FERNLEY, NV (MAR. 13) — Norcal Rock Racing began its season with an event presented by California Custom Trailers and Power Sports. The even was for the SxS series and there was a good turn out and great weather. After a pair of heat races and some track maintenance everyone was ready to go. First on track were the youth classes and one group even had a 7-year-old driving. The UTV 170 Stock Class lined up first and on the green both Alex Ranuio and Tayson Messersmith were side-ty-side as they passed the flagman. Going up the first hill Ranuio
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NORCAL STARTS SXS SEASON AT FERNLEY
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RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 11 TO 14
RENO, NV (March 13) – This weekend’s Racing Preview is full of events, both live and on TV with some on the Internet. There are announcements at the end but the probably the most important one is that Day Light Savings Time begins Sunday morning. Remember to set your clock ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night. CAR MEETS: • This Sunday starting at 10 a.m. Sparks Cars & Coffee will once again meet by Buffalo Wild Wings in Sparks. Last time they had a pretty good turn out of cars. • Carson Cars & Coffee is also
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RENO CARS & COFFEE GETS MARCH ROLLING
RENO, NV (March 7) – As usual the first Sunday in a month is when Reno Cars & Coffee has a meet. Mother Nature blessed the even with great weather and a huge group of people and vehicles showed up. And as usual the vehicles ranged from the exotic to almost ordinary. While newer cars make up the majority there are some that have breathed new life into older cars. And many owners proudly show off the motors in their cars. For the second month in a rowthere was one exotic car for sale. That is a 2005 Lotus Elise
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RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 4 TO 7
RENO, NV (March 3) — This week’s Racing Preview has announcements right after the TV schedule. There is also racing down south plus MX practice session and a race over the hill this week but within the next three weeks all type of racing gets going. CAR MEET: • As is traditional Reno Cars & Coffee gets the month rolling with it first weekend of the month meet. Location is the Kietzke Starbucks at 10 a.m. Sunday and if the weather is nice should be another great turn out. This event is a great opportunity to meet car people and
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AMERICAN AUTO AIR & REPAIR
RENO, NV (March 1) – American Auto Air and Repair has been around a very long time. It’s current owner Tom Rankin grew up with auto repair in his DNA. “I was actually brought up in a shop that my dad owned since I was a little kid,” he said. “I worked in my dad’s shop since I was 7-years-old every summer and every day after school. I don’t remember never ever being in the shop.” When the elder Rankin retired one brother took over but sold Rankin Auto Repair a couple of year ago when he retired. Tom Rankin
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RACING PREVIEW: FEB. 25 TO 28
RENO, NV (Feb. 23) – Announcements for some changes start this weekend’s Racing Preview. A little less racing than last weekend but the season is just getting started so there is more to come starting in March. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • For those that follow or compete in VORRA they announced a change in the triple crown series. Due to the restrictions the Yerington 300 has been moved to the weekend of September 3-4. CAR MEETS: • This Sunday there are a pair of car meets and both begin at 10 a.m. Sparks Cars & Coffee will assemble by Buffalo Wild Wings
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NEW SITE SPONSOR: TREAD CONNECTION
We wish to extend our welcome to the newest sponsor of this site. Tread Connection is another business that is relatively new to Northern Nevada and its actually a Franchise, owned and operated by Blake Sobiloff and his wife Raina. “We’re the first ones to bring the franchise to Northern Nevada,” he said. “I learned about it on a car forum where a guy had used the service and raved about it. I thought ‘that’s a good idea,’ and looked to see if we had something like here in Reno and Sparks. We didn’t.” Finding the franchise came at a
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RACING PREVIEW: FEB. 18 TO 21
RENO, NV (Feb. 1 7) – While it hasn’t been a full week of racing there is plenty this weekend. Racing Preview will highlight most of them. CAR MEETS: • There is an unusual meet Saturday starting at noon on Saturday. It’s Mud Fest Spring and happens at the Chickadee Pits and there will be tug of wars, music as well as mud drags. A good time to bring some rain gear and plan to get muddy. • Sunday starting at 10 a.m. is when Reno Cars & Coffee has a meet at the Del Real Pub and Grill in
