Aug 06, 2020

Unfortunately the 2020 Quincy Grand Prix will be cancelled. The race was moved from its original date of June 13-14 to October 10-11 in hopes the Covid danger would have passed. The Grand Prix race committee felt in the best interest of safety for the spectators and competitors, the race should not be held. The […]

Aug 05, 2020

Trinity Karting Group is taking on the 2020 season with full steam. Since the end of May, the race team has been traveling around to regional and national events, including the Stars Championship Series, United States Pro Kart Series and the recent USAC Karting Battle at the Brickyard. Victories and podiums across the board have […]

Aug 05, 2020

Solo Kart USA has confirmed two new drivers in the X30 Senior class for this weekend’s SKUSA Pro Tour SummerNationals at New Castle Motorsports Park in Indiana. SKUSA Pro Tour National #3 plateholder Trey Brown and former WKA champion Jake Heavlow will be under the team tent for the coming two weekends of tripleheader action. […]

Aug 04, 2020

Dear PRI Exhibitors and Attendees, Thank you for your continued interest and support of the PRI Trade Show. I have been attending the PRI Show for over 20 years, but there has never been a year like this. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit all aspects of American life, including the racing industry. […]

Aug 03, 2020

Nine Road Racers were double winners last Saturday and Sunday at Nelson Ledges Race Circuit a two-mile paved road race circuit celebrating it’s 40th year recently.  The historic 19-turn course, built in 1958, features long sweeping turns with plenty of racing room leading to a tight challenging carrousel. Originally the track was only half the current, size. […]

Jul 29, 2020

The three race Rotax northeastern regional Stars & Stripes Trophy series entry link is now open! Coming quickly, round one will take place in upstate New York at Lafayette Motorsports Park on August 20-21.  With regional excitement heightened, the series will offer the championship winner in both Sr. Max and Masters Max a ticket to […]

Jul 23, 2020

The racing schedule is full for the Leading Edge Motorsports operation this summer, coming off two weekends of competing at two different programs. Greg Bell’s LEM operation visited the Santa Maria Karting Association facility on July 10-12 for the Superkarts! USA California ProKart Challenge. The following weekend on July 17-19, the team traveled to Sonoma […]

Jul 22, 2020

Performance Racing Industry (PRI) has relaunched its website, PerformanceRacing.com, to better serve the racing industry. The new site enables visitors to easily access information about PRI’s latest industry efforts and resources, the annual PRI Trade Show, and its monthly publication PRI Magazine. “It was critical for us to update the PRI website in order to […]

Jul 21, 2020

This season has become the real challenge for us, however from the outlook and optimism from our teams and drivers we are excited to embrace these difficulties. With event conflicts becoming a daily occurrence and the ever changing procedures and restrictions in these difficult times, we are adapting. As with our first round at Pitt […]

Jul 21, 2020

American chassis brands for sprint karting can be counted on one hand. While the sport was invented in California back in 1956, karting is a worldwide pastime and technology continues to evolve from decade to decade. One of the most unique developers of our time was John Martin of iKart. Sadly, Martin passed away on […]

Jul 15, 2020

After a strong program in 2019 that saw numbers increase from year to year, ROK Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru was expecting an even better 2020. Enter COVID-19 and the shutdown of any organized event. A delay that pushed the first event from March back to July, ROK Sonoma, their customers, teams and competitors have finally […]

Jul 15, 2020

Due to the pandemic-driven changes to racing schedules around the world, the A-Maxx Racing WKA Summer eSports Series Presented by Summit Racing Equipment is shifting dates to accommodate the racer. With WKA competitors expressing concerns that they would be traveling to kart races for the first event in the Summer eSports Series, a minor adjustment […]

Jul 14, 2020

The post-lockdown calendar includes successive races in the second half of the season. Just a week after the end of the WSK Super Master Series, the WSK Euro Series has started at Sarno. Birel ART confirmed the performance of the chassis made in Lissone with the superb victory by Riccardo Longhi in KZ2, accompanied by […]

Jul 10, 2020

The 11th episode of the ‘Happy Hour with Howden’ dates back 14 years ago. The EKN Radio Network dives into the ARCHIVES from July 8, 2006 as EKN was trackside for the Stars of Karting event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Saturday evening, the duo sat down in the hotel lobby following […]

Jul 09, 2020

The EKN Radio Network continues to dive into the ARCHIVES for the ‘Happy Hour with Howden’ podcast. This episode takes us back to the start of the 2006 season, as the EKN crew attended the KMI Kart Show Expo in St. Charles, Illinois. A number of industry members and karters from all over North America […]

Jul 08, 2020

The social distancing movement is underway, and during this time for the absence of racing, eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network – Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week […]

Jul 07, 2020

The ARCHIVES of the EKN Radio Network continue has we present you with the third ever ‘Happy Hour with Howden’ show. Taped at the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals IX, join HMG owner Rob Howden, Super Kart Illustrated Editor Tim Blaney and EKN Managing Editor David Cole on the front stretch of the SuperNats circuit outside Sam […]

Jul 06, 2020

The ARCHIVES of the EKN Radio Network have been opened up to provide you the opportunity to hear stories and news of the past through the ‘Happy Hour with Howden’ show. The first ever taped episode took place on October 15, 2005 during the Stars of Karting event at the Iron Rock Raceway in Austin, […]

Jul 01, 2020

Keeping up with the changing times in our world, the World Karting Association is pleased to announce the A-Maxx Racing WKA Summer eSports Series Presented by Summit Racing Equipment. Set to go green on July 22, the second edition of the WKA eSports Series will make stops at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Mid-Ohio Sports Car […]

Jun 30, 2020

After a difficult start to the 2020 year, America and the sport of karting has begun to retake some normality with racing officially beginning to take shape. J3 Competition is pleased to announce its rescheduled northeast Rotax regional Stars & Stripes Trophy program.  The three-race format which is highlighted with a single practice day and […]