Off-road racing takes a series of bows in Kingman
By Mike Henle Special to off-road enthusiasts With so many negative vibes in southern Nevada, the Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts are still churning out good times with their friends through the sport of off-road racing. As evidenced by the recent SNORE PCI Race Radios SNORE 250 in Kingman, Ariz., there’s nothing but good times nowadays […]
Craig Road Speedway – A Video by MADDOG PRODUCTIONS
Maddog Mike Henle and John Henle took some photos, newspaper clips and put together a little video. Enjoy.
SNORE, Justice Brothers combining for season opener Feb. 12-13
By Mike Henle SNORE’s first race with its new sponsor Justice Brothers Racing is set to kick off the first race of the year Feb. 12-13 in Kingman Ariz., and you can be your eyes that racers all over the country will be on- hand for the highly-anticipated off-road race event. It’s an all-new world […]
SNORE, Justice Brothers announce new off-road race series
By Mike Henle The Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts – otherwise known as SNORE —has a rich history. In a territory that often finds reason to demolish a long-standing part of the earth – SNORE has survived more than half a century (It’s actually been 51 years ago), and it’s going stronger than ever! For the […]
2020 Patrick’s Signs Championship heads for an off-road extravaganza
By Mike Henle SNORE’s annual King Shocks Battle at Primm scheduled Oct., 10-11 south of Las Vegas is once again drawing an excellent list of entries long before from several states. In a nutshell, SNORE’s race schedule has been a blessing for competitors all year long. Major conventions like the SEMA show have been forced […]
The Nevada Motorsports Awards was an epic event In the Frontier’s Siegfried and Roy Showroom
By Mike Henle Back in the early 1980s, I had a dream one day. Considering that I was an auto racing writer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, I noticed that awards ceremonies needed to be updated. It was time to bring some class and dignity to such an event, so I pranced into the office […]
Mark Martin may have lost at Craig Road, But he won big-time at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The year was 1977 and Craig Road Speedway was a buzz of activity. The annual Fall Open competition event had lured an estimated 200 top-top notch stock cars from all over the country. The Fall Open Competition had drivers from Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wisconsin, Utah, Canada, Colorado and Oregon, to name a few. A tiny […]
So, what happened to the old fans of Craig Road Speedway?
When Craig Road Speedway died in 1983, the victim of a sudden economic collapse, endless people that had spent long hours frequenting the track must have felt as though they had been kicked to the curb. Started clear back in the 1960s, CRS was a home-away-from-home every weekend from Easter all the way into October […]
Vegas short track racing at CRS had great times during the era of the 1960s until the 1980s
When I was a young Las Vegas sports writer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in the late 1970s, I loved every minute of the beat simply because I’m a nut for motorsports. No matter what the phase of motorsports, I covered the event. No matter, I was eager to tell the world about an auto […]
Rippin N Roarin With Maddog Henle Episode #1
Rippin N Roarin with Maddog Henle is a podcast about racing, sports and the Las Vegas Experience Join Co-hosts Andrew Hall and Maddog Mike Henle for a rundown of upcoming events, results of things passed and highlights of the incredible city that we live in. Las Vegas. If you’d like to learn more about this […]