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Friday, 05 August 2011 13:43 |
 Coming off of another successful edition of the Pro Tour, Superkarts! USA turns its attention to completing the regional programs for the 2011 season before heading to the famed SKUSA SuperNationals in November. Next weekend will be a smaller version of a Pro Tour event when the ProKart Challenge South and North programs collide for the third running of the West Coast Shootout. The top drivers from both regional series – and those along the west coast – will travel to the Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Buttonwillow, California on August 12-13 to compete on the #1 circuit layout in the counter-clockwise direction utilizing the kink.
Originally scheduled a week later for the Santa Maria Karting Association facility on the grounds of the Santa Maria airport, SKUSA was placed in a difficult situation and forced to move back to Buttonwillow, the site of the inaugural showdown in 2009. While bragging rights will be earned, so will championship points toward both regional programs. For the South series, the PKC Shootout marks the sixth and final stop on their 2011 schedule, with many championships on the line. The event will be round five for the North series, with their finale set for Atwater in September.
A battle to the end will be in the S1 Pro Stock Moto category, sponsored by Extreme Karting and Leading Edge Motorsports. Four drivers will wrap up their season-long battle with the South finale in Buttonwillow. Brad Dunford – a recent first-time Pro Tour winner and three-time PKC South feature winner this season – has just a 30-point advantage in the overall point chase over defending champ Clinton Schoombee. Peter Abba and Ryon Beachner, each on the podium throughout the year, are right there with the best five results of the six races to determine this year’s champion. Throw in the mix the North competitors Jason Toft and Brett Buckwalter, and the weekend’s results and championship chase is uncertain.
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Wednesday, 03 August 2011 09:06 |
You couldn’t ask for much more when it comes to the excitement that is building for the 15th edition of the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals. Despite the fact that the race is still over three months away, three classes have already hit their current maximum entry of 40 drivers and more are closing in on this pre-determined target each day. Only a limited number of classes can be extended to more than one race group, due to time constraints in the weekend schedule, and those opportunities are being used up quickly. It is certainly encouraging for the future of SKUSA that it is the youngest drivers who are filling the current rosters, as both TaG Cadet and TaG Junior have both maxed out, each also building up their waiting lists, which signals the potential of expanding the grid to 80 competitors in each class. TaG Master has also topped the 40-mark for Vegas, continuing the momentum that SKUSA has created with the class on the Pro Tour, which enjoyed greatly increased fields at both the SpringNationals and the SummerNationals in 2011.
“We’re extremely excited by the influx of entries that we’ve been processing over the past month, and it’s certainly an interesting indication of where we are seeing growth in both our SuperNationals program and SKUSA as a whole,” comments Tom Kutscher, Superkarts! USA CEO. “We’re thrilled in knowing that TaG Cadet will very likely hit the 80-driver mark, and the full grid of TaG Juniors will be great as well. The fact that we’ve already sold out TaG Master is also a huge deal for us. I can’t wait to see how the Master field lines up for next year’s Pro Tour as well, as I hope we’ll be getting everyone out to play in 2012. We’re having a great time with the class this year!”
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Thursday, 28 July 2011 09:45 |
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The TaG Cadet AND TaG Junior Classes are both SOLD OUT for Supernats 15 at 40 pre-entries! SKUSA is taking wait listers with an email to
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. (Please no phone calls.) If you did not yet register in the TaG Cadet or TaG Junior class for this year’s SuperNationals, you will want to send an email right away to be added to the wait list. Online entry for the TaG Cadet class will likely be re-opened to 80 total entries SOON, as the wait list is approaching 30. We will have to wait and see about the TaG Junior class. Supernats Registration is open online for all other classes (S1, S2, S4, S5, TaG Senior, TaG Master, KZ2, KF2, and G1) at www.skusastore.com. |
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Thursday, 28 July 2011 09:41 |
Superkarts! USA would like to officially announce a date and location change for the upcoming ProKart Challenge North-South Shootout. Despite locking in the venue and weekend for this year’s race back in December, issues outside of SKUSA’s control have forced the move of the popular event to Buttonwillow Raceway Park on the August 12-13 weekend. The SKUSA staff is now looking forward to trekking to the centrally-located facility, which first hosted the annual showdown event in 2009. The top drivers from both the North and South series of the ProKart Challenge will face off once again for California supremacy, and early entry numbers are very encouraging. SKUSA is expecting the biggest PKC turnout of the year.
The race was initially scheduled for a week later at the karting facility on the grounds of the Santa Maria airport. However, Superkarts! USA was caught off guard when they were informed in early July that SMKA club officials were demanding an increased rental rate and new security stipulations by the airport authority. It was a ‘pay-or-go-elsewhere’ situation. As a result, SKUSA has elected not to be held hostage in this circumstance, so they made the decision to move the event to Buttonwillow. The track already had another event on the original race date, so the calendar change was required, as well.
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011 09:53 |
As you may have heard, the TaG Cadet class has already reached its capacity of 40 pre-entries for this November's SuperNationals, and SKUSA has a growing wait list of drivers eager to be included on the grid! If we get 30 qualified drivers on the wait list, we will open the field up to 80 drivers (and run an LCQ on SuperSunday, as only 40 will be allowed to run the Main event). If you missed this boat, don't wait! Send an email right away with the TaG Cadet driver's name, and your best daytime contact information to
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. SKUSA will be in touch when the targeted number of wait listers is achieved! ALSO, TaG Junior and TaG Master are the next two classes predicted to sell out at 40 pre-entries AND THESE CLASSES ARE NOT PLANNED to surpass 40!
Click HERE to register NOW for Supernats 15! |
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