LOVELOCK — During the Frontier Days races this reporter had a chance to interview the series promoter Mike Scott, who is also the president of the Winnemucca Regional Raceway. He’s the force behind this new series that’s causing big jumps in car counts at Northern Nevada tracks. Although the I=8- series is new, its history goes back several years. “Dan Fitzgerald came up with the idea about 10-years ago but it never really took off,” Scott said. So I brought it up a few years back. This was when the Wild West Tour had run its course here.” A
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I-80 CHALLENGE RAMPS UP IMCA RACING
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SPEED AND CARNAGE AT FRONTIER DAYS RACES
LOVELOCK (Aug 1-2)- The Frontier Day races at the Lovelock Speedway can be wild affairs. The two-day event highlights the annual celebration of the town’s founding and the action at the speedway is part of the festivities. This year the races had an added twist as the new I-80 Challenge Series was there to stage its fourth round. The result was two days of hard, fast racing and on Saturday more than a bit of carnage. When the dust settled a veteran driver from Winnemucca and an young lion out of Fallon had swept their respective classes. After Saturday’s
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