RENO, NV (Dec. 15) – This Sunday Muscle Motors teamed up with Reno Cars & Coffee. Their goal was collecting toys for the Salvation Army as well as showing off cars. Asked about the meet Travis May, Sales Manger said, “We wanted to give back to the less fortunate. So we’re all thankful for the toys we have so why not give some back to the kids that need some toys. It’s all benefiting the Salvation Army, everything.” This meet for Reno Cars and Coffee is usually at another location. However this time May and Lance Freitas worked to combine

RENO, NV (Dec. 8) – The 47th RPM Promoters Workshops visited Reno this past week. They bring the short track industry to its long time home, the Eldorado Casino. Usually casino executive Rick Murdock welcomes the attendees but, since he was busy, Executive Director of Sales Don Goodman was in his place. After that sponsors were introduced there were some remarks by outgoing RPM boss Stewart Doty. This year Dennis Gage, promoter at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. was the moderator. Shortly after the morning meeting began he introduced the main speaker for the day Kenny Shepherd, who not

RENO TOY RUN HELPS AREA CHARITIES RENO, NV (Dec. 8) – For the 39th year the annual Reno Toy Run hosted by the Northern Nevada Confederation of Clubs was held Sunday. And again the starting point for the ride was Harley Davidson of Reno. The goal of the Toy Run is pretty simple as explained by Troy Regas. “I’m with the Hells Angels and chairman of the COC,” he said. “The purpose of this ride is to raise toys for local charities for kids that have no money or families. We also raise money to donate to local charities so

RENO, NV (DEC. 1) – Despite the snow and rain two car clubs joined forces to help disadvantaged youngsters through the Children’s Cabinet. The clubs were Reno Cars and Coffee as well as the Old Slammers Club of Reno. The day started when Reno Cars and Coffee has its usual first weekend of the month meet at the Keitzke Starbucks. This time it was the 4th annual Toy Drive for the club. Due to the snow only a few hardcore members showed up but they brought unwrapped toys to be donated later. Asked about the weather Reno Cars & Coffee

RENO, NV (Nov. 18) – The third weekend of the month means the latest meet by Reno Cars and Coffee. This time the location is by the Classic Rock Coffee shop located at West McCarran and Mae Anne. Mother Nature blessed the event with another day of great weather. These meets have a mix of cars from exotic to not so exotic. One of the cars that stood out was a 570S McLaren owned by Tanner Larsson. “I’ve been a McLaren fan since basically the early 90’s so I’ve always wanted one. Finally got in my price range a few

RENO, NV (May 10) – A sure sign of spring is the Hot August Night?s Spring Revival that visited downtown Reno this weekend. The Friday, Saturday event was blessed with decent weather, at least during the daytime. Winning the Best In Show was Mark Hain and his 1959 Rambler Cross Country Station Wagon. Asked why he chose this car he said, “It was the first car I remember as a child and I absolutely loved it. So when you become adult you have to revert back to your childhood. I decided I wanted to build one and here she is.”

RENO, NV (April 20) – The Silver Barons Motorcycle Club hosted their first Easter Basket Ride Saturday. The gathering point for donations was at Reno-Harley Davidson. Although not everything went as planned the event was a success and will lead to further charity functions like this. Asked about the effort president Seth Stout said, “We were originally based our of Virginia City and we’ve got a charter in California and the Nomad Charter here in Northern Nevada.” The charity effort came after some thought about giving back to the community. “We were trying to decide where we could help out,