RENO, NV (June 30) — We have a new sponsor, Kelby Schoorl one with a motorsport background, who wants to connect with racing in this region. He feels his business has something different to offer the racing community. Kelby Schoort, a Battle Mountain native, almost didn’t choose racing. “I wanted a 4-wheeler when I was 10,” he said. “My dad wouldn’t give me one, he was a rodeo guy, a bareback rider. So he wanted me to ride bucking horses.” Well Schoorl had other ideas so he waited and waited. He also had friends that rode motorcycles and asked him

We wish to extend our welcome to the newest sponsor of this site. Tread Connection is another business that is relatively new to Northern Nevada and its actually a Franchise, owned and operated by Blake Sobiloff and his wife Raina. “We’re the first ones to bring the franchise to Northern Nevada,” he said. “I learned about it on a car forum where a guy had used the service and raved about it. I thought ‘that’s a good idea,’ and looked to see if we had something like here in Reno and Sparks. We didn’t.” Finding the franchise came at a

We want to welcome G.I.S. Land Services to the family of sponsors helping support nvracingnews. Although not directly related to racing the inspiration to start the business came from the sport. “Growing up in Southern California we raced in AMA District 37 that included old mining camps like Mojave and Randsburg, California. There are numerous rock formations, old prospects and mines that catch your eye and that’s how I became interested in prospecting,” Greg Ekins said. He caught the gold bug and this sparked an interest in geology. “Over the decades my gold prospecting has included panning, sluicing, dredging and

RENO, NV (Dec. 23) – We have a new and very appreciated sponsor, General Transmission shop and power train specialist. It’s been around for several years and continues to grow in a changing industry. Owner Pete Attashian related how the business got started. “My dad, Victor, started it 25-years ago and I started to work with him ever since I was a kid,” he said. “Went through college here, drifted away and came back.” For a while he worked at RMS and other places. “After I graduated I did my own thing for a couple years then got a call

RENO, NV (July 4) – We welcome our newest sponsor to this site, Moto Source. Owner Rich Thorwaldson and his wife Shalie are well known in the motocross and moto community. Both have motocross and motorcycles in their DNA. His father, Rich Thorwaldson Sr. was a driving force behind motocross racing in our area. And Shalie comes from the racing Stillmock family. Asked about when he started the shop Thorwaldson said, “I decided to go into business for myself in about October of 2009 and by January 2010 we had a store and were up and running.” The name Moto

RENO – Concours Body Shop is our latest sponsor and we want to welcome them to our site. The company is owned and operated by veteran racer Gil Grieve and his capable staff. When asked how long he’s been in business Grieve said, “31 years and in this location 29. Well I started in the back building, as times passed and the business grew we went from the big back building all the way to the current location to where I have all three buildings, my 40,000 square feet and my two and a half acres.” And last year there