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  • RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: JUNE 20-23

    June 19, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (JUNE 19) — Summer officially arrives on Friday but the car meet scene and racing are already rolling. There are a bunch of meets and events as well as big announcement. CAR MEETS: • Thursday starts in the cool of the morning at 8 a.m. when Iron Mafia has its weekly meet at Kim’s Donuts. Locatrion is 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville.          – That same evening, starting at 8:30 p.m. there is a Pop Up Car Meet. Location is at the Old Sonic/Human Bean Coffee Stand. • Friday starting at 4 p.m. Summit Racing has it’s

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  • QUINCY SPEEDWAY HOSTS PRO STOCKS

    June 17, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    QUINCY, CALIFORNIA (June 15) — This weekend West Coast Pro Stocks made its first visit to Quincy Speedway. The event was the Pearson Family Memorial Race and two of the regular classes were there to support the program. There was a bit of computer problems so another laptop had to be summoned. Once that was done and the fast laps over with it was time for the heat races. The Pro Stocks had a qualifying session and Fallon drive Travis White set the fast time followed by Reno driver Antonio Aragon and Coaling, Calif. racer Christ Smith third. Unfortunately there

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  • FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND CAR SHOWS

    June 17, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (June 16) – It’s Father’s Day weekend and several groups held car meets as well as staging cruises. Great weather set the stage for these meets. • On Saturday the Impalas Car Club of Reno had its Summer Jam Taco Truck Throwndown. Location was Baldini’s Casino and there were a large amount of various cars, trucks as well as Impalas. The Impala Row had various models as well as an Impala row close to the club’s easy up. There were also awards to be given out later in the day. In addition to the cars there were some really

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  • RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: JUNE 13 TO 17

    June 12, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (June 12) – The heat of summer if really here. This weekend has a slew of car meets as well as racing so there is almost something for everyone. CAR MEETS: • As usual the Iron Mafia gets the weekend rolling with an 8 a.m. start to their weekly meet. Location is Kim’s Donuts at 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. • Friday starts with Yerington’s Main Street Car Show. It’s close to Dini’s Lucky Club and runs through Sunday. • Saturday is chock full of various car and truck meets. The Impalas of Reno Car Club is

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  • SUMMER CAR MEET SUNDAY

    June 9, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (June 9) – Well summer is in full swing and there were two very different car meets Sunday. One was for all types of vehicles while the other was for one brand and its many models. • Any Cars & Coffee meet has variety as its theme and this one was no exception. There was the usual Corvette row with different models of this American Sports Car. Also on display was a pair of Fords from two different eras. One was a Mustang while the other was a restored late 1940’s sedan. Over in another row was a

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  • RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: JUNE 6 TO 9

    June 5, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (June 5): Summer’s heat has arrived and motorsports as well as car meets and cruises are getting into full swing. There is something for about everyone. CAR MEETS: • The Iron Mafia gets the weekend rolling when they meet at 8 a.m. Thursday. Location is Kim’s Donuts at 1328 U.S. 395 North. • Friday will also be a busy day. Down south Tonopah Speedway is hosting its 1st Annual OHV Porker Run.  It’s a Friday-Saturday event with all kinds of events. The date on the poster wasn’t changed. • Saturday also has a couple of car meets. The

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  • MRANN: WHOOPS, WASHES AND WHATEVER

    June 4, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    COLD SPRINGS, NEVADA (June 2) — Whatever MC hosted the current round of the 2024 MRANN season. The location was north of Reno and the event was named “Whoops, Washes and Whatever.” Since the long course was about 19-miles long Sunday was organized differently than most MRANN classes. The Pros, Experts and Amateur, who lined in rows depending on the class they were racing in had two motos. Between those the Novice riders, also lined in in their individual classes, only raced one moto. Each race was timed at 90 minutes. Of course in a timed race, if the leaders

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  • RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: MAY 30 TO JUNE 2

    May 29, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (May 29) — As we head into summer things are heating up both in racing as well as for car meets. Once again the event buffet table is over flowing. CAR MEETS: • Thursday gets rolling at 8 a.m. when the Iron Mafia meets at Kim’s Donut Shop. Location is 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. • There is another Friday Fernley Meet with a 6:30 p.m. starting time. Location is at the 76th Station on Main Street. • Saturday is a busy day. To the east the annual Classic Car Fever  show is at Lovelock, Nevada. The

