Sep 24, 2025

The Cup Karts North America Grand Nationals 9 is set for this weekend at the New Castle Motorsports Park. The New Castle, Indiana facility is set to welcome over 530 entries over September 25-28 in what will be the largest karting event in North America and around the world. Nine Briggs & Stratton 206 categories […]

Sep 24, 2025

As I worked in my office back in January, I had full intentions of pulling out my gear and racing in a handful of events in 2025. All the opportunities were there. We have a race-ready Briggs 206 kart in our EKN garage at New Castle Motorsports Park, and I had plans to get down […]

Sep 05, 2025

The following is a statement from Cup Karts North America on the Grand Nationals 9 event We are pleased to announce two big sponsors for the years Grand Nationals. Odenthal Racing Products has returned to headline the event. And new for 2025, we are extremely excited to announce our new partnership with Toyota Gazoo Racing […]

Jul 10, 2025

The second edition of the Cup Karts North America Summer Nationals were held on the July 4-6 weekend. Briggs & Stratton racers celebrated the 4th of July weekend at the Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati in Batavia, Ohio, location for the second edition of the CKNA Summer Nationals. The third major CKNA event of the […]

Jan 08, 2025

The first major event of the season was a record-setting weekend as the 2025 Cup Karts North America Winter Nationals was held on January 2-4 at the 103rd Street Sports Complex. Briggs & Stratton racers rang in the New Year with a trip to the historic Jacksonville, Florida karting circuit in a special Thursday through […]

Jan 06, 2025

Hello 2025, and welcome to what is expected to be another exciting year of karting here in the United States and around the world. We’re all back into the EKN office full-time after the Christmas and New Year breaks, and we’re gearing up for what will be another busy opening three months of the season […]

Dec 23, 2024

eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network – Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook and YouTube, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week radio station. Episode 83 of Face2Face continues with EKN previewing the upcoming events […]

Nov 25, 2024

In a continued effort to highlight the many outstanding performances by drivers around the country, eKartingNews.com is proud to introduce the ‘Driver of the Month’ program. Each month, the staff at EKN will determine the one driver who stood out above the rest and give the viewers a chance to know exactly what they accomplished […]

Oct 18, 2024

The Cup Karts North America Grand Nationals 8 became the biggest karting event in the modern era of karting – welcoming 585 entries in nine categories – powered by Briggs & Stratton 206 engines. The October 10-13 event at the New Castle Motorsports Park set another event record for entries, while also changing up the […]

Oct 13, 2024

The Cup Karts North America Grand Nationals 8 set a new benchmark for karting in the United States and around the world. Roughly 600 entries converged on the New Castle Motorsports Park from all over the globe to compete in the nine Briggs & Stratton 206 categories, featuring over 500 drivers from ages 5 to […]

Oct 10, 2024

The EKN Trackside Live program visits multiple events throughout the karting season. Leading up to major events on the calendar, EKN is happy to provide a show as part of the EKN Radio Network. The EKN OutLap is a preview podcast show, geared at providing you the top stories, breaking news, and championship battles going […]

Oct 09, 2024

The Cup Karts North America Grand Nationals 8 is set for a record breaking weekend at the New Castle Motorsports Park. The New Castle, Indiana facility is set to welcome 627 entries over October 10-13 in what will be the largest karting event in North America and around the world. Nine Briggs & Stratton 206 […]

Sep 25, 2024

It’s hard to discount the stability that major events provide to our sport. Over the last 68 years, long-running national races have brought our community together like no other.  The United States is massive in terms of geography, but even so, major annual events have always been able to attract racers from coast-to-coast, and all […]

Aug 05, 2024

EKN has learned that the management at New Castle Motorsports Park is moving forward with two exciting endurance events to be held toward the end of the 2024 season. The New Castle, Indiana facility has confirmed that they have a 2-Cycle endurance event scheduled for the October 4-6 weekend with a headline 200-lap race set […]

Jun 26, 2024

The third major event for the Cup Karts North America program was the inaugural running of the CKNA Summer Nationals. Roughly 250 entries gathered over the June 21-23 weekend at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Pennsylvania facility for the first ever Summer Nationals. Paired with the Winter Nationals this past December and the […]

May 22, 2024

Lots of exciting changes are in store for competitors at this year’s Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix Presented by The Hemp Doctor, the world’s largest and most prestigious karting street race. That’s especially true for drivers winning several classes this Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 1 Last year, Cory Simpson of Simpson Motorsports in St. Louis, paid for two drivers […]

Apr 03, 2024

The opening quarter of the 2024 calendar has proven to be very successful for the Cup Karts North America program, and this positivity is focused on the continuing growth of the Cup Karts South program and another incredibly well-attended Spring Nationals at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in March. We sat down with Cup Karts South […]

Mar 20, 2024

Big news coming from Florida as the Cup Karts North America South Division has confirmed a move of the series finale to the Daytona International Speedway. The event scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend – May 24-26 – inside the famed Daytona Beach, Florida facility. This is among the first events outside a WKA Daytona KartWeek […]

Mar 07, 2024

The second major event for the Cup Karts North America program was hosted this weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway where a record setting 463 entries filled up the nine classes for this year’s CKNA Spring Nationals presented by Odenthal Racing Products. That number was just 22 entries shy of the record for a CKNA […]

Jan 22, 2024

One of the more successful chassis brands in Cup Karts North America competition is returning with a full race team in 2024. Nitro Kart is launching an official race team for the remaining CKNA South Division events in addition to the organization’s special events this season – including the Spring Nationals, Summer Nationals and CKNA […]