Nevada's Racing News
There is a brand new event visiting our area! There is a new event in our area, the first ever Silver State Motoclimb at Wild West Motorsports Park located east of Sparks off the Mustang exit on I-80. Riders will face the challenge of a new hill as they race the clock and terrain. Check out the video on our YouTube Page.
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First Look at the 2016 racing season has something for almost any race fan. The upcoming season is like looking at a puzzle where most of the pieces are already in place. But there are a few more to be added including three events, two of which are new. As is usual the desert racers in the MRANN (Motorcycle Racing Association of Northern Nevada.) will begin the season with two events in February. The first is in the traditional area north of the Nixon off ramp located east of Fernley on I-80. It’s the first of the spring series. Due
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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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Ultra4 returns to Northern Nevada with its brand of wild racing. SPARKS (Oct. 17) – The Nitto Tires Ultra4 Nationals visited Wilde West Motorsports Park this weekend. They brought their crowd-pleasing mayhem as drivers not only had to get around the track but also had to race over fields of boulders. And the big race of the day was the 4400 main. “It was an amazing race, we did start out a little slower this weekend but everything kind of pulled together and we’re able to get back up front,” Loren Healy said after taking the checkered flag. “Everybody was
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Ultra 4 Nationals will be at Wild West Motorsports Park this weekend. Here is a preview Rick and I did for the event. And you’ll get to see what it looks like from the driver’s view as well as from outside the rig. THE VIDEO CAN ALSO BE SEEN ON YOU TUBE, LOOK FOR WILD WEST 2015 ULTRA 4. IF YOU ENJOYED THIS VIDEO PLEASE “LIKE,” AND SHARE IT AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.
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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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Here is the video from the VORRA event at the Wild West Motorsports Park on October 4th. It has the start of the second moto for all the classes except for Group T. Sorry that got messed up. IF YOU LIKE THIS PLEASE “LIKE,” IT AND SHARE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.
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VORRA spent the weekend at Wild West and Sunday was an action packed day of racing. Mustang (Sept. 4) – The Valley Off Road Racing Association staged its final Nevada race this season on Sunday. Once again it was at the Wild West Motorsports Park and attracted local drivers as well as from California and Oregon. The show was slightly delayed as the track needed some TLC due to rain the previous night. “I won, it was awesome, best race I’ve had in a long time,” Tim Compton said after winning the UTV 3rd moto. “Swapped the lead once and
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Racing preview for this week is a buffet of different types of racing, live, on TV and the Internet. There is a varied menu for racing fans in this area with three different live events to fill the weekend. On Saturday afternoon the Northern Nevada Kart will bring down the curtain on their season with the annual night race at Desert Park Raceway. Practice begins around 4 p.m. and after qualifying racing will begin as they roar into the night. Any championships that are up for grabs will be decided by the time the final checkered flag waves. Fernley 95A
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Rock Crawlers converged on this area for a two-day show, one that gives them a chance to display their driving skills in a very challenging environment. MUSTANG (Sept. 26/27) – This weekend a new event, Silver State Rock Crawling Championship, was held at the Wild West Motorsport Park. Good weather and 57 competitors help make it a success.Unlike the other events at Wild West this one was located on top of a hill on the west side of the parking lot. “I don’t think I could have expected it to go much better than it did,” promoter Jesse Haines said
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Racing preview for this week and a new event on the menu. RENO – This week is another mix of different events, some local and others national. And this time there’s something new. Two events in our area are two-day affairs running on Saturday and Sunday. The new one is the Silver State Rock Crawling Championship held at the Wild West Motorsports Park. What it might lack for speed the competition compensates by offering major obstacles for competitors to negotiate. The action begins at 10 a.m. each morning and is on the west side of the parking lot on top
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Lucas Oil Off Road races got pretty crazy during the second day of the series visit to Northern Nevada. MUSTANG (Aug. 23) – The second day of the Lucas Oil Off Road races at the Wild West Motorsports Park was a wild afternoon of hard racing and a bit more mayhem than Saturday had. But the Pro 2 race kind of had the most carnage of all. After the dust settled winner Bryce Menzies, who swept the weekend said, “Once the track dried out I had to move my line a lot, I tried to run the same line and
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Lucas Oil Off Road series visited Wild West Motorsports Park this weekend for a two day show at a circuit that’s a fan and driver favorite. Mustang (Aug. 22) – Lucas Oil Off Road Series is always a crowd favorite as the fans got a show of speed, color, sound and some mayhem. Highlighting the show were the Pro 2 trucks with Rob MacCachren and Bryce Menzies only being 28 points behind with six rounds left in the season. After the checkered flag waved winner Menzies said, “With this track being so fast and kind of one lined
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