CUP KART NEWS

We are pleased to present you the official 2026 CKNA Rule book! Those of you that follow us on Social Media will know that there was a fair amount of discussion regarding our intent to reduce class weights for this year. After listening to the feedback from our racers, we have amended our previous plan to one that we feel still accommodates the majority of our racers while still addressing some of the concerns we looked to accomplish this year. Thank you to everybody that provided feedback and helped us find a solution. It’s amazing to have customers that are willing to discuss their ideas and concerns in a positive way! The other major change is that all CKNA events

Every year CKNA refines it procedures and rules to best suit the needs of our racers, and this year is no exception. The official book will be published to CupKarts.com in the next few days after we finish up some final tweaks. Of course, there are some minor adjustments to procedures and policies. For example, we’ve added some language to better explain who will be considered for an age waiver, clarified some penalties and adjusted the review procedures to expedite the process. But today we want to focus on two key changes we believe most of our racers will be excited about. Tires: For the first time, all Divisions of CKNA will adopt a “1 set per weekend” rule for

As most of our racers know, a new Penalty points system was introduced at Summer Nationals 2025. And while the majority of our supporters welcomed the new system, some expressed concerns with specifics in the rules, and how points are being allocated. A handful of racers have reached out to the CKNA staff to express these concerns, offering additional ideas or tweaks to make the system work better. Thank you to all that took the time to reach out and have calm, reasoned discussions with us. In the majority of the feedback, there were two consistent themes: Updated Penalty Points System PDF Multiple class runners: Many comments we received said that we are unfairly holding drivers running multiple classes to

Thank you to all that came to Summer Nats and supported the event. Our staff did an amazing job officiating the race and implementing the new penalty points system. While we will be making some tweaks to the entire process in the coming days, we believe we are heading in the right direction based on the feedback we’ve already received from competitors. As a part of our commitment to fostering a fair and family-friendly racing environment for all our competitors, CKNA will at times take additional steps after an event to ensure that these standards are upheld. We intentionally do this after an event, so all the officials involved have time to confer, ensuring we are as fair and consistent

Effective immediately, CKNA will be starting implementing a new Penalty Points System. CKNA runs a lot of races each year. That also means that we have different sets of officials that work each event. One of the downsides to that is that it can be very difficult to track a drivers penalty history and ensure that somebody whom is consistently finding their name up in lights on the penalty board may not get the additional consequences that we believe a habitual offender should receive. We are committed to doing everything in our power to provide our customers a safe and fair racing environment every time they attend one of our events. Thanks to the hard work of our staff and

As we always do, CKNA has updated the rule book for 2025. And while there are no major changes, we do highly recommend that you download the latest version from our RULES PAGE and familiarize yourself with them. Below you will find a list of the most noteworthy changes. Some are items that we had individually listed in event supplemental rules all last season, and others are items we wanted to address moving forward. These are the rules that will be in effect for the upcoming Spring Nationals. Noteworthy changes: Updated dates for Snell 2015 Helmets:  You got one more year! We received confirmation late last week the our insurance carrier (NKA) has extended the life-cycle of the 2015 helmets.

Well after all the fun getting the North Division’s schedule hammered out, we’re very happy to say that the East schedule is done and confirmed! We held off on releasing it just in case we had to make drastic changes in our other divisions, but thankfully we have gotten everything lined up with no conflicts with any of our other events! We really wanted to change things up a bit in the East for 2025. We are firm believers in rotating tracks through our schedule to keep things fresh as well as to support more facilities in the region. East this year will be featuring two new tracks to CKNA. One historic track that is under new ownership and making

We want to thank everybody for their patience while we have been sorting out the schedules this season. While we had been on track to announce the majority of our dates back in November, a handful of changes and conflicts sent us back to the drawing board. Thanks to the diligent work of the CKNA staff, and their willingness to adapt to our increasingly demanding schedule… we have finally solved the last of our conflicts. We are pleased to present your Official 2025 Cup Karts North Divisional Schedule: Round 1 – Whiteland, IN May 2nd – 4th Our season opener will kick off at Whiteland Raceway Park for our 2025 North Division season. WRP is one of the best tracks

#219 Chain for Kid Karts Since it’s inception, Kid Karts have been required to run #35 size chain with a specified 17 tooth driver and a 57 tooth gear. Eliminating the gearing from the equation allows the parents and drivers to focus on the basics of driving and we believe it is the best thing for drivers so early in their racing careers. A few weeks ago, it was brought to our attention that there are some newer chassis on the market that the 57T #35 rear sprocket will not clear the crossbar on the chassis. Unfortunately, the way this was discovered was that families getting into the sport had bought them not knowing of the fitment issue. As the

The third and last event for the East series is next weekend, at Tim Hannen’s Oakland Valley Raceway Park (OVRP). Here’s a quick recap of the East series’ 2024 season so far. The first stop at United Karting was CKNA’s first race on a parking lot racetrack, located at the Baltimore Washington International Airport.  This was an exciting challenge for karters who had never raced on a parking lot circuit before. On top of that, it rained on both race days elevating the level of skill needed to handle this new venue. The next race was at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) where the competitors got “Liberated”.  As it always does, NJMP’s Liberator track provided excellent racing and close competition.

