Geoff Boss won a race in which city, 22 miles from Lake Tahoe?
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Geoff Boss Geoff Boss (born April 26, 1969) is an American Champ Car driver from Narragansett, Rhode Island who drove in the 2003 season with Dale Coyne Racing. In a total of 12 starts he finished in the points three times, with a best of 9th place at the Lexmark Indy 300 in Australia. He ran in the Indy Lights series from 1997 to 2001, winning the 1999 Toronto Grand Prix from the Pole position. He also had podium finishes at Long Beach (twice) and Detroit (twice). He competed in the Barber Dodge Pro Series from 1993 to 1996, winning races at Miami, Sears Point, Phoenix, Watkins Glen, and Reno. He was runner-up in the 1995 Championship to Jaki Scheckter. He won the Skip Barber Formula Ford Series three times, twice in 1992 (East and Midwest) and again in 1993 (South), becoming the first driver to win three Championships. He also competed in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in 1992 with Team USA, and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1994 in a Nissan for Leitzinger Racing with his brother Andy whom he competed against in Indy Lights.
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Reno, Nevada Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is in Northern Nevada, approximately 22 mi from Lake Tahoe. Known as "The Biggest Little City in the World", Reno is famous for its hotels and casinos and as the birthplace of Harrah's Entertainment (now known as Caesars Entertainment Corporation). It is the county seat of Washoe County, in the northwestern part of the state. The city sits in a high desert at the foot of the Sierra Nevada and its downtown area (along with Sparks) occupies a valley informally known as the Truckee Meadows. It is named after Jesse L. Reno.
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2016 Tour of California (women) The 2016 Amgen Tour of California Women's Race (also known as the Amgen Breakaway From Heart Disease Women's Race Empowered by SRAM for sponsorship reasons) is the second edition of the Tour of California Women’s Race cycling stage race. It is scheduled to run from 19 to 22 May 2016, and is part of the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour. It will begin in South Lake Tahoe and finish in Sacramento.
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California State Route 267 State Route 267 (SR 267), known as North Shore Boulevard, is a California state highway near Lake Tahoe, United States. It connects Interstate 80 in Truckee to the Northstar at Tahoe ski resort and Kings Beach on Lake Tahoe, and serves as an alternate route to Route 89 for connecting between Interstate 80 and Route 28 on Lake Tahoe's shoreline at the Nevada border.
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Blackwood Creek (California) Blackwood Creek is a 8 mi eastward-flowing stream originating on the southwest flank of Ellis Peak in the Sierra Nevada. The creek flows into Lake Tahoe 4.2 mi south of Tahoe City, California between the unincorporated communities of Idlewild and Tahoe Pines in Placer County, California, United States.
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Silverstone Race to the Sky The Race to the Sky is an annual automobile and motorcycle gravel hillclimb to the summit of a mountain in the Cardrona Valley of New Zealand. The race was held every year from 1998 to 2007 for two days over the Easter weekend as the Silverstone Race to the Sky, and will return in 2015 as the Repco Race to the Sky.
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Mount Price (California) Mount Price is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada at the southern end of the Crystal Mountains, and southwest of Lake Tahoe. The summit is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.
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Andy Boss Andy Boss (born April 20, 1972) is a former American professional racing driver from Narragansett, Rhode Island. He is the grandson of 1950's Jaguar sportscar driver Russ Boss and younger brother of fellow racer Geoff Boss. Boss retired from active racing in 2004 and joined the A.T. Cross Company.
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West Marine Pacific Cup The Pacific Cup (formerly the "West Marine Pacific Cup") is a yacht race from San Francisco, California to Kaneohe, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. The enjoyable exercise in yacht racing is run in even-numbered years by the Pacific Cup Yacht Club. While billed as "The Fun Race to Hawaii," this race take preparation seriously and provides a number of seminars and resources to help sailors and crew find safety and success. The level of competition rises each year as well—and yet, the FUN factor remains.
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Fannette Island Fannette Island is the only island in Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada, United States. It lies within Emerald Bay, on the California side of the lake. Over a long period of time, it was called many different names, including Coquette, Fanette, Baranoff, Dead Man's, Hermit's, and Emerald Isle. The ruins of a small stone building, the "Tea House", constructed by Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight, the owner of Vikingsholm, stand on the granite islet. Fannette Island, along with Vikingsholm and Emerald Bay, is a part of Emerald Bay State Park. It is accessible by boat, canoe, or kayak. Swimming to the island is not allowed, due to hazards including extremely cold waters and boat traffic in the area.
