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Winter Nats goes Under the Lights!
We’ve published the planned schedule for the inaugural running of the Cup Karts North America Winter Nationals, and it includes a little surprise for all our racers. We get to run some races “Under the Lights”! 103rd Street Sports Complex just installed some fantastic LED lighting around the entire facility, and we plan to take full advantage of the opportunity. Not only does it give everybody a cool experience, but it also allows us to squeeze in a ton of track time for everybody. You can download the Winter Nationals Supps and Schedule here, or find them on the homepage of CupKarts.com.
Registration for Winter Nationals is OPEN!
2021 was such an awesome year for CKNA, that we just had to squeeze one more race in! This New Years Eve, come join us for our first ever Winter National at 103rd Street Sports Complex in sunny Jacksonville FL! Not only is this one of the National races planned for this season, but it will also serve as the first points race for the Cup Karts South Division. The track in Jacksonville has been apart of the fabric of 4-cycle karting for many years, and we couldn’t think of a better place to hold our first ever December (and January) race! The event will follow a very similar format to that of the Spring Nationals earlier this year. Friday […]
CKNA 2022 Schedule: UPDATE
Fot those of you that we’re racing with us at Grand Nationals 5 as well as those that watched on CupKarts LIVE, you got a chance to see the majority of our schedule for the 2022 season! As many noticed, there we’re a few major announcements that came as apart of that release. The return of the Spring Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway, our first visit to NOLA Motorsports Park and the birth of the CKNA Winter Nationals at 103rd St Sports Complex in Jacksonville FL for a New Years race! 2022 Is going to be great! There have been questions about how points will be tabulated for the south, as two of their points races this year will be […]
GN5 Updates:
We’re just days out from the most anticipated Grand Nationals in history. There’s still time to register!!! If you want to join karting’s biggest event of the year, make sure to click the REGISTER NOW button on top of the page! Online registration closes TOMORROW, September 28th. Walkup registrations are welcome! Event Timeline: With just 2 days left to register online, we have reached over 375 entries! And as we all know, there are more than a handful of people that choose to wait until the literal last minute to get registered, so we are sure that number will still increase. It’s been amazing to see the registrations in our youth classes. All 3 have exceeded our expectations, with the […]
GN5 Supplemental rules and schedule
We’ve already blown past the 300 entry mark! We’re less than 2 weeks away from the start of the biggest 4-cycle race of 2021, and we know you have all been itching for the schedule and supplemental rules. WAIT NO MORE… Although we encourage all of you to read through the supps completely, here are the highlights: Our format has been finalized! Based on the feedback we got from our racers, GN5 will feature a 2-Heat format this year. And even though we have added a class and what looks to be a lot more racers, we will still be close to the same total amount of track time for competitors as 2020! We will finalize the race length closer […]
Branding Speed is giving away free entry to GN6!
Cup Karts North America is proud to announce that Branding Speed, the new book by Fritz Wilke about how to brand and market your club racing team, will be sponsoring Grand Nationals 5 at New Castle Motorsports Park! Branding Speed is the #1 New Release in Motorsports on Amazon! Order Branding Speed on Amazon and bring it with you to Grand Nationals 5 and Fritz will sign it for free! In addition, each book Fritz signs at Grand Nationals 5 will have the owner’s name entered into a drawing to win a free entry to next year’s Grand Nationals 6! Go see Fritz Wilke under the Noah Stark Engine Works tent, get your book signed and get entered to win! […]
Tech Update: Kart Numbers
CKNA’s new number decals are only a buck! In an effort to better officiate our events and make sure calls are made quickly and correctly, CKNA will be REQUIRING specific kart number characteristics for all events moving forwards, beginning with Grand Nationals 5. Having nearly 300 entries with over 2 weeks to go means we’re going to have a lot of karts to watch! Our requirement will be black numbers on either a white or yellow background. Karts will have to have the correct number meeting these requirements on all 4 ends of the kart (Front, Back and both sides). Letters don’t count, so if they’re there please take them off! We are not requiring you to buy these from […]
Tech Updates: Rear Bumpers
There are no changes to our rear bumper rules, but with the number of questions we have received about them since our reminder that the “Gold Cup” style bodywork is no longer permitted, we thought it a good idea to remind everybody what is legal for a rear bumper! There is also a clarification on how this is tech’d. So here’s the CKNA Rules on rear bumpers: Rear Bumpers All karts must have either a CIK plastic rear bumper, or a “full width” steel bar style bumper consisting of at least 2 horizontal bars between the frame rails (additionally, see “Metal Double Bar Bumper below). Single bar bumpers are not allowed. Bumper must be at least 1” rearward of the […]
Tech Updates: BODYWORK
As we come closer to the Grand Nationals… we will be posting some tech updates and bulletins to try and make sure everybody is compliant with rules as they are written in our rule books. Our first installment: CIK Bodywork for all classes: This is a simple reminder that the “Gold Cup Style” bodywork has now been retired from competition in CKNA events. We set the date for this over a year ago so it should come as no surprise to any of our competitors. Grand Nationals 5 will be CKNA’s first race with only CIK bodywork in all classes. CIK Drivers Fairings: K.G. USA has recently began distributing their new 507 drivers panel. As of now that panel is […]
Letter regarding Bushnell disqualification
There has been lengthy discussions popping up in multiple places online regarding a disqualification that took place at round 4 of the Cup Karts South series at Bushnell Motorsports Park. While we usually do not comment publicly on any decisions made in tech, this incident in particular has seemed to cause a lot of confusion and misinformation about CKNA, Cup Karts South and the rules that we’re enforced. The infraction causing disqualification was a foreign object being placed in the fuel line between the pump and carburetor with the obvious purpose of altering fuel delivery. While not specifically called out in either the Briggs & Stratton book or our own rules, this was deemed illegal because of the following reasons: […]