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Less than a week away, SwedeTech will travel to Willow Springs to support customers at the second round of the California ProKart Challenge.  SwedeTech customers had a very strong showing at the first round event in Buttonwillow. S1 driver, Jimmy McNeil is tied for second place points after a strong opening round.  Cody Hodgson and […]

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February 1-2, 2013, Team Mike Manning Karting made their official 2013 season debut at the opening round of SKUSA Pro Kart Challenge California, held at ButtonwillowRacewayPark. Team MMK had a stacked line-up of six drivers in the TAG Masters division, as well as three drivers participating in the TAG Senior category. MMK started the year […]

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New Can-Am Series Forms Partnership with Superkarts! USA

Program to offer Rotax Max Challenge and SKUSA categories, announces 2013 schedule

Feb 22, 2013
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In late January, industry member and veteran racer Mike Rolison announced a new Rotax Max Challenge series to cater toward Canadian and United States racers along the northern west coast area. As the building blocks formed the series, the opportunity to expand the series to more racers presented itself to Rolison. With that, the Can-Am […]

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MAXSpeed Group Determines First Spots Available for Mini & Micro Invitational

Florida Winter Tour and Challenge of the Americas to Award First Micro & Mini Invitational Invitations

Feb 22, 2013
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This November 13-16, the Micro MAX and Mini MAX categories will have their own championship event to be run alongside the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals at the spectacular NOLAMotorsportsPark, just outside of New Orleans, LA. The announcement of this event created a lot of excitement within the Rotax community. It also created a lot […]

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VemmeKart principle, Vince Mandarino, is extremely excited to announce their recent expansion into South America! “We are very pleased to announce the implementation of a South American importer. We were contacted a while back from a group in Argentina with a clear vision of success who wasted no time in ordering material. Once they received the […]

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Feb 22, 2013
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For the first time in its 14-year history, BRP’s Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals (RMCGF) will take place on the United States mainland. From November 13 to 16, 2013, winners of the Rotax MAX Challenge series around the world will gather in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. at the NOLA Motorsports Park. “New Orleans will host […]

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LAKC Primed for Big Season Opener at CalSpeed

Increased purses and prizes supported by improved partnerships for 2013

Feb 21, 2013
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SoCal karting will be pushed into high gear this weekend as the kickoff for the 2013 Los Angeles Karting Championship season takes center stage. The program begins its 27th year on Sunday and will once again make its home at the CalSpeed Karting track, which is located outside of Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. […]

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Rotax Challenge of the Americas to Award Tickets to Rotax Grand Finals for Micro and Mini Max

Series finale to award two tickets to North American invitational event in support of world championships

Feb 21, 2013
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The Rotax Challenge of the Americas is preparing for the final two rounds of the 2013 season, set for the CalSpeed Karting circuit in Fontana, California on March 8-10. Four tickets to the Rotax Grand Finals – set for the NOLA Motorsports Park in New Orleans this November – will be awarded to the series […]

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Rocky Mountain ProKart Challenge Announces 2013 Schedule

Superkarts! USA regional program to host seven rounds of racing at four facilities

Feb 21, 2013
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The Rocky Mountain area has experienced growth in the sport of karting, thanks in part to a strong core of racers, popular facilities, and hosting the SKUSA Pro Tour SummerNationals for the past two season. Superkarts! USA is always looking to improve, while also providing the most exciting and customer-friendly race weekends to provide the […]

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Team News: PSL Karting Heads to Homestead for More Florida Winter Tour Action

Second stop of the tour will see 13 PSL Karting drivers on track

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After taking both feature wins in the Rotax DD2 class with reigning World Champion Cristiano Morgado in West Palm Beach, Team PSL Karting will be back in action this weekend looking for more race wins and podiums. Heading to the Homestead Karting Complex for rounds three and four of the 2013 Formula Kart Productions Florida […]

