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  • SEASON REVIEW FOR 2015

    December 28, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Wild West Motorsports Park - Ultra 4's in action.

    Season Review of the 2015 year in racing for this region. With the year ending it’s time to take a look at this past season and set the stage for what is to come in the New Year. As usual the desert racers in MRANN raised the curtain for racing in this region. It was the Dead Horse event that’s staged north of the Nightingale Exit on I-80. Veteran Reece Honea won the overall with Steve Garnett not that far behind. Further down the standings Kyle Townsend ended up fifth ahead of Dan Capparelli and, rookie to the expert division,

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  • Austin Serpa – MRANN 2015 CHAMPION

    December 14, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN - Austin Serpa, 2015 Overall Champion.

    Austin Serpa had a championship year this season as he raced his KTM in area desert races. Winning races is the goal of any racer and while most never accomplish this they have fun trying. However some do win titles and earning an overall championship in their rookie year is an even greater accomplishment. And that’s exactly what one 16-year-old high school racer did this past season. Like many motorcycle racers, he got an early start in the two-wheeled world. “I remember when I first started riding I was about 2-years-old with some training wheels on a little PW50,” Austin

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  • MRANN AWARDS BANQUET PHOTO GALLERY

    December 7, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN - Chris Maas, 200cc Overall

    MRANN awards had more photos than I could use in the article about the banquet. The following gallery is composed of those photos so I’ve got almost all the top award winners shown and listed. For the full list of champions for each class please refer to the earlier article on the awards banquet. It was a great night and we want to add our congratulations to all those that not only won class championships but all the others that earned trophies and awards. You all deserved them. If you like this please “like,” it and share as widely as

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  • AWARDS FOR MRANN DESERT RACERS

    December 7, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN - Austin Serpa, 2015 Overall points champion.

    MRANN, like most racing groups, has an annual banquet to mark the end of one season and honor those that have competed as well as helped the season. SPARKS (Dec. 5) – Those riders that compete in the MRANN (Motorcycle Racing Association of Northern Nevada) desert racing series assembled at the Sparks Nugget to celebrate the past season and honor their champions and top finishers. This year Chris Maas and Reece Honea were the MC’s and they first acknowledged the series sponsors, RMS, CMS, Number Tech Graphics and Back Country. The awards began after dinner and first up were those

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  • RACING PREVIEW: NOV. 19 – 22

    November 19, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    NASCAR - Kyle Busch is ranked #3 in the final four.

    Racing preview for this weekend still has some action for fans as well as some two-wheeled racing. While racing locally is over for the year there is still some action. Motocross riders wanting to keep their skills sharp can practice, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Livfast Exit 28. The track is located east of Sparks on I-80 and is the next exit after the one at Mustang. This is NASCAR’s final weekend for this year and three championships will be decided at Homestead, Flordia this weekend. Thursday has several programs and at 4 p.m. NBC

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  • RACING PREVIEW: NOV. 5 THROUGH 8

    November 4, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Motocross - Final race of the season in Winnemucca.

    Racing preview for this week still has a varied menue of live and delayed events including the final race in our region that brings racing in Northwest Nevada to a close. The curtain comes down on racing in our region this weekend. The final race in this fall’s Motocross Series will be held in Winnemucca. Practice runs from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday then at 9 a.m. Sunday the first motos are scheduled to begin. Any class championships and point’s positions will be settled when the final checkered ends the racing day. This Saturday both Fernley 95A Speedway

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  • LIVFAST EXIT 28 VIDEO: OCT. 25, 2015

    October 30, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Livefast Exit 28 - Nate Tiearney leads the 125/250 charge.

    Livfast Exit 28 hosted the third round of the 2015 fall motocross series. Great day for racing and here my video of some of the starts during the first motos. It ends with that train after the Whip Contest. If you enjoy this please “like,” it and share as widely as possible. Comments are welcome. Subscribing to the site means as soon as an article is posted here it will also appear in your inbox.  

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCT. 28 – NOV. 2

    October 28, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN - Amatuer start.