CKNA continues to provide a place for drivers to compete on a national level by adding the Summer National being held this weekend,  June 21st – 23rd at Pitt Race International (PRI), in Wampum, Pa. This race is the forerunner to the Grand Nationals at New Castle Motorsport Park (NCMP) scheduled for Oct 10th – 13th. The Wilson circuit kart track at Pitt Race will challenge a driver’s skill and endurance. Last year, CKNA held a divisional at Pitt featuring over 180 entries.  Some of the top drivers from all the CKNA divisions were there.  Drivers like Todd Baron, Wyatt Fink, Owen Lloyd, Emil Osman, Elmer Edmonson, Spencer Hite, Sean Meier, Caleb Smith, Colton McQuade and Eli Yanko (all the

The 2024 Cup Karts season is well underway! Our South Division just completed it’s 3rd round at Atlanta Motorsports Park, North starts in just a few days at the iconic G&J Kartway, and the Canadian and East Divisions are just weeks away from starting their seasons. With our first race for the East Division coming up in just a few short weeks, our vey own Tony “The Toe” Cirillo made an excellent write up regarding the upcoming East Division Season: To all of the Karters that raced the Northeast (NE) Divisional series in 2023, thank you for making it a big success in its first year.  Looking forward towards the 2024 East series as we are now calling it, the

Here we go again! We are pleased to announce that the supplemental rules and detailed schedules for the 2024 Spring Nationals presented by ORP are now available. Please head over to the Spring Nationals info page to access the files. As previously announced, the over 500 entries registered for the race required us to adapt our typical schedule for this event. Thankfully, we are confident we have created this schedule in a way that did not reduce the number of laps each competitor would get AND we will still conclude all racing activities by 3pm on Sunday. We wanted to also take a minute to thank all the sponsors that are making not only the Spring Nationals great, but the

The speed at which the 2024 Spring Nationals hit our original class caps was nothing short of astonishing. In the history of CKNA, we have never had such a response to a race. Unfortunately, that means that many racers that wanted to race the event we’re left out. As of this morning, we have 68 racers sitting on waiting lists! But thanks to the speed at which you all got your registrations in, we had time to adjust… and we have in a BIG WAY! With a lot of help from local contacts and Charlotte Motor Speedway, we have a solution that allows us to dramatically increasing the caps for most classes. For the first time ever, we will be

We’re officially 30 days out from the CKNA Spring Nationals, and it is already looking to be another BIG year at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This is the fastest we have ever reached the 200 entry mark for any race, including any of the Grand Nationals! Unfortunately, this means that we are already making the decision to cap entries in all classes. Trust me, we REALLY don’t want to. But one of the main goals at any CKNA event is to get racers the most track time possible. The only way to squeeze any more in would be to move this event to a Friday Qualifying format, and it wouldn’t be fair to anybody to make that change so close to

As many of you know, in an effort to provide the best experience possible, we occasionally make mid-season revisions to our rule book. We felt it time once again to revise some things and have published rev23.1 of the CKNA Rules. We encourage all of our racers to download the latest rules, and keep a copy in their toolboxes. Here are just some of the things that have been updated/changed: A detailed explanation of tram line enforcement, including diagrams to make sure there is no more confusion. Revised policies on what it means to complete a pass as well as leaving “room to race” for your fellow competitors. A much more robust explanation of what is permitted when defending a

Some general updates regarding this weekends event at OVRP We have FINALLY uploaded the schedule and supp rules to the CupKarts website. Click here to download them from the OVRP Event page. On the schedule, you will see that we are not able to begin on track activities until 10am each day because of local restrictions. Thankfully, the new Hybrid format for 2023 we demoed a few times last year allows us to still get in very similar amount of track time! For those of you that didn’t attend an event that used the new format in 2022, here’s the rundown: Saturday is still the same Qualifying, 2 Heats and Feature for mat we have used for years. On Sunday, 

CKNA moves to ensure that the level playing field continues: We have just released the supplemental rules and full timeline for the 2023 edition of the Spring Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway.You can download these either from the Spring Nationals Event page, or by clicking on the event on our online schedule. In the supplemental rules, you will find a passage regarding a new “Camshaft Intake Lobe Centerline” requirement that we will begin enforcing at Spring Nationals. As many of you may already know, social media blew up a few months ago regarding claims that some competitors and “engine tuners” had discovered a way to “twist” the camshaft inside the engines without breaking the seals. Although we have stayed silent

4-cycle’s 2nd biggest race of the year! Early Bird Special: Register by Feb. 6th and save $25! To register for the race, please head over to our RaceSelect registration system. You will also be given the option to pay for Friday practice, reserved parking, tires, and rental transponders. All of these are optional, but prepaying guarantees that what you need will be waiting for you at the track. Spring Nats Info Page This race will also be the first points race for the all new Cup Karts North East Divisional Series. We can’t begin to tell you how excited we are to bring our brand of karting to a region of the country that has been hungry for a competitive

Starting as a small series of three races in Wisconsin back in 2014, Cup Karts North America has now become the largest 4-cycle sprint karting organization in North America. This past season saw the addition of the very successful Cup Karts Canada Series, increasing the total number of events to 12 in as many as eleven different states/provinces in 2022. We try to make CKNA bigger AND better each year. Through rule changes, staffing, class structure and the tracks at which we hold races; we are always striving to one up ourselves and provide the best competitive and family-friendly events that our customers deserve. Based on the success of our 2022 campaign, we knew we had to step up our

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

We’re just days away from opening registration for the 2022 CKNA Spring Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway! We are extremely happy that we are able to return for the second installment of this race at CMS, which saw over 300 entries last season. 2022 brings a new pair of sponsors that are helping us bring you this edition of the Spring Nationals: This years Spring Nationals will look and feel much like last years race. We will be using a similar racing format and procedures. Friday practice, Saturday Heat races and Sunday Feature races! We are anticipating adding multiple LCQ’s to accommodate the large class sizes we expecting, so which classes are getting split into multiple heats will not be

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.

