Nov 02, 2021

With a two-day event weekend slated to close the 2021 ROK Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru Championships, ROKKERs took on the famed Sonoma Raceway in a double event weekend. With weather wreaking havoc on the weekend, series officials elected to change the event format to run two main events in one day, forgoing the heat races, […]

Oct 18, 2021

The international show of the ROK Cup Superfinal is again protagonist at the South Garda Karting of Lonato for the 2021 edition. A lot of emotions at the track from Tuesday 12th October, the day of the first free practices, to Saturday 16th, the final appointment with the finals, for the 311 enties (coming from […]

Sep 27, 2021

The 15th season of FTK Promotions’ Challenge of the Americas series is just around the corner as the 2022 winter season is drawing closer. When the international west coast winter series begins this coming January, it will be celebrating not only the 15th year of the program, but the fifth season under the ROK Cup […]

Sep 21, 2021

With round seven of the 2021 ROK Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru now in the books, only two events remain to crown the series champions this season. Round seven saw big entry numbers as entry levels have been steadily maintained or growing throughout the year, which is a sign of progress and commitment to the ROK […]

Sep 10, 2021

With the sixth event of the 2021 ROK Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru now in the books, championship battles have begun to shape. With several drivers picking up multiple wins this season, some points battles are close, while others are runaways with only a third of the season remaining. “We are racing through the season with […]

Sep 03, 2021

Following posts to social media yesterday, and the arrival of the official announcement to the EKN NewsDesk today, we can confirm that K1 Speed has finally begun construction of the new CIK-FIA track that has long been rumored for Southern California. The region is hungry for a new top-level karting facility, so this is extremely […]

Aug 26, 2021

The California ROK Championship is set to conclude its third season with the series finale scheduled for the September 11-12 at the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. The series, along with Challenge of the Americas program in the winter time, have welcomed record numbers in 2021. The California summer series branched out this year, similar […]

Jul 29, 2021

When the event was announced in December of last year, racers from up and down the West Coast penciled the race onto their 2021 calendars. This past weekend, the California ROK Championship ventured north to Pat’s Acres Racing Complex in Canby, Oregon to host a race that would introduce the growing program to the Pacific […]

Jul 27, 2021

It was another terrific weekend of competition at the ROK Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru as ROKKERS completed their fifth event of the nine-race season. Now past the halfway point, championship battles have begun to form in each of the classes offered as the growing program now shifts their focus to the next event in one […]

Jul 16, 2021

As the exclusive karting event taking place at Caesars Entertainment event lots located behind Paris, Planet Hollywood and Bally’s, ROK Cup Promotions is pleased to announce room blocks at all three locations. Moving from the RIO All-Suites Hotel and Casino to a central location on the Las Vegas Strip, ROKKERS can enjoy the wheel-to-wheel racing, […]

Jul 09, 2021

The 2022 season marks the 15th anniversary of the inaugural year of the premier west coast winter series – the Challenge of the Americas. The international program began in 2008, then under the Rotax Max Challenge banner, which was the engine platform until 2018 when COTA transitioned to the ROK Cup format. Over the last […]

Jun 23, 2021

It was another successful weekend for the ROK Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru program. Along with drivers competing in the CRC Championship this event had one of the largest grids of the season, competitors raced under picturesque skies and Chamber of Commerce weather. As the season continues on, championship battles are shaping up as the season […]

Jun 11, 2021

With Eni Oil becoming a partner in ROK Cup competition, the growing energy company will now be the official oil supplier for ROK Cup events around the world. Set to make their North American karting debut in September, the Eni line of products is in stock and available now from ROK Cup USA. “We welcome […]

Jun 04, 2021

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 radio station. The summer season is upon us as we are nearing the end of […]

Jun 04, 2021

With a successful first round to the ROK Cup Florida now behind them, series promoters are enhancing the prize fund for the second event on July 25th. Taking place at the Orlando Kart Center in Orlando, Florida, ROKKERS will be racing for ROK Cup Superfinal tickets, ROK Vegas invitations and Florida Winter Tour registration packages […]

May 26, 2021

Confirming today, ROK Cup Promotions has announced that the ROK Fest East event at NOLA Motorsports Park has been canceled. Citing lack of interest and entries for the East Coast event, series officials are shifting their focus to the ROK Fest West and ROK Vegas events later this season. “Unfortunately, we need to cancel the […]

May 20, 2021

It was a new race weekend and a new set of winners at this past weekend’s ROK Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru. Taking place on the karting track at the famed Sonoma Raceway, numbers continued to climb for the West Coast ROK program as the series has now completed the first third of their nine race […]

May 07, 2021

The California ROK Championship is getting underway this weekend (May 7-8) with a two-day event at the Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Buttonwillow, California. ‘ROKkers’ from all over the west coast are enjoying the opening round of the third championship season. The program was scheduled to be a five event, six-round season in 2021, however, series […]

Apr 30, 2021

Defying all the odds and completing their ROK the RIO event during a global pandemic in 2020, ROK Cup Promotions is upping the ante for the 2021 edition of the event. Set to take place as originally planned from November 3-7, 2021, the prestigious Las Vegas event will move to the Las Vegas Strip and […]

Apr 29, 2021

Some weekends drivers just seem to have it all together. Everything falls their way and things can’t go wrong. At the second round of ROK Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru, this is exactly what happened for Christian Cameron and Hunter Pickett as they dominated their respective classes sweeping every official on track session. With close wheel-to-wheel […]