Aug 27, 2024

It was Labor Day weekend in 1999. I’d left my Editor-at-Large position at National Kart News in late 1998 to venture out with my own publication, Shifter Kart Illustrated. I’d only been in karting for five years, and I’d fallen in love with the gearbox discipline of the sport after attending the inaugural SuperNationals in […]

Aug 22, 2024

As I was flying to Portland yesterday morning for the final event of the 2024 USF Pro Championships schedule, I found myself motivated to get back to writing. Over the 30 years of my career in motorsports journalism, I’ve hammered out my share of words. I fondly remember when I first got my start as […]

Jul 17, 2024

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 […]

May 03, 2024

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 […]

Jan 03, 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 […]

Dec 14, 2023

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 […]

Nov 29, 2023

As this post-Thanksgiving holiday week closes in on a new weekend, I find myself working away at my desk and giving continued thanks for blessings in my professional life. Among these blessings is this opportunity that my staff and I have to work in a sport that we love, day-in and day-out. EKN is a […]

Nov 07, 2023

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 […]

Aug 24, 2023

Colorful. Controversial. Constructive. We’re entering the closing stages in the United States Pro Kart Series season and it’s certainly been eventful to this point. Despite the valleys we’ve faced so far this season, I think the peaks have more than compensated for them. It’s been an adjustment for the series as a whole to come […]

Aug 02, 2023

The following is a first-hand experience of an up-and-coming shifterkart sprint racer making his first start at a road race event. Road racing – or ‘enduro’ karting – has been part of the sport dating back to the late 50s and early 60s when the sport was evolving outside of the parking lots and purpose-built […]

Jul 26, 2023

During my first trackside coverage weekend of 2023, the opening rounds of the Superkarts! USA Winter Series, I chatted with Mike Rolison on the Thursday of the event. We looked back and reviewed my experience with his team (Rolison Performance Group) at the SuperNationals just two months prior and discussed my overall success of finishing […]

Jul 11, 2023

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 […]

Jun 16, 2023

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 […]

May 31, 2023

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 […]

Apr 06, 2023

This is the continuation of the column series by karter Tiffany Kelly, who made her first start at the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals this past November. Her first part (Imposter Syndrome) discussed the opening days of arriving to SuperNats 25 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. If you are one of those […]

Mar 01, 2023

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 […]

Feb 27, 2023

A veteran karter and former USPKS champion, column author Blake Hunt has moved into the role of head race director for the United States Pro Kart Series during the 2022 season. The North Carolina native previews the upcoming season while reflecting on the state of US karting in the present day. Another season of national […]

Feb 22, 2023

The column series Begin Again featuring writer and racer R.K. Siler continues as he reviews a great weekend of racing, one that featured him returning to the podium at a club event, proverbially getting that podium monkey off his back! It however did not come without the hard work and dedication he put in, and […]

Feb 14, 2023

I will never forget the first time I watched a YouTube video covering Superkarts! USA SuperNationals in Las Vegas. I had no idea that the event even existed until after we bought our first shifter karts, and Justin told me I should look it up. I was blown away by the intensity and magnitude of […]

Jan 17, 2023

As most people know, racing is not always sunshine and rainbows.  Besides the glorious moments of euphoria when standing on a makeshift podium, holding a priceless plastic trophy, spraying a cheap bottle of champagne, racing can be one of the most tasking endeavors anyone can undertake.  Yet, I have found that the grueling process of […]