This week’s racing has something for just about any type of racing fan. The biggest event in our area this weekend is the second round of the Over The Hill Gang Nationals hosted by the Reno chapter. Two days of racing, starting around 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, at the Fernley Lions Motocross or the Sandbox as it’s also known. And there will be the traditional BBQ after the races on Saturday. Racing for the weekend actually starts on Friday at 7 p.m. when Lovelock Speedway stages the next round of its series. ((Got late word that Lovelock Speedway canceled
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THIS WEEK’S RACING – MAY 21-24
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RATTLESNAKE – GOETZ TOPS IMCA
RATTLESNAKE – GOETZ TOPS IMCA AS TRACK HONORS ARMED FORCES DAY. FALLON (May 16) – Rattlesnake Raceway’s latest round featured hard racing, kid’s rides and the track paid tribute to both active military and veterans on Armed Forces Day. In fact the night began with an Armed Forces Day salute where all the cars and Outlaw Karts were on the front straight. Once everyone got back to the pits, racing began in earnest. “That race was fun, the track was hooked up and my crew did an awesome job setting the car up,” Royce Goetz said after winning the IMCA
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ARTICLES DELAYED
Being called into work late Monday morning means the articles covering both the NNCK event and at Rattlesnake Raceway will be delayed. The one for NNKC will be out Tuesday morning and the Rattlesnake one will be posted sometime Wednesday morning. Sorry for the delay.
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RACING PREVIEW – MAY 14-17
RACING PREVIEW FOR THIS WEEK HAS SOMETHING FOR JUST ABOUT ANY MOTOR SPORTS FAN Once again our area is blessed with a varied selection of races to attend. And the racing preview shows there is something for almost everybody. The action begins south of Fallon at the Top Gun Raceway with $5 Friday where people can either see how they car will do or test and tune for the weekend. Hours are from 6 p.m. until 11 a.m. for those interested. Drag racing runs through the weekend as the track stages rounds 4 and 5 of its ET
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RACER HONORS CANCER VICTIMS
RACER HONORS CANCER VICTIMS, DEDICATES SEASON TO THEM FERNLEY (May 9) – An IMCA driver is honoring cancer victims this season. Steve Evenson has chosen another number for his car, a new wrap on it and is dedicating this season to a person that lost her life to cancer earlier this year. “This past off season from racing I was really captivated by the story of Lauren Hill, the basketball player from Mt. Saint Joseph College, a division three school in Cincinnati, Ohio,” he said. “She had terminal brain cancer and was 19-years old. “And the way she handled
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95A SPEEDWAY – HARD RACING NIGHT
95A SPEEDWAY HAD A NIGHT OF HARD RACING AND A VERY CLOSE FINISH Fernley (May 9) – Spring weather set the stage for some intense competition and one surprise winner in the closest race of the night. But once again the biggest field was for the IMCA Modifieds. “The car was real good,” Robert Miller said after winning the IMCA feature. “I kind of did some experiments last week and my bother and Lyle Hopper said, ‘hey, let’s go back to what we know.’” In what’s become a pre-race tradition, the field formed into a four-wide salute to the
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RACING PREVIEW – MAY 7-10
RACING PREVIEW FOR THIS WEEK BOTH LIVE AND ON TELEVISION This weeks’ racing preview highlights the only two area tracks that in action this weekend. Things are a bit calmer after last week when three regional tracks were in action. To the north the Diamond Mountain Speedway, in Susanville, Calif. hosts another of its points races with the action beginning at 7 p.m. The track is located at the Lassen Fairgrounds. Closer to home the Fernley 95A Speedway, starting at 6 p.m., is hosting the next round of its regular season with all the car classes is action. The
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DWARF CARS INVADE 95A SPEEDWAY
DWARF CARS REGIONAL HONORS FALLEN DRIVERS FERNLEY (May 1-2) – 95A Speedway hosted the annual Western States Dwarf Car Regional this weekend. Once again the race honored the memory of Dave Richardson and Leroy Kay, who both perished in a wreck racing accident two years ago. The event is two evenings of hard racing and some strong emotions. In fact the Dwarf Car drivers, after Saturday’s meet-and-greet intermission, did a couple of four-wide laps to honor their fallen comrades. After winning the final pro race for the second time in as many years Joe Frock climbed out of
