Northern
Nevada Flat Track TT Championship Series
Round #3 - Rattlesnake Raceway
Fallon, NV
May 20th, 2006
By: Brian Starbuck |
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Flat Track racing returns
to Fallon
On May 20th the Lahontan Auto Racing
Association (LARA) welcomed Motorcycle and Quad
ATV racers back to the Rattlesnake Raceway in Fallon,
NV for round three of the 2006 Northern Nevada Flat
Track TT Championship Series. And boy was it a happy
reunion! Since the rainout of the April 22 flat
track opener at Rattlesnake, riders young and old
from all over N. NV had been very antsy to try out
the newly renovated race track.
In process since the end of the ’05 stock
car season, the LARA, with track builder Harold
Lease, has expanded the stock car oval to 1/3 of
a mile and raised the banking to 15 degrees. Riders
walking the track before practice seemed dwarfed
by corners rising to almost 40 feet above the infield.
“There’s enough room here at Rattlesnake
to have it all,” said Harold, as he pointed
out the main features of a newly cut TT course.
“Since I race myself, I wanted a course layout
that would be fun for skilled riders not just fast
bikes. Watch, with all those corners and chicanes
down in the infield I think you’ll see a lot
more opportunities for the best kind of racing –
back and forth passing!”
The LARA also used their experience
with local dirt to build a great flat track hich
held up very well for being created from brand new
materials. It was probably the first time most riders
got a good taste of what it means to race on a truly
tacky surface. And you could see the differences
in results from the heat races to the main events.
Between the huge banked corners, the technical infield
and the blue-grooving, the pits were constantly
buzzing with bench racing recommendations. From
novices to Pros, everybody was having fun doing
something to adjust their advantages.
Look for updates to the race schedule,
and complete series standings at www.nevadaracing.com/thunderbowl.
Next race - June 3 at Centennial Speedway in Hawthorne,
NV.