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

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

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:

We’re pleased to announce the newest addition to the Cup Karts North America staff, Mark Enderlein! Mark will be serving as CKNA’s official Race Director for the Cup Karts North Division, as well as working side by side with Glen Firing at the Spring Nationals! Mark is no stranger to karting. As the owner of River Lake racing, he served the karting community for over 30 years. Mark raced in nearly every category of karting including Flat Heads, KT100’s, TAG and 206. He is very proud of the 36 years of consecutive racing he was able to compete in! After making the decision to retire from racing and close both the race shop and the hardware stores he operated for

That’s right! You can now reserve your number for any CKNA events in 2021! With two separate divisions and a pair of National races this year, we are handling number reservations a bit differently this year. There will be 3 separate number pools: Cup Karts North Division Cup karts South Division CKNA Nationals When you reserve a number in either of the divisional pools, you will be asked if you would also like to reserve that number for the National pool as well. This is to give you the option to lock in your number for the Spring Nationals and the Grand Nationals. Like always, we DO NOT ALLOW duplicate numbers or letters at and CKNA events to help our

CKNA announces its National event schedule, including Grand Nationals 5 and the all new Spring Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway in NC Cup Karts North America is pleased to announce our 2021 National Race schedule, which includes Grand Nationals 5 and the Spring Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway in March! This will be Cup Kart’s first visit to the newly renovated Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is rapidly becoming one of the premier facilities on the South. The official press release is available to view by clicking the image above Inside, you will find some of the early details about both events. Although this will not be the first time CKNA has held a Spring Nationals event, the 2021 revival of

There’s quite a bit to talk about as the 2020 season starts to wind down. So here’s an update about all things CKNA:. First and foremost, we’ve had quite a few inquiries about the well being of the Junior driver that was injured in Sunday’s feature race. We are happy to say he is home and doing well! He had a follow up visit with his regular physician that also went very well, and we hope to see the entire family back at the track very soon! The 2020 season is already winding down, and we have just opened registration for our final Champions Cup Divisional race at Road America in Elkart Lake, WI! This will be the first time

When CKNA started all those years ago, we developed the rulebook to mix the traditional 4-stroke bodywork with the more modern CIK style. It worked well, and we had great events everywhere we went. As the CIK bodywork became more prevalent, we added CIK specific classes to accommodate the racers that preferred not to race against the other style bodywork for a variety of reasons. As the years have passed, many of the racers have changed over to CIK, and the number of traditional bodywork karts have dwindled. Still, we promised that we would have a place for these racers to race so long as they kept coming. Fast forward today, we had to cancel the first class in CKNA

Over the past week, we had heard some concerns about the race length’s at NCMP this coming weekend. Although these races were the same in estimated time on track, there were racers that did not like having heat races of only 5 laps. We quickly tried to gauge how many racers felt this way snd sent out a survey to our database: As you can see, in typical CupKarts fashion, it was perfectly split on opinions. So while racking our brains to come up with a solution that didn’t have us racing until 8pm each day, we received an email from one of our competitors who had an idea. She noted that the class she usually competes in (Senior Open)

We’re so excited to be celebrating Independence Day with all of our racing friends and family, that we’ve decided to pull out all the stops to ensure this is the biggest EK Chains Champions Cup Divisional race EVER! Thanks to the partnership with our new sponsor KartLift Kart Stands as well as many of our existing sponsors, we have been able to add a few additions to the weekend: Special Trophies and Prizes for Saturday, July 4th! We want to make sure that racing on the 4th of July is a special occasion. So to celebrate the top finishers of every class on Independence Day, we have commissioned special trophies . Also, Briggs and Stratton, Noram, RLV and a few

After gutting our schedule due to the Corona Virus, our revised announcement only set 3 dates for the 2020 Champions Cup season. As we had always said, we felt strongly that we needed a minimum of 4 races to continue to allow racers drops in the Championship Standings. This meant we needed to find a 4th race to squeeze into 2020. Admittedly, we were concerned it wouldn’t fit into the available weekends remaining in 2020. We have always done our best to work with other Midwest series and events to ensure racers wouldn’t have to choose between us and another race. We have also strove to allow enough off weekends between events to allow people time to recover from a

What can be said that hasn’t already been said about the Corona Virus Pandemic? It’s effects have been felt by everybody in our country, including our fellow kart racers. We hope that you and your loved ones are safe and getting by in these troubling times. Karting has been all but shut down for the past 2 months, and for us since Grand Nationals last October. There’s no surprise that determining when the right time to get back to normal has become the most polarizing topic in the news, social media and among our fellow racers. Furthermore, the different policies in each state has made determining the where just as difficult as the when part of the equation. Our opening

These are trying times for all of us. Whether or not you or somebody close to you has contracted the COVID-19 virus, we all have been undoubtedly affected in some way by this pandemic. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone during these unsettling times. We all are looking forward to returning to normal as soon as possible. For many of us, a big part of that is getting the CKNA family back to racing again. We hoped that our upcoming race at the East Lansing Kart Track would provide that for everybody. However, we regretfully are writing this letter to inform you that the second round of the 2020 CKNA Champions Cup season has been postponed. As some

