Oct 28, 2014

The Rotax Masters class was the featured class for this round of the Red Line Oil Kart Championships. Three drivers battled for the lead all day, but in the end, John Breidinger was the lone surviver! As a special bonus, all winners of classes with eight or more drivers had their names put in a […]

Oct 28, 2014

Thanks to the partnership between MAXSpeed Group and eKartingNews.com, a monthly program has been devised to promote outstanding drivers in the Rotax Max Challenge. The new program – GoRotax.com Driver of the Month presented by eKartingNews.com – is based off a similar program the leading karting website offers each month, focused on the United States […]

Oct 27, 2014

After the recent announcement of the acquisition of the Formula Kart Productions Florida Winter Tour (FWT), MAXSpeed Entertainment is pleased to announce some more details for the 2015 edition of the popular and competitive series. The upcoming season will feature changes but still encompass the back-to-back race weekends, which will now include the ROK Cup USA […]

Oct 27, 2014

The WSK Final Cup is going to be one of the top events of the year. This event, as usual, is the closing appointment of the season promoted by WSK Promotion and this year it is hosted by the brand new Italian facility Adria Karting Raceway. It arrives as the icing on the cake of […]

After Round Eight today determined our 2014 class of GoPro Motorplex Karting Challenge Champions, they were each crowned during the Championship Banquet Presented by KARTSALE at Team Penske. The Champions and top-three in points were awarded over $18,000 in prizes, including cash, GoPro HERO3+ cameras and custom-designed race suits. 2014 GoPro Motorplex Karting Challenge Champions: […]

Every year, after the buzz of the summer season, and hot off the Vegas strip in November, hundreds of karting racers are excited and ready to get back to the track and in 2015, they will have an option in the Florida Pro Kart Winter Series. As if drivers needed any more incentive to participate […]

Oct 27, 2014

Since 2008, the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino has been the home of the largest karting event in the world – the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals. The 18th edition of this historic annual event will once again take place at the popular site in Las Vegas, on November 19-23, 2014, and will be the final race […]

Oct 27, 2014

After two days of on-track action that featured practice, qualifying and heat races, Saturday’s schedule for this year’s Rok Cup International Final at South Garda Karting kicked off with eight Prefinals to determine which drivers would make the main events in the afternoon. MINI ROK The Mini Rok drivers from the Rok Cup USA, Superkarts! […]

Oct 24, 2014

The Los Angeles Karting Championship completed the 2014 racing season with the ninth and final round of the organization’s championship on October 18-19 at the CalSpeed Karting Center in Fontana, California. Big numbers were the story all season, as many of the categories reach record highs throughout the year, with the finale reaching 200 entries. […]

Success can be measured in many different ways. Reaching a specific lap time, lowering a fast lap by a certain amount, finishing in a certain position, and of course victory. Rolison Performance Group is always striving to help drivers reach their potential and goals, never wasting a minute in finding that extra tenth of a […]

The weekend at the Cold Stone Rotax Pan American Challenge 2014 was the best of the season for young Junior Max rookie Nick Brueckner. The driver out of Texas made his debut with Orsolon Racing at the GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, North Carolina, taking on an international field with the first Rotax Grand Finals 2015 […]

Oct 24, 2014

The North American and South American contingent participating at the annual Rok Cup International Final in Lonato, Italy was dealt some hot and cold results during Thursday afternoon’s qualifying sessions.  Warm sun and enjoyable mid-60s temperatures offered the racers ideal conditions, but the increasing grip levels were very challenging at the famed South Garda karting […]

The work of the last seven years has come to fruition for Austin Versteeg, with the 2014 season continuing to grow into his best season in karting. The Rolison Performance Group driver garnered three major titles in Rotax Max Challenge and Superkarts! USA competition, earning a spot on the prestigious Team USA squad for the […]

In dramatic fashion, Team Koene USA added to their impressive resume of race wins and championships in 2014 by claiming the Cold Stone Rotax Pan American Challenge Micro Max championship. While five drivers competed and ran at the front of the field with the Indianapolis-based squad, Ugo Ugochukwu stole the show in the Micro Max […]

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 […]

Oct 24, 2014

We spend our entire racedays up in the tower, watching every on-track session while producing our EKN Trackside Live program, so not much time is spent roaming the paddock for the stories. This new ‘From the Tower’ column is our chance to delve deeper into some of the accounts that develop over a race weekend, […]

Young rising karting star Harry Coulton finished runner-up in the Micro Max category at last year’s Rotax Pan American Challenge in New Orleans. This year, the Birel driver from Florida took on another strong international field at the 2014 Cold Stone Rotax Pan American Challenge, this time in the Mini Max division. Over the October […]

One of the main highlights of the Brazilian go-karting in recent seasons, the young Gianluca Petecof will make his debut in European competitions this weekend (October 22th to 25th), when dispute Rok Cup International Final at South Garda Karting, track located in Lonato, Italy — considered one of the meccas of karting in Europe. 11-years […]

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

The Rok Cup International Final is the most prestigious event of the Vortex championship, taking place at the South Garda Karting facility in Lonato, Italy. At the end of the today’s schedule, the fastest world’s Rokkers, that is the daily pole position drivers, will be awarded; at the end the ceremony. During that time, the […]