The 2014 season has been a breakout season for the young Austin Versteeg. The 15-year old is finishing his final year in the Junior category, coming away with some prestigious hardware in the process. This past April, the Rolison Performance Group driver secured the Rotax Challenge of the Americas title with a victory in Sonoma, […]

Aug 26, 2014

It’s getting very tense amongst the drivers and teams at the top of the points standings with only one round after this. Every point possible is needed to count in these ABkC National Championships and a couple of appeals were heard against penalties, often for alleged blocking during the finals.  Luckily the weather was good […]

  Coming off his huge victory at the Cold Stone US Grand Nationals in mid-July, Dylan Tavella would recently claim two additional championship titles. Adding 2014 United States Pro Kart Series (USPKS) Mini ROK and Yamaha Cadet champion, along with numerous podium results and race wins to his already stout resume, the young and talented […]

After a successful SKUSA Springnationals, PR Engines powered drivers to three podiums and headed to Modesto with momentum. The SKUSA Summernationals would be historic as it would the first Pro Tour event held on a street course. With a successful history in street racing, PR Engines would be the power of choice for six drivers […]

Aug 26, 2014

The 2014 Rotax Can-Am ProKart Challenge came to an end during the third weekend of August, taking racers north of the United States/Canada border for the first time in 2014. The historic Greg Moore Raceway in British Columbia was the site of the August 15-17, hosting the final two rounds of the four-race weekend season. […]

Aug 25, 2014

K1 RaceGear, considered one of the industry’s top custom safety apparel companies, is now the official safety gear supplier for the 2014 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals (RMCGF). K1 RaceGear will offer three different packages to the 288 drivers and their teams for the more than 50 countries competing in this year’s RMCGF. In years […]

Checkered Motorsports has once again showed their dominance in the United States Pro Kart Series.  The Ohio based team tallied up four podiums, a pole, a victory, and ultimately securing the national title in Leopard Pro. All eyes were set on AJ Myers going into the final round of the series.  With a mere 50 […]

Aug 25, 2014

On December 15, 2012, Trey Shannon scribbled his name into the record books for the second time, establishing an initial bench mark for the Guinness World Record for distance traveled by a solo karting driver on an indoor circuit in 24 hours with a total distance of 312 miles. In February of this year, Australia’s […]

The 2014 Rotax Can-Am Pro Kart Challenge came to a conclusion this past weekend just over the border in Chilliwack, B.C. Canada.  The Can-Am Challenge hosts 8 rounds at four tracks across the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada with the champions of Junior Max, Senior Max, and DD2 being awarded a Rotax World Finals ticket.  […]

Looking to continue Top results in the opening rounds at the highly contested SKUSA Pro Tour.  High Rev Engineering Powered Drivers were poised to race Rounds 3 and 4 on the Inaugural Streets of Modesto Course.  Temporary circuits are difficult. All drivers have equal opportunity and time to master the course. But to finish on […]

Aug 25, 2014

Highly experienced racer Kris Walton was chosen to be part of the testing team that evaluated the new Pathway engines over the past few months. As announced in last week’s Whole of Sport Review, Karting Australia will introduce a pair of Pathway engines – the IAME 100cc Reedjet and Vortex 60cc Mini RoK. Walton, a […]

A record-breaking GoPro Motorplex Karting Challenge doubleheader weekend is in the books following Round Six today with a total of 180 entries in 14 different divisions for two rounds of racing. Today’s Round Six Winners: Jack Crawford, Zack Frank, David Lawrence, Anthony Gangi, Jr., Dalton Dow, Slade Westbrook, Neil Verhagen, Chris Bowen, Ashley Rogero, Enzo […]

A record-high 87 entries in 14 divisions highlighted Round Five of the GoPro Motorplex Karting Challenge club series; the first of two full days of karting in our doubleheader weekend. The series will return tomorrow for Round Six, a completely separate round of racing action. Today’s Round Five Winners: Jack Crawford, Bradley Zilisch, Bjorn Bovim, […]

Aug 22, 2014

The seventh round of the Los Angeles Karting Championship took place this past weekend (August 17) at the CalSpeed Karting Complex and once again, the paddock was full with talent from California and surrounding states. Set adjacent to the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, the CalSpeed facility is a fantastic venue that offers five […]

Aug 22, 2014

In an effort to encourage last minute entries to this year’s Rock Island Grand Prix, the street race is offering a $50 discount on registrations received online between midnight Friday, August 22 and midnight Saturday August 23. To enter, go to rockislandgrandprix.com and click on the Competitors link. The current entry fee is $150 per […]

Praga North America ended the final rounds of USPKS on a high note, with Kartwerks USA driver Luca Mars securing a double victory over the weekend, and the championship title in the Yahama Rookie class. Besides Mars, Kartwerks also saw Yahama Rookie driver Ryan Detlor take 3rd place in Sunday’s final, while Laurentiu Mardan took […]

Aug 22, 2014

This year’s Rocky Mountain ProKart Challenge is nearing its end, as the series’ final two rounds are set to take place over the Labor Day weekend. The Colorado- and Utah-supported Superkarts! USA region has enjoyed a year of great racing, despite less than favorable entry counts. Following two fun and unique weekends of racing, the […]

Top Kart USA continued making a strong presence in the United States Pro Kart Series at last weekend’s exciting stop at the New Castle Motorsports Park in New Castle, Indiana. Across seven classes, the Top Kart drivers finished with a slew of top-tens, strong finishes, and made claimed the championship titles in Yamaha Junior and […]

Over the past two months BBR Karting has had an amazing journey traveling through North America competing for various national, and even international championships. The logistics speak for themselves. The team currently has over 9,100 kilometers, 43 days on the road, 28 podiums, 9 wins, and 11 poles throughout the Rotax Summer Shootout, Rotax Can-Am, […]

Aug 22, 2014

Super One returned to the classic Cotswold venue of Little Rissington for the first time since 2003 and enjoyed a superb weekend of racing at the flat but beautiful airbase that was once the home of the world famous Red Arrows display team.  This was the final round for KZ1, the penultimate round for the […]