We have been holding out hope that the risk would subside in time for us to run the 2020 Spring Nationals as planned. However, given the multiple “Stay at Home” and “Social Distancing” orders around the country which are now being extended beyond the Whiteland Race Weekend, we feel it is prudent to POSTPONE the 2020 Spring Nationals. The safety of our racers, crews and officials far outweighs all of our shared desire to get back to racing. We held out making this decision as long as we could, hoping for the best. But as we promised to give everybody plenty of notice if this became necessary, the decision had to be made. We are not setting the new date

Dear friends: First and foremost, we hope everybody is healthy and weathering this unprecedented storm. There have been quite a few inquiries lately about what the Corona virus’s effect will be on the 2020 CKNA schedule, especially the Spring Nationals at Whiteland. Racers want to know if we are still planning on holding the race. We have been in regular contact with Whiteland Raceway Park as well as staying up to date on all preventative measures in place in Indiana to help determine what we need to do. At this point, it is honestly too soon to tell if we will be able to hold the race. The safety of our racers, their families and our staff is the main

We have released version 20.0 of the CKNA rules. We ask that all of our racers download a FREE COPY and review all of the changes. To make life simple, any changes are in red print. Download the 2020 rules here! Here is a list of the most major changes that we feel should be highlighted: Conduct: This section has been added to our rules, to spell out how the series expects it’s participants to behave on a race weekend and online. It’s important to note, this was not added because we had a problem that needed to be addressed. But as the series hosting larger and larger events each year, it is important to provide this guideline to help

We’re always striving to make our events better. Over the years, we have adjusted scheduling, classes and rules to provide safer and more enjoyable events but have never really tweaked our optional Friday practices. We received numerous requests throughout 2019 to become more involved with running and enforcing our rules on Friday practices. Parents expressed to us that unsafe driving was taking place as well as people practicing out of class. The effect of all this is that people who had a negative experience on Friday had the tone set for a bad weekend all around. Nobody wants to bend an axle on a practice day, and rightfully so. We saw things happen a few times towards the end of

We’re pleased to announce that Cup Karts North America and Vega Tires have reached an agreement to extend the use of their tires exclusively at CKNA events through 2023! “Vega is one of our major sponsors, but we have learned to look at them as partners in the series. They offer support far beyond writing us a check each year. They have helped us in many more aspects that you wouldn’t expect from a tire company.   We truly feel the VAH that we co-developed with Vega is the best tire CKNA could have asked for. First off, it flat-out performs. Even with the wide variety of chassis types we see at our events, the tires just work. We break

Following our adjustment to the Kids Kart weights, we received numerous requests to re-evaluate the decision to lower the minimum weight. The decision to lower the weight on the Junior class was made to try and reduce the amount of ballast competitors had to run to meet the minimum weight. Nobody likes lifting a kart with 40+ pounds of lead bolted on, and we hoped to save on a few peoples backs. Also, the less lead going around the track minimizes the chances of a piece of lead coming off the kart and potentially harming a driver Based on the opinions of the majority of the responses we got, we have decided to reverse this decision and revert to the

A few days ago, we announced the 2020 class structure. Part of that announcement was weight adjustments for a few classes. Shortly there after, we received a few messages from Kid Kart parents asking us to further investigate the base weight of the Kid Kart class. An email was sent to all competitors from our last event in 2019 to get more data. Since it is still early enough, we wanted to make sure we did due diligence to evaluate the class minimum weights and make sure they are representative of tracks in our region AND the racers at our events. Two things became evidently clear. First, there is very little consistency in how local tracks are structuring their Kid

Please head to the Number Reservation page for all the info! CKNA 2020 Number Reservation Page

With 2020 fast approaching, CKNA is excited to announce it’s revised class structure for 2020! Don’t worry, we’re not reinventing the wheel. What we have done is used all the data from 2018 and 2019 to adjust a few classes to better fit our racers. We believe these changes will increase entries AND the level of competition. Here are the 2020 Competition Classes: Kid Karts – CIKAges 5-8Kid Kart Chassis (200lbs.)Cadet Chassis (215lbs.) Sportsman – OpenAges 8-12 (265lbs.) Junior – OpenAges 12-15 (320lbs.) Senior Light- CIKAges 15+ (340lbs.) Senior Medium – CIKAges 15+ (365lbs.) Senior Heavy – CIKAges 15+ (390 lbs.) Masters – CIKAges 35+ (390 lbs.) Senior – OpenAges 15+ (375lbs.) As you can see, we adjusted quite a

First off, Grand Nationals 3 was a HUGE success. It truly became one of those events that had a little bit of everything. For example, the first race of 2019 that had to be ran on rain tires was at the Grands! But even with the large temperature swings, rain, wind and everything else that happens on a race weekend; our racers remained determined and it showed. GN3 had some of the fiercest competition we have ever seen. What’s more, we blew past every goal we had set for the event by welcoming 286 total entries. To all the competitors that made the trip to join us in making this the largest 4-cycle karting event in years, THANK YOU! It

The 2019 karting season has been incredible, and the battle for top honors in the CKNA Champions Cup is closer than ever in nearly every class! Nearly every class is up for grabs in the final weekend of racing, taking place in Camden Ohio August 17th – 18th. This final race at G&J Kartway could be our biggest race yet for 2019. Not only are there many close points battles, but many of our dedicated sponsors and supporters are planning on making this event as well with their customers. We’ve even talked to many of our karting friends from the North that are planning to make the trip down from Canada! $25 off tires for new racers! The management at

