Colorful. Controversial. Constructive. We’re entering the closing stages in the United States Pro Kart Series season and it’s certainly been eventful to this point. Despite the valleys we’ve faced so far this season, I think the peaks have more than compensated for them. It’s been an adjustment for the series as a whole to come […]
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The following is a first-hand experience of an up-and-coming shifterkart sprint racer making his first start at a road race event. Road racing – or ‘enduro’ karting – has been part of the sport dating back to the late 50s and early 60s when the sport was evolving outside of the parking lots and purpose-built […]
Read Full StoryBack in the Seat: Our Editor Re-Fires SuperNats Effort
Howden set for SKUSA SummerNats entry this weekend
During my first trackside coverage weekend of 2023, the opening rounds of the Superkarts! USA Winter Series, I chatted with Mike Rolison on the Thursday of the event. We looked back and reviewed my experience with his team (Rolison Performance Group) at the SuperNationals just two months prior and discussed my overall success of finishing […]
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It’s the halfway point of the 2023 season as we enter the month of July with a full six months of racing into the books. We now head into the second half of the year, with championships at the national, regional, and club level all to be decided in the coming months. The annual Major […]
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For each OutLap podcast on the EKN Radio Network, we have a ‘By the Numbers’ segment to discuss the entry total for the event, breaking the total down per category. In the recent show previewing the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour SpringNationals, we were talking about the numbers for X30 Junior and KA100 Junior. The latter […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: Taking the Month of May ‘Off’
US national karting gets a much-needed break for the top-tier of the sport
It’s been a quick four months since the start of the 2023 season. As soon as we get through the holidays in December, karting is quickly back in action with the annual running of the WKA Daytona KartWeek in Florida. That event has been the traditional start to what is a busy three months in […]
Read Full StorySuperNats Time – Part II: Tiffany Kelly Takes on Las Vegas
Improving myself, not proving myself
This is the continuation of the column series by karter Tiffany Kelly, who made her first start at the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals this past November. Her first part (Imposter Syndrome) discussed the opening days of arriving to SuperNats 25 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. If you are one of those […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: Make OK-N the New Pro Division
First impressions of the new engine platform established by FIA Karting
The Challenge of the Americas made history, hosting the first-ever race for the new global engine platform established by the FIA Karting – the OK-N. It has been less than a year from the day the international sanctioning body for kart racing announced this new platform to the class and engine hitting the track for […]
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A veteran karter and former USPKS champion, column author Blake Hunt has moved into the role of head race director for the United States Pro Kart Series during the 2022 season. The North Carolina native previews the upcoming season while reflecting on the state of US karting in the present day. Another season of national […]
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The column series Begin Again featuring writer and racer R.K. Siler continues as he reviews a great weekend of racing, one that featured him returning to the podium at a club event, proverbially getting that podium monkey off his back! It however did not come without the hard work and dedication he put in, and […]
Read Full StorySuperNats Time: Tiffany Kelly Takes on Las Vegas
Imposter Syndrome - Part 1
I will never forget the first time I watched a YouTube video covering Superkarts! USA SuperNationals in Las Vegas. I had no idea that the event even existed until after we bought our first shifter karts, and Justin told me I should look it up. I was blown away by the intensity and magnitude of […]
Read Full StoryFlying Solo: Tiffany Kelly Samples the Stars Championship Series
In karting, you’re never really ‘going at it alone’
As most people know, racing is not always sunshine and rainbows. Besides the glorious moments of euphoria when standing on a makeshift podium, holding a priceless plastic trophy, spraying a cheap bottle of champagne, racing can be one of the most tasking endeavors anyone can undertake. Yet, I have found that the grueling process of […]
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Welcome to 2023 everyone! I’m excited to begin covering my 19th season of karting here in the United States and around the world. A lot has changed in the sport since the end of 2004 and the beginning of 2005 when I began my tenure as Managing Editor of EKN. Thankfully, for the most part, […]
Read Full StoryMidpack Mary: Tiffany Kelly Takes on SKUSA Pro Tour
Our favorite Master Shifter driver tackles the national circuit
The new column series from new karter Tiffany Kelly continues with the third installment. The Leveling Up was followed by Making History. Now she details her first start at the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour by competing at the SummerNationals. I attended my very first SKUSA Pro Tour race this year and I experienced the most […]
Read Full StoryBehind the Laptop: Reflection on SuperNationals 25
A historic week in Las Vegas
It’s now been over three weeks since SuperSunday concluded the historic Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 25, and I have finally been able to take a breath, catch up on work, enjoy a Thanksgiving break, and begin looking ahead to the 2023 season. Before moving forward to a new year, I wanted to reflect on things that […]
Read Full StoryDrive to 25: Rob Howden’s SuperNationals Journey – Part 7
The Culmination of an Idea – SuperSunday
Click HERE for Part 1 of the Drive to 25 series Click HERE for Part 2 of the Drive to 25 series Click HERE for Part 3 of the Drive to 25 series Click HERE for Part 4 of the Drive to 25 series Click HERE for Part 5 of the Drive to 25 series […]
Read Full StoryDrive to 25: Rob Howden’s SuperNationals Journey – Part 6
The work had been done - it was time to race
Click HERE for Part 1 of the Drive to 25 series Click HERE for Part 2 of the Drive to 25 series Click HERE for Part 3 of the Drive to 25 series Click HERE for Part 4 of the Drive to 25 series Click HERE for Part 5 of the Drive to 25 series […]
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It has been a few months since we have heard from R.K. Siler and his Begin Again series. He’s back, this time not behind the wheel but taking in an NTT IndyCar Series experience at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and a unique one at that. A few years ago, my son Derek and I […]
Read Full StoryMaking History: The Kellys Take on the Park
Tiffany Kelly is back with a new installment of her intro into karting
A new column series has been established by new karter Tiffany Kelly. 2022 was a full dive into the sport on the competitive level, hitting major events throughout the country. Her first column – Leveling Up – provided the background of her journey into the sport. Now, in the second installment, she’s discusses the opportunity […]
Read Full StoryMorning Coffee: An Unforgettable SuperNats Experience
One taste leaves our Editor-in-Chief wanting more
As we pushed down from the Rolison Performance Group tent to the fuel farm for the first practice session on Wednesday, the realization washed over me. This was actually happening. With three months of gym time and a ‘clean-ish’ eating program prepping me to be as ready as I could be, I about to participate […]
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