CUP KART NEWS

Let’s face it, racing is expensive. Not only for the racers, but for the organizations hosting the events as well. So as the old adage says, “Help us Help you”! CKNA has been able to maintain our reasonably priced event structure with TONS OF AWARDS AND PRIZES for all these years thanks to the multitude of sponsors that have supported us and our racers. But just maintaining the status quo isn’t good enough. We want to keep improving our staff, equipment and technology to ensure that we have the best karting events in North America! So we thought this would be an excellent opportunity to get our racers involved and help them afford more racing in 2023 as well! Welcome

It’s been a long time since we felt it necessary to make any significant changes to the CKNA class structure. After a great deal of research and testing, we have decided to modify both the American and Canadian class structures. For a variety of reasons, we feel the time is right to roll out these changes. Our goals we’re clear: create a better progression as drivers move up in category, getting the Canadian and American class structures more aligned, maintain the level of competition, and most importantly… SAFETY! United States Class Structure: For 2023, we are restructuring some of our youth classes in the US to meet the goals we outlined above. At many of the tracks we visited in

2022 was a landmark year for Cup Karts North America. Beyond having record numbers at most every race in 2022, we gained a National race with the Winter Nationals in Jacksonville, FL as well as an entire new Division in Canada! We truly couldn’t be happier with how 2022 went unfolded. But it’s time to move on and get geared up for 2023. With three Divisions to think of as well as three National events, there are a lot of moving parts. It took longer than we hoped to get something on paper that we felt confident gave our racers the best opportunity to race the events they want to be a part of. There are so many great tracks

From time to time, we feel it necessary to revise some rules mid-season in an effort to improve the efficiency of our events as well as the experience for the competitors. With five races already under our belts for 2022, we found a few things we wanted to improve upon for our racers! Other than some clarifications and house keeping, here’s an outline of the changes. Please make sure to download rev22.1 of the rules ASAP so you can read the full details of all the changes: Canada exceptions: As we launch the Canadian Division in just a few weeks, there are some differences in both class structure and safety requirements. Those will be detailed in the Canadian Supplemental rules.

The long awaited schedule for the 2022 Spring Nationals has been uploaded to the website! You can download them either on the homepage or on the Spring Nationals Page. Here are three important things to note: There is a new Pre-Tech form this season, that makes you acknowledge the kart number you registered with is correct, and on your kart DURING PRE-TECH. We will no longer be allowing number changes at the track in most cases, so make sure you know what you registered! We will be setting up a “Tire Table” for all racers to have their tires scanned in at. We will not be scanning tires at the grid as we have done in the past. Make sure

For round 1 of the Cup Karts North Divisional Series, we will be returning to one of the most historic karting tracks in the Midwest… G&J Kartways! G&J might not be a new track for CKNA, but we have not been able to return there for a few years now.  Our previous races there have been excellent, because this “Old School” style track rewards drivers who are able to negotiate both high speed sections as well a tight braking corners. It’s a great track for 4-cycle racing! All though the date for this event had been announced at the Grand Nationals in 2021, we had not confirmed the location simply because we had not had a chance to solidify the

Today, we get to make one of the biggest announcements we have ever made… we are pleased to officially announce the launch of Cup Karts Canada! As CKNA continues to grow, we have been looking for new regions that already have die-hard Briggs racers that would appreciate our trademark family friendly 4-cycle only events.. Canada has been on the top of the list for a few years due to the many 4-cycle drivers already racing there, and the high caliber of drivers that compete in the category throughout the country. The dream of bringing CKNA events to Canada began to become a reality at the beginning of the year. CKNA owners Greg Jasperson and Steve Vermeer sat down with long

We’re always trying to get better. Rulebook rev22 is the first update for this year, and the main changes are to clarify some procedural issues that cropped up throughout the past few seasons: Having correct numbers has been added as a pre-tech item 90 second rule re-clarified The starting procedure from Grand Nationals 5 becomes permanent How drivers are scored if a race is declared official Requirement to compete (no more strategically skipping a heat!) Must attempt to make weight for the class Lapped traffic in Divisionals will receive Blue Flags Lapped Traffic at a National in Sportsman and Junior will be removed Engine change policy limited to one engine change This won’t be the last update for 2022, but