Sep 22, 2020

The Texas Sprint Racing Series program closed out the 2020 season on September 11-13, hosting its fifth and final round at the Speedsportz Racing Park in New Caney, Texas. The COVID-19 pandemic shuffled up the season’s events following the opening ‘Winter Warm-up’ round at NOLA Motorsport in New Orleans in early March, as the April […]

Sep 21, 2020

The 16th season for the ProKart Challenge is set to conclude this weekend at the Buttonwillow Raceway Park. The 2020 championship chase began at the Buttonwillow, California facility at the end of February, before COVID-19 sent the series, the entire country, and the world into what has been a unique and very challenging year. The […]

Sep 19, 2020

The 2020 Capri Tools US Rotax Grand Nationals was completed on Saturday inside the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The third and final day of on-track action in Concord, North Carolina saw cooler temperatures and strong winds blowing throughout the day. No threat of rain throughout the day allowed for competitors to focus on the mission at […]

Sep 18, 2020

The first wheel-to-wheel racing laps were conducted on Friday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 2020 Capri Tools US Rotax Grand Nationals. Official practice day on Thursday was cut short after two sessions due to the amount of rain dropped on the Concord, North Carolina facility due to the progression of Tropical Storm Sally. […]

Sep 18, 2020

Earlier this month, an announcement was made detailing a new annual event at Speedsportz Racing Park in Houston, Texas set for the October 2-4 weekend. Veteran karting instructor and championship-winning driver Alan Rudolph added this new race – the SuperNats Shootout – to the calendar at his facility and, working in conjunction with Superkarts! USA, […]

Sep 17, 2020

Today’s date – September 17, 2020 – marks the 20th anniversary of the day that the electronic doors opened at eKartingNews.com. It was during the 2000 Superkarts! USA World Finals in Norman, Oklahoma that EKN was born. Yes, current EKN Publisher Rob Howden was trackside announcing the event, but he was there with Shifter Kart […]

Sep 16, 2020

A bit of history will take place September 17-19 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The US Rotax Grand Nationals are back, now under the guidance of J3 Competition – the northern distributor for Rotax products. Taking over in 2019, J3 hosted a pair of events to promote the Rotax powerplant and products with the Stars […]

Sep 15, 2020

Breaking overnight, Superkarts! USA confirmed the SKUSA SuperNationals 24 is cancelled in Las Vegas. Since the SKUSA Pro Tour Summer Festival event in New Castle at the beginning of August, there has been speculation and rumors roaming around the future of the SuperNationals event at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas due […]

Sep 14, 2020

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 […]

Sep 14, 2020

The third and last day of the FIA Karting European Championships – OK & Junior at Wackersdorf kept the tension up to the end of the Finals with incessant clashes between all participants. The suspense remained high throughout the competition before Ugo Ugochukwu (USA) and Andrea Kimi Antonelli (ITA) were crowned in Junior and OK […]

Sep 09, 2020

A special piece of karting’s history in North America is located in West Quincy, Missouri and it’s receiving a facelift. TNT Kartways is one of the most iconic circuits in US karting, and has hosted countless major events during its decades of operation. Many refer to the facility as simply ‘Quincy’, as the Illinois city […]

Sep 08, 2020

In perfect weather conditions, the last day of the Genk competition offered a high quality show to the fans of close racing from all over the world. In the FIA Karting European Championship – KZ, Stan Pex won the Final in front of Marijn Kremers who took the title. In the FIA Karting European Championship […]

Sep 06, 2020

The second half of the 2020 United States Pro Kart Series is underway with Round Four contested Sunday at the CTECH Manufacturing Motorplex. The Badger State Grand Prix wrapped up at Road America with another perfect day for racing. Rain was forecasted all day at the Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin facility. The sun broke through the […]

Sep 05, 2020

The first day of competition at the 2020 United States Pro Kart Series Badger State Grand Prix was completed on Saturday in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The CTECH Manufacturing Motorplex at Road America is hosting the second event this weekend as over 170 entries are battling in the seven IAME categories. Weather was perfect all day […]

Sep 04, 2020

EKN’s Paddock Insider is part of our Trackside coverage, bringing you notes, updates and breaking news as it happens. The article will feature notes from trackside at the 2020 United States Pro Kart Series Badger State Grand Prix from the CTECH Manufacturing Motorplex at Road America. EKN Managing Editor David Cole is trackside in Elkhart […]

Sep 03, 2020

The 2020 United States Pro Kart Series presented by MG Tires and IAME USA continues this weekend with the third and fourth rounds set to be contested at the CTECH Manufacturing Motorplex at Road America. The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted this year’s calendar for the USPKS, moving from March to July and not July to […]

Sep 01, 2020

The last three months have seen a lot of karting since the COVID-19 pandemic put racing on pause. Club programs began the return to racing, with regional and national events following. With racing back, so is the EKN TaG Driver Rankings as we release the first standings since February. A number of events across the […]

Sep 01, 2020

The Pro Briggs 206 category is set to run alongside the Rotax categories at the 2020 US Rotax Grand Nationals!  The popular 4-cycle category will run on the same Charlotte Motor Speedway circuit for a cash purse with $1,000 going to the WINNER! The class will run over the three days of action with unprecedented […]

Aug 31, 2020

To say the 2020 karting season has been unique is an understatement. The COVID-19 pandemic halted racing, and along with that, delayed the progress of the eKartingNews.com Driver Rankings. Racing resumed at the beginning of June and programs around the country adjusted their calendars to fit in all the racing that was originally scheduled. Fresh […]

Aug 31, 2020

There’s no doubt that Speedsportz Racing Park in Houston is the finest track in the country that has yet to hold a major national event. Alan Rudolph’s incredible two-track facility has hosted many regional series events since its debut, including the Texas Sprint Racing Series and the former Texas ProKart Challenge, and to start the […]