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  • NOR CAL ROCK RACING AT WILD WEST

    July 18, 2016 Author: Dan McGee
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    Nor Cal Rock Racing/ J.P. Gomez

    BLENDING TWO SERIES TOGETHER LEADS TO A FULL DAY OF WILD RACING. MUSTANG (July 16) – Nor Cal Rock Racing held the second event since Hammer King bought VORRA. This sale combined those that race in Ultra 4 as well as the desert racers from VORRA. Due to the combining of both series, as well as the car count, it was decided to run all the heats and mains on a single day, Saturday. Most of the day’s events combined classes and the final one had the 4400’s and 4800’s running together. These are Ultra 4 classes and they not

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  • RACING PREVIEW: JUNE 2 THROUGH 5

    June 1, 2016 Author: Dan McGee
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    Silver State Motoclimb poster.

    In addition to the usual suspects, there is a brand new event visiting our area. Racing Preview for this week has a special event as well as various other motorsport happenings in our area. And the national scene as well is going full blast. There is a new event in our area, the first ever Silver State Motoclimb at Wild West Motorsports Park located east of Sparks off the Mustang exit on I-80. Riders will face the challenge of a new hill as they race the clock and terrain. The promoter still has slots open for amateur riders and is

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  • ULTRA4 ROCKS WILD WEST

    October 19, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Ultra4 Nationals - Wild West Motorsports Park, Loren Healy 4400 winner.

    Ultra4 returns to Northern Nevada with its brand of wild racing. SPARKS (Oct. 17) – The Nitto Tires Ultra4 Nationals visited Wilde West Motorsports Park this weekend. They brought their crowd-pleasing mayhem as drivers not only had to get around the track but also had to race over fields of boulders. And the big race of the day was the 4400 main. “It was an amazing race, we did start out a little slower this weekend but everything kind of pulled together and we’re able to get back up front,” Loren Healy said after taking the checkered flag. “Everybody was

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  • RACING PREVIEW: OCT. 1-4

    September 30, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Northern Nevada Kart Club night race.

    Racing preview for this week is a buffet of different types of racing, live, on TV and the Internet. There is a varied menu for racing fans in this area with three different live events to fill the weekend. On Saturday afternoon the Northern Nevada Kart will bring down the curtain on their season with the annual night race at Desert Park Raceway. Practice begins around 4 p.m. and after qualifying racing will begin as they roar into the night. Any championships that are up for grabs will be decided by the time the final checkered flag waves. Fernley 95A

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  • LUCAS OIL AT WILD WEST – SUNDAY

    August 25, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Lucas Oil Off Road Series - Pro 2 winner Bryce Menzies is chased by Rob MacCachren

    Lucas Oil Off Road races got pretty crazy during the second day of the series visit to Northern Nevada. MUSTANG (Aug. 23) – The second day of the Lucas Oil Off Road races at the Wild West Motorsports Park was a wild afternoon of hard racing and a bit more mayhem than Saturday had. But the Pro 2 race kind of had the most carnage of all. After the dust settled winner Bryce Menzies, who swept the weekend said, “Once the track dried out I had to move my line a lot, I tried to run the same line and

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  • LUCAS OIL AT WILD WEST

    August 24, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Lucas Oil Off Road Series - Bryce Menzies wins the Pro 2 race.

        Lucas Oil Off Road series visited Wild West Motorsports Park this weekend for a two day show at a circuit that’s a fan and driver favorite. Mustang (Aug. 22) – Lucas Oil Off Road Series is always a crowd favorite as the fans got a show of speed, color, sound and some mayhem. Highlighting the show were the Pro 2 trucks with Rob MacCachren and Bryce Menzies only being 28 points behind with six rounds left in the season. After the checkered flag waved winner Menzies said, “With this track being so fast and kind of one lined

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  • VORRA SEASON OPENER

    April 1, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    RACERS TACKLE WILD WEST MOTORSPORT PARK EDITOR’S NOTE: This article and photos are by Tammie Wise. Still figuring how to get her name at the top where it says “author.” On the weekend of March 28-29, 2015 the Valley Off Road Association (VORRA) began their 40th season of off road racing at the Wild West Motorsport Park outside of Reno, Nevada. The enthusiasm and excitement at the event was amazing, many racers from the past were on hand to race as well as numerous newcomers. All were ready to get the new-year underway with a bang.   On Saturday the

