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

RENO (Dec. 3) – Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) held its annual awards banquet at the Grand Sierra Hotel and Spa this weekend. Awards, including special recognition, finishes and a very special one were handed out as well as a raffle for prizes. President Brian Rivera started things off with some comments about the state of the club and his hopes for the future. Rivera explained the future of the track is still up in the air as negotiations with the airport authority are still going on. He also introduced the 2016 board and noted the elections won’t be held

STEAD (OCT. 16) – Desert Park Raceway closed out its racing season as the Northern Nevada Kart Club hosted the final round of the KPX Karting Championship series. To say it was a bit soggy would be an understatment. After the preliminary heat races the grids were set and Jr. 2 LO206 class was first on the slippery, wet track. By that time the rains that were absent from the qualifying sessions had return and were steady. As a safety measure flagman Dave Brandt moved off the stand he usually is on and stood by the track close to Turn

Hot hazy weather didn’t stop the go kart racers from competing at their home track. STEAD (July 31): Desert Park Raceway was alive with the sound of racing as the Northern Nevada Kart Club (NNKC) staged the six round of its season. The youngest drivers are in the Kid Kart class where they start to earn their racing spurs. Even though there is a winner all of these youngsters get the same medal because many times just finishing is winning for them. On this day, however, two of these young drivers put on what may have been the race of

The opening round of the 2016 season was one of weather and speed for area kart racers. (STEAD, APRIL 24) – NNKC, the Northern Nevada Kart Club, opened its season at Desert Park Raceway on a cool Sunday. It was a day with the constant threat of rain that did affect one main. And the largest field of the day in Senior LO206 had the closest race. “You know before I went into the race I was thinking, was nervous and didn’t know if I could do it. Then on the start I was thinking, ‘maybe I can get her