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Tuesday, 30 July 2013 23:32 |
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The points standings for the Pro Tour championship series after our recent SummerNationals event have now been updated. A special thanks goes out to the owners and staff of the Grand Junction Motor Speedway for an AWESOME event! See you all in VEGAS!! |
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Monday, 29 July 2013 09:51 |
 Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino has already opened SKUSA room block, competitors urged to secure room reservations
Superkarts! USA and its racers are just 114 days away from the opening on-track sessions of the 17th annual SKUSA SuperNationals in Las Vegas, NV. As it has for the last four years, the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino will play host to SKUSA’s best pilots on the November 20-24 weekend, and this year’s race promises to be the biggest ever, with available openings for 600 competitors. A total of 11 classes are on the docket for this year – including SKUSA’s core Stock Moto and TaG classes, along with KZ2, Rotax Junior, and DD2 – and it’s time to open registration to allow racers to secure their position in the biggest race of the year. Registration for the race will begin at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Thursday, August 1 at www.superkartsusa.com.
SKUSA racers and customers who ran in all of their regional ProKart Challenge events before July 1, or ran in the Pro Tour SpringNationals and were registered for the SummerNationals by July 1, were given the unique opportunity of entering early as part of the SuperNationals Priority Pre-Entry Program, which has just been completed. With those racers now entered and looking forward to November, SKUSA is preparing to open the online registration to the public so that they can lay claim to the spots that remain available.
SKUSA is expecting a mass influx of entries all day on Thursday, 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. SKUSA’s core classes will be front and center, with four offerings in Stock Moto (S1, S2, S4 and S5) and four in TaG (Senior, Master, Junior and Cadet). The international gearbox category – KZ2 – will return once again to run for a major league purse, and SKUSA has also partnered with the Rotax community to commemorate the running of the Rotax Grand Finals in the United States for the first time, offering a class for Rotax Junior and a combined DD2/ DD2 Masters race group, both of which will provide the first opportunity for Rotax drivers to earn a total of 3 tickets to the 2014 Rotax Grand Finals.
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013 11:58 |
 The competition level at the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour has continued to elevate year after year. Now into the fourth season, the numbers grow with each event, and the challenge of earning a main event victory increases. This year’s SummerNationals ended Sunday under a hot sun in the Grand Junction mountains in Colorado at the Grand Junction Motor Speedway. The eight categories competing on the outstanding 9/10-mile circuit provided some of the best racing seen to date. A number of drivers were able to double up on their wins from Saturday, but other categories welcomed their fourth different winner of the season – showing just how tough the competition truly is. Brazilian Andre Nicastro and NorCal’s Fritz Leesmann were the top drivers in the Pro categories, taking home $1,000 for the weekend with Troy Diede and Dylan Tavella another $500 each for their efforts in the categories above the 30-kart mark.
DRT Racing TaG Senior
The TaG Senior category was the final group of the day, and it began how Sunday ended. Andre Nicastro put his Italian Motors USA/Italkart on the pole position with a time of 54.770-seconds. His teammate and returning SKUSA racer David Jurca nearly matched his pace to make it a Italkart 1-2 on the front row for heat one. Austin Elliott (Top Kart) was third with Derek Dignan finding some extra speed in his KartSport North America/FA Kart. Championship leader Andrew Zimmer (ART GP) was fifth in the order, looking to rebound from a 18th place finish on Saturday. Yesterday’s contender Remo Ruscitti (Italkart) was out early in session, back in 30th position at the end of the session while round three runner-up TJ Koyen was back in the P10 position.
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Sunday, 21 July 2013 05:03 |
 The 2013 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour reached its midway point today at Grand Junction Motor Speedway on Saturday, as the SummerNationals got underway in excellent, albeit hot conditions. The Colorado facility is centered on one of the most raceable tracks in the country, and SKUSA’s best drivers proved this claim by putting an incredible display of excitement all day long. Passing was the order of the day, although there were numerous pilots who stepped up to essentially dominate their respective classes. Big stories included the return to victory lane by former Pro Tour S1 champion Daniel Bray, a breakthrough win for Brian Fisher in S4, a Deide 1-2 in S2 and an ultimate comeback with by Andre Nicastro in TaG Senior. There was just great racing, all day, in every class.
CRG-USA S1 Pro Stock Moto
The S1 Pro category was the final group to hit the track for the qualifying session, as nearly the entire field posted their quick lap of the run within the first three laps. Familiar names set the pace with defending champion Fritz Leesmann (CRG) at the top of the order, posting a 52.368-second lap. Kiwi driver Daniel Bray, quickest in the final Friday practice run, was second and only 48 thousandths off his time aboard the new Aluminos chassis. Mike Beeny (Tony Kart) split up the returning top three, slotting third on the time sheets to put Joey Wimsett (CRG) to fourth. S1 rookie Billy Musgrave (Tony Kart) completed the fast-five.
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Saturday, 20 July 2013 06:53 |
 The opening day of the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour SummerNationals can be described by two words – hot and sticky. Over 200 drivers took part in the practice day at the Grand Junction Motor Speedway, battling to keep cool while finding the right speed secrets for competition on the weekend. The facility and paddock is packed with haulers and tents, and the SKUSA staff continues to provide the one of the best run-programs on the weekend.
- During the middle portion of the day during the S4 Master Stock Moto practice, a collision between Lance Lane and PP Mastro occurred. The hard contact knocked both drivers off track, causing heavy damage to Lane’s DRT Racing/DR Kart. Mastro was able to continue on the rest of the day while Lane complained of back pain, later traveling to the medical center in town for a check-up.
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