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Friday, 11 May 2012 11:12 |
 A new era kicked off this past weekend (May 4-6) at the Grand Junction Motor Speedway, as the revamped Rocky Mountain ProKart Challenge got underway for the 2012 season. The 9/10-mile course in western Colorado hosted Rounds 1 & 2 of the six race series with racers from Utah, Colorado and Wyoming taking part in the Superkarts! USA regional program opener. Under the guidance of SKUSA National Operations Director Stan Bryniarski for the season, racers got a feel for what the SKUSA brand of kart racing is all about. Challenging weather conditions on Saturday added an interesting twist, when strong winds created some of the largest dust storms ever seen at this facility. Sunday brought calmer weather, and both days saw some great competition. All in all, a number of drivers set themselves up for a run at the series championship as well as guaranteed starting positions for SuperSunday at the SKUSA SuperNationals XVI, including S1 driver Mike Beeny, who scored two wins on the weekend.
Beeny swept the opening round of the event to kick start his championship chase on top. Beeny led the way in qualifying over 2011 S2 Pro Tour champion Kyle Hathcox. Sweeping the two 12-lap heat races -- and pressured by 2011 SKUSA SuperNationals S4 winner Bonnier Moulton -- the two then battled in the 20-lap main event with Beeny able to hold on for the victory. Keenan Schmitke won the battle for the third step on the podium over Hathcox and Tyler Bennett. On Sunday, Bennett improved his pace to lead the way for much of the day. Qualifying P1, Bennett drove to the win in heat one over Beeny and Hathcox. Opening lap incidents in heat two took out Beeny, Schmitke and Hathcox, leaving Bennett to walk away with the win over Moulton. Bennett continued to show the way in the beginning of the main event, challenged by Moulton. On lap five, Moulton took the lead but by then, Beeny had worked through the S2 field to sit third, trailing the front two. Once around Bennett, he set his sights on Moulton, completing the pass for the lead on lap 11. He would lead the rest of the way to the checkered flag for a 1.8-second victory over Moulton, with Bennett rounding out the podium.
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:30 |
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Points for the opening rounds of the Rocky Mountain PKC have been posted on the Series Points page. |
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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 09:17 |
 This weekend marks the start of the revamped Rocky Mountain ProKart Challenge series, with Rounds 1 and 2 taking place at the Grand Junction Motor Speedway in western Colorado. Racers from all across the Rocky Mountain area will converge on the 9/10-mile course on May 4-6 to begin a trio of double-race events between Colorado and Utah. A number of the top racers from the recent SKUSA Pro Tour MG Tires SpringNationals will be on-hand, taking on some of the region’s best racers.
The 2012 Rocky Mountain ProKart Challenge will take racers from Denver to Salt Lake City in three weekends with a total of six rounds. Each weekend will provide a full day of practice on Friday with Saturday and Sunday each hosting a round of racing that includes qualifying, two heat races and a main event, the most amount of track time possible. With the opening round set for this weekend in Grand Junction, CO, the series will then travel to the site of this year’s SKUSA Pro Tour SummerNationals - the Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah on June 1-3. The series will crown its champions on August 31-September 2 at the IMI Motorsports Complex, located outside the Denver area. The champions in each of the Rocky Mountain ProKart Challenge SKUSA-sanctioned classes, as with all SKUSA regional programs, will earn a guaranteed starting position in the SuperSunday main event at the SKUSA SuperNationals XVI in Las Vegas.
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Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:00 |
 There is going to be some GREAT racing next weekend in Colorado -- are you in yet? For more information and to REGISTER TO RACE at the PRE-ENTRY pricing, HERE. NOTE: The pre-entry deadline is TOMORROW NIGHT, Monday, April 30th for the Rocky Mountain PKC. More event details are also posted at http://www.superkartsusa.com/regional/rocky-mountain-pkc/event-calendar/rmpkc-1-and-2-2012.html.
Hope to see you at the track! |
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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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