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Wednesday, 10 August 2016 10:31 |
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The 20th running of the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals promises to be the biggest event in the race's history (Photo: otp.ca)
For many in the karting community, the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals has become the official season finale; that massive must-attend event that caps a great year of competition. This November’s edition will be extra-special, as SKUSA will celebrate the 20th running of this incredible spectacle, one that has helped to take the sport of karting to a new level. The race will make its second appearance at the Las Vegas Convention Center and a total of nine categories will be offered. A brand new track layout is also in the works, and an exciting announcement regarding this effort will be announced soon. The Greenlight Television cameras will be on-site once again to record the coverage for the CBS Sports Network broadcasts, and a special purse package is also ready to announce.
With many racers having already entered the event through SKUSA’s Priority Pre-Entry Program, this particular announcement is to confirm that public registration will begin on August 10 at 7:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time at superkartsusa.com. As has become the norm, Superkarts! USA is expecting a mass influx of entries once public registration opens, and with class caps set in all of the categories, racers are urged to enter as soon as possible so that they don’t miss out on the opportunity to be part of the action for the 20th anniversary event.
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Tuesday, 09 August 2016 10:58 |
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It's hard to beat the excitement of a start on SuperSunday (Photo: OnTrack Promotions)
When Superkarts! USA put together the plans for the first SuperNationals event back in 1997, they were at the forefront of the growing movement of shifterkart racing. There were numerous pockets of support for the formula all over the United States and Canada, including Southern California, Northern California, the Pacific Northwest, Florida, and SKUSA’s own flagship Great Lakes region. Having one big race to bring everyone together was not a new concept in karting, but the raw excitement that paralleled the increasing interest in gearbox racing certainly made this event special. There was a real palpable feeling during those early years that if you were there, you were part of something really special. Now, 20 years down the road, we’re able to look back on the explosion of the race and the key decision that then-SKUSA leader Jim Murley made in 2002. Murley was always a visionary and he wanted desperately to take the race from the great desert track in Sloan right into the city of Las Vegas, and when the trailers rolled into the parking lot of the Rio Hotel and Casino in’02, the race was taken to the next level.
We’re now just 100 days from the 20th running of the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals, which is arguably the biggest race in the sport of karting. The SKUSA staff and its drivers will travel to Las Vegas with a full head of steam this November, thanks to record participation numbers in both their ProKart Challenge and Pro Tour programs. They are working diligently to make this race extra special, and the EKN staff has been privy to some of the exciting plans that are in the works. Over the next three months, we’ll be publishing updates and stories focused on the event, and we’ll also look back in time at the history of the SuperNationals. The Howden Media Group launched its first publication at the race in 1999 – Shifter Kart Illustrated – and our own Rob Howden has been the voice of the race since its inception. We also pleased that we’ll once again be providing EKN Trackside Live coverage, including full audio play-by-play of the event from qualifying through to SuperSunday.
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Friday, 05 August 2016 18:31 |
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We’ve just opened Pre-Entry for our long overdue return to Santa Maria! Please check the Event Page for hotel recommendations and the tentative event schedule. We will be posting a pit map early next week and at that time we will allow you to purchase reserved pit spots ($30) and overnight camping ($50), so be sure to check back next week. We’ll also announce it on Facebook. |
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Friday, 05 August 2016 08:59 |
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VCI Team Driver and former SKUSA ProTour Champion Daniel Bray (Photo: On Track Promotions - otp.ca)
Superkarts! USA today announced an exciting new partnership with VCI Mexico (Spanish: Visión Corporitva Integal / English: Integrated Corporate Vision) to be a presenting sponsor of the 20th annual SKUSA SuperNationals in Las Vegas, Nevada. The partnership is the next evolution in a successful marketing campaign that VCI Mexico has been implementing at the national karting level and will see an expanded presence to highlight the core VCI business at SKUSA’s largest ever event.
“VCI has been a fixture on the national karting scene for many years, with numerous world class drivers in their ranks,” explained SKUSA president Tom Kutscher. “These guys truly get karting and have a sincere appreciation for the reach of the sport. It’s a testament to our organization that they see an event like the SuperNationals as a means to reach new clientele globally.”
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