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Friday, 01 June 2012 09:48 |
 In just over five months, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino will once again become the center of the karting universe when the 16th annual Superkarts! USA SuperNationals rocks Las Vegas on November 14-18. The Rio’s expansive Masquerade parking lot located alongside the busy I-15 highway will play host to over 500 drivers from around the world, as they all do battle for SuperNationals glory on the event’s challenging temporary circuit. Each driver will be looking to etch his or her name in karting history. The 2011 edition of the premier SKUSA event attracted a record number of drivers to the race, and a similar entry list is expected for this year’s five-day karting festival. Planning is well underway, and the SKUSA staff is now thrilled to announce the categories that will compete at the SuperNationals XVI, as well as the unbeatable deal they have arranged for drivers, teams and spectators for on-site stay at the Rio Hotel.
“When deciding on the classes that we would be running this year, we believed that it was important for us to focus on our core customers, those drivers on our Pro Tour and running in our regional programs,” commented Tom Kutscher, Superkarts! USA President. “Our sport and our class structure are both evolving, and we’re seeing growth in different areas. Our approach is to provide opportunities for all of our customers, maximizing track time while still shortening the days, if possible. Last year’s extended daily schedules were tough on everyone.”
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Thursday, 24 May 2012 10:57 |
 The 2012 California ProKart Challenge season reached the halfway point following this weekend’s round three proceedings at the Adams Motorsports Park. The historic 7/10-mile course hosted the Superkarts! USA regional for the second straight year, with 10 categories battling around the challenging circuit and more than half witnessed first time winners. More than 80 drivers converged in Riverside, CA with the championship chases heating up, all vying for a part of the over $65,000 prize package up for grabs this season. Adding their names to the list of contenders in the headline categories are Nicky Freytag and Devin Lindsey, winners of the main events in S1 and TaG Senior.
Qualifying was a tight affair for the Extreme Karting-sponsored S1 Pro Stock Moto division, as the top three drivers came in within six-hundredths of a second. Ryon Beachner earned the pole position honor with his fast lap of 42.039 seconds. S1 rookies Freytag and Josh Lane, making his first California PKC start, clocked in second and third. Beachner went wire-to-wire in both 10-lap heat races with Freytag trailing. Lane had issues in heat one, allowing point leader Jimmy McNeil to advance to third in both moto races. As he did for the entire day, Beachner led the way in the main event early – until Freytag worked around to take over the point on lap three. From there, Freytag was able to stretch out to a sizable lead with the fast laps of the race. The Arizona driver would earn his first S1 victory, crossing the line 1.1 seconds ahead of Beachner. McNeil would cap off the podium with a solid point day, finishing in front of defending champion Brad Dunford and Clinton Schoombee, second in points entering the weekend.
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Thursday, 24 May 2012 08:12 |
 In order to take advantage of the re-organization and re-opening of a very popular race track, to best accommodate the PKC racers that spread from Southern California to Northern California, and to enjoy the best possible weather that this ocean-close race venue has to offer in the summertime, Pro Kart Challenge CA has decided to move Round 5 of the 2012 championship series to the Santa Maria kart track at the airport. A special thanks goes out to the SMKA board members who helped accommodate our change, and especially to the San Diego Karting Association, who will hopefully welcome us back next time!
Additional information regarding this event will be posted shortly, including the host hotel, pit spot reservation specifics, and other race event details. Stay tuned, and please help us spread the word!
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 09:39 |
 The 2012 Superkarts! USA Pro Tour hit the ground running during the month of April with a record-breaking number of competitors at the MG Tires SpringNationals in Phoenix, Arizona. With the momentum flowing and excitement at an all-time high, another record number of entrants are predicted for the upcoming SKUSA SummerNationals, set for July 20-22 at the first-class Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. Registration for rounds three and four of the Pro Tour open today at the skusastore.com webpage, and racers are encouraged to get their entries in quickly as more than one class is expected to sell out.
Miller Motorsports Park is a 511-acre multi-purpose facility that includes a 4.5-mile road course, the longest in North America, as well as a 0.9-mile karting circuit that will host the 2012 SummerNationals. Opened in 2006, the facility has hosted a number of national karting events as well as the Utah Kart Championship (UKC) series. The July 20-22 event will be the first SKUSA Pro Tour event at the facility, although SKUSA will make its debut at the circuit June 1-3 with the running of the second stop of the Rocky Mountain ProKart Challenge. The RMPKC event will be run in conjunction with the UKC, and will be the final time racers will have a chance to compete on the same layout that will be utilized for the SummerNationals. Miller Motorsports Park will also be hosting a “SummerNationals 100” team endurance race on Thursday evening, July 19, starting at 6pm with their rental kart fleet. All attendees will be eligible to participate in this 100-lap, 20-team event, and sign-up information with pricing will be available soon in the UKC news section at millermotorsportspark.com.
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 20:04 |
It's not too late to join SKUSA and the California ProKart Challenge for some GREAT racing! We will be at Adams Motorsports Park this weekend for a Friday practice day and a Saturday race day -- Round 3 of our 6-race championship series! This track is freeway close, has local hotels and restaurants, and is a HISTORIC race site -- not to be missed!
Click HERE for all event details. Click HERE to register to race NOW! If it's past midnight on Wednesday, May 16, you missed our special PRE-ENTRY pricing. However, you will still be able to show up at the track starting at 7:00am this Friday or 6:30am on Saturday to join the fun!
Hope to see you at Adams in Riverside! |
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