Apr 04, 2025

The 2025 season marks the 25th anniversary of the Vintage Karting Association, the largest and oldest organization devoted to the preservation of karting’s history. Members from coast to coast, and a handful from around the world gather throughout the year at iconic kart tracks to show off their historic karts and engines, and to race […]

May 22, 2024

Lots of exciting changes are in store for competitors at this year’s Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix Presented by The Hemp Doctor, the world’s largest and most prestigious karting street race. That’s especially true for drivers winning several classes this Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 1 Last year, Cory Simpson of Simpson Motorsports in St. Louis, paid for two drivers […]

May 14, 2024

Much of the attention on the sport of karting will be focused on the state of Ohio during the June 13-15 weekend. The Superkarts! USA Pro Tour SpringNationals will be making its debut at the Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati in Batavia, OH while the historic Dart Kart Club hosts their annual Father’s Day weekend […]

Nov 23, 2022

The following is a statement from Terry Traeder of the Quincy Grand Prix and TNT Kartways made last week as EKN was covering SKUSA SuperNationals 25, announcing the cancellation of the South Park street race for 2023 and beyond. If you don’t know by now, the Quincy Grand Prix has been cancelled. I was sorry […]

Sep 23, 2021

Back in December 2020, the craze on the internet in terms of iRacing was the launch of the new Grand Prix of Long Beach circuit for the online racing platform. Situated on the shoreline of Long Beach, California, the GPLB is one of the legendary temporary circuits in North America and around the world. Now, […]

Jun 25, 2018

One of the more popular forms of karting today is vintage racing. Similar to what you see with some of the historic motorsports cars that hit circuits like Laguna Seca, Road America and even the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, karts of the past are getting rejuvenated all over the country and around the world. Racing karts […]

Jul 27, 2017

Mike Giessen has done it again. The owner of 645 Kart Restoration and former national karting champion continues to bring interesting and fast karting products back to life. Last weekend, he along with father Brian, took two vintage laydown machines to the WKA National Road Racing Series event at the Virginia International Raceway in Danville, […]

Feb 07, 2017

This past weekend was a busy one for vintage racers from coast to coast. On the west coast, the annual Riverside Vintage Kart Reunion took place for the 13th time at the Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside, California. A number of vintage racers, former national champions and historic machines took to the famed circuit. On […]

Jul 27, 2016

The Rock Island Grand Prix is set to host its 22nd event during the Labor Day festival weekend on September 3-4. Racers from all over the country and select parts of the world will converge on the Mississippi River ‘Quad Cities’ to take on the city streets in what is considered the best party on […]

Jun 09, 2016

The Vintage Karting Association (VKA) hosts many events throughout the country, providing the ‘elder’ machines of our sport to continue burning up fuel and rubber on the same circuits we race today. From California to Florida, up along the east coast and throughout the midwest, vintage racing is part of over 30 events in 2016. […]