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RACING PREVIEW – APRIL 30-MAY 2
RACING PREVIEW FOR THE WEEKEND This week has both oval and drag racing for area fans. Things begin Friday as Fernley 95A Speedway hosts the 2nd annual Dave Richardson & Leroy Kay Memorial race. It’s a Western Dwarf Car regional. On both Friday and Saturday qualifying begins at 5 p.m. with racing starting at 6 p.m. These little speedsters usually put on quite a show. Further east on Friday, starting at 7 p.m., Lovelock Speedway starts its 2015 season. Most of their events this season will be on Friday evenings. Over in Fallon the Top Gun Speedway hosts two
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95A SPEEDWAY HOSTS BCRA MIDGETS
95A SPEEDWAY – COOL NIGHT, HOT RACING FERNLEY (April 24) – The Fernley 95A Speedway dodged a bullet as a passing storm spared the oval. So, despite the cool temperatures, the track was able to welcome back the BCRA (Bay Cities Racing Association) Midgets after an absence of several years. “The car was awesome and it just got better and better. It seemed like the more throttle control I could learn I would catch then reel him in,” Frank Geurrini said after winning the BCRA main. Then he thanked his parents as well as F&F Racing 63 and K&N. When
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RACING PREVIEW – APRIL 23-26
RACING PREVIEW OF A WILD WEEKEND AHEAD FOR FANS This week’s racing preview includes the annual classic on the Comstock, the Virginia City Grand Prix that kicks off the weekend. Saturday is for the fast guys and gals that race as Pros, Experts and Amateurs. As usual they will line up in rows of 10 and once again two head start positions will be auctioned off. Then at 10 a.m. the green waves as the first line is sent off. This year they start facing north and will make a sharp right turn and head down the hill to
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RACING PREVIEW – APRIL 16-19
LAST MINUTE UPDATES FOR INDY CAR AND F-1 This week’s racing preview is reflecting that the season in this area is in high gear as about every series and most of the tracks have begun their 2015 season. Now that the Reno chapter of the Old Timers MX is getting back on its feet they, with the help of the Over the Hill Gang, are going to wind up the spring motocross season with the biggest race in the region. This Saturday and Sunday, at the Fernley Lion’s Motocross Track the club will host a round of the
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FERNLEY 95A SPEEDWAY ACTION
MILLER TOPS IMCA AT 95A FERNLEY (April 11) – The speedway here hosted its second points race of the season. A warming afternoon set the stage for some hot racing on the clay surface. “We had to start back there in ninth so it was being patient,” Robert Miller said after winning the IMCA feature. “Some of the water they put on had to go away then the center started taking rubber. Have to thank Lyle Hopper, who is my chassis guy gave me a good car and my brother Randy, R&J Landscaping, of course gave me the car
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RACING PREVIEW – APRIL 9-12
After the Easter break racing resumes here and all over the world. Locally action begins at the Fernley 95A Speedway around 2 p.m. when Fernley 95A Speedway hosts its second points race of the year. To the east Lovelock Speedway is helping the town’s volunteer Fire Department with a car wash that runs from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. MRANN hosts a weekend of racing northeast of Doyle, California as the Lassen Motorcycle Clubs stages the Diamond Back Hare Scrambles. Saturday’s action begins at 9:30 a.m. when the Pee Wee racers are flagged off. Following that will be
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RATTLESNAKE OPENS SEASON
HOT RACING ON A COOL NIGHT AT RATTLESNAKE 2015 OPENING EVENT FALLON (April 4) – In what’s becoming a tradition in area oval track racing, Rattlesnake Raceway opened its 2015 season Saturday of Easter weekend. Cool weather with some wind kept the air cool but the racing was hot on the track. “I was just being patient, started 10th but knew I had a long way to go. So I picked them off when I could as I wanted to bring the car home in one piece,” Shawn Natenstedt said after winning the IMCA Main. The action began even
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