Jul 01, 2025

Registration is now open for the 30th annual Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix, the world’s largest and most prestigious karting street race. This year’s race is August 30-31, 2025 and features classes for 2-cycle, 4-cycle, shifter and Vintage racers. Back again this year in Briggs 206 are: Briggs Heavy 1 & 2, Briggs Medium 1 […]

Jun 17, 2025

It was in 2014 that Margay Racing launched the Ignite Karting concept. A spec karting package based around the Briggs & Stratton 206 engine platform to get people off the couch and into a kart seat. The focus became about the driver, with competitors racing aboard similar equipment. The Ignite category first ran at the […]

Jun 02, 2025

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 87 of Face2Face with hosts Rob Howden and David Cole […]

Apr 22, 2025

The Spokane Kart Racing Association (SKRA), a non-profit organization dedicated to the exhilarating sport of kart racing, is excited to celebrate its 65th anniversary this year. Founded in the early 1960s, SKRA has been a cornerstone of the Spokane Valley community, providing a friendly and safe environment for families to enjoy the thrill of kart […]

Apr 16, 2025

The 2025 ProAm Karting Championship at the Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati is set to host eight rounds of racing over four weekends this season. The Batavia, Ohio facility welcomed record numbers during the 2024 program across the IAME and Briggs & Stratton platform, including shifterkarts, open to the entire karting community. The track is […]

Apr 14, 2025

There’s currently one event in United States karting that is simply unlike any other, and that’s the Quincy Grand Prix of Karting. The famed street race in Quincy, Illinois is held at a unique venue, in front of a passionate crowd, and this year is scheduled for the June 28-29 weekend, featuring two days of […]

Jan 23, 2025

eKartingNews.com is the hub of the karting world, providing you with all the latest news, insider information and race reports from events around the globe. ‘This Week In Karting’ helps to tie everything together in one weekly podcast, bringing our listeners up to speed on the most recent news in the sport. Episode 84 of […]

Jan 17, 2025

The Motorsports division at Briggs & Stratton is excited to announce new ignition coils with enhanced tech inspection features for the 2025 racing rule set. The new coils, both Senior and Junior, have proven to equal the performance of the current coils which eliminates the need for racers to change over. Aside from the coils, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Oct 23, 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 […]

Sep 10, 2024

Be careful what you say at a driver’s meeting, you just may talk yourself into buying a kart track. Concept Haulers Motor Speedway in Sheridan, Illinois – roughly 70 miles southwest of downtown Chicago – has hosted numerous national and regional karting programs over its multiple decades of history. The facility heads into a new […]

Sep 06, 2024

The 29th edition of the Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix presented by The Hemp Doctor was held over the August 31-September 1 weekend. Celebrating the Labor Day weekend, karter converged on the two-day karting street race festival in Rock Island, Illinois. A new circuit due to construction on and around the original streets welcomed nearly […]

Sep 04, 2024

As I traveled home from Rock Island on Monday afternoon, my mind raced as I unpacked two days of action from the city’s streets. I pulled out my laptop on the flight from Chicago to Toronto and hammered out a bunch of words, downloading the thoughts in my head for a new column. Below are […]

Sep 01, 2024

The 29th edition of the Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix presented by The Hemp Doctor was completed on Sunday, wrapping up two days of competition on the city streets of Rock Island, Illinois. Over Friday night, the downtown area transformed into a festival of speed, welcoming karters from coast to coast and abroad. It was […]

Aug 30, 2024

This weekend is the 29th edition of the Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix Presented by The Hemp Doctor, where the city streets of Rock Island, Illinois are transformed into a two-day karting festival over the Labor Day weekend. The event began back in 1994, and karters have been coming to the Quad Cities region for […]

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 […]

Jun 20, 2024

The following is a statement from Terry Traeder of TNT Kartways regarding the recent sale of the land the karting facility resides on. Terry Traeder has announced the sale of the TNT Kartways circuit located in West Quincy, Missouri to Good Day Farm – a medical cannabis dispensary company with 37 locations in Arkansas, Missouri, […]