Today, Briggs and Stratton came out with a technical bulletin regarding a new clutch that became available earlier this year.  Briggs Rule Clarification The clutch in question had previously been permitted at CKNA events in 2019. However, now that Briggs has officially deemed it as non-complaint, we too must follow suit. Effective immediately and until further notice, they will not be permitted for use in competition. Even though our series has it’s own rule book, we have always followed the official Briggs & Stratton rule set of the 206 for all items addressed including the Engine, Exhaust and Clutches. These rules have provided an extremely level playing field for our competitors and has been apart our success, as well as

Well we’ve done it again! Our last visit to South Bend’s Michiana Raceway Park saw respectable numbers. We had just over 100 entries on the weekend counting Saturday and Sunday. Being it was our first ever visit to the track, we we’re happy with the turn out. 2019 appears to be a little different. With just pre-entries alone, we are well over the 150 mark by the same math, with many racers still planning to register at the gate when they arrive! The support we are getting from the karting community is truly inspiring. It is a lot of effort and hard work to put on events like ours. It makes it all worth while when the racers respond and

It’s time to get registered for Round 2 @ MRP After the huge success of the Spring Nationals, we are very excited to welcome everybody back for the second round of the 2019 Champions Cup. The race is being held at the iconic Michiana Raceway park in North Liberty, IN! The Spring Nationals was the largest Divisional event in CKNA history, and we’d really like to see everybody back again for this round of racing. Register Now! Here’s whats happened since the Spring Nationals: Final results and the 2019 Champions Cup points rankings are now available on our website, CupKarts.com. Head over to see where your favorite racers finished and truly how close the racing was! There’s been a ton

It’s Time!!! That’s right folks. Registration is now open for Round 1 of the 2019 Champions Cup season, the CKNA Spring Nationals as well as number reservations for anybody racing in 2019. We have an all new registration system, powered by MotorsportsReg. We hope this system will be easier for racers to use and expedite the registration process online and at the track. Here are some of the new features that we have rolled out with the system: Differed Payments: Gone are the days of having to pay for an event weeks or months early. Your payment information will be stored securely by MotorsportsReg, and we wil not process your payment until the weekend before the race! Tire Reservations To

Like we have always said, we will listen to our competitors. As the Spring Nationals draw near, it is obvious that people are dragging their karts out of the garage and getting ready because we have been receiving a lot of rules questions over the past 3 weeks. Some of the questions have prompted us to adjust a few rules. Although there were numerous changes made to the rule book (which are all highlighted in RED), here are the ones we feel are substantial enough to mention and bring to everybody’s attention separately: (Page 6, Tires) There was some confusion if new tires we’re a requirement for the Spring Nationals. Just like any Divisional event, any Vega VAH tires are

Refer a Sponsor and you race FOR FREE!!! Attention all CKNA Racers: A series like ours relies on sponsors to make it all work. Over the past few years, we’ve been fortunate to have some really great sponsors who have helped us grow in to the organization we are today. The majority of our sponsors have stayed with us for multiple years because they’ve seen the value of supporting 206© racing and the direction our series is going in. 2019 is no different. The majority of our previous sponsors have already committed to 2019! But as 206© racing continues to grow in popularity, more and more companies are getting involved by developing new parts, tools and accessories specifically for our

That’s right, you can get free tires at the Spring Nationals at Concept Haulers! We spent a lot of time this off season trying to figure out what programs and specials we could put together to attract more racers to our events. We also wanted to design some programs to reward our racers that attend every single CKNA event year in and year out. We’re very excited that through the help of our sponsors, we can do both! New Racer Program: Often times, people are tentative to try a new track or series because they have to buy a new/different set of tires. Now, these racers will be able to try the greatest four-cycle series in America for much less!

There are many companies that are important to karting, but the biggest name in 4-cycle kart racing is undoubtedly Briggs & Stratton! All the way back to the “Flat Head” days, Briggs has played a pivotal role in the growth of 4-cycle karting. In 2008, they revitalized the sport we all love with the release of the 206 engine. As we all know, the 206 is at the heart of the Cup Karts North America program. The simple, cost effective and user friendly package are exactly what our program is all about. We are very proud to announce that Briggs & Stratton has decided to continue sponsoring Cup Karts in 2019. Even better, they are increasing their support! Thanks to

More exiting news about the 2019 season. We are very happy to announce that eKartingnews.com has joined forces with us to better promote our series and 4cycle karting in general! In case you have been living under a rock, eKartingnews is probably the largest single news and information source about all things related to karting. We’ve always had a great relationship with Rob Howden and David Cole who are the faces of EKN, participating in multiple podcasts over the last few years about our series. For 2019, we’re taking it a few steps further! We have already started panning a few articles about the series that will be highlighted on EKN throughout the season, and race reports and recaps will

We’re pleased to announce that our 2019 Rules and Class structure are now available online! Click here to download them! And remember, our rules are 100% free of charge to everybody, thanks to the continued support of VEGA Tires.     Although there were numerous changes to correct grammatical errors as well as clarifications, here is a brief outline of the more significant changes: Masters Class goes to CIK rules only Kid Kart goes to CIK rules only Removing the CIK front bumper width rules Rear track-width/bodywork measurements and procedures As you can see, the majority of the work was done on our CIK rules structure. As we have always stated, the CIK rules are a work in progress. CIK

