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Tuesday, 29 May 2012 10:01 |
 The 2012 season of the revamped Midwest ProKart Challenge got underway at the TNT Kartways in West Quincy, MO over the May 18-20 weekend. A double-round event at the historic 4/10-mile course began a new era for Superkarts! USA in the area, welcoming racers from a wide range of surrounding states contesting eight categories, half Stock Moto and half TaG divisions. The largest class of the weekend was TaG Senior, one that struggled to produce respectable numbers in the past, showing that the SKUSA format of TaG racing is favorable among the karting community. S5 Junior Stock Moto was the second largest, as the Midwest continues to produce the next rising stars in shifterkart racing.
The Kart Star Motorsports-sponsored TaG Senior category welcomed 10 competitors on the weekend, led throughout the event by Tommy Andersen. The Illinois driver swept the weekend in convincing fashion. Andersen opened up round one by setting fast time in qualifying (28.278 seconds) and then winning both heat races comfortably. Tommy went flag-to-flag in the main event to score the victory by over three-seconds ahead of Minnesota pilot Aaron Telitz and Wisconsin’s Dillon Kranz. Andersen went just a tick quicker in qualifying on Sunday (28.230) with the same result of P1. He would go on to lead all 12 laps of the heat races and the 20-lap feature for a clean sweep. Telitz matched his runner-up finish from the previous day, as Kaylee Granberg from Missouri won the battle for the final podium step.
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Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:24 |
 On May 18-20, a new era begins for Superkarts! USA in the Great Lakes region, as a revamped Midwest ProKart Challenge series will get the 2012 season underway. The famous TNT Kartways in West Quincy, Missouri will be the site of Rounds 1 and 2 over the weekend to begin a trio of double-race events for the summer months. Racers from Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, Arkansas and Kansas are already registered to contest the 4/10-mile course this weekend.
The TNT Kartways has over 50 years of history in the sport of karting. The facility has played host to many major national events during its time, operated by the famous Traeder family. The 2012 Midwest ProKart Challenge will travel to three different tracks in three different states for the series. Each weekend provides a full day of practice on Friday, when teams will move in for the weekend. The track this weekend will be opened from 8am until sundown, hosted by TNT Kartways. Saturday and Sunday will each host a round of racing that includes ample track time for all competitors, featuring two practice sessions, qualifying, two heat races and a main event. With the opening round set for TNT Kartways this weekend, the series will then travel to another historic facility -- Road America -- to contest Rounds 3 and 4 on the Briggs and Stratton Motorplex circuit on July 6-8 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The series finale weekend is set for August 17-19 at the popular New Castle Motorsports Park in Indiana. There the crowned champions in each category will earn their guaranteed starting position in the SuperSunday main event at the SKUSA SuperNationals XVI in Las Vegas -- as will all ProKart Challenge regional champions for Superkarts! USA this season.
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Monday, 14 May 2012 17:00 |
If you want to be in the 2012 Midwest PKC championship, or just do some awesome racing this weekend, don't miss this event! Pre-Entry cutoff is TONIGHT, MONDAY MAY 14 for Rounds 1 and 2 of the Midwest ProKart Challenge 6-race series that is taking place this weekend at the TNT Kartways in Quincy, MO. All event details can be found by clicking HERE, and to sign up online now with a credit card, click HERE. You can also click HERE for the downloadable form. Pre-registration means you'll save a little money and a little time at check-in at the track! Otherwise, you can sign up at the track starting at 7:00am this Friday, May 18th or Saturday morning starting at 6:30am.
Hope to see you at TNT! |
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Friday, 30 March 2012 17:41 |
The Rocky Mountain and Midwest ProKart Challenge will provide a great opportunity for young racers to sample the initial rung of SKUSA TaG racing.
The series will be providing approximately six Vortex Mini Rok 60 engines free of charge to Cadet racers who don't already own one of these popular engines, but who would like to race in the TaG Cadet class. Each racer will only be required to purchase a “SKUSA Ready to ROK” Mini ROK accessory package, which will include all necessary components required to make the racer’s chassis track ready and technically compliant. Once the competitor arrives at the race venue, they simply pick up their motor, bolt in on, plug it in and hit the track!
Full details will be available shortly (keep watching this website), interested parties are encouraged to pre-register to reserve their engine.
Series Loyalty Members (those pre-registering for the entire series) will receive priority opportunity by guaranteeing their motor is waiting for them at every event.
Contact Stan at
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for information on how to obtain the “SKUSA Ready to ROK” package and reserve your place in the motor loaner program. |
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Wednesday, 07 March 2012 13:28 |
Due to numerous requests from shops and racers in the Midwest, the SKUSA Midwest ProKart Challenge has moved the Road America event up one week on the calendar. The July 7th - 8th race weekend is now scheduled for June 30th - July 1st , which now will avoid a conflict with the WKA Manufacturer’s Cup event. A special thanks to the staff at Road America for being so accommodating and allowing this adjustment in their schedule!
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