sparks Cars & Coffee held its first meet of the month. As usual the location was by Buffalo Wild Wings and there were the usual variety of exotic, not so rare and restored cars and trucks   Great weather helped highlight the day as there was a good turnout of many types of cars and trucks.  Among all the cars was a exotic classic. On display was a 1980 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II. Not a small car but elegant in the old school sort of way.   Next to the Rolls was a 1955 Chevy

RENO, NV (April12) — Due to a pause in racing this article will be short. It’s focused on our region showing changes and what is to come. Thursday’s preview article will cover more plus what is going on nationally and internationally. SHOWS AND EVENTS: • Like last year the annual Women With Wheels car show will be on June 26th at Virginia City. However there is now a second event. Women with Wheels will again be part of Hot August Nights. Unlike the June show all cars will have to be registered with Hot August Nights. This second show is

RENO, NV (April 2) — Beautiful weather on Easter Sunday set the stage for Reno Cars & Coffee meet. As usual the first of the month meet was by the Keitzke Starbucks and once again it was a large gathering. These meets area a great way to be around car people or just to see some good looking cars. While the cars ranged from exotic to the, well ordinary, there were a couple of vintage classics that stood out. One of them was a 1958 Nash Metropolitan owned by Christian Grams. He related finding a guy that owned 17 of