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  • MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND RACE AT DIAMOND MOUNTAIN

    May 27, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    SUSANVILLE, CALIF. (May 25) — It’s Memorial Day weekend and Diamond Mountain Speedway had a Friday-Saturday show. Great although cool, weather set the stage for two nights of great racing. Since it was Memorial Day weekend the entire field of cars lined up 4-wide on the track before opening ceremonies. Announcer Davey Munoz played the National Anthem then followed that with Taps to honor those veterans that have passed or never came home. After that the field followed a vintage car with a flag and did two slow parade laps. The Mini Stocks started the program. Although he was second

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  • RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: MAY 23 TO 26

    May 22, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (MAY 22) — Here we are at the end of May with the biggest racing weekend of the year ahead of us. Not to mention car meets and cruises in our region. CAR MEETS: • As usual the Iron Mafia gets the weekend rolling at 8 a.m. Thursday. Meeting place is Kim’s Donuts located at 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. • After last week I learned that the cruise-in at Summit Racing Parts is every other week. So this weekend starting at 5 p.m. there will be a cruise • Saturday is a busy day for car

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  • STADIUMGP ROCKS RENO RODEO ARENA

    May 21, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO NV (MAY 18) — The first StadiumGP rocked the Reno Rodeo Arena this weekend. On Thursday was qualifying followed by a concert, then Friday and Saturday were both race days. There were a variety of classes but the Pros raced for $10,000 on Friday an $10,000 on Saturday. Saturday evening, after the opening ceremonies, things started rolling with the three classes of Futures. These were racers 17 and under. Peyton Maas won in Class 1 while Lucas Evans won Class 2. Class 3 had the most riders and Justin Henry won that class. When the first Open Pro heat

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  • NNKC MAKE UP RACE

    May 20, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    STEAD, NV (May 19) — Several weeks ago the Northern Nevada Kart Club had to postpone the second event in its 2024 season. That event was made up today when the weather cooperated. Things did get started a bit late but soon the program was rolling. After the second heat race it was time for the main events. First up were the Kid’s Karts. The youngest drivers race these low power karts. On the green Maddi Towne was on point with Presley Prater right behind her. Eventually Prater made the winning pass and was on his way to reaching the

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  • QUINCY SPEEDWAY HOSTS DWARF CAR NATIONALS

    May 13, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    QUINCY, CALIF. (May 11) — This weekend Quincy, Speedway started its season by hosing the annual Western States Dwarf Car Nationals. It was round three of this year’s series. Before the racing began the entire Dwarf Car field assembled on the track for parade laps. They honor those lost and the event has been known as the Richardson-Kay Memorial. This year it also honored Loretta Christiano, who was lost last year as well as one of Vukie Wilson’s family. During the evening two very young racers made their presence know as they scored victories over their older rivals. There were two

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  • RACING & CAR MEET PREVIEW: APRIL 9 TO 12

    May 8, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (May 9) — It appears spring and maybe summer might has arrived. Good thing as there are more car shows, cruises and racing this weekend. CAR MEETS: • Thursday begins early when the Iron Mafia has its weekly 8 a.m. meet. Location is Kim’s Donuts at 1328 U.S. 395 North. • Friday, starting at 5 p.m., is another Cruise Jn at Summit Racing. Will be a D.J. plus manager specials and the store is on East Glendale in Sparks where the railroad tracks cross the road. • Continuing Saturday is a busy day. Things get going at 10

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  • RENO CARS & COFFEE + RENO JDM

    May 5, 2024 Author: Dan McGee
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    RENO, NV (May 5) — Three car groups had meets this weekend. Two were on Sunday, although this reporter was only able to get to one while the other was on Saturday, fortunately after the storm passed Reno. While the turnout was less than expected, probably due to the weather that passed over Reno, the JDM meet still two lines of cars. The founder of the JDM group is Domonic Folkman, who recently moved here from Susanville, California. Asked about his car he said, “It’s a GSX Mitsubishi Eclipse and I picked it up over the weekend. I still have

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