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  • RACING PREVIEW – MARCH 19-22

    March 25, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    This week there is a traditional hybrid race featuring a cross between motocross and desert racing. It’s the 4th Annual Sandbox Grand Prix staged at the Fernley Lion’s Motocross Track.   Saturday’s action begins at 12:30 a.m. with a race combining Women, 65cc and 100cc plus Vintage and Bomber bikes. Then the Pee Wees take to the track followed at 2:30 p.m. with a 90-minute team race for the Men, Women and Bombers. The big bikes take to the track Sunday morning with a series of motos beginning at 8 a.m. After those are completed the GP, or team race

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  • SPARKS DRIVER WINS ULTRA 4 TITLE

    November 10, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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    SPARKS, NV — Winning a championship in racing is never easy. It takes commitment, a whole lot of effort and support from people that help the driver as well as sponsors. And even then winning a title can be illusive.   However when the recent Nitto Tire Ultra 4 Nationals ended at Wild West Motorsport Park, one local, Dave Schneider, achieved this goal and won the Legends class championship. And he probably had the shortest commute home, Spanish Springs, as most of his fellow competitors towed in from other states. His involvement with off road sports began 15-years ago when

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  • ULTRA 4 NATIONALS EXTRA

    October 24, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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    Here are some photos not used in the website article. These are from Friday’s qualifying session when drivers were trying to negotiate the course at speed. This without using the big hill and its obstacle at the top. Have some names but not all of them.

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  • WILD WEST HOSTS ULTRA 4’s

    October 21, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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    MUSTANG (Oct. 18) — The Wild West Motorsports Park hosted another first time visitor this weekend. The Nitto Tires Ultra 4 National Championship series pulled into the park on Friday for practice and qualifying during its season ending event.   The drivers found a cross between brutal rock sections as well as high-speed areas and some fast corners. Its a mix that tested all of a driver’s talents as well as their machines. For one driver, Loren Healy from Farmington New Mexico, the day was his time to seal the deal on a perfect season and win the national championship.

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  • ULTRA 4 NATIONALS READY TO ROCK

    October 17, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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      MUSTANG (Oct. 17) — Practice and qualifying made for an action packed Friday at the Wild West Motorsports Park east of Sparks. With the last round of the Nitto Ultra4 National Championship being run Saturday time was of the essence for those drivers looking to either clinch a championship or improve their points position. Practice was done using the long course, which includes a very long, steep climb up a new section of the track. Qualifying was on the short track that omitted the big new hill section. And challenging, no matter which course is used, would be an

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  • NEW DRIVING SCHOOL AT WILD WEST

    October 3, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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      MUSTANG (Oct. 2) – For almost two decades Josh Hall has been a driving instructor as well as an accomplished desert racer. Now he’s evolved that into a new venture at the Wild West Motorsports Park located east of Sparks. “Wild West is expanding and we want to be part of that,” he said   Driving and racing are in his blood as his father Rod Hall is a racing legend. The new business is the Wildcat Desert Driving Academy and it’s evolved from what he’s been doing over the past years. “I started instructing about 18-years ago and

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  • LUCAS OIL AT WILD WEST

    August 26, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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    MUSTANG (Aug. 22/23)- For the second time this year the Lucas Oil Off Road series pulled into the Wild West Motorsports Park. It was the second installment of the Silver State Shootout and once again the action would be under the lights on both nights. in Reno Every night the program ended when the Pro 2 trucks took to the track for some big motor racing. While Saturday’s event began with some close competition in the final laps the real race was for second place. “My spotter kept telling me that (Brian) Deegan and Rob (MacCachren) were battling to it

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  • SUPERCROSS STARS AT WILD WEST

    August 23, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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    MUSTANG (Aug. 23) – This week’s Lucas Oil Off Road event at the Wild West Motorsport Park has two former Supercross champions racing trucks.   One of them is seven-time champion Jeremy McGrath, now racing with his own team in the Pro 2 division. I retired from full time in ’02 then I raced some races then I races some in ’05 and ’06 for fun in some west coast Supercross and stuff like that,” he said. Later he would be introduced into off road racing. “I’ve always been a fan of off road and I have a publicist and

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