As I sit here behind my laptop on a Monday evening, it is a different feeling for the first time since 2004. I’m not exhausted from the five-hour drive home, the two days of beating up my body from racing, or the three nights of off-track activities to celebrate the Labor Day weekend. Rather than […]
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It is that time. We have reached the halfway point of the 2026 season after celebrating the 4th of July holiday this past weekend. The karting season is entering the months when championships will be decided on the year at all levels of the sport. The midway point of the year provides us with the […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: One Push Forward
Superkarts! USA goes new direction with pushback bumper system
The pushback bumper system has been part of karting in the United States since 2017. The United States Pro Kart Series program was the first to debut the system, with Superkarts! USA following in 2018. The system introduced by the FIA and FIA Karting during the 2015 season is aimed at ‘making racing fairer by […]
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It all starts with a trip down to Indiana on October 16 and concludes on the iconic SuperSunday on November 16 in Vegas. Three road trips to three major events will come to define the 2025 season. The Big Three. Three events. Three two-cycle engine manufacturers. First on the docket is the Race Rotax RMC […]
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There is one relationship that I have had since the day I was born, and that’s been with karting. The next longest relationship, outside my family members, is eKartingNews.com. And yes, that includes my marriage. Going to the race track with my dad, who started karting in 1974, I learned about the sport by attending […]
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It is that time. We have reached the halfway point of the 2025 season after celebrating the 4th of July holiday this past weekend. The karting season is entering the months where championships will be decided on the year at all levels of the sport. The midway point of the year provides us with the […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: KZ Drivers Taking a Stand
Boycott of Dunlop tire in Valencia sparks attention ahead of FIA Karting European Championship opener
This past weekend, the Champions of the Future hosted the opening round of its Shifters 2025 program, competing at the International Kartodromo Lucas Guerrero in Valencia, Spain. The May 7-10 event welcomed 23 drivers in KZ and 53 in KZ2 category. The event served as a ‘warm-up’ for the upcoming FIA Karting European Championship race, […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: By the Numbers – 2024
How many karters are there in the USA?
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 […]
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Another 12 months has passed, recording another season of karting here in the United States and around the world. It was non-stop excitement from January to December as we prepare for what will be the start of the 2025 in just a few days. The 2024 season was historic, setting several new records over the […]
Read Full Story20 Years: David Cole and EKN
A tribute to two decades of commitment to karting
As we get set to head to Las Vegas for the 27th running of the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals, I want to take an opportunity to congratulate and thank my Managing Editor David Cole on his 20 years of commitment to eKartingNews.com, Howden Media Group, and karting as a whole. David started with my company in […]
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We have reached the halfway point of the 2024 season, now rolling through the month of July with several big events on the horizon. Championships are going to begin to be decided in the closing months at all levels of the sport. With the Olympics coming up, and the annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game […]
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As we close out the month of April, the first third of the 2024 season has been completed. In a blink of an eye, four busy months of racing have been put in the books as the warmer states in the south and along the west coast have enjoyed a packed schedule. Now that the […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: Turn the Page
Out with 2023 and into 2024
It’s one of my favorite songs of all time, and one of the best covers, all wrapped into one – ‘Turn the Page’ by Bob Segar, covered by Metallica years later. The song is about the emotional ups and downs of being on the road, something a lot of the karting industry has in common […]
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It is near the end of the 2023 season, and what a year it has been. From January to November, karting has been extremely busy with events being held every weekend all across the country. That said, the 2024 season is already here with December races launching new championship programs with the Cup Karts North […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: Howden Media Group Celebrates 25 Years
Silver anniversary for Rob Howden launching karting media company
The month of November is here, and that means it is time for the largest karting event in the world – the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals. It has been a busy two weeks in the EKN office, producing our exclusive SKUSA SuperNationals 26 Preview Series to provide you the readers with what to expect, who the […]
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It’s the halfway point of the 2023 season as we enter the month of July with a full six months of racing into the books. We now head into the second half of the year, with championships at the national, regional, and club level all to be decided in the coming months. The annual Major […]
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For each OutLap podcast on the EKN Radio Network, we have a ‘By the Numbers’ segment to discuss the entry total for the event, breaking the total down per category. In the recent show previewing the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour SpringNationals, we were talking about the numbers for X30 Junior and KA100 Junior. The latter […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: Taking the Month of May ‘Off’
US national karting gets a much-needed break for the top-tier of the sport
It’s been a quick four months since the start of the 2023 season. As soon as we get through the holidays in December, karting is quickly back in action with the annual running of the WKA Daytona KartWeek in Florida. That event has been the traditional start to what is a busy three months in […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: Make OK-N the New Pro Division
First impressions of the new engine platform established by FIA Karting
The Challenge of the Americas made history, hosting the first-ever race for the new global engine platform established by the FIA Karting – the OK-N. It has been less than a year from the day the international sanctioning body for kart racing announced this new platform to the class and engine hitting the track for […]
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Welcome to 2023 everyone! I’m excited to begin covering my 19th season of karting here in the United States and around the world. A lot has changed in the sport since the end of 2004 and the beginning of 2005 when I began my tenure as Managing Editor of EKN. Thankfully, for the most part, […]
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