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California ProKart Challenge

Round 2 - March 4-5, 2016 – Willow Springs

RACE ENTRY

Race pre-entries may be submitted at a “packaged-price” discount through the ProKart Challenge ONLINE store. Our web-challenged friends may use our DOWNLOADABLE entry form.  If you have any questions, email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or call 951-491-0808 for assistance.  NOTE: If this is your first transaction through the online store, you have the option of clicking on the “Create New Account” link when prompted and complete the forms presented.  Then, for subsequent transactions, just enter the login ID and password you created to retrieve your stored entry profile.  SPECIAL NOTE: Login ID and password cannot contain blank spaces.

Pre-Entry – Enter Before the Cut-Off and Save!
The definition of a “PRE-ENTRY” is an entry received, with payment, at the ProKart Challenge office before midnight on the Tuesday prior to the event, and will qualify for the pre-entry pricing.  Entries after this cut-off will have to be submitted at the event (starting Friday morning) at walk-up pricing.  See pricing below.  All race pre-entries will be confirmed via email within 2 business day of receipt at the PKC/SKUSA home office.  If you do not receive an email confirmation within 48 hours, please call 951-491-0808 to confirm that your entry has been received and is in process.

Pre-Entry closes at Midnight on Tuesday, March 1st,  Anyone wanting to register for the race or Friday's practice after that time will have to sign-up at the track on Friday starting at 7:00am or Saturday starting at 6:30am. 

Capped Entries - Enter Early - Don’t Miss Out!
All classes will have a maximum amount of 44 entries per race.  Entries received after a particular class is filled will be placed on a waiting list and held pending cancellation openings.  Entrants will be notified directly of any change in status or availability and offered entry on a first paid, first served basis

Entry Fees
(NOTE: see Online store for discounted $325 pricing for entry+tires combo.) 

ALL CLASSES (active SKUSA membership required for race days):
  • $75 Friday Practice Day (no practice allowed on Thursday 3/3)
  • $125 Pre-Entry Race Fees (not including tires)
  • $150 Post-Entry / At Track Race Fees
  • $20 Transponder Rental ( If you don't have your own )
  • $222+tax per set Evinco-M ‘Red’ practice or race tires (for all classes except Mini/Micro Swift). These tires may be re-used from event to event.  Practice or race tires for Mini/Micro Swift (Evinco-H ‘Blue’) are $211+tax. All tires can be picked up at the track or shipped ahead of time for $10 Shipping and Handling (within CA) or $15 (outside CA).
  • Note: Race Tires MUST have the special PKC stamp to pass tech.
  • $75 SKUSA Annual Membership (must be current member)
  • NOTE: THERE IS NO CHARGE THIS EVENT for Pit Spots or Overnight Camping (Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights)
  • No reserved pit spots – all spaces are first come-first served, starting Thursday afternoon. Sponsors can contact PKC at 951-491-0808 to discuss priority parking for this event.
  • NOTE: SKUSA’s Spec Fuel (MS98 for all classes, C12 optional for the stock Honda classes) and Spec Oil (Motul 2T Grand Prix) are mandatory at this event, but are not available to purchase from PKC/SKUSA. Please make arrangements to get some from your local kart shop or team for this event.

Driver Age
If the driver is less than 18 years old, you must fax a copy of his/her birth certificate to (951) 491-0809 with the initial application for a SKUSA membership/racing license.  Be sure to check the Classes section of this site or sections 15.3 and 20.1.2 of the SKUSA Rulebook for minimum age requirements of each class.


VENUE INFORMATION

Willow Springs Kart Track
3500 75th Street West
Rosamond, CA 93560
www.willowspringsraceway.com
For practice info, please call (661) 256-6666
NOTE: NO practice will be allowed on Thursday, March 3rd.

Map And Directions ( Google Maps )
From Los Angeles:  I-5 North to Highway 14 North - past Palmdale and Lancaster, CA to Rosamond, CA. Take the Rosamond Blvd. exit in Rosamond, and go West approx. 6 miles on Rosamond Blvd. to the WSIR main track entrance at 3500 75th Street West.

