RENO, NV (May 22) – Need2Speed, our local indoor electric go kart track is part of the new American E-Kart Championships sponsored by Monster Energy. Local tracks around the country are hosting a series aimed at selecting a local champion, who competes in the finals for a national title. Need2Speed general manager Matt Bowen explained what his track is doing as part of this series. “What we’re having here is us an about 15 other tracks across the country that aren’t related to each other are working as a team to develop this E-Kart association league,” he said. The contestants

STEAD (MAY 20) – Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) hosted its second point’s race of the season under almost perfect weather. The drivers responded by staging some hard fought races during the day. One of the closest came in the Senior/Master LO206 event that combines both of these classes. It pitted a local driver against the visitor from San Jose. “This whole day we’ve had a good race back and forth,” said eventual winner Grant LeClaire, who was talking about his race with local NNKC member Jacob Ciari. “I think we passed three or four karts along the way and

STEAD, NV (April 15) – The Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) opened its 2018 season at Desert Park Raceway, the club’s home track. With 40 karts on hand everyone was ready to start the year even if it was a cool and very windy day. One class even introduced a new motor to the club. The “Race of the Day” was put on by some of the youngest drivers and featured an almost “Green to Checkered,” duel for the victory. “I had a good start, locked up in the first corner and they just ran away with it,” 12-year-old Jack

RENO (Dec 9) – The Northern Nevada Kart Club assembled at the Grand Sierra to honor its champions, hand out special appreciation awards and present one driver with the club’s top special award. It was a festive gathering and a buffet was served for dinner. The meeting began with outgoing NNKC President Brian Rivera thanking the previous board. Besides Rivera they were Jason Graves, Troy Berry, Cody Kay and Stephanie Callahan. Then he introduced the new board. Rodney Rivera is the new president, Alec Beaudoin is the vice president while Michael Dulude is the treasurer, Rachel Anderlin is Secretary and

STEAD (Sept. 23) – NNKC, the Northern Nevada Kart Club, welcomed fall with the next to last race of the season. Mild weather set the stage for the action at Desert Park Raceway. This year the L206 classes have fielded the most karts and provided some great racing and the Senior/Master L206 main was no exception although the real race wasn’t for first. “I guess there was some sort of incident on the first corner. I came out of Turn 3 and saw Jacob (Clari) at the back so I said, ‘guess I’m alone,’ so let’s see how fast we

STEAD (Aug.7) – Desert Park Raceway echoed with the sounds of racing Sunday as the Northern Nevada Kart Club held a make up race for one that was rained out. While there no shifter karts were on hand, those that competed put on a good show and there were two surprise winners. When the Junior 2 field got the green flag the trio of Chase Dulude, Issac Bourque and Bryce Berry took off. After the first lap they turned their main into a three-way fight for the lead. As for Berry, he’s running with a slight weight disadvantage but despite

Despite the heat there was a pretty good go kart race on Sunday. STEAD (JULY 2) – Desert Park Raceway was alive with go kart racing just one week after the Northern Nevada Kart Club hosted the KPX series. Due to the heat and 4th of July weekend the kart count was down but those racing for points and fun still showed up. And this time some of the youngest drivers staged the race of the day with one competitor earning her very first main event victory. And she added an explanation of drafting. “That was awesome, that was like

STEAD (JUNE 25) – Desert Park Raceway was visited this weekend by the KPX series. And hosting the third round of this year’s series was the Northern Nevada Kart Club. Unlike last year’s visit only the groups in the series raced but that brought around 106 drivers to the track. Another difference between last and this year is that it didn’t rain but was hot. Anytime a race like this visits a club’s home track the locals want to defend their turf and this time two club members won their main events. And one of them is among the youngest

The Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) was in action this weekend. STEAD (May 21) – Desert Park Raceway echoed to the sounds of racing Go Karts this weekend. It was the third round of this year’s season for NNKC and 33 drivers showed up for the first event in summer like conditions. When the Jr-2/LO206 main began Issac Bourque was on point followed by Boden Barnwell and Chase Dulude. Eventually the race broke into groups dueling for positions. Up front Barnwell and Bourque, who put on one of the two races of the day, were disputing the lead while in

As the weather improves more tracks and series are starting and here’s the latest one. STEAD (April 2) – Desert Park Raceway echoed with the sounds of racing this weekend as the Northern Nevada Kart Club started its 2017 season. Despite the threat of possible rain the weather was great. Just in case the club sped up the schedule so everyone was finished with their racing by early afternoon. One of the closest races was F-80/Tag race. Due to only two TAG drivers being on hand they were part of that race. An F-80 kart has a transmission so shifting

Northern Nevada is blessed with many good, young racers and here’s an article about one of them. CARSON CITY – Richard Stock a 16-year-old junior at Carson High School and ski racer is also the 2016 Sanzaru Games Karting Champion. The series is run over at Sonoma Raceway in California and is part of the NorCal Rotax Max Challenge. The sport of motor racing is a ladder system, one begins at the bottom; as their skill level and experience increases, they are able to move to the next rung. And most, like Richard, begin at a young age. “I got

Northern Nevada is blessed with many young racers. And this article is about one of them. Zach Rivera is one of the many young people racing with the Northern Nevada Kart Club. And like many young drivers it’s an educational experience for this 16-year-old. Unlike many of his competitors he came to the sport a bit later than they did. “It’s always been a thing with my dad. He used to do it a while back, got back into it and started the shop,” he said. “At first I really didn’t want to do it, just wanted to help him