    Racing preview still has a variety of events for the race fan even this late in the year. As the season winds down there are still a couple of events to go in our region. This weekend MRANN will stage its final race of the season outside of Winnemucca. As usual things start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday followed by the Women/Mini Bikes/Bomber race. Then later that evening there will be Trick and Treats for those camping and maybe even a costume contest. On Sunday – first day back to standard time – the big bikes start their race at 10

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  • LIVFAST EXIT 28 MOTOCROSS

    October 28, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Livfast Exit 28 - Sedanna Losey is about to pass Dylan Thorwaldson.

    LIVFAST Exit 28 was the scene of hard riding and racing motocross style.     EXIT 28 (OCT.25)- The third round of this fall’s Motocross series was a day of hard, racing with some very close finishes as well as sweeps. After winning second 125/250F pro/intermediate moto Nathan Tiearney came to a stop turned and said to Tony Giusti and Gage Lemm, “I could hear you guys behind me the whole time. My hat’s off to these guys, they were riding good.” Then he said about his race, “The race was good for me, I got a good start, held

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  • PURGATORY PEAK VIDEO – 10/18

    October 22, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN - Levii Hutchings leads the race.

    Purgatory Peak video from 10/18, Desert eNVy race. Have to give a special thanks to Carley Legenbauer for her help in doing the starts. Have that and some of the finishes. If you enjoy this video please “like,” and share it as widely as possible. Comments are welcome.

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  • MRANN AT PURGATORY PEAK

    October 22, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN - Dan Capparelli chases Corey Fletcher for second.

    MRANN headed to Purgatory Peak for the latest of its desert races. And fortunately Mother Nature mostly cooperated for the big bike race. PURGATORY PEAK (Oct. 18.) – The desert racers of MRANN assembled here this weekend for the seventh round of their series. It was the Desert eNVy 100 at Purgatory Peak staged by the Tank Slappers MC club. Saturday’s rains help set make the dirt perfect for the big bike race on Sunday. “The course is awesome, most fun I’ve had racing a dirt bike in a while,” Levii Hutchings said after winning the race. “There’s rain on

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCT. 15-18

    October 14, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Wild West Motorsports Park - Ultra 4 Nationals

    Racing preview for this weekend has a unique and major event this weekend as well as desert motorcycle racing action. The Nitto Tire Ultra 4 Nationals moves into Wild West Motorsports Park for a Saturday race. If you’ve never seen this event it is one of the wildest races on the planet. An Ultra 4 is a cross between an all out desert racer and a rock crawler. And they do race across two fields of rocks, and those rocks, well they’re more like boulders. Saturday is when the main action happened and things really start going around 10 a.m.

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  • OTMX AT FERNLEY MOTOCROSS TRACK

    October 14, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    OTMX Hosted round two of the fall motocross series at the Sandbox on Oct. 11th. Here is a video of some of the starts during the morning. Lost track of so not sure about which class two of them are in. However most are correct. Looked like a great day to be racing and there was a wonderful rider count. If you enjoy this please “like,” it and share it as widely as possible. Comments are welcome.

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  • MRANN: WSRA HARE SCRAMBLES

    October 2, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN,WSRA Wild Horse Hare Scrambles. Just realized I made a mistake in the title of this video. Am limited as to how long the title can be. Sorry everyone. Got there too late for the Pee Wee start but have everything else and thanked the gal that did the video for me. Can’t shoot stills and do video at the same time. Great racing and pretty nice weather. If you enjoy this video please “like,” it and share it as widely as possible. Comments are welcome.

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  • MRANN AT TOULON HARE SCRAMBLES

    September 30, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    MRANN Wild Horse Hare Scrambles - first and second Austin Serpa (left) and Dan Capparelli.

      MRANN headed east for Round 2 of its Fall series and did a rare one-day event. TOULON (Sept. 27) – Western States Racing Association had a busy weekend here. On Saturday they ran an Enduro event for AMA District 36 the on Sunday the club hosted round 6 of the MRANN racing series, The Wild Horse Hare Scrambles. “I think I started riding over my head really early in the second loop,” Austin Serpa said after winning the big bike race “I had a lot of close calls and Capparelli got really close to me in the middle of

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