Dec 11, 2014

The World Karting Association staff, officials, racers, teams and industry supporters around the country are busy preparing for what looks to be a great 2014 version of WKA Daytona KartWeek at the famed Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Pre-registrations, parking, RV and garage reservations are filing into the WKA office on a daily […]

Nov 28, 2014

WKA is pleased to announced that with the help of sponsorship the X30 Senior division will become a “Pro” class at Daytona’s Margay Sprint Championships and through the remainder of the 2015 Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series. Pro X30 Senior will pay $1,000 to win, $500 to second place and a set of Bridgestone […]

Nov 20, 2014

Rick Dresang submitted his official resignation as World Karting Association president on Friday, November 14. Included with Dresang’s resignation was the resignation of former WKA Chief Operating Officer Van Gilder. John Ferris, of New Jersey, former WKA 2-Cycle Vice President, was voted in by Board of Trustees to assume the role of president of the […]

World Karting Association officials have recognized the concern some members have expressed regarding the increase in price to enter two or more classes at 2015 Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series events, beginning with the Margay Sprint Championships December 27-30 at Daytona International Speedway. WKA officials have implemented a $25.00 discount per class when entering […]

Pre-registration is currently open for the 2015 WKA Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series season opener December 27-30 at Daytona International Speedway. Click HERE to download the Margay Sprint Championships entry form. The new Man. Cup Series class structure features some changes as well as many classes remaining intact with identical rules from the 2014 […]

Nov 04, 2014

The pre-entry form for the December 27-30, 2014 Margay Sprint Championships at the Daytona International Speedway Sprint Track is now posted on WorldKarting.com. Click HERE to download the Margay Sprint Championships entry blank. This year’s WKA Sprint Championships will kick off the 2015 Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series in style with the all-new, exciting format […]

Oct 31, 2014

Vega Tire adds bonus for enduro racers. In an unprecedented announcement today, VegaUSA is increasing support for the WKA National Road Racing Series by adding contingency awards of over $20,000. Starting with the December 2014 event at Daytona International Speedway and continuing for the entire 2015 season, Sunday (second day) race winners will be eligible […]

Oct 31, 2014

The entry blank for the 2014 Daytona Road Race Championships is now posted on WorldKarting.com. Click HERE to download the Road Race Championships entry form. The biggest enduro-style karting event of the year will go off this December 27-30 at the World Center of Racing, where karts have been racing nearly every holiday season since the […]

Oct 24, 2014

The World Karting Association and Simpson Performance Products are proud to announce a renewed partnership that returns Simpson to the national karting scene as a major backer of WKA national series racing in the final months of 2014 and into the new 2015 season. Simpson – the leading manufacturer of safety equipment for the motorsports […]

Always looking to support the karting industry as well as the World Karting Association (WKA) Manufacturers Cup program, Grand Products, importer of the Top Kart and Comer product lines, and Comer Spa will put a major effort behind a new WKA Rookie Comer class. With unprecedented weekend and championship awards, the new division will be […]

Oct 23, 2014

Attention IAME Competitors, IAME USA East is pleased to announce that the World Karting Association has approved the change to move from the Tryton carburetor to the Tillotson HW-27A carburetor on the IAME X30 engine effective for Daytona this December. This will be a straight up exchange that will be completely “FREE OF CHARGE” for […]

Oct 15, 2014

The RLV Tuned Exhaust Products Gold Cup Series will close the 2014 WKA national season this weekend with the GT Machine Grand Nationals at Carolina Motorsports Park’s 0.7-mile sprint course, located in Kershaw, South Carolina. Picture perfect weather is predicted for the Carolinas this weekend, and for the second consecutive year it looks as though […]

Oct 08, 2014

The WKA Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series closed out its 2014 season this past weekend at New Castle Motorsports Park, where cold temperatures challenged racers and teams throughout the three-day event. Despite rain Friday and the threat of more wet weather Saturday and Sunday, all qualifying, pre-finals and finals ran in the dry on […]

Oct 02, 2014

The 2014 Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series will come to a close this weekend at New Castle Motorsports Park, where national championships will be decided for the Man Cup’s 12 points divisions at the McLaughlin Motorsports Nationals. This weekend will mark the series’ second stop at New Castle in 2014. The Man Cup Series […]

Sep 26, 2014

We’re less than one month away from the 2014 WKA RLV Tuned Exhaust Products Gold Cup Series season closer this October 17-19 at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, S.C., where the GT Machine Grand Nationals will take center stage in the 4-cycle sprint karting world. Next month’s Gold Cup Grand Nationals will mark the series’ […]

Sep 11, 2014

Three teams – the American Kart Racing Association (AKRA), the World Karting Association (WKA) and Unilli Tires – are unifying to bring karters the best and most prestigious Daytona Dirt World Championships in recent memory. This year’s Daytona Dirt event – set to take place December 27-29 at the quarter-mile Flat Track at Daytona International […]

Aug 13, 2014

Indiana‘s Zach Holden and Ohio’s John Paul Southern Jr. led the way this past weekend at the Top Kart USA Nationals, round four of the 2014 WKA Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series at New Castle Motorsports Park’s Iron Man Course. Holden, who entered the weekend as one of the few drivers with a lot […]

Aug 12, 2014

The World Karting Association Board of Trustees has approved a 12-class structure and brand-new weekend race format for the 2015 Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series, which will open December 27-30 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Next year’s Man Cup Series has 12 classes on the docket that includes a couple new […]

Aug 07, 2014

The fourth round of the 2014 WKA Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series is set for this weekend at New Castle Motorsports Park in New Castle, Indiana, a venue very familiar to Man Cup racers over the last decade. While the venue is a consistent one for WKA’s national 2-cycle sprint series, the course layout […]

Aug 06, 2014

A special Senior LO206 Shootout race has been added to the weekend schedule at the August 15-17 Van-K Wheels / MGM Chassis Gold Cup Nationals at Michiana Raceway Park near South Bend, Indiana. The race will take place Saturday, August 16, after the national points class feature races have concluded. The LO206 Shootout will pay […]