CUP KART NEWS

It has been brought to our attention that our CIK Seat guidelines have unintentionally rendered seats designed in the NEK / JECKO style illegal for use in the CIK Class. Our research shows that these seats ARE LEGAL for use in CIK competition, and therefor will be legal for our CIK Class as well.   We will be revamping our seat rule to accommodate this in the near future. This however will not be possible to have completed before our opening race. Therefor; seats in the NEK / JECKO style will not have to meet the 28″ max overall measurement, so long as they are 100% unmodified other than drilling for mounts, weights or repairs. The angle requirement will remain

The Supplemental rules, including information on fuel and the weekends schedule are now available. Included in this document are some rules and clarifications specific to the Senior CIK Class. As this is a new class to the series, there were many competitors who reached out with questions regarding wheel sizes and seat measurements. To ensure everybody has the same information on what the requirements are and how they will be checked, we have added the information to the supps. to ensure that everybody receives the same information. We have also updated the CKNA rulebook with all the same information. v18.2 of the rules have been published to include all these clarifications. No other notable changes were made. To download the

We have had a long and valued partnership with Briggs and Stratton. Their 206 engine is the keystone to the series we have been building for the last five seasons. The cost effective, level playing field the 206 provides has helped to revitalize karting and make a series like ours successful. We are pleased to announce that Briggs has agreed to return as our Performance Sponsor for 2018, and they are bringing A LOT to the table! To start with, we will be giving away pressure washers at 4 of our divisional events throughout the year, to be randomly drawn for at the drivers meeting! They will also be awarding a generator to each winner at the Grand Nationals at

It’s been a long winter, and we know everybody is chomping at the bit to go racing. We’re terribly sorry that 2018 updates have been slow to come out, but the time has come to step on the gas and get 2018 off and running! First off, some regrettable news. The scheduling hiccup we had with the Florida Division’s first round was an unforeseen issue. We would like to thank the other tracks scheduled to host the series, who have gone above and beyond with offers to step up with additional dates and support trying to make the series happen. With a very heavy heart, we have decided to hold off on launching our Florida Division. We know this comes

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

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

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

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

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!