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Registration and Number Reservations are now open!

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

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AEM Karting joins CKNA

2020 was a great year of competition at Cup Karts North. The series saw countless new faces join the fray, many of which saw great success in just their first CKNA campaign. One driver who achieved an unprecedented result in becoming the first driver in CKNA history to win two championships in the same season was Mick Gabriel; 2020’s Cup Karts North Senior Light and Senior Medium Champion. Mick, along with his father Mike are moving forward from being top-level privateers to creating a top-level race team, race school and arrive-and-drive program with best-in-class equipment, instruction and technology. Along with Partner Chris Surdenik, they have formed AEM Karting. AEM is offering a multitude of services to karters in 2021, ranging

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EK Chain Returns to CKNA in 2021

EK Chains has been apart of the Cup Karts family for many years. For many of the years, EK has been the Presenting Sponsor of our Champions Cup series. Their support has helped us create the most competitive 4-cycle racing series in the Midwest! We are pleased to announce that EK Chains will continue their support as a Presenting Sponsor for what we are now calling Cup Karts North. It doesn’t stop there. When EK Chains heard we we’re launching Cup Karts South, they immediately contacted us to ask how they could help us accelerate the program and get Cup Karts South on the fast track to being the premiere 4 cycle series in that region.Within no time, the decision

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2021 Sponsorship Opportunities Available!

It’s no secret, a big part of our success has been the all star list of Sponsors that have chosen to make CKNA the organization it is today. Thankfully, the addition of the Spring Nationals and our all new Cup Karts South division has afforded us the chance to add some additional sponsor slots for the 2021 season. So if you like what we’re doing and want to be apart of the biggest 4-cycle karting organization in North America, we would love to talk about partnering with you in 2021 We take our obligations to our sponsors very seriously, and do everything in our power to ensure they see an excellent value from their support of CKNA’s events. Thankfully, this

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The Cup Karts North division schedule is complete!

Thank you for your patience while we hammered out the 2021 schedule. With all the obstacles from 2020 and potential bumps in the road for 2021, we wanted to take our time and make sure we put together the most entertaining schedule for our racers with the best probabilities of running as planned for the coming season. Whiteland Raceway Park May 21st – 23rd (Whiteland Indiana) Another track we unfortunately had to miss in 2020, Whiteland Raceway Park’s resurgence in karting makes it a no brainer for us again in 2021. Sarah and Andy have done so much to bring this historic track back to the forefront of karting in the Midwest, we look forward to stuffing the pits with

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2021 CKNA Class Structure

The time has come for the transition towards CIK only… After the dust settles each season , we take a deep dive into the data from each of our events as well as events from the surrounding areas. We look for trends in each individual class as well as the multiple areas we draw from to help us decide if we need to adjust anything for the upcoming season. As much as we want to minimize changes for our racers from year to year, we need to make sure that CKNA’s rules are structured in a way to foster our continued growth while still maintaining a fair AND competitive environment. What we learned this off season was a something that

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Introducing: Cup Karts South!

Today is a monumental day for Cup Karts North America. We are pleased to announce an all new divisional racing series, focusing on the Southeast portion of the country! Over the past seven years, we have been developing our divisional program into what has become the nation’s largest and most competitive traveling sprint series offering 4-cycle classes. Those seven years have seen many refinements along the way to better the series including race formats, rules and personnel. Throughout all the changes, our commitment to putting racers first has been the guiding principle that has propelled our growth while still maintaining our fair and family friendly environment. It is no secret that we have looked at expanding into other markets in

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Part 1 of the 2021 Divisional Schedule is announced!

2021 will be the biggest year in CKNA’s history. Last week, we announced the addition of a second National event being held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in March. In addition to that, there are some more surprises we have lined up that have us extremely excited for what 2021 will bring. With all this big news, we have decided to spread out the schedule release over the course of a few days. Trust us, it will be worth it! Today, we release the first part of our 2021 divisional schedule, which will mark our return to two tracks that CKNA was not able to race at last season: Concept Haulers Motor Speedway April 30th – May 2nd  (Sheridan Illinois) CKNA

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The 2021 Spring Nationals will be at Charlotte Motor Speedway!

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

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GN4 Track Layout

After a lot of deliberation, the decision has been made to run GN4 on the same configuration as last years edition of the race. Although our earlier visit to NCMP offered us the opportunity to explore some new configurations, we wanted to make sure that the layout used for this important event was well suited create the tight racing we saw last year, as well allow for large fields to compete safely. We do have two other layouts in consideration for 2021, and can say with near certinty that GN5 WILL be on a new configuration!

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