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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, 01 May 2012 08:29 |
 We have just calculated and posted the Championship Points following the first two rounds of the SKUSA Pro Tour at the MG Tires SpringNationals. |
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 20:55 |
These are the shirts that were available in Phoenix this weekend. Get them NOW in the SKUSA Store as they likely won't be available again until the SummerNats.
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Written by eKartingNews.com
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Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:00 |
 The final day of on-track action was just as sizzling as the weather in Phoenix, Arizona as the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour MG Tires SpringNationals was completed on Sunday. The skies were clear and the temperatures soured to triple digits at the PKRA Formula K Raceway, challenging the drivers and mechanics alike. Thankfully, there were no reported health issues with the weather for drivers nor those in attendance, and the on-time schedule set by the SKUSA Track Staff put the final event to be completed just after 5:00 pm. Although their were no red flags on the day, drivers were still on edge throughout the schedule as some poor decisions were made. Despite this, the great racing that was provided for a majority of the time trumped those bad moments, as eight drivers stood at the top of the podium to end the weekend. Fritz Leesmann and Phil DeLaO led the way with top honors in the headline categories, both scoring the win on Sunday and the event winner $1,000 check for S1 and TaG Senior.
Extreme Karting/Vemme Kart S1 Pro Stock Moto
Back in 2010, Fritz Leesmann (CRG) began his Pro Tour championship run with a sweep at the inaugural SpringNationals at Infineon. This year, Leesmann had to wait until day two before scoring a near sweep to put himself in the championship lead for the S1 title. An almost perfect day on Sunday helped Leesmann earn 310 points of the possible 320 on the day, propelling him into the point lead leaving Phoenix. The only blemish on Fritzer’s day was in qualifying where New Zealand driver and defending champ Daniel Bray (GP) scored the pole position, as the only driver below the 44-second mark. Leesmann would not be denied in the heat races, driving to the 10-lap moto wins and the pole for the Main Event. Grabbing the holeshot, Leesmann drove away to lead the entire 20 laps to a four-second victory. Behind him was a great battle for second that continued throughout the day. Bray ran second in the opening heat, but was moved back to third when Saturday winner Joey Wimsett (CRG) worked by in the second heat. They continued the duel into the feature race, with Wimsett grabbing the spot early. Bray was able to work by for position, but Wimsett kept the pressure on. With some defensive maneuvers, Bray held off Wimsett for the spot at the checkered, but officials gave Bray a one position penalty for blocking. The penalty placed Wimsett on the second step of the podium with Bray in third. Rookie Nicky Freytag (FA Kart) had his best day of the weekend, driving to fourth in his S1 debut on the Pro Tour with fellow freshman Jake French (Birel) fighting into fifth.
Read the full story on eKartingNews.com
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Saturday, 21 April 2012 19:06 |
Please be advised that the schedule has been adjusted for Sunday. Please note the following changes.
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Warm Ups are now 5 minutes.
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Qualifying is now 7 minutes (Except for S1).
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TaG Sr will be split into (2) run groups based off of Saturday'a Qual times.
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Group B - Fastest 22 drivers
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Group A - Remaining 21 drivers
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Will be posted in the morning
All of these changes are reflected in the revised schedule you can DOWNLOAD HERE. |
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