FREE KID KART TIRES FROM TRUDELL PERFORMANCE FOR THE GRANDS!
Planning is underway for our biggest event ever, the 206 Cup Grand Championships presented by Vega Tires! Our goal for this event is simple; we want to make this the biggest and the best 206 race in the country for 2017. Details will start coming out about the event over the coming weeks, as we are working feverishly to make this the greatest event possible. We have already received confirmations from some of the larger national teams and manufactures that they will be attending. We expect competitors to attend from across the entire country, and beyond! There are some things we can let everybody know about right away! Vega Tires has agreed to be the Presenting Sponsor for the Grand […]
206 Cup is Now Cup Karts of North America
Last season, our series saw incredible racing and record setting fields. Many new friendships were made along the way. By every account, we consider 2017 a resounding success. We want to again say thank you to all our sponsors, staff, and of course our racers. As any organization grows, it will undoubtedly experience growing pains along the way. Our series is no different. Shortly after the Grand Championships, we received a letter from Briggs & Stratton’s attorneys stating that there was growing concern regarding the use of the company’s trademarks as a part of our series’ name. Although we had been given permission to use these trademarks as part of Briggs & Stratton’s past sponsorship as the Title Sponsor of […]
DATE FOR THE 2018 GRAND NATIONALS SET
2017 was a great year for the 206 Cup. We saw strong numbers in both our original North Division, as well as in our Central Division that was newly added in 2017. It all culminated with our first ever Grand Championships which was a resounding success. We knew it would be a big race, but we were pleasantly surprised about the response we received. In the end, the Grand Championships featured some of the biggest names in four cycle karting from all across North America! Racers From California, New York, Flordia, California and even Brazil met at New Castle to compete. And I’m happy to say that not only was the competition great, everybody met new people, made new friends […]
NEW ADDITIONS TO 206 CUP – DATE FOR THE 2018 GRAND NATIONALS SET
We are excited to announce that we have renewed our partnership with Vega tires as the spec tire provider for the entire Briggs and Stratton 206 Cup Series. Furthermore, the spec tire for the 2018 season will be the Vega VAH tire. The VAH has proven to be a great tire for the 206 racer, as it has proven to maintain a consistent level of performance and speed throughout it’s entire life. It also works well with the wide variety of chassis our series features. Racers have found a great deal of speed and durability out of the VAH over the past two years, and we are very pleased to be able to keep our tire program consistent from year […]
206 CUP ANNOUNCES CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH VEGA TIRES
Our newest sponsor, Trudell Performance wants to see the Kid Kart class grow. To throw some gas on the fire, Trudell Performance is offering to buy the first 5 Kid Kart entries their tires for the Grand Championships at New Castle on September 29th – October 1st! To get your free tires, all you need to do is select the 4.6/4.6 Trudell Performance Tires in the drop down, and enter the code TRUDELL in the discount field at the bottom of the Pre-registration form. In case you missed it, here is the page: GRAND FINALS ONLINE REGISTRATION So 206 Kid Kart racers… you better hurry up and get signed up! the 5 free sets of tires will go fast! […]
New Racers Get Paid to Race at Camden, Ohio!
One of the things that makes running this series so great is the people we meet who share our love of karting and want to do whatever they can do help it grow. Our friends at G&J Kartway and OVKA are this type of people, and they have come up with an amazing offer to help encourage their local racers and anybody else who has never raced with 206 Cup before to join us in Camden on June 23rd – 25th! So here’s the deal: Any racers new to the series that buy a set of Vega VAH tires and race at Camden will receive a $20 rebate for each day they race! You read that right. All you have […]
206 CUP’S NEW MANUFACTURES CHAMPIONSHIP AND CONTINGENCY!
In an effort to help grow the younger ranks in our series as well as clubs throughout the region, we have decided to add Briggs Kid Kart to the series for the 2017 season. To be honest, this is a fast moving plan. The details are not all worked out yet, but here is what we know for sure. We will follow traditional Briggs Kid Kart rules and all drivers will be on Vega VAH tires. We will announce a minimum weight in the coming days. Our intention is to treat this just like any other points class. For sure, we plan to offer the class at Road America and Badger Kart Club, as they have a good following already […]
LETTER FROM SERIES OWNERS REGARDING 206 CUP’S EXPANSION FEATURING A NEW DIVISIONAL/NATIONAL FORMAT FOR 2017
WE FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO GIVE THE RACERS BACK SOME MONEY! In 2015, we kept track of a manufactures points standings, ranking each chassis manufacture by their best two finishes at each event throughout all classes. We thought it was a fun thing to do, and some of the racers enjoyed trying to increase their chassis ranking by helping out other racers on like chassis. In 2016, we stopped tracking of these points, and to our surprise the racers were disappointed. We did not realize how many people were watching! So we are bringing back the Manufactures Championship for 2017, with a bonus to the racers. If a racer wins for the day on a chassis that is apart of […]
Welcome Glen Firing As The New Race Director for 2016
One of the most important parts of running a successful karting event is having a great staff. Although we are extremely pleased with all of our crew from the 2015 season, we felt we needed to step up our game even more. One of our main priorities for ourselves before 2016 was to add even more experience to our crew, specifically an experienced Race Director. Although we talked to as many people as we could, we always had one specific person in mind for the job, Glenn Firing. Both through personal experience and professional references; we knew he had the integrity and sense of fairness we wanted our race director to have. I am happy to say that he has […]
NEW CLASS ADDED WITH CASH PURSE FOR FINAL ROUND OF 2016
Dear Karters, First off, I would like to take the opportunity to thank our Competitors, Sponsors and race day staffers for their support in 2016. We had record numbers all season long, and held arguably the most competitive 206 series in the country! It has meant a great deal to Steve and Myself that our little idea from a few years ago has been so well received by all of you, and our success would not have been possible without each and every one of you. Although we have been relatively silent since the conclusion of our 2016 season, the work behind the scenes planning for 2017 has been well underway since this past July. We knew what we wanted […]