From Riverside / San Bernadino County Areas: Go North on I-15 or I-215 to the Highway 138 (Wrightwood) exit - go West on 138 to Palmdale, CA. From Palmdale take the Highway 14 North to Rosamond, CA. Take the Rosamond Blvd. exit in Rosamond, and go West approx. 6 miles to the WSIR main track entrance at 3500 75th Street West.

From Santa Barbara / Ventura Area:  South on 101, East on 126, North on 5, East on 138, make a left turn on 90th Street West (go North), then right turn on Rosamond Blvd (first stop sign), go East approx. 1.5 mile to main track entrance at 3500 75th Street West.

From Las Vegas: South on I-15, to Highway 58 West, to Highway 14 South (at Mojave). Go approx. 15 miles South on 14 to Rosamond Blvd. Take the Rosamond Blvd. exit in Rosamond, and go West approx. 6 miles to the WSIR main track entrance at 3500 75th Street West.

From Northern California: South on I-5, to Highway 58 East, to Highway 14 South (at Mojave). Go approx. 15 miles South on 14 to Rosamond Blvd. Take the Rosamond Blvd. exit in Rosamond, and go West approx. 6 miles to the WSIR main track entrance at 75th Street West. OR, you can go over "The Grapevine" on I-5 to Highway 138, then go East to 90th Street West, turn north and go to Rosamond Blvd. Go right on Rosamond Blvd. and travel east approx. 1.5 miles to the track entrance at 3500 75th Street West off of Rosamond Blvd.)


Overnight Parking and Camping
Trailer parking and overnight camping will be available at no cost BASED ON THE GATE HOURS BELOW starting Thursday night, and it will all be first come-first serve.

Willow Kart track gates will be open Thursday 7am-10pm, Friday 6:30am-10pm, Saturday 6:30am-11pm, and Sunday starting at 6:30am for final move-out. Overnight campers must be inside the gates by closing time each night or risk being locked out.

Reserved and Unreserved Pit Spaces
We will not have reserved Pit Spots at this event. It will be first come, first served.
 
Spectator Tickets
Normally, 1 and 2 day spectator passes are required -- and are available through the online store and at the track throughout each event. Prices are $15 for a 1-day pass and $20 for a 2-day pass. Kids 5 and under are FREE, but everyone must sign an insurance waiver.

HOWEVER: Willow Springs charges all attendees a $10 gate fee at the front entrance. Spectators will NOT have to purchase a separate pit pass from PKC at this event, as the gate fee covers their insurance wristband. Only mechanics and crew members that want access to the HOT PIT area of the track need to purchase PKC pit passes, in addition to paying the Willow Springs gate fee.

Course Map For This Event
NOTE: ProKart Challenge will be running this event -- as well as the Friday practice day – in the normal CCW direction.



Pit Vehicles
Although Willow Springs allows motorized vehicles on their kart track premises. PKC asks that no one under the age of 16 ride any motorized or non-motorized vehicles while karts are moving on track – or during move-in and move-out of the pits.
 
Pets on Premises
Willow Springs allows pets on premises, as long as they are kept on a leash. Please, no pets on the grid or in tech, and please clean up after your pet.



TENTATIVE EVENT SCHEDULE

Thursday, March 3rd – Move-in Day Only

Note: Practice will NOT be allowed on this day due to the large volume of trailers moving into the pits and PKC staff prepping the track. 

 

Friday, March 4th - Practice Day

6:30am Willow Springs Gates Open
7:00am PKC Registration Opens

7:30am-3:00pm Tire Desk Open
9:00am-5:00pm PKC Timed Practice – TRANSPONDERS MANDATORY STARTING AT NOON
Note: (1) PKC will split the Friday practice sessions into 10-minute intervals, following the class order listed below.
(2) Micro & Mini Swift will have their fastest lap from the last Friday practice session determine their grid position for Saturday’s Practice & Qualifying sessions. Must be weight & tech compliant.
 

