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PRE-REG OPENS TODAY at 7 PM
Will close April 16 at 11:59 PM PDT
 

Round 2 - Buttonwillow (Reverse) April 20-21, 2024
Buttonwillow Raceway Park
24551 Lerdo Highway
Buttonwillow, CA 93206
(661) 764-5333
buttonwillowraceway.com
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Please contact the facility for Kart Track hours.  No Friday practice.
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 Important News

Farewell to a special SKUSA Friend
Tuesday, 15 October 2013 23:02
The SKUSA family is again saddened by the loss of a very special karting father. Jerry Woolf passed away on Friday, October 11th.

Anyone who would like to share in the celebration of his life is invited to attend the services to be held this Friday, October 18th at 10am:

Big Valley Grace Community Church
4040 Tully Road
Modesto, CA 95356

Please share this information with those that will miss Jerry like we will.

Tom and Patti Kutscher
Superkarts! USA
 
 
California ProKart Challenge Honors 2013 Champions
Tuesday, 15 October 2013 10:39
With the final checkered flag waved on the 2013 season for the California ProKart Challenge’s ninth season, Superkarts! USA is happy to honor those drivers who achieved class championships and top honors in the championship chases. The flagship regional program for the North American organization has been the testing and proving ground for all of SKUSA’s revolutionary concepts over the last nine years. Coming up in a few weeks on November 2nd, the California PKC will welcome its teams, competitors and families to its year-end awards ceremony.

The old adage, “familiarity breeds contempt” could not be farther from how SKUSA operates their California ProKart Challenge. Even in its ninth year, California PKC racers were greeted with new challenges, exciting and unique events, and the best customer service in the state. Starting with record high entry numbers at round one in Buttonwillow, the series ran up and down the GoldenState before ending at one of the premiere street races in the country, the Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix, with another record-breaking attendance mark set for the event.
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SKUSA SuperNationals XVII Bulletin: S2 Semi-Pro Opens Up to 80 Drivers for SuperNationals XVII
Thursday, 03 October 2013 08:34
The 2013 SKUSA SuperNationals XVII continues to grow in numbers. The entry total for the event reached the 500 mark by the middle of September, and will now expand further with the opening of 40 more positions in the S2 Semi-Pro Stock Moto category. Already sold out at 40 drivers, the category will increase to welcome up to 80 drivers for the November 20-24 event outside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The S2 class was among the first to fill up in the first 36 hours of registration for the event, and with a growing wait list, Superkarts! USA will now alter the weekend format to provide another time slot to expand the field. Two race groups for the S2 class will be utilized during the event, which will include a Last Chance Qualifier under the lights Saturday evening to decide the final few spots for the Super Sunday main event.

Drivers on the waiting list or those not yet signed up may now head to skusastore.com to submit their race entry today. A revised event schedule will be posted within the next few days.
 
 
EKN Trackside: Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix – Sunday Report
Tuesday, 01 October 2013 08:08
The final day went into the books for the 2013 Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix Sunday under bright sunny skies in the southern California city. Nearly 150 racers from coast to coast, throughout North America, took part in the fifth annual event that served as the finale weekend for the California ProKart Challenge in addition to a great tune-up event for the upcoming Superkarts! USA SuperNationals XVII in November. The headline shifterkart group, featuring the S1 Pro and S2 Semi-Pro categories, put 31 drivers on the 7/10-mile course with defending winners Fritz Leesmann and Augie Lerch coming out on top in their respective divisions. TaG Senior witness one driver move from the back to the front on Sunday as Chris Cricca recorded the big victory. The remaining categories welcomed new winners, all able to outlast and conquer the Streets of Lancaster.

During the podium ceremonies, Superkarts! USA and the City of Lancaster announced the winner of the California ProKart Challenge Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix Driver Scholarship program. A number of factors went into deciding the driver and family that would represent the event throughout the 2014 season, including support at the CPKC and SKUSA Pro Tour with complete safety gear to promote the event, totaling over $11,000. Double-duty driver Carter Williams will don the SOLGP colors in 2014 after being named the winner.
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EKN Trackside: Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix – Saturday Report
Sunday, 29 September 2013 07:04
Nearly 150 drivers make up the field for the 2013 Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix, and all had the pleasure of trying to tame the wild beast that is the street race. Under perfect racing weather conditions, the Superkarts! USA California ProKart Challenge series finale kicked off in the southern California city, with the first of the two-day event went into the books. Practice, qualifying and the first heat race were on the docket, in addition to the many VIP rental kart races taking place into the evening hours. The major goal for most of the drivers was to stay out of trouble. Some did, while some did not fair as well. One major incident involve TaG Senior driver, where a brake issue put him into the turn three wall very hard, coming away with a badly broken arm. Everyone in the karting community would like to wish him a safe and speedy recovery as he goes ahead. On the results side, a number of familiar faces found themselves at the front of the field with many of the same contenders from a year ago at the top of the order.

TaG Cadet
The TaG Cadet division was the first category to hit the track for qualifying on the day with a record 24 drivers taking to the course for the Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix. A number of drivers take their turn at the point, as the track was getting faster with the session closing. Defending winner Hunter Kelly (Italcorse) held the provisional pole position with just three minutes remaining, and was able to get into the 40-second barrier in the shorten course for the young drivers. On the final lap, Kelly went even quicker as he laid down 40.922-second lap to secure the top spot. Trenton Sparks (FA Kart) was quicker the final circuit as well, moving up to second in the order to drop Wyatt Couch (Top Kart) to third. Jagger Jones (Tony Kart) and CPKC point leader Ryan Schartau (Top Kart) capping off the fast-five.
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