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Team News: SH Karting and Zanardi Kart Set for Florida Winter Tour Homestead Event

Steven Szigeti, Derek Michaud and Thomas Nepveu to pilot SH/Zanardi packages in South Florida

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SH Karting, the exclusive Canadian importer and distributor of the Zanardi Kart chassis line, is set to take on more Rotax racing this coming weekend in Homestead, Florida. After starting off their 2013 campaign at the opening weekend of the Formula Kart Productions Florida Winter Tour (FWT) back in January at the Palm Beach International […]

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PSL Karting is pleased to announce the World Champion Racing School at NOLA Motorsports Park April 6 & 7, 2013. A North American first, the two-day school will be led by two-time Rotax DD2 World Champion and Team PSL Karting driver Pier-Luc Ouellette and the entire PSL team. The school will focus on theory, practices, […]

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PROgression: Luke Johnson Signs with Isringhausen Motorsports for 2013 Season

18-year-old Lukas Johnson set to help defend ITC Team Championship for team

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Isringhausen Motorsports announces the signing of 18 year old Lukas Johnson from Minneapolis to drive for the team in 2013 as they look to defend their 2012 Intercontinental Trophy Cup (ITC) Series Championship presented by Avitus Group. Piloting one of the Isringhausen Porsche Cayman’s for the upcoming season is a natural progression for Johnson who, […]

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Lone Star Grand Prix Building Excitement with Move to Lockhart, Texas

Second edition of event welcoming plentiful support from city and industry partners for March 2-3

Feb 21, 2013
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Street racing is a rare form of motorsports across the country and around the world. Monaco, Singapore, Long Beach and Le Mans – all have their own history, uniqueness and glamour that make them a unique destination for motor racing. Karts on a street circuit have been taking place for many years, and always sparks […]

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With the excellent speed shown with the quickly rising Vemme chassis, the “Road to the Rio” program is showing results already! Team Vemme is very excited to announce a new addition to the team in Kevin Manning who will be contesting TaG Master at the next ProKart Challenge California race at Willow Springs kart track […]

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Driver News: Anthony Gangi Jr. Continues Dominance in Florida Winter Tour TaG Cadet Action

Young gun takes both final victories, now prepares for Rotax weekend

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Rising star Anthony Gangi Jr. continued his dominance in the Vortex TaG Cadet class this past weekend at the second round of the Formula Kart Productions Florida Winter Tour (FWT). Taking to the Homestead Karting Complex, located on the grounds of the Homestead-Miami Speedway, the GT7/Tony Kart pilot now has all four TaG Cadet feature […]

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ART Grand Prix America entered ten drivers over the last two weeks, with four taking part in this winter’s second round of the Challenge of the Americas championship and six in the opening race of the Tri-C Karters season. The Challenge of the Americas event took place at the challenging Formula K Raceway in Phoenix, […]

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eKartingNews.com United States Rotax Driver Rankings – 2012 Final Standings – Junior Max

Team USA driver Askew earns top spot in Driver Rankings from popular North Florida program

Feb 20, 2013
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The 2012 season signaled a partnership between MAXSpeed and eKartingNews.com, bringing about new article series focused on the promotion of the United States Rotax Max Challenge program. Among that was the addition of the eKartingNews.com United States Rotax Driver Rankings. Taking over the USRMC National Point Standings, EKN combined that system with its own ‘Driver […]

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The SIMA Winter Series kicked off with a bang in Sumas, WA and set the bar high for future Winter Series races. The non-stop Pacific Northwest rain relented for the February 2nd event and gave way to sunshine and warm weather. The series continues to grow with 60 entrants in the season opener, the highest […]

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The K1 RaceGear Team is proud to announce that they will be sponsoring Alan Rudolph. Alan is well known and respected racer from karting to open wheel formula cars. He is a multi-time national karting champion, known for his dominance in shifter karting and winning the “King of the Steet” title 5 times. Alan has […]

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