Saturday, March 5th - Race Day

6:30am -- Gates Open and Registration
7:00am –12:00 noon -- Tire and Fuel Desks Open

Practice -- 7 minute sessions 
(Transponders Mandatory)

7:30am X30 Junior
7:40am X30 Master 
7:50am S1 & S2
8:00am S3 & S5
8:10am Micro Swift (see note 2 above)
8:20am Mini Swift (see note 2 above)
8:30am S4 Master/Super Master
8:40am X30 Senior

8:55am -- Drivers’ Meeting

Qualify -- 7 minute sessions 

9:20am X30 Junior
9:30am X30 Master 
9:40am S1 & S2
9:50am S3 & S5
10:00am Micro Swift (see note 2 above)
10:10am Mini Swift (see note 2 above)
10:20am S4 Master/Super Master
10:30am X30 Senior 

Heat 1 -- 10 Laps
10:40am X30 Junior
10:55am X30 Master 
11:10am S1 & S2
11:25am S3 & S5
11:40am Micro Swift
11:55am Mini Swift
12:10pm S4 Master/Super Master 
12:25pm X30 Senior

Heat 2 -- 10 Laps 
12:40pm X30 Junior
12:55pm X30 Master
1:10pm S1 & S2
1:25pm S3 & S5
1:40pm Micro Swift
1:55pm Mini Swift 
2:10pm S4 Master/Super Master
2:25pm X30 Senior

Main -- 16 Laps 
2:40pm X30 Junior
3:00pm X30 Master 
3:20pm S1 & S2
3:40pm S3 & S5
4:00pm Micro Swift (12 laps)
4:20pm Mini Swift (12 laps)
4:40pm S4 Master/Super Master
5:00pm X30 Senior

Podium Presentations and Raffle to Follow Final Tech Inspection
 


HOTEL & ACCOMMODATIONS

ProKart Challenge has made special arrangements at the following hotels/motels for this event:

Devonshire Inn
2076 Rosamond Blvd.
Rosamond, CA 93560
661-256-3454 ph
661-256-9205 fax
 
This motel is affordable, offers a continental breakfast and trailer parking, free WI-FI, a flat screen TV, free HBO/Cinemax, fridge and microwave in each room, and is just 8 minutes (6 miles) from the track. Mention that you are “with ProKart Challenge – running at Willow Springs” when you call for a reservation and get the discounted rate of $63.50+ tax for 1 queen bed or $77+tax for 2 queens. They will also allow your pets to stay in your room for $10/night/pet.  NOTE: Due to ADA regulations, the pool and jacuzzi have been permanently closed.

America’s Best Value Inn (formerly the Inn of Lancaster)
44131 Sierra Hwy
Lancaster, CA 93534
661-945-8771 phone
800-406-0466 or 866-294-9168 toll free
www.innoflancaster.com
 
Call and BE SURE TO SAY YOU ARE RACING WITH "ProKart Challenge" for these rates: $65+tax for 1 queen bed, $75+tax for 2 queen beds, or $85 for a suite (queen bed plus sofa-queen sleeper). These rates are approx. 20% off their regular rates. They offer full ‘deluxe’ continental breakfast, an on-site exercise room as well as a nearby Power House gym, and all of the usual in-room amenities (cable tv, coffee, micro, fridge, free WI-FI).

Camping at the track at no-charge: ProKart Challenge is offering FREE overnight camping (and pit parking) at the track for this event. Be sure to be inside the gates each night before lock-up:

WSIR GATE HOURS:

  • Thursday – 7am til 10pm
  • Friday – 6:30am – 10pm
  • Saturday – 6:30am – 11pm
  • Sunday – 6:30am - noon

POLICIES

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Please read our Terms and Conditions page.


Pit Space Rules

  • Unreserved spaces are on a first arrive, first served basis
  • All equipment must fit within your designated pit space. This includes: trailer; tents, karts, generators, pit carts, etc.
  • All vehicles (tow and otherwise) must be stored/parked in the participant parking area North of the pit area.
  • Overnight camping will be allowed for this event at no charge, and RVs will be allowed to park with trailers in the pit area.
  • Pit space move-in starts on the Thursday afternoon prior to an event.
PKC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ISSUES RELATED TO PIT SPACE PLANNING.