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Redding Drag Strip The Redding Drag Strip is the oldest NHRA sanctioned drag strip in the United States today. It was accepted by the National Hot Rod Association in the Fall of 1955 and continues to operate. It is located in Redding, California which hosts one of the largest and most well-known car show and race on the West Coast called Kool April Nites which had 5000 people in 2016. Performance Engine and Machine Mike Leblanc Winner of 2008 Pro Engine Comp Explained that many can try but only a few will succeed. This event started off strong and has yet to slow down. The Redding Drag Strip is a family oriented track that provides a safe and fun place to race or spectate.
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SS Tahoe SS "Tahoe" was a steamship that operated on Lake Tahoe at the end of the 19th century and first half of the 20th. Scuttled in 1940, the wreck presently lies in 400 ft of water off Glenbrook, Nevada. The wreck was first visited in 2002 by a team from New Millennium Dive Expeditions (NMDE) in a record-setting high-altitude dive for Lake Tahoe. As a result of the work that NMDE did on the "Tahoe" site from 1999 up to their dives in 2002, "Tahoe" became the first maritime site in Nevada to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Bill Baker (racing driver) William Edwin Baker (June 19, 1931 – August 12, 1978) was an American NASCAR driver from Pismo Beach, California. He made three Winston Cup starts with a best finish of 16th. Following a practice run for a 100-mile Grand National West Series race at Sears Point Raceway, Baker suffered a fatal heart attack.
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Mount Pluto, California Mount Pluto is an extinct volcano in the Granite Chief Range near Lake Tahoe, California. The volcano erupted approximately 2 million years ago producing lava and mudflows that dammed Lake Tahoe. The Northstar California ski resort covers part of the 8617 ft peak.
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Twenty Lakes Basin Twenty Lakes Basin is located in California's eastern Sierras, east of Yosemite National Park, and includes Saddlebag Lake. It is the location of a hiking trail, with the trailhead at an elevation of 10,100 feet, and its base camps at Lee Vining and Mammoth Lakes.
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Road America Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, SCCA Pirelli World Challenge, ASRA, AMA Superbike series, IndyCar Series, and SCCA Pro Racing's Trans-Am Series. Open-wheel racing journalist Robin Miller says that Road America is "the best test of road racing in North America".
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Norm Nelson Norm Nelson (January 30, 1923 – November 8, 1988) was an American stock car racer. He competed in the United States Auto Club (USAC) Stock Cars in the 1950s through 1970s. He won the season championship in 1960, 1965, and 1966 as a driver. Nelson also won five owner's championships. He competed in five NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup Series) events and won one. He had 35 USAC victories including 11 at the Milwaukee Mile near his hometown Racine, Wisconsin. He was nicknamed "The Great Dane" because he was 6 feet 4 inches tall.
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2000 DieHard 500 The 2000 DieHard 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on April 16, 2000 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) superspeedway, it was the 9th race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his milestone 50th win.
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Northstar California Northstar California (previously Northstar-at-Tahoe) is a mountain resort in the western United States, located in Placer County, California, near the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe.
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South Tahoe Area Transit Authority The South Tahoe Area Transit Authority, more commonly known as BlueGO, is the primary provider of mass transportation in the Lake Tahoe region of northcentral California and northwestern Nevada. The service uniquely provides 24-hour-per-day service, with fixed routes functioning from 5:45 am to 1:45 am and flexible night owl service operating in the short remaining hours. Park and ride locations are available for intercity service in Carson City, Stateline, and Gardnerville, Nevada. The agency also operates various shuttles during peak ski season.
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Red Lake Peak Red Lake Peak (elevation 10068 ft ) is believed to be the vantage point from which John C. Fremont and Charles Preuss made the first recorded sighting of Lake Tahoe in February 1844 as Fremont's exploratory expedition made a desperate crossing of the Sierra Nevada through what is now Carson Pass on their way to obtain provisions at Sutter's Fort. The peak lies just north of the pass and generally northwest of the small lake east of the pass for which the peak is named. Lake Tahoe is visible to the north from the peak.
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Silver Lake, San Bernardino County, California Silver Lake is a town that existed near the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, six miles north of Baker, in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California.