That’s right! Our season opener will be the 2019 CKNA Spring Nationals! We wanted to kick-off the year right. Our 2018 race at Concept Haulers Motor Speedway was our largest divisional event of the year, and we’re going even bigger in 2019. The event will be ran just like any other divisional event: Friday: Optional Practice Saturday: Practices, Qualifying and 3 rounds of Racing Sunday: Practice , Qualifying and 3 rounds of Racing Each race day will be a separate DIVISIONAL event, earning points in the Champions Cup 2019 Divisional standings. The Spring Nationals Champions will be determined by combining the points from both days for a single score for the entire weekend. CKNA and our sponsors are already hard

Here is the announcement you have all been waiting for; The complete 2019 racing schedule!   Round 1: May 4th – 5th Concept Haulers Motor Speedway, Sheridan IL Round 2: June 1st – 2nd Michiana Raceway Park, New Liberty IN Round 3: July 13th – 14th Wolf Paving Raceway, Dousman WI Round 4: July 27th – 28th 61 Kartway, Delmar IA Round 5: August 17th — 18th G&J Kartway, Camden, OH Grand Nationals III, October 5th – 6th Newcastle Motorsports Park, Newcastle, IN   Obviously, there are some great tracks missing from this list. When we made the decision to reduce the overall number of races in our divisional program, we never imagined how difficult it was going to be

It’s been a painstaking process to try and whittle down to the five tracks that will be a part of our 2019 season. We have visited 11 different tracks over the years, and all of them were excellent hosts. The process of elimination is nearly complete, and we can finally start announcing some of 2019 dates! The season will once again kick off at Concept Haulers Motor Speedway. CHMS was the site of our largest divisional event to date, and we saw no reason to change what worked in 2018. This opening round of racing takes place on May 3rd – 5th. Fast forward to August 16th – 18th, the conclusion of the Divisional season will be held at OVKA’s

We know it’s been a long wait, but the wait is almost over. We announced the date for Grand Nationals III just a few weeks ago with Rob Howden during his eKartingnews.com podcast. For those of you that missed it, the Grand Nationals will be once again at New Castle Motorsports Park October 4th – 6th next year. We have been working diligently with our partner tracks from both divisions to try and sculpt the best 5 race schedule we can from the great tracks we have raced at over the past few years, and we will be announcing two of these events tomorrow on our Facebook page. The remainder of the schedule will be announced over the coming weeks

At Cup Karts North America, we are privileged to have some of the greatest karters in the country as apart of our roster. This includes new names like Wishard, Warren, Bernloehr, Scott, Bolen, Demaster and Lanyi just to name a few; but also some of the biggest names from 4-cycle lore. When racing against drivers like Cassity, Kleman, Welsh, Kilsdonk, Lund, Lipari and Zimmermann; it means that when you manage to find yourself on the top step, you earned it. Well hold on to your hats, because we have just confirmed that a another one of the greats will be added to the list of drivers that are strapping on the helmet for Grand Nationals II CKNA, meet Gary Lawson!

Champions Cup’s return to Dousman marks the conclusion of the Kart City North Division and the Divisional season itself. These are hallowed grounds for a four cycle racer in the mid-west. Dousman has played host to some of the largest four cycle races over the years. They have always been an excellent partner of ours, and we are excited to have the final round of the season at their newly revised track! Please make sure to download the Supplemental Rules and Schedule before you head to the track!

We’re one week away from Kart Cup’s return to the hallowed grounds of G&J Kartway in Camden, OH for the final round of the Champions Cup – Boon and Sons Central Division! This is going to be a great race. We’ve already heard from many “old time” four cycle racers that they will be making the trip to race on this famous track, many whom have not shown their face at a regional race for quite some time. They are picking a great race to make a return to. Camden offers everything a four cycle racer would want, and with this being our second ever night race what more could anybody want! Registration will remain open until through the 25th

Our Home Track Hero Callout promotion has gotten a lot of attention. We’ve seen a notable increase in local participation at the track we have visited since we started this right before the race at 61 Kartway. And at each track we have visited, we’ve had at least one winner. The last race at Road America however, set a new bar. Simply put, the folks at the RAKC broke the bank! They collecting nearly $15oo cash over the course of the weekend, scoring multiple wins and podiums along the way. The club had great attendance from their local ranks, and their skill showed as they competed against some of the best four cycle racers in the country. After licking our

First off, our sincere apologies for the delay in getting these out to everybody. We have lots of excuses, but who would want to hear about them! Road America Supps and Schedule Please make sure you enter and exit through Gate 4, which is located off of County Road J. Overnight access is only available after you have purchased a wristband, and you will have to use gate 6 for that access. If you arriving before the gate opens, please park alongside the road leading to Gate 4 to wait.   There is one important note that has been added to these supplemental rules in regards to the minimum front track width of a kart equipped with a CIK nose.

We are very excited about the upcoming weekend at the East Lansing Kart Track! East Lansing is an “old school” four cycle track, in that it is tight and technical. The racers we have spoken to that have raced there in the past said it was one of the best four cycle tracks they had ever raced at! It was a staple of national four cycle racing for many years, and we are excited to bring the series to Michigan to continue that tradition. As this is a new track for our series, many of the racers and our staff will be unfamiliar with the facility. Please feel to ask any questions you may have when you arrive or throughout

After doing this for 5 years, it seems like we have the same discussion with our host tracks each season… “How do we get more of the locals to come out and race?” Back in the good ole’ days, when the traveling series came to town, locals came out on droves to defend their home turf and try their skills against the big boys. There’s a plenty of reasons why the locals don’t come out more often, but the one we hear the most is the added costs for entry fees and tires because it’s not what they use for their clubs. Well, we’ve solved it… Introducing the Home Track Hero Callout! To be eligible, drivers can not have competed

