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  • RACING PREVIEW: APRIL 15 TO 18

    April 14, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    This week’s Racing Preview is full of racing, a car meet and some breaking news. Once again more series are starting their seasons while others are continuing.   BREAKING NEWS: • The news actually came out last week but the owners of the Wild West Motorsports Park have decided to close it down after nine years of many events. Sadly this news comes only a few weeks after the track’s 2021 schedule was announced.   • Another cancellation was the planned VORRA short track event this weekend at American Valley Speedway in Quincy, California. The group is looking for an

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  • ANOTHER LOOK AHEAD

    April 12, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (April12) — Due to a pause in racing this article will be short. It’s focused on our region showing changes and what is to come. Thursday’s preview article will cover more plus what is going on nationally and internationally. SHOWS AND EVENTS: • Like last year the annual Women With Wheels car show will be on June 26th at Virginia City. However there is now a second event. Women with Wheels will again be part of Hot August Nights. Unlike the June show all cars will have to be registered with Hot August Nights. This second show is

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  • RACING PREVIEW: APRIL 8 TO 11

    April 7, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (April 7) — Racing Preview this week highlights an increase in racing now that the Easter Weekend is behind us. Helping things is some great spring weather. CAR MEETS & CRUISES: • The Fernley Main Street Cruise, from 7 until 9 p.m. Friday evening gets this weekend rolling. As usual the Wigwam is the assembly point. There is a car meet on Saturday as well as a cruise. • The Fernley/Fallon Cars and Coffee group has a meet in Fallon. It goes from 9:30 a.m. until noon. The meeting place is 1805 West Williams Avenue. • In Sun

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  • DIAMOND MOUNTAIN SPEEDWAY STARTS SEASON

    April 6, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    SUSANVILLE, CALIF. (April 3) — Diamond Mountain Speedway opened its 2021 season with a Friday/Saturday show on Easter weekend. Good car counts, fans in the stands were a positive sign for the upcoming season. Before the main events began there was an Easter Egg hunt on the infield. Dozens of plastic colored eggs were put out as youngsters from the stands and pits converged on the area. Many carried Easter baskets and on the signal the rush was on. The made quick work of the eggs but those that collected a gold one found there were three one dollar bills

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  • EASTER WITH RENO CARS & COFFEE

    April 5, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (April 2) — Beautiful weather on Easter Sunday set the stage for Reno Cars & Coffee meet. As usual the first of the month meet was by the Keitzke Starbucks and once again it was a large gathering. These meets area a great way to be around car people or just to see some good looking cars. While the cars ranged from exotic to the, well ordinary, there were a couple of vintage classics that stood out. One of them was a 1958 Nash Metropolitan owned by Christian Grams. He related finding a guy that owned 17 of

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  • RACING PREVIEW: APRIL 1 TO 4

    March 31, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (March 31) — Racing Preview for this Easter week is light as most major series are taking it off. Still there are car meets, racing in this region plus some on TV as things take a short breather before getting rolling again. CAR MEETS AND CRUISES: • Once again the weekend gets rolling on Friday evening with the Fernley Main Street Cruise. It runs from 7 until 9 p.m. with the Wigwam being the meeting point. One benefit is the lower gas prices if one comes from Reno or Sparks. • Sunday has two different car meets. Up

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  • BACK AT THE SANDBOX WITH BBMX

    March 30, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    FERNLEY, NV (March 28) — Once again the Sandbox, or Fernley Motocross Track, echoed with the sounds of racing. Nice weather just highlighted the fist day of the 2021 season. Usually this race gets a large turnout however this time it was a bit more than anticipated. The reason was probably due to everyone wanting to finally back back on the track. Hosting the event was the Reno chapter of the Over The Hill Gang (OTHG) and one of them said the entry count was 593. Since several riders ride in more than one class the best guess would be

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 25 TO 28

    March 24, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (March 24) — This week’s Racing Preview has local events, announcements as well as what is on TV and the Internet. Finally the season is really getting rolling as starting gates drop and green flags wave. CAR MEETS: • The weekend gets rolling on Friday with the return of Main Street Cruise Nights in Fernley. Hours are from 7 until 9 p.m. and the Wigwam is the meeting place. Best part if you are coming from Reno or Sparks is the price of gas out there. • Sunday gets going with a pair of meets. Starting at 10

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  • RENO CARS & COFFEE AT THE HUMAN BEAN

    March 22, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (March 21) — Reno Cars & Coffee moved it’s third weekend of the month meet to the Human Bean Coffee stand. Its located by the corner of Moana and Keitzke Lane, very close to the freeway and the turn out was massive. At these meets several will bring older cars, ones they give new life to. They vary in age but the result is the same; renewed life on the road rather than winding up at Pick N’ Pull. One example is a 1970 Barracuda owned and lovingly restored by Greg and Stacy Johnson. One feature is a

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  • RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 18 TO 21

    March 17, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (March 17) — Racing Preview is slowly filling up as the seasons open. Much is going on this week and through the coming weekend. CAR MEET: • Big news is Reno Cars & Coffee has a new location for its third weekend of the month meet. It’s the Human Bean coffee stand located by the corner of Kietzke and Moana. As usual the meet begins at 10 a.m. and the new location is about block west of the freeway (580). Should be good weather with lots of cars, trucks and some motorcycles. MOTOCROSS (RACING AND PRACTICE): • This

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  • NORCAL STARTS SXS SEASON AT FERNLEY

    March 16, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    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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  • RACING PREVIEW: MARCH 11 TO 14

    March 10, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    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

    March 8, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    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

    March 3, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    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

    March 1, 2021 Author: Dan McGee
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    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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