RENO, NV  (8-1) — For 17-year-old Carson City resident Ryder Thomaselli, he plans to be doing something very special this fall. He’ll be racing in the ISDE (International Six Day Enduro), in mid-October. Asked what the event is, he said, “The ISDE is an international competition that pits teams from several nations in competition. It’s basically the Olympics of off road, it’s a six-day event, a six-day enduro. In a different country each year and there’s a whole bunch of different countries that compete for that top spot.” He got interested in the event after hearing about two other area

Mary McGee looks like a typical grandmother, white hair and a million dollar smile. However looks are deceiving as she’s anything but typical. You see McGee has spent most of her adult life in the fast lane as well as been a pioneer for women in racing. “I got interested in racing by accident, she said. “I had a MGTD I drove to work with, also drove a couple guy’s cars and competed in Gymkhanas.” Her older brother and future husband met each other while in the service and they both wound up in Phoenix. Eventually she got married and

SPANISH SPRINGS, NV (March 21) – After a four-decade layoff Greg Ekins has spent the past five years returning to his racing roots. And those roots run deep since his father and uncle are in the AMA Hall of Fame. “My Uncle Bud Ekins started racing in 1950 and my Dad, Dave Ekins in 1951,” Ekins said. “The oldest trophy I have is a 1951 first overall that Uncle Bud earned for winning the Jack Rabbits MC Hare and Hound.” Ekins was born in 1955 and attended his first race as a three-month old at the 1955 Catalina Grand Prix.

RENO, NV (Sept.2) — Davey Boy as he’s known to race fans here in Nevada and California is a veteran announcer, former racer and fan. On Sunday, October 6, Davey Munoz will put his microphone down for the last time and retire. It’s been a long road stretching back 50 years that has led to this decision. “How I get started is very, very interesting,” he said. “I started my racing career in 1970 when I got out of the service running flat track motorcycle races all the way up till 1999. I was in and out of racing and

RENO, NV (JULY 11) – Reno Area Dirt Riders (RAD) began as a group of folks that wanted to go on rides together. Lately it’s become very popular and now there are some big changes happening to the group. The idea came from Mike Marcum, “I started it a little over three years ago mainly as a place for guys and gals to meet up so nobody rides alone. I’m really against heading out to the back country by yourself as little things can lead to big problems.” Apparently this idea caught on with more and more riders. As a

RENO, NV (March 25) — Race Photography is an art form in itself, done to capture the whirling action the sport produces. Many have seen us photographers in the middle of an oval, by a go-kart track, on a desert course, motocross track or standing by the rails at a drag strip. Well this time thought I’d introduce you to three of us and give an insight into who we are and what we’re doing. First off want to introduce you to Melissa Saumer Coker from Spring Creek, Nevada. She and her husband put many, many miles on their truck

RENO, NV (Feb. 25) – Lucas Oil UTV racer Tyler Pfeifer is preparing for the Off Road Season. He’s part of the surging growth of the UTV Class in the off road world. Like many racers Pfeifer’s history in goes back many years but not in off road. “I’ve been racing motocross almost my whole life started when I was about 5- or-6-years-old,” he said. “I raced pro motocross for a couple of years, did some of the nationals then kind of took a break from racing for a while.” The climb up the motocross ranks stopped when he was

RENO, NV (Jan. 14) – MRANN Points Champion has a special meaning as many want that title but only a few actually achieve it. In 2018 Stephen Tichenor not only earned it but he joined an elite group as it’s his second points championship. In MRANN (Motorcycle Racing Association of Northern Nevada.) the coveted overall big bike title means a white number “1” with a blue back ground on the champion’s bike for the next season. “This is my second one, I won it in 2018 and in 2013,” he said. “When I won in 2013 I was in my

RENO, NV (Dec. 31) – A local motocross racer is headed to Anaheim, California this week. Aaron Siminoe is going to return to the Supercross series that begins Saturday. The series is large stadium motocross and travels across the country and Canada. For many it begins the racing year. “I’m going to be participating in the West Coast Lights Supercross,” he said. “The light is the 250F and the premier class is 450. I’m back in the 250 Class because of AMA’s guidelines. They said since I’ve had a three-year hiatus from not competing professionally that I would jump down

RENO, NV – Want a very different Christmas present to give this year, well thanks to Raymond and Jennifer Anderson you can get one. They are offering a gift that will bring a special memories with it. It all began a few years ago thanks to an uncle in Sacramento. “My uncle has a Ferrari parts business,” he said. “They’ve been in business for about 15 years so he kept seeing a lot of these cars come in for repair.” Since they could pick them up from insurance pre-auction deals they start buying them. This allowed his uncle to fix

RENO, NV (Nov. 5) – It’s been a fantastic season for Andy Strait as he did something most drivers only dream about. Most would just to like to win one championship but this year earned three of them. Living in Spring Valley, a suburb of Elko, he and his wife Nicole have traveled many miles this year going to various racetracks. “We won the track championship at Rattlesnake Raceway and we won the track championship at Battle Mountain Raceway,” he said. To top this he’s also the Nevada IMCA state champion. Like many drivers his racing background goes back to

RENO, NV (Jan. 21) – Reno Cars and Coffee is one of several automotive groups in our area. Unlike having a specific type or brand, they honor all types of cars. At their gatherings one can find everything from the exotic to the, well not so exotic. Currently the group is run by Lance Freitas. “Lauren Stowell, who used to run it got busy with her start up company and she asked me if I could help with it,” Freitas said. “Steven Lewis actually started the page but he’s super busy also. I just manage the twice a month meets,

The Nevada Pro Stock Association had a barnburner of a season this year. After the final checkered flag waved Travis White was the champion by only three points ahead of Shawn Natenstedt. The series traveled between Rattlesnake Raceway in Fallon, Lovelock Speedway as well as two California tracks, American Valley Speedway in Quincy and one in Cedarville. Due to a cancellation the final two rounds were run during Dirt Track Championship weekend at Rattlesnake Raceway. Right off the bat Natenstedt threw down the gauntlet and showed he was the man to beat. White took up that challenge and began to

RENO – For Troy Van Berry it’s combining his two passions; racing and art. And it all began, like many passions do, at a very young age with some help from his father. “I was the kid in school who was always drawing. One of my earliest memories as a kid has to do with drawing and artwork,” he said. “But I remember when I was about 3-years-old that I was always drawing racecars.” And he recalled, with a laugh, that his mom said it was both on paper and walls. His father Bob Berry, who sadly passed away last