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  • RACING PREVIEW – AUG. 6-9

    Exit 28 Ride Day to help a family

    The Racing Preview this week has local motocross riders riding to help a local family with medical costs. Racing preview this week begins with a charity event put on by Livfast Exit 28 motocross track. Local racer Tyler Moore has an infant nephew that has already gone through one heart operation.   And the baby needs another one so Saturday’s ride day will be a fundraiser for the family. The hours are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., there’ll be raffles and donations will also be accepted. Sunday’s practice schedule will have the usual schedule. Locally, only one race is

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  • LOVELOCK VIDEO FROM 7/31 & 8/1

    Video of the opening laps for each main event from the Frontier Day Races.

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  • LOVELOCK SPEEDWAY – SATURDAY, 8-1

    Lovelock Speedway - IMCA winner Zane DeVilbiss

    Lovelock Speedway second night for its Frontier Days races. Same speed, less dust and close finishes. LOVELOCK (Aug. 1): The second night of the Frontier Races at the Lovelock Speedway had a bit better weather than the previous night. There was a wind but the temperature was a bit lower and humidity higher, which helped keep the dust down. Not to mention the track had been worked on during the day. The officials decided to streamline things a bit so there would not be a B main or LCQ for the modifieds. Instead they’d start 23 cars after the scoring

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  • LOVELOCK SPEEDWAY – FRI. 7/31

    Lovelock Speedway - IMCA winner Corey Sample

     Lovelock Speedway once again has two-days of racing to help celebrate the town’s Frontier Days celebration. LOVELOCK (July 31) – This small rural Nevada town annually celebrates its founding with Frontier Days. In addition to the parade and festival the Lovelock Speedway also has a two-day show. And Friday was a day of heat, speed and dust. Both the heat and wind conspired to keep the track crew busy. After winning the IMCA feature, Cory Sample said, “It was definitely tough, you know it’s our first win for the year. Had to race with Miller and DeVilbiss, a past national

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  • RACING PREVIEW – JULY 30-AUG 1

    Lovelock Speedway - Frontier Days poster

    Racing preview for this week has a wide variety of events, local as well as on TV and the Internet. Something for almost any race fan. This weekend Lovelock Speedway joins the town as it celebrates Frontier Days. There’s racing both Friday and Saturday, starting at 7:30 p.m., and if the car counts make the minimum, extra money for the winners.   As usual there will be IMCA Modifieds, 360 Winged Sprint Cars and Hobby Stocks racing each night. American Valley Speedway in Quincy, Calif., starting at 7 p.m. Saturday hosts the next event in its points season. For the

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  • RATTLESNAKE VIDEO FROM 7-25-15

    Here is the video from July 25, 2015. A wild night for the cars and some good hard racing with the Outlaw Karts. If you enjoy this please “like,” it and share as widely as possible. Comments are welcome.

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  • RATTLESNAKE GALLERY – JULY 25

    Outlaw Karts - Race for Beginner lead.

    Rattlesnake Speedway gallery from the July 25 race. Photos that were not used in the article about the races that night. These are only some of the photos I shot that afternoon into the evening. If you enjoy this please “like,” it and share them as widely as possible.

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  • RATTLESNAKE – ACTION AND CAUTIONS

    IMCA - Dave Sciarroni wins the feature.

    Rattlesnake Raceway hosted a night full of carnage, cautions and hard racing. Fallon (July 25) – It was a wild night, at least for the cars at Rattlesnake Speedway this week. As for the fans, well they probably all the action anyone could possible want. “It was good except I would have like to have gone through traffic to win the race,” Dave Sciarroni said after winning the IMCA feature. “But after the last two races, trying to change stuff on the car and making it through only a few hand full of laps, we stuck to what we’ve been

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  • RACING PREVIEW – JULY 23-26

    Rattlesnake Raceway, Dennis Buehn leads the charge.

    Racing preview this week covers the only area track in action as well as a host of events on TV and the Internet. This week local racing is a bit on the slim side but there still is one track in operation. Saturday, starting at 6 p.m. Rattlesnake Raceway, located just east of downtown Fallon, hosts another race featuring both the car classes and Outlaw Karts.   For those riders needing a two-wheel fix, Livfast Exit 28 will have practice sessions Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The action on TV kicks off Thursday when CBS sports

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  • GALLERY – JUNE 11, 95A SPEEDWAY

    Gallery, 95A Speedway, July 11

    Here are some of the photos I didn’t use for my racing news article. First time trying this so please let me know if you like it and if time permits I’ll start doing these after each race. Click on a photo and you can roll through them individually.

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  • 95A SPEEDWAY – WILD RACING NIGHT

    Pro Stock winner Malen Gonzalez takes the checkered flag.

    95A Speedway was the scene of wild racing this past Saturday. Fernley (July 11) – 95A Speedway was spared flooding from the recent storms so was ready to go Saturday. Those fans in attendance got a wild night of racing that had something for almost everybody including an altercation between two drivers. After the dust settled in the caution filled IMCA feature winner Robert Miller was asked if he thought it would ever end. “No, but I’m glad it did. It was nice to have Alex Stanford to tow all they way up here and run with us,” he said.

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  • RACING PREVIEW – JULY 9-12

    Another week of varied motorsports for the racing fan, including some in this region. One of the biggest events this weekend will happen at Livfast Exit 28, located east of Sparks. The track is hosting what probably will be the only night motocross this summer. There will be practice sessions on Friday from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. Then practice resumes at 3 p.m. Saturday with the first motos slated to start right after that, as they’ll race into the night. The track is located off Exit 28 on I-80 east of Sparks. Take the exit then go over the

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  • RATTLESNAKE – FIREWORKS ON DIRT

    Rattlesnake Raceway had to change its 4th of July plans due to Mother Nature. FALLON (July 5) – Rattlesnake Raceway had a first this season, a weather delayed race. Mother Nature threw a wrench into the July 4th race and fireworks that was scheduled. Heavy rains Saturday caused the track, after checking with the drivers, to postpone the races until Sunday. But the fireworks were set off later in the evening. Sunday dawned bright, clear and it was going to be hot when everyone arrived. While the track was dry the berm was nearly a mud bog. “At the beginning,

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  • RACING PREVIEW – JULY 2-5

    Racing preview for this weekend has a mix of local and national events to see. Racing this week is a bit light locally but heavy on the TV and Internet side of things.   Things actually begin as Baldini’s Casino on Sparks is hosting its Freedom Festival. Highlighting Saturday is a visit from Livfast Freestyle MX riders. These guys will be jumping their motorcycles high in the air and doing tricks up there as well. Times are 2, 4 and 8 p.m. and it’s always a good show. And if a person still wants their racing fix and a fireworks

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  • RATTLESNAKE – SPEED, DUST AND MUD

    Rattlesnake had a wild night of hard racing, blinding dust and crazy mud drag racing. FALLON (June 27) – Rattlesnake had more than an interesting evening on this day. In addition to the car classes Mad Metal Motorsports was on hand to bring its version of mud mayhem to the show. “We’ve been battling this car a long time,” Fred White said after winning the IMCA main. “I didn’t see them but I could hear them but since the track was slick I didn’t get too crazy.” Then he thanked Gear and Driveline of Fallon, Advanced Mobil as well as

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