MOON ROCKS (Oct. 30) – MRANN staged its traditional Halloween/Nevada Day race at the Moon Rocks OHV area. While the day began nice the weather went downhill after the Big Bike start.. This race, the Halloween Hare Scrambles, was named the Moonrocks Revenge 100 and hosted by the Rimbenders and Cheaters Motorcycle Clubs. The big bike course was 25 miles long so to be classed as a finisher a rider, unless they were over 60-years old, had to complete two laps. But the other winners needed to do all three laps. “The race was pretty good but my Camelback isn’t

Reporter’s Note: Heading into the final events of the racing season I’m going to try something new, a gallery at the end of the article. Please let me know if you like it. FERNLEY (Oct. 23) – Motocross season is heading for its final event and the fourth round of this year’s 775 MX Classic series set up shop in Fernley this weekend. The track is the Fernley-Wadsworth Motocross Track otherwise known as the “Sandbox” or “The Fern.” And like the last round many riders showed up to compete in one or more of the 19 motos it took to

Fall MX Classic returned to the Fernley Lion’s Motocross track, or the Sandbox, this weekend. Since there were just over 250 riders on hand it took 21 motos to get all the classes their sets of motos.The one exception was the club race and that usually only has one moto. There were six pros that lined up and Reno’s Billy Adam had their measure. He led from start to finish in both of his motos giving him a sweep of the weekend.. Collin McHaney was second ahead of Justin Minsch and Brandon Acauistapace. The other pro winner was Terry Bostard,

The local desert racers faced off east of Fernley for another round of competition. Nightingale (Oct 9) – MRANN at Nightingale brought two days of desert racing blessed by Mother Nature with fantastic weather. Unlike the season opener, which was north of here, this race was located six miles up the frontage road on the south side of I-80. This was hosted by the Tank Slappers Motorcycle Club, which named it “The Jackass Strikes Back Hare Scrambles.” On Sunday, after the riders meeting everyone lined up in their respective ranks. As usual all three divisions, Expert, Amateur and Novice started

The latest round of the MRANN fall series was very different than anyone expected. TOULON (Sept 25.) – Wild Horse Hare Scrambles is the second race in this year’s fall series for MRANN. The host club was Western States Racing Association and AMA District 36. Great weather and a large rider count promised an epic day for racing. And it was, until something happened on the second loop. But in the end two riders battled each other for the entire 100 miles to determine the lead and their duel was settled in the final five miles to the finish. After

CARSON CITY (Aug 20) – Flat Track Racing staged a huge show Saturday, much too large to be completely covered in one article. So this is part two. Sadly this reporter somehow forgot to mention the event was a sell out as well as creating a good number of room nights for the town. And Promoter Robert Hansen’s company is On Trac Events. I apologize for getting that one wrong. And when I wrote the first part I didn’t have a list of the event sponsors that stepped up and made this night happen. They are Carson City, Battle Born

After a decades long absence a popular event returned to our area. CARSON CITY (Aug. 29) – Flat Track Racing returned to Northern Nevada this weekend thanks to the combined efforts of On Trak Promotions and the California Flat Track Association (CFTA). The result was a sell out crowd of 1,600 fans as well as over 150 entries and 27 pros from several disciplines arrived to race on the paper clip shaped track The afternoon was a blizzard of heat races and amateur mains. In the evening the main show would end with the Open Pro racing for the money.

A new event was held this weekend, first time in many years there was a hill climb. MUSTANG (Jun 4) – The Silver State Motoclimb made its initial appearance this weekend at the Wild West Motorsports Park located east of Sparks. The facility carved out a hill that rose 400 feet above the infield and combined both the hill and some motocross type turns in it. A rider’s fastest time up the hill or longest run gave them their finishing positions. For one Concord, California rider it was a great day as he scored victories in two classes. “We’ve got

Once again an annual rite of spring has happened as racers converged on the Comstock. VIRGINIA CITY (April 30) – The 45th annual Virginia City Grand Prix is a sure sign of spring in Northwest Nevada. The Comstock Classic is a two-day affair and attracts riders from across the west. Saturday is for the pros, experts and amateurs as they race a four-hour timed event. And for one rider it was a return to competition after suffering a crash last year that almost put him out of racing. “It was actually the best VC course I’ve ever rode,” Tucker Larrieu