Some of the coolest races in NASCAR and Formula 1 are the Night Races they have sprinkled throughout each seasons schedule. The added element of racing under the lights seems to change the feel of each track, and always provides for close racing. When we approached the owners of 61 Kartway about hosting our first Night Race, they jumped at the opportunity. Their track has excellent lighting, which provides the thrill of racing under the stars while still being safe. If you look over the schedule for this event (DOWNLOAD SCHEDULE HERE), you’ll see that we are also having a late practice on Friday. This will allow all of our racing families to leave home a little bit later, and

All the details and Supplemental rules for the 2nd round of the Boon and Sons Central Division are now available: Central Round 2 Supps/Schedule Download Due to the tracks agreement with the local municipality, we will be pushing our normal Sunday start time back to 9:30am. No engines will be allowed to run before that time. Please also note that we have permanently adopted the 2 position penalty rule for pushing while approaching the green flag on starts. This as well as clarification on some tech procedures was added to the rule book last week. See you all in Springfield!

Thanks to the success and overwhelming response from our racers, we’re happy to announce that Briggs and Stratton has agreed to extend their “Youth Racers” sponsorship for our next event at Springfield, IL’s Mid State Kart Club! For this Central Division race, Briggs is offering to cover $40 of any Kid Kart, Sportsman or Junior’s entry fee! There are only 30 discounts available, so you will want to register ASAP! Make sure to use the discount code “BRIGGS40” at checkout! We’d like to thank the entire team at Briggs and Stratton for their continued generosity. Their dedication to growing the youth ranks of our sport speaks volumes to what the 206 program is all about: providing an affordable competitive solution

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!

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

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

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

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

The final event of the season is only a few weeks away, and we want to go out with a bang. We have already been working on a great spread of awards and prizes for our series competitors in celebration of the 2016 season, but felt like we wanted to do something special to really attract some new racers as well as reward our existing ones. What we have come up with is a new class that will be added at our final race in Shawano, WI; Senior Pro will follow all the same rules of our existing senior classes, but race at 370 pounds. This race will have a cash payout! For the first time in the history of

Round 3 of the Briggs and Stratton 206 Cup is rapidly approaching, and we have some great news that should make this the best round of the 2016 season so far! First off, Vega and TS Racing have stepped up to the plate again, and has offered an additional sponsorship specifically for the races at CHMS! We will have special prizes and Awards for the entire weekend directly from Vega and TS Racing! Secondly, in an effort to get increased participation from local racers, we have worked with a few key sponsors and CHMS to develop a new program that gives these folks the opportunity to get a taste of the 206 Cup experience without having to buy tires, change

Even though our series in centered around the 206 classes, the Animal racers are equally important. The Briggs Animal classes provide great racing and a potential “next step” for the 206 driver that wants some more speed. With that in mind, we have been talking with key players in the Animal racing world to try and bolster our numbers in the class. First off, our Animal classes will only race for championship points at three of our events this season. Road America in Elkhart Lake, CHMS in Norway and USAir in Shawano will be the only races that the Animal classes will be scored. As this reduces the number of points days that are available, there will be no drops

ProKART Racing out of Burnsville, MN has been named the “Official Tire Provider” of the series again for 2016. Vega USA has authorized ProKART to offer a pre-season special on tires for the 2016 season. Jump over to ProKART’s website: prokartindoor.com/webshop/ to take advantage of the lowest prices available all year. The tires are on the way from Italy right now, and pre-orders expect to ship the first week of April. All orders to ProKART for tires this season will go through their website. Racers are not required to buy tires from ProKART for our series, but ProKART Racing is a sponsor. We know how much our racers like to support the companies that support their racing!

A new year rings in today, and so does the latest version of the 206 Cup rules! There were some significant changes made to the rule book for the 2016 season. Along side the new class structures that were announced a few weeks ago, notable changes have been made in regards to event formatting, tires, and bodywork. All events in the 2016 season will follow a new format. We have developed a new format that adds a qualifying round to the start of each race day. This does not mean less racing for our racers though, there will still be 2 heats and a feature race every day. However how those racers transfer from one race to the next is

First off, we’d like to wish everybody reading this a Merry Christmas! Although it is a holiday, we wanted to let everybody in on some exciting news. We have been working for the last few months with different series and clubs around the country to try and align all of our groups to the same set of rules. For far too long, differences in rulebooks made it difficult for racers to travel to other regions. It was confusing to racers why things were different, and often far too costly to make their equipment compliant on top of the unavoidable costs of traveling to these new races. Because of the tremendous success of our 2015 rulebook, we are extremely proud to

Although we did not do a very good job of promoting it, the 206 Cup awarded each RIGP class winner in either a 206 class or the Margay Ignite Shootout free entry to our final round or racing in Shawano. What we didn’t expect was for one driver to sweep 4 of those 5 classes! Tony Neilson of 61 Kartway reached out to me today, and asked if he could donate his entry to a worthy competitor that might want to visit the epic track that is USAir Motorsports. Tony won’t be able to make the event himself, but wanted to help somebody else make the race. So, we will be giving away two entries for the entire weekend in

We have updated a few minor rules within our ruleset, as well as clarified some things people had questions about. Please make sure to download the latest copy of our rules from the rules tab of the website! We are also excited to announce that our rulebook has been accredited by TAG Racing International and TAG Racing USA! This is just another sign that we are on the right path of making Sprint Kart racing affordable AND competitive again!

