STEAD, NV (July 26) – Desert Park Raceway echoed with the sound of go kart racing this Sunday. It was the second round of the Northern Nevada Kart Club’s shortened season with plenty of drivers ready to go. During the day five drivers would sweep their classes while at the bottom of the age group a 5-year-old was enjoying his first race. At the bottom of the age and speed ladder are the Kid Karts, these low power racers are where the youngest drivers earn their racing spurs. Some appear almost ready to move up a class while others need

STEAD, NV (June 7) – Desert Park Raceway echoed with the sound of racing as the Northern Nevada Kart Club finally was able to start its 2020 season. It was a cold, windy day and in the end Mother Nature didn’t cooperate. In fact with the weather in mind there were only one set of heats. Then after several weather delays it was time to star the main events. First up were the Kids Kart class and four of these youngest racers took the green flag. Up front Noah Nobels was on point chased by Cayden Duncan and Cash Prater.

STEAD, NV (Sept. 29) – Despite blustery winds and cold temperatures Desert Park Raceway was alive with the sounds of go kart racing this Sunday. It was the final points race for the Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC). On this day first victories and a first championship were celebrated. Not to mention some hard racing. Over the past season the Senior LO206 class has had some barnburner races. This time a third generation driver, following the tire tracks of his grandfather and father scored his first victory but it took some doing. “It took a lot of time to make

STEAD, NV (Aug 25) – On a hot August day Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) hosted the final round of this year’s KPX series. With many visitors on hand it was a day of hot racing in the late summer heat. After qualifying the drivers all race a pre-event that’s just like a heat race. Their grid positions in the main are determined by how they finished. First up are the youngest drivers in the Kid Kart division. To help these youngsters the flagman comes down from his stand and stands by the edge of the track. On the green

RENO, NV (July 27) – The annual night race for the Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) is a special event local and visiting drivers look forward to. Due to a couple of factors this one was a bit of a marathon but there was some great racing as well as introducing five very young drivers to the sport. “Oh man, that is the best club race I’ve ever won in my life,” an excited Zach Rivera said after winning the F-125 Shifter main. “That was funm, such a good shifter race.” Then he thanked his father, Nevada Kart Sport owner

STEAD, NV (June 3) – Desert Park Raceway was alive with the sound of go-kart racing. The occasion was round 4 of the Northern Nevada Kart Club series. This time the race of the day was put on  they Senior LO206 class. “I did a few changes to see if I could sneak by as the 18 (Kelly Chinander) gave me some problems in Heat 2. It worked early on but toward the end the tires definitely got warmer and she was right on top of me,” Jacob Ciari said after winning the race. When the green flag waved and

STEAD, NV (June 2): Northern Nevada Kart Club was back in action at Desert Park Raceway. With one exception, a small shower during a heat race, weather was almost perfect for a day of hard racing. The final main in Junior 2 was the race of the day as two youngsters put on a good show of hard and clean racing. When the green waved for the Junior 2 main to begin Tanner Schultz and Brooks Anderline took off and left the rest of the field in their wake. About a lap later Anderline got the lead exiting two. Later

STEAD, NV (May 5) – The Northern Nevada Kart Club held the second race of its season at Desert Park Raceway. Mother Nature blessed the event with almost perfect weather for a day of hard racing. For this round the short course was used. Part of that is the old turn now number 8, onto the front straight. Not everyone got it right and the barrier got a good work out during the day. The race of the day was the Senior LO206 main. Right after the green it became a three-way battle for the lead. Up front veteran Steve

RENO, NV (Nov. 9) – The Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) held its annual awards banquet at the Boomtown Hotel and Casino. Entering the room there was a historical display of photographs, trophies from years gone by and past championship jackets. Another tradition is a cake with the NNKC logo on it. That waited until later in the evening when it was time for desert. After dinner NNKC president Rodney Rivera got up and honored long time members like Mitch Kenney, who joined the club in 1981 as well as Mike McMullen as he signed on in 1982. Others honored

STEAD, NV (Aug. 18) – Desert Park Raceway hosted the final round of this year’s KPX series. Unlike the other rounds it was a night race and the NNKC (Northern Nevada Kart Club) was the host club. NNKC President Rodney Rivera was pretty pleased with the turn out. He explained that in the last two visits there had been from 89 to 90 karts but this time there were 115. After practice, qualifying and the 14-lap pre mains it was time for a dinner break. After that all the classes got ready for their 22-lap main events. First up was

STEAD, NV (Aug.5) – Desert Park Raceway was alive with kart racing as the Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) staged its fifth race of this season. The race was not only important to the local drivers but it brought some from California as this was the final time the visitors could race here before the KPX event on the 18th. There were at least three “races of the day,” and one of them featured the younger drivers in Junior 2 LO206. And the final lap had an incident that could have gone wrong for all concerned. After talking a minute

NEVADA eKART CHAMPION, DALLAS COLODNY RENO, NV (July 26) – There’s a new racing champion in town from a series that’s pretty much under the radar for most sports. He’s Dallas Colodny, Nevada’s eKART champion at Need2Speed, our indoor track. This spring the facility signed on for the first American National eKART Championship sponsored by Monster Energy, one of several tracks that are sending their champions to Chicago for a run off to determine a national champion. For Colodny racing has been in his blood for most of his life. “It really all started with my dad at Silver State,

STEAD, NV (July 15) – Desert Park Raceway was the site of the fourth round for this year’s Northern Nevada Kart Club’s season. Warm temperatures didn’t slow down the racers but some bugs did, at least for a while. Early in the day bugs, flying ants, plagued the scoring tower as well as the corner stations. Fortunately Ecolab was summed and they made quick work of the pests but the break morphed into the lunch break. After the pests were dealt with racing resumed finishing the first heat, then they ran the second heat and the mains started. Several of

  STEAD, NV (June 24, 2018) – Northern Nevada Kart Club staged its third race of the season at Desert Park Raceway. The event was postponed and rescheduled due to a conflict with the Pylon Racing Seminar for the Air Races. Despite the heat there was some pretty good racing during the afternoon. Veterans in the Senior LO206 Class staged the race of the day. Asked if he knew how close his competitors were winner Jacob Ciari said, “No, I checked a couple of times but I knew they were back there, I just didn’t know how close. Towards the