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SEASON PREVIEW: OFF ROAD RACING
RENO, NV (Feb. 15) – All types of racing is starting and it’s time to preview the off-road series. With few exceptions this is the 4-wheel type. Big news last November put a cloud over the sport as Lucas Oil announced it was ending their Off Road Series. That series is why Wild West Motorsports Park was built as Lucas Oil put a bunch of money into its construction. However there are rays of sunshine as other series are moving to fill the void. One of them is the Valley Off Road Racing series as they are moving to fill
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RACING PREVIEW: FEB. 11 TO 14
RENO, NV (Feb. 10) – Once again Racing Preview is highlighting almost a full week of racing thanks to NASCAR. Our region has the first race of this new year but this time I’ll start with announcements. ANNOUNCEMENT: • Late last week received the notice about the Virginia City Grand Prix. Due to the restrictions it has been postponed to the weekend of October 23-24. Hopefully this time it will happen so he event can celebrate it’s Golden Anniversary. • For those wanting to compete in this week’s MRANN season opener the time to preregister ends Thursday, today if you
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RENO CARS & COFFEE GETS MONTH ROLLING
RENO, NV (Feb. 7) – As usual Reno Cars & Coffee got the month rolling with its first weekend car meet. The event was blessed by great weather and a huge turn out. Reno C&C head Lance Freitas said it might be the largest meet they’ve had. There were cars of ever type in fact one row was mainly Corvettes while another had a good selection of Subarus while others had a mix of many different cars. One of the exotic cars is a 2020 McLaren LT600 Spider owned by Kurt Fehling. “I’ve had this one almost two years. Had
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RACING PREVIEW: FEB. 4 TO 7
RENO, NV (Feb.3) – Racing Preview this week will be a bit shorter as I’m focused on racing and not on the Re-Run Zone. Yes it’s time for green flags to start waving and the 2021 season to get started. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • MotoMedX is a group founded by Reno Fire Department Captain Steve Clark. His goal is to get a group of trained volunteers that will help provide safety at motocycle races and rides. To accomplish this he has two sessions in March where the volunteers will have professional training. If you ride and want to give back to the
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SEASON PREVIEW: PART 2
RENO, NV (Feb. 10) – Now it’s time for a longer season preview as racing in our region is about to get rolling. I’ll focus on our region and Northern Nevada and will do the big off road series later. REPORTER’S NOTE: I’m amending this article as I needed to add something and got confused on another motorcycle event. Sorry for the mixup. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • Last week this reporter highlighted MotoMedx, a group started by Reno Fire Department Captain Steve Clark. His goal is to form a group of trained volunteers that will provide medical assistance at motorcycle races and
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RACING PREVIEW: JAN. 28 TO 31
RENO, NV (Jan. 26) – This week’s Racing Preview has even more racing, including a week-long event as well as announcements. CAR MEETS: • When this was posted I could not find any car meets for this fifth weekend of the month. However one might check with Reno Cars & Coffee on Thursday or Friday just see if something is scheduled. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • Two of them relate to MRANN. The first is that this weekend’s ride and banquet has been postponed. However it’s been rescheduled for March 20th at Riverfront outside of Marysville. Next month is MRANN’s first race of
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MOTOMEDX: LOOKING OUT FOR RACERS AND RIDERS
For Steve Clark it’s a combination of the love of riding and his seeing a need for medics at races and rides. His love of motorcycles began early and at age 10 got his first bike a 1979 Honda XR80. “I haven’t done a whole lot of racing but when I was the ripe old age of 50 friends talked me into doing my first race, the Virginia City Grand Prix,” he said. “I got the finisher’s pin, talked to the medical director and signed on to ride for him.” At the VCGP there are several riders that do not
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