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  • RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY: MEMORIAL WEEKEND RACING

    May 31, 2016 Author: Dan McGee
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    Rattlesnake Raceway: SSR winner Steven Crook Sr. (34).

    Memorial Day weekend is the biggest racing weekend of the year and a local track had two nights of action. FALLON (May 28) – Rattlesnake Raceway hosted a two-day show this Memorial Day weekend. It was two evenings of action for short track fans. After Saturday’s IMCA feature Cory Sample, after winning his first main event win here for the season, said, “The track was pretty one-lane, pretty tricky and the infield part of the track is starting to come out onto the racing surface so it was making it real slick and hard to get a hold of the

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  • RATTLESNAKE – FIREWORKS ON DIRT

    July 6, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Rattlesnake Raceway had to change its 4th of July plans due to Mother Nature. FALLON (July 5) – Rattlesnake Raceway had a first this season, a weather delayed race. Mother Nature threw a wrench into the July 4th race and fireworks that was scheduled. Heavy rains Saturday caused the track, after checking with the drivers, to postpone the races until Sunday. But the fireworks were set off later in the evening. Sunday dawned bright, clear and it was going to be hot when everyone arrived. While the track was dry the berm was nearly a mud bog. “At the beginning,

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  • RATTLESNAKE OPENS SEASON

    April 6, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    HOT RACING ON A COOL NIGHT AT RATTLESNAKE 2015 OPENING EVENT   FALLON (April 4) – In what’s becoming a tradition in area oval track racing, Rattlesnake Raceway opened its 2015 season Saturday of Easter weekend. Cool weather with some wind kept the air cool but the racing was hot on the track. “I was just being patient, started 10th but knew I had a long way to go. So I picked them off when I could as I wanted to bring the car home in one piece,” Shawn Natenstedt said after winning the IMCA Main. The action began even

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  • DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

    October 9, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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    FALLON (Oct. 4/5) — Rattlesnake Raceway ended its season with the annual Dirt Track Championships. However this year there was an unforeseen twist; rain canceled the scheduled date so the event was moved to the next weekend.   Sadly many cars that planned to be there weren’t. Despite this the event went on as planned and the drivers put on a display of hard racing. “I had to avoid a lot of stuff as the track went from real good to a real slick, slick, slick track,” Carl Barlow said after winning Saturday’s Hobby Stock main. “The car was real

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  • RATTLESNAKE’S CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT

    September 22, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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    FALLON (Sept. 19) — This weekend marked the end of a long year for those that compete at Rattlesnake Raceway. It was the final points race of the season when a driver’s efforts can win a class championship, a better points position or go for naught.   It was all on the line the Friday night and everyone wanted to bring their A game to the show. While the IMCA A Mods are usually the stars of the show they were upstaged by the more humble Hobby Stocks. In fact that division staged the race of the night during their

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