Paddock Insider: 2024 Superkarts! USA Winter Series – AMR2
(Photo: EKN)
EKN’s Paddock Insider is part of our Trackside coverage, bringing you notes, updates and breaking news as it happens. The article will feature notes from trackside at the Superkarts! USA Winter Series finale weekend at the AMR Homestead-Miami Motorplex presented by MG Tires in Homestead, Florida. This is insider info will not be seen anywhere else. Be sure to follow the EKN Social Media channels – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram for more coverage throughout the weekend.
Week Five from Many Industry Members
This weekend marks the fifth straight weekend of karting in Florida for many of the karting industry members and competitors. Following the SKUSA Winter Series opener in January, many stayed at the AMR Motorplex for the ROK Cup USA Florida Winter Tour event. It was then onto Orlando Kart Center for two straight weekends at the Rotax Winter Trophy program before returning here to close out the SKUSA Winter Series. For many, the concept of racing six straight weekends – when adding the next round of the FWT next weekend – works. It does drain the early part of the calendar, keeping people away from their homes and families. With the United States Pro Kart Series not starting until April, it does help to not crowd the early quarter of 2024 with the SKUSA Pro Tour starting in March. By the time we get to May, we’ll know if the schedule was a plus, or a negative for the sport and the industry.
Ben Cruttenden Working with Parolin USA, Dupuis Making Chassis Debut
Nathan Dupuis making his debut aboard a Parolin (Photo: EKN)
Announced this week in a press release, Ben Cruttenden is now the Technical and Operations Director for Parolin USA. The British native has been working within the karting industry here in the USA for nearly 20 years. Starting the Supertune USA race team a few years ago, he will now step away from that full time with Billy McLaughlin taking over as Team Manager. He will be working alongside former SuperNationals winner Marco Maestranzi as driver coach. The focus for Cruttenden is working with new and current Parolin drivers and teams, along with developing the full size ‘Le Mans’ chassis for the USA market. Maestranzi competed on the kart at the Florida Winter Tour race here last month. And now, Junior driver Nathan Dupuis is making his debut on the Parolin chassis, racing with Supertune this weekend in both categories.
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