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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 10:25 |
 Buttonwillow Raceway Park was the location for the opening round of the Superkarts! USA ProKart Challenge this past weekend (February 10-11), and the place was packed. The California regional program welcomed over 100 drivers from up and down the coast, as well as several surrounding states, kicking off the year in style. With SKUSA providing its largest prize purse for the series in its eight-year history, drivers were looking to start their championship chase on the right path. Included in the nine categories competing on the weekend, the Pro divisions saw familiar faces at the top of the podium during the sunset trophy presentation ceremonies, as Brad Dunford and Matt Johnson were the big winners.
The Extreme Karting S1 Pro Stock Moto category welcomed a healthy field of drivers, including two former series champions and three new S1 rookies. Also joining the fray for 2012 is defending SKUSA Pro Tour S4 Master Stock Moto driver Jimmy McNeil. The 38-year-old is a former S1 driver who spent the last few seasons dominating the Master category. Primed for a title run against the best SKUSA has to offer, McNeil showed his strength right off the trailer by setting the fast lap in qualifying. His 47.057-second lap put him clear of 2010 series champ Clinton Schoombee by one-tenth - with defending titlist Dunford in third. The order remained unchanged through the two heat races, as McNeil led both 10-lap motos over the two former champs to set the grid for the main. The feature was the complete opposite, however, as McNeil would not see the checker. McNeil began the race leading the way, but Schoombee was putting on the pressure. Finally, Schoombee led for the first time by slipping past on lap five, putting McNeil in the challenger’s position. Running that way until lap 14, McNeil attempted a pass on Schoombee for the lead when the two made contact. The incident took them both out of the lead, dropping Schoombee back to fourth while McNeil eventually pulled off track, allowing Dunford to inherit the lead. At the checkered, Dunford scored the victory by two seconds over rookie Cory Milne as Schoombee ended the day in third. Last year’s S2 champion Nicky Freytag took fourth in his S1 debut, coming home ahead of reigning S2 Pro Tour title winner Kyle Hathcox. With the graduation of these great drivers, S1 will be incredible to watch in 2012.
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:26 |
If you are ready to race, don't miss this one! If you are a procrastinator, it's gonna cost you! ALL race entries for the PKC 2012 Season Opener at Buttonwillow this coming weekend MUST be received by TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT to qualify for pre-entry pricing. Click here to register online with a credit card now. Click here if you want to pay by check or cash at the track and still want to get a pre-entry discount (form must be received by tonight at midnight).
Also, don't forget to get your SKUSA membership updated and register for a new account login for our new 2012 online SKUSA store, if you haven't done that yet! The PIT map is SUPER FULL! It's gonna be big!
See you in Buttonwillow! |
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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 10:54 |
 For anyone who counts a SKUSA membership card among the stack in their wallet, the SuperNationals in Las Vegas will always be the end goal of a season’s racing. That said, thanks to the list of lucrative programs that Superkarts! USA has devised to reward regional participation, the road to the Rio most definitely starts this coming weekend. SKUSA’s flagship regional program – the ProKart Challenge – officially launches its six-event schedule at Buttonwillow Raceway Park on Friday and Saturday, pitting the best in the state against one another. The fields are filled with national talent, and they are expected to grow from last year. Read full story on eKartingNews.com |
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 14:27 |
The popular ProKart Challenge will enter its eighth season when they open the gates on February 10 at the Buttonwillow Raceway Park. The two-day event will kick off the 2012 six-race championship season for the Superkarts! USA California region. The flagship program for the growing organization - which now promotes a total of six regional series with the creation of the Northwest Karting Challenge and Texas ProKart Challenge - will set the bar for the upcoming season as over 100 karters from all over California and the surrounding states are expected to take on the 7/10-mile course. Many are gunning for a piece of the over $65,000 prize package offered this year by SKUSA.
For the 2012 season, the ProKart Challenge will be awarding a total of roughly $14,000 in prizes during the podium ceremonies, thanks to the partnerships with MG Tires, VP Fuel, Mothers Polish and Honda Performance Development (HPD). A contingency program will also be available through HPD for the Stock Moto categories on the season.
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012 13:40 |
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For the past seven years, the SKUSA ProKart Challenge has been THE program to race for shifterkarts and TaG-powered karts in California. Superkarts! USA has solidified that statement once again with the announcement of the prizes and contingencies that have been set out for the 2012 PKC season, beginning with the opener at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Southern California on February 10-11. The flagship regional program for the SKUSA organization is among the largest in the country and will kick-start the new year on-track. SKUSA’s 2012 prize package for the program will be focused on supporting the racers who participate fully in the series, in addition to those who perform best at each of the six events on the year, as it currently tops the $65,000 mark in prizes and contingencies.
“It’s hard to imagine that we are entering our eighth season for the ProKart Challenge,” stated Superkarts! USA President and ProKart Challenge promoter Tom Kutscher. “Originally, this was just something we put together to organize the racers and shops in the area so that we could all have a good time and get out to the track, and now it just continues to grow and evolve. Our mission has always been to support those who support us. We have a number of industry partners who have stepped up for this year to take it to the next level what we will be awarding our racers. This commitment to our racers proves that the ProKart Challenge is the ‘baddest’ place to race in Cali.”
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