About a month ago, CES organizer Dave Larson reached out to us. Although the main purpose for the phone call was to compare notes on rules to make sure racers from CES could join the fun of 206 Cup, it got the ball rolling on the idea of the 206 Cup / CES Challenge. As both series unintentionally had non conflicting schedules, it seemed possible. Already having a good following of Animal Racers, CES hopes to gain interest from racers using the 206 engine. 206 Cup hopes that some of the Animal racers that traditionally only run long track events will come and try their hand at sprint racing. Once Briggs got wind of our discussions, things started to happen

Target Distributing has agreed to become a supporting sponsor of the Briggs and Stratton 206 Cup for the 2015 Racing Season. Target Distributing carries a ton of different products for karting. In particular, they will be providing an assortment of their Kart Racewear and EK Chain products as awards and prizes for our racers! This is just one of many sponsorships we have secured that the benefits go 100% to our racers. With out all of you, these companies and our series wouldn’t exist! Together, we are all putting 4 cycle karting back on the map!

As the word spreads about the 206 Cup, more and more people are reaching out to show their support of our series and the idea of affordable karting for the masses. This week, one of the biggest names in karting has joined the ranks. RLV Tuned Exhaust! Based in Santa Maria CA, RLV has been a household name in karting. From their PRD Fireball engine to Xtreme Chain systems, they have been pioneering karting products for many many years. They are also the manufacture of the SPEC exhaust for 206 engines throughout the world. RLV manufactures all steel and aluminum based products in-house and thereby ensures high quality and stability of supply to the karting market, for these products. RLV

The recent news to add the Briggs Animal classes to our series in 2015 has gotten a lot of buzz. Supporters throughout the region are excited to see a Briggs only 4 cycle series on the 2015 calendar! Two of these supporters have stepped up to the plate to help us further the series and help it grow! Thank you to State Line Signs and TW Metals for your support!

There has been a lot of talk and speculation in regarding the potential of Animal classes being added to the Briggs and Stratton 206 Cup. The time to speculate is over! The series will now feature 3 different Animal classes for the entire schedule of the 2015 season! Animal classes were always in the long term plans for the 206 Cup. Although the 206 platform will always be the heart and soul of the series, we knew that the Animal program was the next logical step for us as a series and racers looking to move to a faster class. But with the numerous requests from racers and the blessing of Briggs and Stratton, we have moved up our time

We have received a lot of emails asking what the spec rain tire will be for the 2015 season at the Briggs and Stratton 206 Cup races. To be honest, we had not addressed the rain tires with anybody, including our tire partner VEGA USA. We reached out to VEGA, asking them for guidance. Vega’s W5 rain tire is quite possibly the best rain tire on the market, and they truly believe anybody that has the circumstance to use them will love them. At the same time, they realize that our series is based around the idea of affordable racing, and some of our racers may not have the budget to buy new rain tires, especially if they already have

We are pleased to announce that we have formed a partnership with Vega Tire USA to design a SPEC tire program that directly benefits our racers. Although we have been keeping this under our hats for a while, VEGA has agreed to pay a portion of every racers entry fees which is a big part of how we were able to keep the entry fees as low as we have. The Spec tire for the series will be the Vega FH. It was chosen for a variety of reasons: It is a medium/hard compound that will work well on the variety of chassis styles we have in our series. It is a natural rubber tire, and heat cycles extremely well

One of our main goals for the 2015 season was to operate and look as professional as possible. So when we started talking about what our race staff was going to wear at the race track, we reached out to One Racegear for their help! One Racegear is a custom racing apparel company based out of Indianapolis. They specialize in sublimated karting suits, jackets and shirts. They’re products are made in the USA, and are quite possibly the nicest looking racing apparel I have ever seen at the track. Our partnership with one Racegear places each of our race staff in one of One’s lightweight sublimated custom crew shirts. If you are looking for your own custom apparel, please contact

A returning sponsor of the 206 Cup, Faster Motors out of Elkhart Lake, WI has been a big supporter of our series as well as the 206 movement as a whole. They have signed on this season as the Class sponsor for the 206 Senior class in 2015! Faster Motors has been one of the driving forces helping to get the 206 engine added to many karting clubs throughout the Midwest. They not only sells 206 engines and Parts, but also their own line of unique tools and accessories for Briggs engines. Their float height gauge is in almost every toolbox at a 206 cup race! To see what all Faster motors has to offer, please visit their site: www.fastermotors.net

We’re pleased to announce that the North American Clutch Corporation (NORAM Racing) has been added to the Cup series as a presenting sponsor! They’re line of 4 cycle clutches has been synonymous with Kart racing for longer than most of us have been apart of the sport. These clutches are great bang for the buck, which is exactly what the 206 program is all about! In fact, all three class champions in the 2014 206 Cup we’re racing karts equipped with NORAM’s Premier Stinger Clutch. It has proven to be a winning combination with a 206, and we welcome them to our series! For more information about their full line of Karting products, please visit: www.noramclutch.com

We are very pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Briggs and Stratton to become the Series sponsor for our 2015 racing season! Moving forward, our series will be known as, “The Briggs and Stratton 206 Cup”! This was an extremely important step for us, as it reinforces that our low cost approach is the way that the 206 program was designed to be utilized. Karting does not need to cost $1000’s of dollars each weekend to have close competitive racing! Briggs and Stratton’s support will go along way to solidifying the future of our series and 206 racing around the country! Thank you to Dave Klaus and the entire Briggs and Stratton Racing team for their